Season 5 kicks off with Barney trying something totally different: a relationship with Robin.Alas, the happily-ever-after is not meant to be…yet. After the breakup, Barney jumps right back into ...

He missed five episodes and returned the next season but his cancer had metastasized and spread. After appearing in nine more episodes, Soo died on Jan. 11, 1979, at age 61.