- The gang accompanies Barney and his brother James after they find the man who may be Barney's father, but it turns out to be James' father instead.
- Barney is devastated to learn that his mother is selling the Staten Island house in which he grew up, which means packing up and putting away all his happy childhood memories. He convinces his friends to help him, his mother Loretta and his brother James pack up the house. When the gang are packing things up, what they see and learn is that Loretta told Barney and James what to them are obvious lies about their growing up period. While James quickly learned that they were lies when he was younger, Barney always believed and still believes everything Loretta told him. What Barney and James also find is an unmailed letter, the contents of which could affect one of their past and one of their future. Meanwhile, Lily and Marshall argue about what things they will tell their children about such issues as Santa Claus. And Robin tries to find a good balance of how to "sell" Ted to one of her girlfriends.—Huggo
- When Barney convinces the gang to help his mom move out of her home, they quickly learn that she has been very protective of Barney and lied to him about events throughout his life. Meanwhile, Ted gets upset when Robin oversells him to a blind date.—CBS Publicity
- Barney is with the gang at MacLaren's Pub telling another story of romantic conquest when he suddenly breaks down in tears. He explains that his mother is moving out of his childhood home and is selling it. Ted feels him as he has also been banished from his childhood home ever since his mom Virginia (Cristine Rose) married Clint (Harry Groener). They converted his old room into a Tantric sex temple. Barney then tells the gang that they will be helping him move it all over the next two days. Despite their protests, they show up, meeting Barney's mother, Loretta Stinson (Frances Conroy), and his brother, James (Wayne Brady) at their house in Staten Island. James has adopted a son with his gay life partner.
While the gang goes through Barney's childhood room, they find evidence of a lonely childhood, which was all covered up by Loretta's elaborate lies like when she said Bob Barker was his father. Barney was kicked off the basketball team as he was not a good player, but Loretta told him that Barney was so awesome that it was unfair to the other kids. No one showed up to his 8th birthday party and Loretta made up a letter from the Postmaster general, apologizing for losing his invitations that were sent via mail. Barney seems to accept these delusions at face value until he and his brother find an non-posted letter to a "Sam Gibbs", with a photo of the two of them, with the words "your son" on the back. When confronted Loretta makes up a lame story about the photo being taken in a place called Yourson North Dakota, where the boys had rescued the Mayor Sam Gibbs's dog who had wandered into the rapids. She was sending the photo to the mayor who wanted to make statues for the boys. But James finds the lie, as their old swing set is clearly visible in the background of the photo.
The gang immediately heads over to the address. Barney admits that he knows that Bob Barker is not actually his father and that he's ready to face the truth. An elder colored man answers the door. James realizes that Sam (Ben Vereen) is his father, and the two embrace, crying. Barney then joins the hug, under the impression that this man is his father as well. He then proceeds to feed into the idea that he is African American, even interrupting Sam (Ben Vereen) and James' beautiful duet of Stand by Me.
Back at his mother's house, Barney sits in his room with Loretta who gives him a note to the identity of his real father. While they talk, Barney puts together all the work his mother did for him as a child, tears up the note and realizes that she's all the father he'll ever need.
Meanwhile, Robin tells Ted that she has been promoting him to a hot makeup artist at work named Liz, but when she describes her selling points (funny, handsome, incredible lover, endless waves of pleasure just cresting and breaking for hours & hours, passed out from orgasms), Ted is worried that she oversold him. He says that Robin should have undersell him, so he could blow her frigging mind.
Over the course of the day, she sends a series of text messages to try to balance out this faux pas. Near the end of the episode, Robin receives a text from the woman which says she is still interested in meeting Ted. Ted then realizes that Robin has oversold the woman to him as well.
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