How I Met Your Mother S08E01 – Farhampton
Robin’s anxiety on her wedding day to Barney prompts Ted to recount the time he insisted on leaving Victoria’s jilted fiancé a note before they drove off into the sunset together.
The episode begins with Ted sitting on a bench at the Farhampton Train Station, immediately following the wedding reception on the day of Barney and Robin's wedding. An elderly woman then sits on the bench, and seeing Ted's clothes, asks if the wedding he came from was a nice one. At first Ted is reluctant to talk about it, but then immediately starts telling her about it, starting from when Robin asked to see him (10 hours earlier).
The scene then goes to the wedding where Robin asks him how Barney is doing. He tells her that he is fine (although the next scene briefly flashes to Barney, who is being restrained by Marshall and Lily from running away "to get another tie from home" that's cornflower blue). Robin then tells Ted that she can't go through with the wedding. Ted tries to calm her down, but she wonders if it would be hard to climb down the window. Ted tells her that climbing up the window is real challenge, and Robin then remembers that it's "the same window".
Future Ted then narrates the events of May 2012 (right after the season 7 finale), where Marshall and Lily, and Quinn and Barney are happy, but Robin spoils the moment by picking her teeth. When Barney and Quinn leave to get champagne from the kitchen to celebrate, Robin thinks that they should call it a night, since Marshall and Lily appear to be sleep deprived. However, Lily thinks that Robin feels weird because Barney is engaged. It is apparent that they are very sleep deprived when they keep forgetting things. When Robin tells them why it is not weird for that Barney is engaged, they don't appear to hear her. Quinn later asks Lily and Robin to be her bridesmaids, and Robin thinks that it is weird now (since she used to date Barney). Robin later talks to Barney about Quinn asking her to be her bridesmaid, thinking that she knows Barney and Robin used to date, but Barney tells Robin that Quinn does not know about this. Robin tells him that Quinn will find out about it, but Barney tells her that he destroyed all the evidence that could reveal that they used to date. However, Marshall and Lily accidentally speak about this in front of Quinn in their sleep deprived state. Quinn then becomes furious at Barney for lying to her, and tells him that he has a minute to tell her everything, or she'll leave. Barney quickly tells her everything important (beginning from the Pilot). Quinn then confronts Robin, but Barney tells her that there is nothing going on between them and Robin tells her that she has a boyfriend, Nick. Barney thinks that she is lying, but she says that she is not and she already told Marshall and Lily about it, but they don't remember it. Quinn says that it doesn't matter if Robin has a boyfriend because she will always keep wondering if she has feelings for Barney. However, after meeting Nick, she says she is okay with it. When Quinn leaves, Barney thanks Robin, but she says that it stinks how easy it was for him to throw away everything from their relationship. Barney then gives her a key to a storage unit. When she goes to the storage unit, she sees a box full of things from her and Barney's time together and becomes teary eyed.
Meanwhile, while Ted is driving away away with Victoria, he says that right now Klaus would be reading the note she left, but Victoria tells him that she didn't leave one. Ted then convinces her to write a note to leave for Klaus. He tells her that he feels guilty for stealing her, but Victoria tells him that she chose him. She then asks Ted to deliver the note. Ted tries to get to Victoria dressing room, but does not want to climb the drain pipe. Victoria then gives him the keys to her dressing room, but Ted is stopped from going into the dressing room by Klaus's sister Uta. Ted then gets helps from Barney to seduce Uta over the phone, so he can leave the note. Ted then leaves the note, but forgets the car keys in the dressing room. When Ted is about to climb the drain pipe to get the keys, he sees Klaus climbing out of his window. Klaus tells him that he can't get married, and then leaves to take the train to the city. Ted then takes Victoria's note from her dressing room, replacing it with Klaus's so it looks like that he is the only one who ran away. He then drives away with Victoria again, but stops at the Farhampton train station to ask Klaus why he didn't want to marry Victoria. He tells him that although Victoria is wonderful, she is not "the life long treasure of destiny" for him, but "almost the thing he wants, but not quite". Ted tells him that maybe she will become "The One" for him as the time passes by, but Klaus tells him that when you meet "The One", you know instantaneously. He asks Ted if he has met "The One" for him, Ted says he thinks so, but Klaus tells him that if he had met "The One", he wouldn't need to think about it. Ted asks him if he is sure that he will find 'The One" for him someday, and Klaus tells him that everyone eventually finds "The One" for them, but they don't know when or where.
The scene then goes to the same train station in the future, where The Mother comes out of a taxi, holding up her yellow umbrella in the rain and stands a few feet from Ted.
The scene then goes to the wedding where Robin asks him how Barney is doing. He tells her that he is fine (although the next scene briefly flashes to Barney, who is being restrained by Marshall and Lily from running away "to get another tie from home" that's cornflower blue). Robin then tells Ted that she can't go through with the wedding. Ted tries to calm her down, but she wonders if it would be hard to climb down the window. Ted tells her that climbing up the window is real challenge, and Robin then remembers that it's "the same window".
Future Ted then narrates the events of May 2012 (right after the season 7 finale), where Marshall and Lily, and Quinn and Barney are happy, but Robin spoils the moment by picking her teeth. When Barney and Quinn leave to get champagne from the kitchen to celebrate, Robin thinks that they should call it a night, since Marshall and Lily appear to be sleep deprived. However, Lily thinks that Robin feels weird because Barney is engaged. It is apparent that they are very sleep deprived when they keep forgetting things. When Robin tells them why it is not weird for that Barney is engaged, they don't appear to hear her. Quinn later asks Lily and Robin to be her bridesmaids, and Robin thinks that it is weird now (since she used to date Barney). Robin later talks to Barney about Quinn asking her to be her bridesmaid, thinking that she knows Barney and Robin used to date, but Barney tells Robin that Quinn does not know about this. Robin tells him that Quinn will find out about it, but Barney tells her that he destroyed all the evidence that could reveal that they used to date. However, Marshall and Lily accidentally speak about this in front of Quinn in their sleep deprived state. Quinn then becomes furious at Barney for lying to her, and tells him that he has a minute to tell her everything, or she'll leave. Barney quickly tells her everything important (beginning from the Pilot). Quinn then confronts Robin, but Barney tells her that there is nothing going on between them and Robin tells her that she has a boyfriend, Nick. Barney thinks that she is lying, but she says that she is not and she already told Marshall and Lily about it, but they don't remember it. Quinn says that it doesn't matter if Robin has a boyfriend because she will always keep wondering if she has feelings for Barney. However, after meeting Nick, she says she is okay with it. When Quinn leaves, Barney thanks Robin, but she says that it stinks how easy it was for him to throw away everything from their relationship. Barney then gives her a key to a storage unit. When she goes to the storage unit, she sees a box full of things from her and Barney's time together and becomes teary eyed.
Meanwhile, while Ted is driving away away with Victoria, he says that right now Klaus would be reading the note she left, but Victoria tells him that she didn't leave one. Ted then convinces her to write a note to leave for Klaus. He tells her that he feels guilty for stealing her, but Victoria tells him that she chose him. She then asks Ted to deliver the note. Ted tries to get to Victoria dressing room, but does not want to climb the drain pipe. Victoria then gives him the keys to her dressing room, but Ted is stopped from going into the dressing room by Klaus's sister Uta. Ted then gets helps from Barney to seduce Uta over the phone, so he can leave the note. Ted then leaves the note, but forgets the car keys in the dressing room. When Ted is about to climb the drain pipe to get the keys, he sees Klaus climbing out of his window. Klaus tells him that he can't get married, and then leaves to take the train to the city. Ted then takes Victoria's note from her dressing room, replacing it with Klaus's so it looks like that he is the only one who ran away. He then drives away with Victoria again, but stops at the Farhampton train station to ask Klaus why he didn't want to marry Victoria. He tells him that although Victoria is wonderful, she is not "the life long treasure of destiny" for him, but "almost the thing he wants, but not quite". Ted tells him that maybe she will become "The One" for him as the time passes by, but Klaus tells him that when you meet "The One", you know instantaneously. He asks Ted if he has met "The One" for him, Ted says he thinks so, but Klaus tells him that if he had met "The One", he wouldn't need to think about it. Ted asks him if he is sure that he will find 'The One" for him someday, and Klaus tells him that everyone eventually finds "The One" for them, but they don't know when or where.
The scene then goes to the same train station in the future, where The Mother comes out of a taxi, holding up her yellow umbrella in the rain and stands a few feet from Ted.
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