1. Kids, this is
a Thanksgiving story.
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2. Thanksgiving in New York
is a wonderful time.
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3. It's a time for giving of yourself,
for thinking of your fellow man.
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4. A time when the unforgiving city
becomes a little kinder.
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5. Well, I just ralphed.
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6. - How much did you guys drink last night?
- Not how much, what.
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7. The Thanks-tini,
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8. a fun and delicious new novelty drink
I invented.
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9. Cranberry juice, potato vodka,
and a bouillon cube.
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10. Tastes just like a turkey dinner.
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11. It's like Thanksgiving in my mouth.
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12. You want a good holiday drink?
Try his Kwanzaa-politan.
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13. The shuttle's here!
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14. He hasn't been back home to Minnesota
since Christmas.
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15. - He's a little excited.
- Baby, we're holding up the shuttle.
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16. Do you have everything you need?
Toothbrush, pajamas, underpants?
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17. Underpants.
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18. So, Lil, Marshall's family.
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19. Whole weekend with the future in-laws.
You excited?
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20. - Yeah, no, it'll be fun.
- Lily, you just said, "Yeah, no."
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21. Did I? No, I love Marshall's family.
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22. - But, yeah, no, it'll be great.
- You just did it again.
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23. Yeah, no, shut up.
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24. Wait, so you're not going home
for Thanksgiving?
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25. - No, I have to work on Friday. You?
- I'm Canadian, remember?
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26. - We celebrate Thanksgiving in October.
- Oh, right, I forgot.
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27. You guys are weird.
You pronounce the word "out,"oute."
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28. You guys are the world's leader
in handgun violence,
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29. your healthcare system is bankrupt,
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30. and your country is deeply divided
on almost every important issue.
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31. Your cops are called Mounties.
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32. So, probably hanging out
with Barney, then?
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33. No. Barney's got
his own Thanksgiving tradition.
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34. Thanksgiving in a strip club. Who's in?
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35. The Lusty Leopard has
a surprisingly good Thanksgiving buffet.
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36. Plus, they do this thing.
Heather dresses up as a Pilgrim,
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37. and Misty dresses up as an Indian,
and they share a meal together.
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38. - Oh, Barney.
- I'm sorry. Native American.
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39. I think I'm gonna go
to a homeless shelter, serve food.
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40. - That's awesome.
- Yeah.
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41. I thought I'd just spend the day
giving back, you know, doing some good.
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42. - Canceling out Barney.
- Exactly.
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43. - Where are all my underpants?
- Did you check your suitcase?
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44. No.
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45. Let's go.
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46. And go they went.
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47. All the way to St. Cloud, Minnesota,
Marshall's hometown.
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48. And as Lily stepped into
her fiancé's boyhood home,
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49. she received a big welcome.
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50. Hello! We're home!
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51. A very big welcome.
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52. You see, at 6-foot-4,
Marshall was the runt of the Eriksen clan.
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53. - Great to see you.
- Hey, you, too.
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54. Wow, I forgot how tall you guys are.
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55. - Where's my almost daughter-in-law?
- Here I am!
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56. Over here!
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57. Well, you got yourself
a great little bride here, Son.
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58. - Yeah.
- That's great.
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59. All right, now, no farting around.
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60. Put your skates and your pads on, boys.
Game on in five minutes.
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61. Yeah. All right.
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62. - Oh, you gonna play hockey?
- Hike, hut!
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63. - With a basketball?
- Well, it's a combination of the two.
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64. - We call it "bask-ice-ball."
- We invented it.
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65. It's the most dangerous
and awesome sport in the world.
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66. Bask-ice-ball? Not ice-ket-ball?
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67. "Ice-ket-ball"?
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68. - Just sounds weird.
- Yeah.
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69. It's bask-ice-ball, okay?
And I'm the best.
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70. Oh, you wish.
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71. Oh, well, maybe that's just 'cause
you haven't seen me play.
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72. I don't know, honey.
It's not really a sport for a girl.
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73. Well, that's funny,
'cause your brother throws like a girl.
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74. Marcus.
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75. - This is gonna be great.
- I know. I'm so psyched we did this.
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76. Man, look at all these people.
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77. Giving up their Thanksgiving to help
their fellow man.
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78. These have gotta be the best people
in New York.
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79. Excuse me, guys, coming through.
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80. - Barney?
- Well, hi, guys.
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81. - What are you doing here?
- Oh, just the Lord's work.
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82. - But you're Satan.
- Guys, okay, look.
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83. I don't advertise it,
but I volunteer here.
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84. I think it's important to help
the less fortunate.
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85. I'm the Angelina Jolie
of incredibly hot guys.
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86. This is a joke, right?
You don't actually volunteer here?
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87. Barney, we need you out front.
There is a logjam on the stuffing line.
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88. - Can you show them how it's done?
- I'm on it.
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89. - Wait, so, this is real? Barney does this?
- Every Sunday, all year long.
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90. He's our best volunteer.
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91. That's 'cause
I was trained by the best, Kendall.
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92. Anyway, we're psyched
to be here, Kendall.
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93. What do you need us to do?
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94. - Go home, we're full.
What?
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95. We're volunteers, we're unpaid help.
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96. Can you ever really have
enough unpaid help?
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97. On the biggest volunteer day of the year?
Yeah, you can.
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98. - Come on, we just wanna help out.
- Kendall. They're cool.
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99. Fine. But I'm not promising anything.
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100. Wait here,
we'll let you know if we need you.
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101. Okay, well, I better get back out there.
There's a lot of food to give out.
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102. And a lot of smiles.
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103. I almost forgot.
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104. I know it's early,
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105. but you are a future Mrs. Eriksen.
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106. Oh, thank you.
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107. Well, it'll go great with my...
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108. I just love it.
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109. Okay, Lily, we're putting you
on salad duty.
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110. Oh, I make this
great frisée and endive salad
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111. with a coriander lime vinaigrette.
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112. But this is an American holiday.
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113. Lily, now that you're going to be
a Mrs. Eriksen,
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114. I'm going to let you in
on a secret recipe:
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115. The Eriksen Family Seven Layer Salad.
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116. Seven layer salad?
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117. Six cups of mayonnaise?
That can't be right.
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118. Oh, no, dear. Sixteen cups.
Mayo's in that cabinet.
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119. Oh, my God, there is some
serious bask-ice-ball going on out there.
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120. Dad totally nailed Marcus in the face
with a snowball, which is a foul,
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121. 'cause you only get
one snowball per possession,
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122. so I nailed him in the shin with my skate,
and then I totally dunked it.
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123. Yeah, you were sitting pretty,
till I whacked you with that mallet.
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124. Hey, gorgeous.
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125. You having fun?
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126. Yeah, but I kind of miss you.
Could you stay in here for a little bit?
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127. Yeah, yeah, yeah, no problem.
It's halftime.
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128. Halftime's over.
Get your butts out here. Come on.
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129. And I hope you like the taste
of skate, dorko.
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130. - Go.
- Thanks, baby.
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131. Isn't this great?
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132. Can't you see why everybody
from my high school stays in this town?
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133. Hey, Marvin! You're the dorko, dorko!
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134. Man, it's amazing out there.
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135. I've done so much good today,
I've got, like, a soul boner.
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136. Man, the way
the faces of the less fortunate light up
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137. when you give them
a hot, nutritious meal,
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138. is there a better feeling on earth?
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139. Yesterday, you said the best feeling
on earth was getting your toes sucked.
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140. Then you requested a high-five,
with your foot.
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141. Hey, Barn, what do you say
you let us sub in for you
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142. scoop stuffing for a little bit?
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143. You wanna scoop stuffing
your first day out?
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144. Hello, NFL,
can I be quarterback this Sunday? Dude.
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145. Okay, I finished the Gummi Bear layer
of the salad.
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146. What's next?
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147. Potato chips, of course.
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148. So, Lily, when are you gonna start
thinking about having a baby?
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149. Baby? You know,
I hadn't really thought about it.
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150. At all.
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151. Actually, Aunt Lily was lying.
It was all she'd been thinking about.
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152. You see, remember when she said...
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153. Well, I just ralphed.
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154. At that point, she was five days late.
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155. This was day six.
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156. Yeah, I mean, I'm way too young
to have a baby, right?
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157. Oh, are you kidding?
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158. I was younger than you
when I had Marcus.
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159. Beautiful 15-pound boy.
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160. Not much bigger
than this turkey right here.
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161. Oh, boy.
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162. Now, if Lily was already
uneasy about joining the Eriksen family,
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163. imagine how she felt
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164. about possibly having a 15-pound Eriksen
growing inside of her.
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165. That's a big baby, Judy.
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166. - The doctor thought he was twins.
Twins.
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167. Twins.
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168. This is crazy. When did it get so hard
to do charity work?
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169. I do charity work all the time.
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170. Remember when I said
I'd find you a girlfriend?
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171. Delightful. How's that little project
coming along, anyway?
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172. I'm working on it.
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173. I'm gonna introduce you to that girl
you've been staring at.
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174. What? That's crazy.
I haven't been staring at any girl.
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175. Have you met Ted?
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176. Hi, I'm the aforementioned Ted,
and this is... Gone.
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177. - I'm Amanda.
- Hi.
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178. - So, what do you do here, Ted?
- Well, I've been... Nothing. I do nothing.
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179. Well, if you wanna do something,
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180. you and your girlfriend can help
sort through these donations.
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181. Oh, I'm not his girlfriend.
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182. I used to be,
but I just wasn't enough woman for Ted,
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183. emotionally, or sexually.
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184. Oh, my God.
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185. So, Amanda, what do you need us to do?
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186. Okay, this is important.
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187. Go through all these boxes
of food donations,
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188. take out the really good stuff,
and put it into this box.
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189. Got it. Consider it sorted.
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190. Hey, we're in business.
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191. Hey, Barney's not gonna get
all the glory today.
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192. - Let's start with this one.
- Yeah.
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193. - Amen.
Amen.
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194. Look who came to say good night.
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195. It's little Martin. Three months old.
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196. - Months? Three months?
- He's been drinking his milk.
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197. Oh, yeah.
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198. Hear, hear.
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199. And she's already pregnant again.
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200. Well, that's 'cause
those Eriksen boys' boys can swim.
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201. They got two tails
and a drill bit for a head.
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202. - Dad, you're embarrassing me.
- Don't worry about it, Son, she's cool.
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203. - She's gonna be an Eriksen.
- Yeah, well, not literally.
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204. 'Cause, you know, I'm keeping my name.
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205. But the apron?
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206. Well, we haven't actually decided
anything yet, so we're gonna...
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207. No, I've decided,
and I'm keeping my own name.
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208. But Eriksen is a great last name.
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209. People know the Eriksens.
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210. Well, sure, in St. Cloud,
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211. but our kids aren't gonna be
growing up in St. Cloud.
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212. Right, baby?
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213. Well, why not St. Cloud?
I mean, I loved growing up in St. Cloud.
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214. St. Cloud is a great place
to have a childhood.
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215. Well, so is New York.
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216. What? It is. And we grew up just fine.
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217. And we grew to the proper size,
and then we stopped.
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218. - Hey, Amanda, what's this box for?
- Oh, that's for me.
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219. - You can put it in my car.
- In your car. Then you'll take it...
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220. Home. Yeah, we get so much extra food,
no one can eat it all.
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221. Oh, truffle oil. Score.
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222. But people donated this food
thinking it was going to feed the hungry.
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223. I know. And I'm starving.
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224. - But, Marshall, you love New York.
- Yes, I do.
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225. But you always said
that when we had kids,
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226. - you wanted to move out of Manhattan.
- Well, yeah, to Brooklyn.
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227. Why are we even talking about this?
This is, like, way down the road.
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228. But Lily knew "way down the
road," might not be so far down the road.
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229. - I need to go to the restroom.
- Lily, the restroom's the other way.
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230. So, she headed down the road.
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231. Lily? Lily!
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232. So, wait. Not only have you not done
any good for anyone today,
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233. you're actually helping someone
steal from the homeless?
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234. You know, Ted, it's called
Thanksgiving, not Thanks-taking.
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235. Damn.
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236. Barney, you need me to sign
your time sheet, right?
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237. Oh, yeah, right. Thanks.
- Barney.
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238. - Yeah, what's up?
- You have a time sheet?
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239. - No one else has a time sheet.
- Yeah, so?
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240. All right, let me see that. Come on.
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241. Hey, that's my private, personal business.
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242. "Court-mandated community service?"
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243. Oh, my God, you're on probation?
What did you do?
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244. That's my private, personal business.
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245. I was unfairly punished because
the wall belonged to the judge's church.
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246. You peed on a church?
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247. I peed in an alley,
which happened to have a church,
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248. which I did not see, because I was drunk.
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249. - You are evil.
- All is right with the world again.
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250. Okay, fine.
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251. So a judge is making me do this,
but I'm still doing it.
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252. And kicking ass at it, BTW.
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253. When's the last time
either of you did something good, huh?
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254. Kendall. Kendall.
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255. Amanda is stealing Portobello mushrooms
from homeless people.
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256. Amanda. I called dibs
on the Portobello mushrooms.
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257. - Those are for the hungry.
- I know. And I'm starving.
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258. Those are good mushrooms!
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259. Mushrooms! Mushrooms!
Portobello mushrooms for everyone!
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260. Take them and run!
They're very expensive!
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261. - Happy Thanksgiving.
- Happy Thanksgiving?
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262. As in, "Check out the chick buying
the knock-up test, everybody,
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263. "wonder what must be going
through her head."
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264. Yeah, well, since you asked,
a family of mayonnaise-guzzling giants
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265. is trying to suck me
into their suburban nightmare,
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266. and there's a solid chance
that I have an Eriksen,
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267. the size of a 15-pound turkey,
growing inside of me!
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268. You know the Eriksens?
You're Marshall's fiancée.
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269. - Fantastic.
- So nice to meet you.
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270. You're taller than described.
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271. Oh, I'm sorry I just yelled at you.
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272. - You mind if I use your bathroom?
- Don't have one.
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273. - So what do you do when you have to...
- I hold it.
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274. - You can't fire a volunteer.
- Apparently you can.
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275. And his two
non-mushroom-throwing friends.
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276. I can't believe I told Kendall
you guys were cool.
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277. I have 40 hours left
on my community service.
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278. And now I've gotta spend it
spearing trash on a freaking median strip.
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279. Volunteer of the Year!
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280. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Okay?
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281. Look, if there's anything I can do
to make it up to you,
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282. - just tell me, I'll do it.
- Ted, I'm glad you asked.
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283. - Surprisingly good.
- Right? I told you so.
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284. Public urination.
Who gets arrested for public urination?
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285. - Lily's been arrested.
- Oh, dear. What for?
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286. Public urination.
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287. - Thanks, Pete.
- No problemo, Marsh.
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288. - You all right?
- No.
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289. I embarrassed myself
in front of your family,
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290. and now I'm celebrating Thanksgiving in
probably the most depressing place ever.
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291. Well, I'm glad that you're safe.
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292. Hey, weird question.
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293. Why did you drive 3 miles down Route 23
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294. and take a pee
behind a convenience store?
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295. Okay, I'll tell you, but before I do,
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296. promise me that we are not gonna move
to St. Cloud, Minnesota. Promise.
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297. Look it, I'm not suggesting
that we move here tomorrow,
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298. - I'm just...
- Just promise!
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299. Why do you want me to promise you that?
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300. Because I don't fit in here.
I'm not 8 feet tall,
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301. and I don't think you can call it a salad
if it has Funyuns in it!
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302. I'm Funyuns.
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303. And mayonnaise, and Gummi Bears,
and bask-ice-ball, and I love St. Cloud.
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304. And yes, there is a part of me
that would like to move here someday.
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305. And why are we having this discussion
in a jail cell on Thanksgiving?
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306. Okay, personal effects.
One wallet, one cell phone,
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307. one pregnancy test.
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308. Pete arrested me
before I could look at it.
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309. - Whoa.
- Yeah.
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310. Lily, we can't let our kids play
bask-ice-ball.
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311. Bask-ice-ball is really dangerous.
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312. Yeah, what are the rules
to that game, anyway?
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313. There are no rules.
We just whale on each other.
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314. Look, I don't wanna be
exactly like my family.
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315. And don't take this the wrong way,
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316. but I don't wanna be
exactly like your family, either.
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317. We'll be our own family.
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318. And we'll find our own way to
freak out the people our kids bring home.
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319. Great, now I'm crying.
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320. Look, we may have some really
big decisions to make
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321. in about 10 seconds,
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322. but right now,
I don't care where our kids grow up,
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323. as long as they have you for a father.
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324. Gosh, I hope you're the father.
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325. Just a little joke to lighten up the mood.
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326. What does it say?
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327. - I'm afraid to look.
It's negative!
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328. Oh, thank God.
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329. And, hey!
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330. Ted, are you listening?
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331. You're a good guy.
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332. Wanna know
why I have to work tomorrow?
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333. My firm's designing an executive lounge
for a tobacco company.
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334. In the fight against cancer,
I'm on the side of cancer.
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335. Okay, Ted. I found a way
for you to help someone, to do some good.
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336. This is Walter. Walter is homeless.
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337. - And Walter would like a lap dance.
- Are you joking?
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338. I never joke about the sublime art
of burlesque entertainment.
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339. No, Barney, that's insane.
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340. Sir, would you like me to buy you
a ticket to the buffet?
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341. No, I'm stuffed.
Just the lap dance would be fine.
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342. Ted, Walter's been
to three shelter dinners.
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343. You know where he hasn't been?
To heaven with Samantha.
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344. Look, it's the one chance you've had
all day to help someone in need.
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345. Now, buy this man a lap dance.
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346. You said you wanted to see the look of joy
in someone's eyes.
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347. You know, I don't think I'm gonna watch.
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348. Here you go, Walter. Happy Thanksgiving.
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349. Thank you so much. No, really. Thank you.
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350. Happy Thanksgiving, guys.
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351. Thanksgiving in November. Weird.
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352. So,
that was Thanksgiving 2005.
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353. To be honest, it didn't go great.
But life has plenty of good parts.
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354. It's the rough parts that make you
thankful you have people to share it with.
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355. Hey, I saw what you did for that guy.
It was really sweet.
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356. - Do you want a dance?
- No, thanks.
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357. - Do you want some yams?
- No, thanks.
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358. - I'm Amber.
- I'm Ted.
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359. Actually, I'm Tracey.
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360. Still Ted.
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361. And that, kids, is
the true story of how I met your mother.
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362. What?
I'm kidding.
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