TEXT: Year 2030 Ted: OK, where was I? It was June 2006 and life had just taken an unexpected turn. Ted's daughter:Can't you just skip ahead to the part where you meet Mom? I feel you've been talking for like a year Ted: Honey, all this stuff I'm telling you is important. It's all part of the story. Ted's son: Can I go to the bathroom? Ted: No. The summer of 2006 was both wonderful and awful. For me, it started out great. (In 2006, Ted and Robin are kissing after the rain dance) In fact, day one was amazing. I'd finally gotten together with Robin. But while I'd been off having one of the best nights of my life, your Uncle Marshall had been having one of the worst nights of his (Ted finds Marshall on their stairs, holding in his hand Lily's engagement ring). Year 2006 (Before Ted arrives, Marshall and Lily are in the apartment, arguing) Marshall: So that's it? We're breaking up? Lily: Marshall, I'm sorry. I just... I just need to go to San Francisco and do this art program and figure out who I am outside of us. And the only way that I can do that is if we don't talk for a while. Marshall: For a while? Try never, OK? You walk out that door and we're done. You're never gonna hear my voice again. Later, Ted joined Marshall. Marshall: I should call her. Ted: No! No! If you call her, when she asked you not to, you're just gonna look weak and you're gonna regret it. Now, listen. Whenever you feel like calling her, you come find me first... and I will punch you in the face. Marshall: You're a good friend Ted. (Robin arrives.) Robin: Hey! So, did you hear the big news? Ted: You mean how Lily and Marshall broke up and Lily is gone and nothing else even remotely important happened last night? Yeah, I think he knows. Robin: Oh my god! I... I'm so sorry. What happened? Marshall: Well, she left. And I don't even know if she's coming
SUMMARY:
The gang tries to help Marshall get over Lily. Barney takes him to a strip club, and Ted takes him to a Yankees game. Marshall finds a credit card trail that leads to Lily's hotel in the city, but the guys try to keep him from going to see her.