- Marshall and Lily's wedding is destined to become a disaster, until fate intervenes and makes it perfect.
- The closer and closer it gets to Marshall and Lily's wedding ceremony, the less and less it looks like the intimate outdoor wedding with only a small number of family and friends (and an acoustic guitarist) in attendance that they had originally envisioned. In addition, one problem after another seems to be rearing its ugly head, including: Lily's veil being destroyed; their pregnant harp player being overdue; their photographer being injured; the flowers not scheduled to arrive until half way through the ceremony; Lily's high school boyfriend Scooter being there, he who still professes his love for her; and Marshall having an even worse than bad hair day. Lily doesn't want to be the type of bride who complains about the ceremony since all that should matter is her and Marshall's love for each other, but does she really care about having the perfect wedding? It may be a moot point as Ted thinks he's got the solution to make it a perfect day for his friends. Meanwhile, Barney figures out a way to get anything he wants on this particular day.—Huggo
- Marshall and Lily are about to get married in May of 2007, however, nothing seems to be going right for either of them. They started 8 months out with a small outdoor wedding, with only family and close friends, and an acoustic guitar playing. 6 months out, the number of guests increased to triple digits. 5 months out, it's not an outdoor wedding, since Marshall's dad is convinced that he will be mugged at an outdoor wedding in New York. 3 months out, the acoustic guitar player is replaced by a harp player (Lily's dad owes a guy and the guy's daughter plays the harp).
Barney figures out that he can get anything for himself, if he just says that it is meant for the bride. He wanted a drink, but the bar didn't open till the reception. But, he gets the drink when he says it is for Lily.
Much to Lily's disgust, Scooter, her high school boyfriend, shows up at the wedding having been invited by Lily's family (even though Lily did not invite him personally), and then tries desperately but unsuccessfully to win her back. Scooter says that if Lily can look him in the eye and tell him to leave, then he will leave forever. Then Scooter proceeds to ensure that Lily cannot look him in the eye. Barney sends Brad to bounce out Scooter and Scooter spends the rest of the ceremony running away from Brad. Lily also has no flowers for the ceremony, her photographer out of action (Brad tackled the photographer thinking it was Scooter) and replaced with a camera phone (which also belonged to Brad), and her harp player Andrea (Shulie Cowen) is in labor and about to deliver a baby. To top things off, Lily's veil was found ruined (it was found in the parking lot), and Lily thinks that the wedding is just falling apart.
Marshall is also having a difficult time, as Lily's cousin Amy (Candice Accola) gave him highlighted tips in his hair, and in an attempt to correct it, he shaves off a patch of hair on his head. Ted goes to the ceremony and tries to uncle Ben's (Michael Mantell) toupee for Marshall to cover his bald patch. But Uncle Ben refuses to acknowledge that he even wears a toupee. Barney simply grabs the toupee saying the bride needs it. Brad has also tackled the caterer by this point.
Marshall and Lily then see each other (as they were both out, taking a walk in the park to get some air), and they are about ready to call off the wedding. However, Ted has a plan. Since both Marshall and Lily always wanted a small wedding in a park, Ted suggests since they are outside, hold a small ceremony like they always wanted, and then go perform the ceremony in front of all of their guests. With Barney recently licensed to marry people, all they need is something to cover Marshall's bald patch, which comes in the form of a fedora, which Lily borrows from one of the groundskeepers of the Van Smoot House. The guys had thought of native American headdress, before they thought of a hat.
Marshall and Lily are married by Barney, in front of only Ted and Robin (They don't have their vows, and so they say why they love each other). Then, without a worry about how the big ceremony takes place, they go inside, and hold the wedding ceremony in front of the family and all other friends. However, no one else knows that Marshall and Lily had been married right before. They hold the wedding reception, which carries over into "Something Blue". They have their fist sex after marriage in the wedding reception hall bathroom, while Ted was still in there, taking a dump.
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