“Wait a minute, you’re able to cross the threshold of a church?”
Ted’s parents are in town and three storylines come to a head over brunch.
Future Ted breaks the story of the time his parents came to visit and they all went to brunch into three parts, so that’s how we’re going to do it.
The Marshall & Lily Part- Future Ted explains that he’d flown his parents in to New York for their 30th Anniversary. He also explains that he’d flown his parents didn’t like to talk about anything emotional, uncomfortable, or…real. Lily is at the apartment picking up some things and everything’s a little uncomfortable. Lily gets mad when Marshall says that they are like brother and sister now. That night at dinner she wears a fantastic dress just to torture Marshall. So the next day at brunch Marshall shows off his calves, a part of him that Lily’s always had a weakness for, and they end up doing it in the bathroom. Which they both end up blaming each other for.
The Barney Part- Barney is super excited to meet Ted’s parents and does a better job kissing up than Robin. After dinner he asks if anyone wants to go to MacLaren’s and Ted’s father agrees. The next morning Barney tells te story about how at MacLaren’s Ted’s dad was being a great wingman. Barney leaves and when he comes back to get his forgotten phone, he finds Ted’s dad making out with the waitress. He shows Ted the picture he took on his phone. Ted’s dad shows up and Ted goes to confront him but he can’t bring himself to do it.
The me and Robin Part- Ted warns Robin that his mother always grills his girlfriends on marriage and kids, and she’ll know it’s coming when she mentions Ted’s cousin Stacy (6 kids, 5 years, whew!). At dinner Stacy gets brought up but his mom asks about being a journalist instead. She tells Robin how important it is that she focuses on her career right now. Robin is put-off because it appears that his mom doesn't want him to have kids with Robin. At brunch Robin snaps at her and Ted’s mom approaches her away from the table. Robin admits that she just wants Ted’s mom to want her to want to have Ted’s kids. Ted’s mom admits that she just doesn’t want Robin to make the same mistake she did of getting married too young.
Now it all comes together: Ted makes his dad admit that he kissed another woman. Ted’s mom tries to fake shock, but then they tell Ted tat they got divorced nearly 10 months previously and were separated for 2 years before that. To top it all off, Ted’s mother is dating someone. Ted leaves, followed closely by Robin and his parents. Marshall and Lily apologize to each other and agree to keep their distance for a while.
Ted confronts his parents outside and they apologize for not telling him. He insists that they need to start talking about things and the tell why they split up. As they talk about how different they are it begins to sounds an awful lot like Ted and Robin. Ted’s parents agree to full disclosure and Ted asks about his grandmother, who hasn’t returned his calls lately, only to have his parents avoid it completely.
The Mother- I love Ted’s parents inability to talk about anything with substance. All because they don’t want to upset anyone. It’s parenting protection to the extreme!
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