I am so sick of this song.
Don’t worry. It comes around again.
What do you mean?
(Together) Just to be the man who walks 1,000 miles and falls down at your door!
When Marshall’s Fiero dies they group tells stories about their memories in the car.
Ted and Marshall are in Marshall’s Fiero, celebrating the fact that it’s about to hit 200,000 miles, when Marshall hit a pothole and the car dies. Everyone joins them at the mechanic and Marshall tells the story of when he got the Fiero.
Marshall (072,108 miles)- His brothers handed it down to him, but before it was truly his he had to go through the drive-through, naked, and get 12 cups of coffee. But minutes before, his brothers had come through and took all the cup trays. Then as Marshall is cautiously driving away, they jump out of the bushes and cause him to spill coffee on his lap. Which, Ted explains, was the beginning of Marshall’s no food (including groceries) in the Fiero. Ted says the rule is insane and they could have died because of it. Which brings us to Ted’s story of the 100K Fiasco (Fiero-asco):
Ted (099,788 miles)- Marshall and Ted were roommates in college, but not really friends yet (Ted was pretentious and Marshall was a slob) but Marshall was going home for the Winter Break and offered to drop Ted off at his parent’s in Ohio. While driving back to school, they really bond. Until they get lost and caught in a blizzard. Ted says that if they pull over they could be snowed in for days and he only brought a little food and water. But Marshall says he threw it out because of the no food rule. They end up fighting over it, but survive the night by huddling together. Marshall tells Ted that night that he’s known for a long time that he’s going to marry Lily. They wake up in the morning to find they were parked outside a motel the whole night.
At that point the mechanic comes and tells Marshall it’ll be $3,000 to get the car running but even then there’s no guarantee. He says that the car holds so many memories (144,336- suicidal cat; 167,018- hitchhiking Waldo) including the time a homeless guy broke the window and threw up in the backseat. Which brings us to Lily and Robin’s story about the Fiero.
Lily & Robin (184,698- miles)- They really wanted Thai food but the delivery time is 90 minutes so they drive over to get it and end up spilling food all over the car. They clean up all the food and smoke cigars to cover up the smell, but it ends up smelling like a homeless guy threw up in the car. So they break a couple windows to make it look realistic. And by sharing that secret, Lily and Robin became best friends.
Marshall can’t decide if he wants to scrap it, but Barney is adamant that he gets ride of the car, because he hates it. So we come to Barney’s experience with the Fiero.
Barney (189,441 miles)- The previous year, during a transit strike Barney needs a ride but Marshall’s not around and Ted ends up finding out that Barney can’t drive. Barney is terrified while driving about 2 miles an hour, and ends up completely panicking and freaking out.
Marshall decides that they’ve got to get rid of the car because it’s had a great life and deserves to die with dignity. Marshall goes to say good-bye and they decide to push the car that last .7 mile to help it reach 200,000. But they can’t get the car to move because the back wheels are on blocks. So they decide that’s close enough!
The Mother- This is one of my favorite episodes. You can’t beat everybody’s individual stories about the car, or them listening the that song over and over again because the tape got stuck in the stereo years previously. It’s just a good episode. And I always marvel at what a good job they do at giving everybody different hair for flashbacks (Marshall’s mullet!).
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