TEXT: Year 2030 Ted: Kids you know that photo in the den? It was taken back in 2006, when Grandma and Grandpa came to visit me and we all went out to brunch. We all look pretty happy, right? Wrong. Year 2006 Lily: I wish your face would melt off. Marshall: I wish your eyeballs would explode. Lily: I hate you. Marshall: I hate you more. Ted: I'm going to kill him. Barney: I can't say I blame you. Ted: No, I mean I'm seriously going to kill him. Robin: I don't care how unpleasant it is. You have to talk to him. Ted's mother: Not now. Robin: Okay, if you don't, I will. Ted's mother: Robin...! (She lifts her arm and hits the waitress who falls down.) Ted from 2030: Okay, for any of this to make sense, you got to understand, there are three parts to this story. Let's start with the Marshall and Lily part. The Marshall and Lily part. The previous day, at the apartment.Ted from 2030: As a 30th anniversary gift, I had flown my parents to New York for the weekend. Ted's mother: Oh, I forgot to tell you, your cousin Jimmy had a wonderful time at that spa he visited. Ted: You mean the spa the judge ordered him to go to to quit cocaine? Ted's mother: Coffee? Ted from 2030: You know, Grandma and Grandpa didn't like to talk about things that were uncomfortable, emotional, or in any way... real. Lily: Hi, Mr. and Mrs. Mosby. Ted's father: Oh, Lily! Hi, Marshall. Marshall: Good to see you. Lily: I was just stopping by to pick up some of my things. Ted's mother: Yes, we were so sorry to hear about your... You know, the, the... Well... Marshall: Lily calling off the wedding and dumping me? Lily: Me begging Marshall to take me back and him rejecting me? Ted's mother: I love your hair. OPENING Ted from 2030: This was only the second time Marshall and Lily had seen each other since breaking up, but
SUMMARY:
When Ted, Robin, and the gang spend the weekend with his parents, Ted is stunned when a family secret that changes things forever is unveiled at brunch. Meanwhile, Marshall and Lily find it difficult to control themselves when they are forced to spend time together with Ted's parents.