Plot Shelter Island (How I Met Your Mother)

marshall, lily , barney @ bar, when ted , stella arrive. stella upset because sister stealing dream wedding on shelter island @ sunset, marrying vegan guy stella hates. later, ted , stella go restaurant sister massively upset, fiancé has run off vitamin consultant whole foods. ted , stella engage in telepathic conversation, there communication error: while ted thinks agreeing pay dinner, stella tells sister take on wedding , married sunday.

future ted pauses story tell moral, stressing importance: don t ever invite ex wedding.

meanwhile, in 2008, robin in japan. not job not @ serious: has chimpanzee co-host, instance. ted calls , invites wedding; agrees come. @ bar, barney being unusually supportive of ted s marriage. explains lily thinks opportunity hook robin.

the day before wedding group make trip shelter island, find venue yoga resort, bar has no-alcohol policy, , all-inclusive meals 100% vegan. disappointed, , appear frightened bartender, think former member of spin doctors (although isn t). stella finds out robin has been invited wedding , tells ted doesn t want ex @ wedding. although disagrees, lily sides stella. barney calls robin hesitates on telling due plan , tells others on plane.

a few minutes later, stella tells ted tony refusing bring daughter lucy wedding. ted decides go convince tony allow lucy come wedding. barney meets stella s sister, , wants dirty, depraved things him. barney tries resist, thinking of robin.

when ted arrives @ tony s house, tony agrees let lucy come, after ted asks him come well. wedding, stella upset see tony, before robin arrives make things worse. ted argues stella, , agree tell exes cannot attend wedding. robin relieved, telling him agrees stella s insistence weird @ wedding. tells him quit job in tokyo , moving new york city, , shouldn t rush getting married, because deserves amazing ending quest wife. adds cannot pretend history did not exist. ted disagrees , storms off.

robin tries hang out barney, has woman tied bedpost, robin leaves. stella s sister arrives, , revealed woman tied bed front desk. stella s sister joins them.

ted goes talk stella, instead finds card saying has run away tony. marshall, lily , barney try console ted, while robin sees stella , tony on ferry shelter island. ted understands stella wasn t worried robin coming wedding, thinking unresolved issues tony.