Future Ted: [v.o.] Her whole life, Mickey disappointed Lily. And she always put up with it, until one day in 2006 when Lily went to visit her grandparents.
Marshall: So, Rita, are you excited about the big move to Florida?
Rita: Actually, dear, slight change of plans. We're staying here for the time being.
Morris: We had a slight financial hiccup.
Mickey: [o.s.] Mom, the straw to my juice box broke!

[flashback to 2006 at Lily's grandparents' house:]
Mickey: Ma, chop chop! Oh, hey, guys. What a pleasant surprise.
Lily: Dad, wat happened to your apartment?
Mickey: Oh, well, I had a little falling out with my roommate.
Lily: What happened?
Mickey: Uh, well, he wanted me to pay rent. Got kind of ugly.

[flashback to 2006 at Lily's grandparents' house:]
Morris: Bye, sweetheart. I'm off to work.
Lily: Work? You're retired.
Morris: Now that I have an extra mouth to feed, I had to go back to the steel mill. Rita, where's my truss?
Lily: [to Mickey] So, not only did you stop them from moving to Florida, but now you forced Grandpa to go back to work?
Mickey: Just until I get Aldrin Games Unlimited off the ground with my new sensation: "Dog Fight Promoter".
Future Ted: [v.o.] And then Lily gave her dad a look that Marshall had only seen a few times before. A look we all prayed never to be on the receiving end of: Her "you're dead to me" look.

Robin: God, I hope Lily's okay.
Ted: Me, too. She doesn't talk about it much, but this thing with her dad causes her a lot of pain.
Barney: Just tell me which one of you is gonna slap me!
Ted: What?
Barney: I'm dying over here! Ted reaches for a chip, I flinch! Robin fixes her hair, I flinch! I'm doing so much flinching. It's bad for my skin. I'm getting crow's feet. Crow's feet!

Marshall: Lily, come on, it's been three years, okay? That's long enough.
Lily: Having him in my life causes me nothing but stress. It's just easier for him to be dead to me.
Marshall: Lily, look, I supported you when our neighbor, Mr. Ossias, was "dead to you".
[flashback to Lily going out in the hall to find an elderly neighbor returning to his apartment:]
Lily: That's our newspaper.
Mr. Ossias: You'll get it back in 15 minutes. Make it 20. I had a steak last night.
[Lily gives him her "dead to me" look"]

Marshall: And I was fine when your bridesmaid, Whitney, was "dead to you".
[flashback to the wedding:]
Robin: Oh, Lily, you look so amazing!
Bridesmaid: That dress is gorgeous!
Lily: Thanks, guys.
Whitney: Um... I'm just not a fan of strapless.
[Lily gives Whitney her "dead to me" look]

Marshall: Lily, he's family, okay? And I'm sorry, but you just don't cut off family.
Lily: Oh, well, that's easy for you to say when you come from the most ridiculously close family in the world.
Marshall: We are not ridiculously close.
Lily: Really? What about the Eriksen family dinner every single Sunday?
[flashback to the whole Eriksen family gathered around the table:]
Marvin Sr.: Everything looks delicious, Mother Eriksen.
Judy Eriksen: Thank you, Papa Oear. Marshall ,would you say grace?
[At the end of the table, a laptop is set up with Marshall appearing by video chat]
Marshall: Well, I would be happy to, mother. Everyone, please join hands. Dear Lord...

[flashback to Marshall meeting Mickey at MacLaren's:]
Marshall: But... It doesn't have to be that way. We can fix this, right?
Mickey: [scoffs] You know, I always thought it'd get fixed at the wedding. I even wrote a toast. But then, no invite. Hell, I haven't even seen a wedding photo.
Marshall: [v.o.] And then, right before my eyes, your father broke down crying.
[Marshall starts sobbing]
Marshall: That's it! You're coming to Thanksgiving!

Marshall: Mr. Park's? This is the last place I expected to find you.
Lily: Marshall.
Marshall: Lily, I'm sorry. But just hear me out. I used to think that family was a right. But it's not. It's a privilege, and it has to be earned. I kicked your dad out. And I promise, baby, I will never make you see him again.
Lily: [crying] What?
Marshall: Baby, what happened?
Lily: Marshall, I came in here because it was cold and this was the only place that was open. I wasn't even gonna look Mr. Park in the eye. And then I found out... Mr. Park died.
Marshall: Oh, my God.
Lily: He really is dead to me! And if I feel this bad about never making up with Mr. Park, a guy who meant
literally nothing to me...
[The Korean woman behind the counter cries]
Lily: We got to go get my dad.
Future Ted: [v.o.] So that's how on Thanksgiving 2009, your aunt Lily performed a miracle. She brought a man back from the dead.

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