Screen Rant

One of How I Met Your Mother's biggest twists was inspired by Breaking Bad. 1 / 12

The twist in focus was Barney's final play of his Playbook to win back Robin. 2 / 12

The plot line took place over the course of the first half of season 8. 3 / 12

Barney manipulated Robin by pretending to date Patrice. 4 / 12

It was all part of Barney's plan as he ended the play by proposing. 5 / 12

HIMYM's producer stated that Barney's deception was influenced by the final episodes of Breaking Bad season 4. 6 / 12

They wanted to create a long con to deceive the audience the way that Walter White did. 7 / 12

During those episodes, Walt manipulated Jesse. 8 / 12

Walt poisoned a young boy and blamed it on Gus Fring. 9 / 12

Walt then pulled the strings to cause Gus' death. 10 / 12

Many of the secrets behind Walt's plan wasn't revealed until the season finale. 11 / 12

But as the producer stated, HIMYM stayed away from poisoning or blowing up their characters. 12 / 12