- The guys shatter Ted's impressions of his new girlfriend by telling him she talks too much. Ted responds by turning the tables on his friends, and they react by pointing out Ted's worst flaw.
- Ted has just started dating a woman named Cathy, who he really, really likes. But at the first dinner she has with the gang, it is obvious to Ted that none of the others like her. They refuse to tell him why, he needing to figure out himself her obvious flaw. The reason he may not be able to see her flaw is that he is still trying to sleep with her, that fact which places blind spots in people's perception. When Ted finally finds out the reason, he can't understand why he couldn't see it in the first place and why it didn't bother him before. But in knowing Cathy's flaw, the gang come to the realization that these blinders can also apply to friends. Meanwhile, the results of the bar exam have just been released. But Marshall can't access his exam results online since he lost his password. Can Marshall wait the probable six weeks until the results arrive in the snail mail? Barney thinks he has a way to find out... if Marshall is willing to do something extremely illegal. Marshall's annoying habit may prove to be the answer.—Huggo
- Ted thinks that he has found the perfect girl, Cathy (Lindsay Price), but the group disagrees. At first they refuse to give a reason so as not to "spoil" her for him. Ted imagines that while he was gone, Cathy must have mentioned things like she kills unwanted puppies, or lied about having sex with her English teacher in 10th grade, or she was a dude earlier and had a penis. Ted cant see the problem, since he is trying to have sex with Cathy. Eventually Marshall tells him that she talks too much. Now that Ted knows, he cannot stand her garrulousness. Just like that the illusion was shattered. Meanwhile, Marshall's bar exam results are due. The pressure of the exam is immense and many student crack, many during the exam itself. Months later, the results are now due to be posted online. 50% of the students fail the exam. The five friends then let slip each other's flaws until all are "spoiled", and thus are more annoying to those who had previously not noticed the flaws:
Lily: chewing loudly (pointed out by Ted to Marshall); Ted calls her Chewbacca. Marshall: singing about whatever he is doing at the moment, or nonsense (pointed out by Robin to Lily); Ted: correcting people (pointed out by Lily to Robin); Robin: overusing and misusing the word "literally" (pointed out by Ted); Barney: speaking in a falsetto, using catch phrases, and spacing out when his friends are talking to him (pointed out by Marshall, Robin and Ted to Barney).
Whenever one or more of the group has these quirks pointed out to them, the sound of glass shattering is heard. This represents the shattering of their illusions about one another.
Meanwhile, Marshall's bar exam results have been released, but he cannot remember the password he needs to retrieve the results online (thus making him wait for three months for a notification by mail). Marshall's friends, including Brad, have passed the exam, but Marshall doesn't know his fate, making him nervous and anxious.
Barney offers to help (He knows a guy who owns a software designed to penetrate firewalls and retrieve passwords) but is only a ruse (to make Marshall watch the video of a dog pooping on a baby), and, with Marshall angry at Barney and the whole gang annoyed with one another, the arguments reach a climax. The argument is halted when the group mockingly sings one of Marshall's "nonsense" songs (Apple Orchard Banana Cat Dance 8 6 6 3); the song was actually a mnemonic device to help Marshall remember his password (aobcd8663 - it is not shown if it has upper or lower case letters) for the bar exam results website. He enters it and proudly announces "I'm a lawyer".
The group then celebrates with champagne at MacLaren's with each sliding back into their bad habits (Lily crunching loudly on bar snacks, Ted making a correction on a comment, Robin using "literally" incorrectly, Barney saying "Law-suit up!" in a high-pitched voice, and Marshall singing his own praises) which they all let go.
At the end, in a time leap three years forward, Ted runs into his overly loquacious ex-girlfriend with her deaf fiance Daniel (Stephen Lloyd), and uses sign language to announce how Cathy talks too much. Even though the man is deaf and it does not affect him, Ted has "spoiled" Cathy to Daniel, and a subtitle displays "(Glass shattering)" as Ted walks away and Daniel looks on in despair.
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