🌌 Season 3 Roadmap — Ivar Scherbatsky Arc (with Megan, Yvonne & Victoria always present)
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Chapter 1 ("Wait For It")
Canon: Ted sulks post-breakup, Robin returns with Gael.
Megan & Yvonne roast Gael mercilessly ("He looks like a shampoo commercial reject").
Victoria's return teased via letter/email.
Ivar: "Correction: you don't heal by dating surfers. You just drown slower."
Megan, Yvonne, and Ivar all present at the wedding afterparty fallout.
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Chapter 2 ("We're Not From Here")
Canon: Ted/Barney pretend to be tourists.
Megan and Yvonne heckle them, calling it "the saddest cosplay ever."
Robin covers her first NS Entertainment field segment — Ivar proud but teasing.
Victoria's subplot: her abroad career begins to line up with Ivar's world.
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Chapter 3 ("Third Wheel")
Canon: Ted almost has a threesome.
Megan, Yvonne, and Victoria (together for once) comment from the booth:
Megan: "Three people, one Ted. That's tragic math."
Yvonne: "Correction: unstable geometry."
Victoria (via call-in): "Tell him to use coasters at least."
Ivar unveils NS Horizon 2 Phone — the gang jokes about how Ted couldn't handle using three apps at once, let alone three women.
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Chapter 4 ("Little Boys")
Canon: Robin dates a man with a kid.
Megan and Yvonne instantly see the incompatibility.
Victoria chimes in remotely with sass: "Robin barely feeds herself, let alone a child."
Ivar sits Robin down: "Stop pretending you want things you don't. Own your truth."
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Chapter 5 ("How I Met Everyone Else")
Canon: Ted's stories of how he met the gang.
Megan, Yvonne, and Victoria heckle the flashbacks:
Megan: "You made yourself taller in that story, didn't you?"
Yvonne: "Correction: he retconned his own life."
Victoria: "I was baking while you were embellishing. Guess who got more done?"
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Chapter 6 ("I'm Not That Guy")
Canon: Marshall tempted by corporate law.
Megan, Yvonne, Victoria, and Ivar debate the ethics — turning it into a Northern Star boardroom scene.
Ivar reminds Marshall: "Love is expensive. Don't starve your family for pride."
NS releases Forge 2 Gaming PC + Titan 2 Laptop.
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Chapter 7 ("Dowisetrepla")
Canon: Marshall & Lily buy the crooked apartment.
Ivar spots the scam immediately, but steps back.
Megan: "They're buying a swamp."
Yvonne: "Correction: a swamp with mold DLC."
Victoria: "I'll bake them sympathy cupcakes."
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Chapter 8 ("Spoiler Alert")
Canon: Everyone points out each other's flaws.
Megan, Yvonne, and Victoria join in:
Megan calls out Barney's "permanent adolescence."
Yvonne roasts Ted's "architect monologues."
Victoria notes Robin's "commitment issues."
Ivar: "Correction: if you can't live with flaws, you don't deserve strengths."
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Chapter 9 ("Slapsgiving")
Canon: the infamous Slapsgiving dinner.
Megan and Yvonne help Marshall prepare.
Victoria bakes the Thanksgiving spread under NS Desserts brand launch.
Ivar escalates the slap chant: got the entire restaurant chanting "slap, slap, slap!"
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Chapter 10 ("The Yips")
Canon: Barney loses his confidence at the gym.
Megan, Yvonne, and Victoria sit in the bleachers, heckling.
Yvonne: "Correction: his whole personality was a patch update that just failed."
Ivar blunt: "You never had game. Just noise."
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Chapter 11 ("The Platinum Rule")
Canon: Gang warns Ted about dating his dermatologist.
Megan, Yvonne, and Victoria serve as the Greek chorus, tagging every flashback with jokes.
Ivar: "Correction: you don't date someone who holds scalpels near your face. Basic survival."
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Chapter 12 ("No Tomorrow")
Canon: Ted's reckless St. Patrick's Day.
Megan, Yvonne, and Victoria spend the night running an NS Desserts pop-up for charity.
Ivar joins them after dismantling Ted's chaos.
Victoria officially returns from abroad this episode → she and Ivar reunite.
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Chapter 13 ("Ten Sessions")
Canon: Ted chases Stella.
Victoria now fully back, Megan/Yvonne supportive.
The three women finally agree to openly share Ivar → their "serious circle" solidified.
Running gag: Barney keeps asking if he can "intern" at NS Desserts.
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Chapters 14–15 ("The Bracket" / "The Chain of Screaming")
Barney chaos arcs.
Megan, Yvonne, and Victoria form a peanut gallery, roasting Barney's exes in "The Bracket."
Ivar reframes "screaming": "Correction: leaders redirect anger, losers absorb it."
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Chapter 16 ("Sandcastles in the Sand")
Canon: Robin Sparkles sequel reveal.
Megan, Yvonne, and Victoria record Robin's humiliation for Northern Star servers.
Ivar uploads it globally: Robin Sparkles goes viral.
Robin sulks, but secretly loves the attention.
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Chapters 17–18 ("The Goat" / "Rebound Bro")
Barney tries to replace Ted.
Megan, Yvonne, and Victoria gang up on him: "Correction: bros are replaceable, girlfriends aren't."
Robin's NS Entertainment career takes off with her first global assignment.
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Chapter 19 ("Everything Must Go")
Canon: Marshall & Lily's money stress.
Ivar pays off another secret chunk.
Megan covers it with jokes.
Victoria sends them a custom NS Desserts cake: "Congrats on being less broke."
Yvonne adds: "Correction: still broke, just with frosting."
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Chapters 20–21 ("Miracles" Finale)
Canon: Ted's car accident.
Ivar quietly covers Ted's hospital bills.
Megan, Yvonne, and Victoria stay at his side like family.
Robin anchors her first NS Entertainment global special, introduced by Ivar.
Season ends with the three women, now firmly background fixtures, joking at the booth like they've always been part of the gang.
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đź“Ś Season 3 Themes for Ivar & the "Circle"
Megan, Yvonne, and Victoria are always around, bantering with the gang like extra regulars.
Northern Star expansions continue: Horizon 2, Forge 2, Titan 2, Desserts.
Victoria returns, becoming the final serious partner alongside Megan & Yvonne.
Robin thrives at NS Entertainment under Ivar's guidance.
Ted spirals further into bad choices, often roasted by the trio.
Marshall & Lily continue to benefit from Ivar's quiet generosity.
Barney's antics meet constant resistance from the women.
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👉 Do you want me to start Chapter 1 of Season 3 ("Wait For It"), with Robin dragging Gael into MacLaren's while Megan, Yvonne, and Ivar shred him to pieces, and Victoria's letter teased?