- Ted convinces Victoria to take a brief detour before they leave together after she leaves her fiancé at the altar, and Barney's engagement to Quinn may be short-lived after she finds about his past relationship with Robin.
- As Ted and Victoria are about to run off together, Ted convinces Victoria that she needs to leave a note for her fiancé Klaus to give him some closure on the situation. But leaving that note is not as easy as Victoria going back to the church. Ultimately to help Victoria, Ted may have to overcome a childhood phobia. Meanwhile, Quinn, who does not have a lot of what she considers close girl friends, asks Robin and Lily to stand up for her when she and Barney get married. This request brings up the fact that Quinn has no idea that Robin and Barney used to date, which Barney has no intention of ever telling her. In fact, Barney has managed to erase all history of his and Robin's romantic past. Sleep deprived new parents Marshall and Lily, and some deep seated beliefs of Klaus' will directly and indirectly affect what happens between both Ted and Victoria, and between Barney and Quinn.—Huggo
- Sitting alone at a train station in the fictional Hamptons hamlet Farhampton 10 hours after Barney (Neil Patrick Harris) and Robin's (Cobie Smulders) wedding, Ted (Josh Radnor) tells an old woman, waiting on the station bench, the story of what has recently happened.
When Robin asked to see him before the ceremonies began, she asks how Barney is doing. Ted tells her that Barney is fully committed to the wedding, even as Barney tries to run away with Marshall (Jason Segel) and Lily (Alyson Hannigan) holding him back. Robin says that while Barney will see the wedding through, she is not ready to get married and wonders whether she can go out the window in her wedding dress. Ted narrates to her the story of how he and Victoria fared at her own wedding.
In a flashback to May 2012, future Ted narrates his drive with Victoria, who apparently forgot to leave her fiance, Klaus (Thomas Lennon), a note stating her decision to run away. Ted decides to drive back to the church-the same one Barney and Robin's wedding will occur in-and forces her to write a note which he will leave at the bride's room. During his initial attempt to infiltrate the church, Ted runs into Klaus' sister Uta (Colleen Smith). Ted pretends to be the handyman who has come into fix the broken thing. Uta won't allow Ted to get into Victoria's room. Ted contacts Barney to help with seducing Uta. After Barney distracts her with phone sex, Ted leaves the note. He returns to his car only to forget that he left the car keys in the bride's room. As Ted tries to get back in the church, he sees Klaus also escaping and heading to the Farhampton train station, giving Victoria an alibi for her departure.
Meanwhile, Marshall and Lily cannot put their newborn son Marvin to sleep and, out of exhaustion, misinterpret anything Barney, Quinn (Becki Newton), and Robin says. Robin and Lily accept Quinn's offer to be her bridesmaids at her wedding, but Robin is concerned it may be weird between them because of Barney and Robin's history. Barney says that Quinn has no idea that he and Robin ever dated in the past. Her concerns are amplified when Barney reveals that he had doctored or purged all of his mementos from his relationship with Robin to ensure that Quinn will not be jealous. Unfortunately, Lily accidentally reveals that Barney used to date Robin.
An angry Quinn gives Barney one minute to explain everything about him and Robin, which he does in less than 52 seconds. Quinn almost leaves the apartment when Robin assures her that she is already seeing someone else. Quinn isn't sure if Robin isn't going to always want Barney, but after meeting Robin's boyfriend Nick (Michael Trucco), (who was also Robin's secret crush), at MacLaren's, she allows it. While Robin is perplexed at how Barney was able to destroy the memories of their relationship, he gives her a key to a storage unit where he kept all the mementos intact.
Before he and Victoria leave, Ted goes to the train station and asks Klaus why he ran away. Klaus explains that Victoria is a wonderful woman, but she is not "the One" for him, his "Lebenslangerschicksalsschatz" (lifelong treasure of destiny). Returning to the post-wedding flash-forward, as Ted reads Love in the Time of Cholera waiting for the train to come in, the future mother arrives as well with a yellow umbrella, but her face is hidden from view.
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