- The gang tries to support Marshall and Lily tries to help his mom during Marshall's father's funeral, but Marshall becomes preoccupied when he discovers that he has one final voicemail message from him.
- Ted, Robin and Barney accompany Marshall and Lily to St. Cloud, Minnesota to support them at Marshall's father's funeral. At funerals, Robin always plays the role of "vice girl". Ted and Barney come to a decision that the best way they can help Marshall is to make him laugh during the day. And Lily vows to help Judy through the day despite the two never having been that close. The day gets off to a shaky start when their regular priest, Father Platt, can't perform the service, leaving that task to his son, Reverend Trey Platt, who, during their growing up period, was Marshall's nemesis, despite a physical disparity between the two. In preparing for the service, Marshall is asked about the last words his father ever spoke to him. As Marshall remembers back to the last day he saw his father, all he can remember are meaningless words uttered instead of something profound. Marshall then realizes that he has yet to listen to his father's last words to him. He's not sure he can as he explains why he needs those last words to be something important.—Huggo
- Everybody goes to St. Cloud, Minnesota, Marshall's hometown, to attend the recently deceased Marvin Eriksen's funeral. Marshall is devastated, while his mother Judy is keeping herself distracted by doing chores (according to Lily, she has not eaten or slept in the last two days). Ted and Barney unsuccessfully try to make Marshall laugh by showing him multiple videos of men getting hit in the groin in odd ways. Meanwhile, Robin amazes the gang, as well as other people at the funeral, by providing them with virtually everything they need out of her purse (from mobile chargers to drugs). She is the official "vice" girl at the funeral.
Judy (Suzie Plakson) and Marshall learn that the funeral service will not be held by the Reverend, but by his son Trey (Danny Strong). The gang is surprised to learn that Trey used to bully Marshall in high school (especially since Trey is very short). Trey turns out to be extremely insensitive, though Judy agrees that Marvin Sr.'s (Bill Fagerbakke) last words should be the theme of the service.
Marshall is reluctant to tell any such story as his last conversation with his father was over trivial issues (he was about to get on to a plane and commented that plane food is not very good. And then he went to the street where it was raining and called Marshall and made comments about some odd racial stereotypes like Koreans always having an umbrella. Marshall went down to meet his father and just before getting into a cab he asked Marshall to rent Crocodile Dundee III), while the stories told by his mother and older brothers are very touching and inspiring. After charging his phone (which was out of power since before Marvin's death), Marshall discovers that he has a voicemail from his father. Marshall does not know what to do and decides that he does not want to listen to it. Meanwhile, Robin runs into rough waters when she accidentally gives alcohol to Marshall's teen-aged cousin. Lily takes the blame and faces Judy's outrage to let the latter vent all her emotions. Finally, an exhausted Judy eats and rests.
The group tries to reason with Marshall, who counters by asking them what their father's last words to them would be should their fathers die. They realize that none of them would have anything special to say. Ted's father is divorced and talked about how he is trying to have sex with the woman that Ted once went to prom with. Lily's dad is in jail for not paying taxes for the last 25 years. He asks $15,000 from Lily. Lily had got a call from him, and she pretends not to be home. Robin's father was disappointed in her for not achieving anything significant in her life. During the service, Marshall impulsively goes out to hear his father's message. It turns out that it was, in fact, a pocket dial. An outraged Marshall says how much his father meant to him and how unfair it is that his last message to him was a "pocket dial". However, as he continues to rant, Marvin discovers the pocket dial on the phone. He jokes about his error, before telling Marshall that he enjoyed his visit, and finally telling him "I love you." - and immediately asks for his foot cream as his rash had started to act up again. Marshall takes comfort in the fact that his father's last words to him were "I love you".
After the stories told by Judy, Marcus, and Marvin Jr., Marshall's turn to speak at the memorial service comes. He surprises the gang by deciding to keep his father's real last words to himself, instead telling everyone of how his father had told him to rent Crocodile Dundee 3.
Judy thanks Lily for what she had done during the course of the wake while making one last crude joke at Lily's expense, stating that it was the last time, apparently resolving their strained relationship. Ted, Lily, and Robin call their fathers to have meaningful conversations with them. Meanwhile, Barney calls his mother and tells her that he's ready to meet his father.
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