After she lists his good qualities, Ted points out that she has not mentioned his flaw (or as the gang call it, his "but..."), though when pushed, Lily reveals that George has a son in her kindergarten class.
Meanwhile, Ted ridicules Barney's latest pick-up plan (a story involving snakes and an eye-patch) and the two argue about who has more "game,” while, to his dismay, Marshall is classed as irrelevant.
Barney explains this is because he had already slept with her the year before and therefore, has won the bet, but Ted rules otherwise and begins his pick-up attempt and succeeds.
However, one month later, he finds himself bored and frustrated for agreeing to Stacey's request to take things slowly since her experience with Ted.
She complained the episode had a Friends-esque pair of premise and is "executed with a tin ear and slack discipline"[1] a criticism she even reiterated the following week.