- "The Captain" offers Lily a job in Rome, but will she take it? Meanwhile, Ted won't stop raving about the body of Barney and Robin's wedding planner.
- Lily and Marshall's life is in a perfect place, running like a well-oiled machine. A wrench is thrown into that machine when The Captain tells Lily that he is moving to Rome, and wants her to accompany him to continue her work as his art consultant in one of the most important art cities in the world. Lily contemplates making a unilateral decision on the matter without even telling Marshall of the offer before making that decision. Marshall's own perfect job may be only one important consideration, but Lily may have secret motives for what she decides. Meanwhile, Ted and Barney spot a woman in the bar, who Ted knows from attending the same yoga class as her. He says that she has the most "redonkulous" body he has ever seen, but Barney may never be able to find out as she is wearing this over-sized coat which she doesn't seem to want to take off. Barney does whatever he can to get her to remove that coat. But what will Robin think about Barney's latest mission, especially with this woman?—Huggo
- The Captain announces he is moving to Rome, and asks Lily to come with him to work as his art consultant for a year. Lily turns him down, reasoning that Marshall is perfectly happy in his current job at Honeywell & Cootes and won't want to move. Plus, they have a baby and life in NYC. She discusses this with the gang, who argue that Marshall would be happy at the chance to move to Italy (Marshall even took a week of Italian in college), but Lily stands by her decision. She is afraid that in Rome, she would have a successful career, while Marshall would be a stay-at-home dad who would become increasingly frustrated. She then pictures Marshall having an affair in Rome with a woman who wants to move to Minnesota with him and learn his mother's ham casserole recipe.
When she visits Marshall at work, she finds most of the office empty and learns that after the case against Gruber Pharmaceuticals, the firm lost a lot of business, and he is one of only two workers remaining who spend all day doing nothing. He was literally building a huge house of cards and hadn't had a client in several months. Cootes (Martin Short) is hiding in a bomb shelter in Colorado waiting for the apocalypse. Lily is furious that Marshall has kept the truth from her and tells him of the offer she just turned down. Marshall concurs that he would love to move to Rome (he could spend all his time with Marvin, learning to make pasta and watching the Italian Price is Right on TV) and runs off to speak with the Captain. However, when the Captain offers the job again, Lily turns him down. This time she is afraid that she may not be very good at her job.
At the bar, Ted and Barney spot a woman wearing a large puffy coat. The woman, Liddy (Mircea Monroe), attends the same yoga class as Ted and has a body that Ted describes as "Redonkulous". While Barney's schemes for Liddy to remove her coat fail, Robin arrives and reveals that Liddy is Barney and Robin's wedding planner. Ted says that he was too afraid to ask Liddy out after seeing her body. It was too much for him to handle. Robin is also curious about what's underneath the coat and when Liddy goes to the bathroom, Barney bemoans the fact that Marshall isn't present. Barney reasons that because Marshall is firmly attached to someone, women would not be suspicious of his motives. Marshall does not have the Pheromonal stink of a desperate man looking to score. When Robin points out that the same applies to Barney (he is also a man who has met the girl of his dreams and wants to spend his life with her and only her), he hesitantly asks and succeeds at getting Liddy to remove her coat, leaving Robin and Barney astounded by her figure.
After Robin and Liddy leave the bar, Ted expresses his concern that Robin will not be happy with Barney's behavior. Barney had told Robin that thanks to her, he could now say any disgusting thing to a woman and get away with it. In response, Barney becomes angry with Ted for presuming that Ted knows more about Robin than he does, and Ted apologizes when he realizes he's overstepped the mark. After Barney gets home that night, he finds Robin waiting for him wearing nothing but the coat, causing him to quickly turn up the thermostat.
Meanwhile, Marshall is excited about moving to Italy when Ted informs him that Lily turned down the job again. When he and Lily talk, she admits that after her bad experiences in San Francisco, she is apprehensive about such a big move, especially since they'll have no friends and can't speak Italian. Marshall assures Lily that she'll be fine and they'll have each other for support. Lily decides to take the job.
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