- Lily is concerned that Robin is not acting appropriately on her wedding day, Ted helps Barney pick his wedding suit, and the gang watch an embarrassing movie based on Ted's life.
- In the future, Ted and his wife, while vacationing at the Farhampton Inn, have come to the conclusion that they have told each other every story about their lives prior to meeting... that is except for one, the one where Robin broke a lamp at the Inn in her room on the morning of her and Barney's wedding. The actual lamp breaking took place while Robin, her sister and Lily were playing hockey in the room, which was followed by Robin, Lily and Marshall watching "The Wedding Bride Too!" on pay-per-view, the movie the second written by Stella's ex-husband about Ted with regard to his relationship with Stella. But Lily was angry with Robin that in these activities she wasn't treating the morning as special as it should be considering that it was her wedding day. Lily went to extreme and potentially friend-busting measures to accomplish what she wanted Robin to feel. At the same time, Ted himself was helping Barney with the choice of which suit to wear for the wedding. After the five convened together, two major revelations occurred as the punch line to this story, the first of those revelations which was not so much a surprise, while the second one was.—Huggo
- Ted and the Mother are dining at the Farhampton Inn during a snowstorm in 2024. They pass the time by telling each other stories but come to realize that they have told each other every story they know, finally considering themselves "an old married couple". Curtis walks by and reminds Ted of a story about a lamp broken on the day of the wedding. Believing it to be a story he has never told the Mother, Ted excitedly recounts the events.
Near the end of the morning on the day of the wedding, Robin and her sister Katie (Lucy Hale) are playing hockey and Robin hits a lamp with the puck, shattering it to pieces. Lily intervenes and tries to show Robin a special scrapbook of her and Barney's love life. Lily is in tears recounting the special moments in Robin's love life with Barney, including the receipt from the restaurant where they had their first date. Robin's lack of interest in the scrapbook leads Lily to believe that Robin has not fully accepted the fact that she's getting married, even taking time to watch The Wedding Bride Too on her TV.
Lily shares her thoughts with Marshall (Marshall believes that Robin will get to the realization in her own time, and it cannot be forced or rushed), who heads to the room to watch the movie with Robin. While they are enjoying the movie, Lily puts on the wedding dress she planned to wear for pictures (as the pictures of Lily's own wedding were ruined as Marshalled had shaved his head in a panic attack, and through the pictures he was wearing a hate) to try and scare Robin, but Robin still doesn't show any reaction. At this point, the Mother realizes she has heard the story, but continues to listen.
Meanwhile, Ted catches Barney secretly entering a room, and finds out that the room belongs to "Susan Tupp", leading him to believe that he is cheating on Robin. Ted breaks in to try and catch them in the act but discovers that Barney actually rented the room as storage for all his suits (Sue Tupp aka "Suit Up!"). Barney is freaking out over which suit to wear and doesn't agree with Ted's choices. Every suit that Ted picks had one of Barney's sex escapades associated to it and both Barney and Ted don't find them suitable for Barney's wedding day. Finally, Ted tells him to try on a special wedding-day suit Tim Gunn made for him, but Barney dislikes it, claiming it looks and feels terrible. Ted explains to him that this is simply because the suit is new, but once the ceremonies begin, he will feel it is a perfect fit. This relaxes Barney, and he signs off on it. They rejoin the rest of the gang in Robin's room, where they realize this will be their last day together, as Ted is moving to Chicago the next day. They are sad at first but get over it somewhat. The men go get some food while Robin goes out for some ice - and chances upon her mother (who is just entering the hotel after having confirmed that she would not be attending the wedding), whom she happily embraces and finally realizes she is about to get married.
Reflecting on the events of the day 11 years later, Ted admits to the Mother that some moments like that one in Robin's room, with the gang all together possibly for the last time, were so intense that things were better left unsaid and to just enjoy the moments while you (still) have them. The Mother expresses worry at Ted living in his past stories, but instead asks him to live life moving forward. Noting the sudden appearance of Robin's mom, she asks, "What mother is going to miss her daughter's wedding?", which brings tears to Ted's eyes. She quickly changes the subject.
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