“It is on. It is on! Like the former Soviet Republic of Azerbaijan.”
Trying to hear a band they want to book for the wedding, Lily tries to sneak into a prom, while Ted and Marshall try to have one last guy’s night out.
Eight months into their engagement, the Van Smoot House, a gorgeous old mansion, becomes available for a date only two months away. So Marshall and Lily, literally, run over and put down a deposit. Lily gets super stressed about planning a wedding in 9 weeks, but Marshall tells her he’s found a great band. She won’t hire them without hearing them perform “their song” first, but the only place they’re playing that weekend is a high school prom. After the school says they’re not allowed to go Lily, Robin, and Barney hatch a plan to sneak in, while Ted and Marshall plan a guys night out. Unfortunately, Marshall promised Lily they’d stuff 200 invitations. While looking for a sluttier dress, Lily stumbles across the dress she wore to her prom back in ‘96. We flashback to where Goth Lily is dancing with her slacker boyfriend, Scooter, who’s on his way to umpire school.
When they try to sneak in, they're told if they’re not high schoolers or dates of high schoolers, they’re not getting in. So Robin snags two geeky, date-less guys and the girls get in, while Barney plots his own entrance. Lily goes and talks to the band and they tell her if she can get them the sheet music, they can play her song. So Robin calls to tell Marshall (with Barney climbing in through a window and getting hauled off by security behind her) and she and Marshall discuss her feelings toward Ted.
Lily tells Robin it feels like everything's moving too fast and we flashback to Lily telling boyfriend Scooter things are moving too fast. Lily tells Scooter that when she goes to college they’re over. She lists off her dreams and he begs her to stay, which causes her to tell him it’s too much pressure. While dancing with the high school guy, Lily asks him about his dreams and then tells him it’ll never happen. That he’ll end up giving up all that. While Robin is telling the guy she’s dancing with that he’s not getting lucky that night, he throws up on her shoes.
Marshall and Ted show up with the music and meet Barney, who’s snuck in dressed up in the school’s turtle mascot costume. Marshall goes to talk to Lily’s “date” to find her and the guy gets incredibly possessive and attacks Marshall, causing Ted to fight back for him.
While Robin cleans up in the bathroom, she asks Lily if she’s having second thoughts and Lily admits she is. She says she keeps thinking about everything she wanted to do 10 years previously. We flashback to the first time she met Marshall, and the two of them bonding over music. Robin tells Lily that just because she’s getting married she doesn’t have to give up on her dreams.
The guys are outside with security and they can’t get back in so Barney takes off with the turtle head, luring security away so Ted and Marshall can get in. Lily and Marshall get to dance to their song while Ted and Robin reconcile and becomes friends again.
The Mother- Not my favorite episode. Yes, it has it’s funny parts, but it’s not memorable.
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