Once they're alone, Stella again starts to apologize, but Ted cuts her short and says he'll talk to Tony. He wants her to be happy. We're treated to a montage of a crying Tony listening to Ted and finally hugging him with great enthusiasm. Saget!Ted narrates that he doesn't know what he did, but the next day, Tony, Stella and Lucy flew to California, where Stella set up a new dermatology practice, and Tony's movie, The Wedding Bride landed him success as a screenwriter. [I can't wait to learn more about that one, as promised by SagetTed, since the poster makes it look like the story of Ted and Stella's wedding. - Z] We flash back to...

Stella's car: Ted wants to know, "Why Tony?" It's not the money or the "Kung Fu Pajamas." He's just..."the one." Ted admits that since their aborted wedding, he's been keeping his feelings inside, but he still wants what he thinks she and Tony have, and what he knows Marshall and Lily have. He's tired of waiting, though. Stella then tells Ted how she once talked her way out of a speeding ticket. She was doing 90 on a country road, when a cop pulled her over and said, "Young lady, I have been waiting for you all day." Stella says she apologized to him. "I'm so sorry, officer -- I got here as fast as I could." Ted laughs and says, "Really?" No, you doofus, it was joke, but Stella's point remains, because she gets to say the episode title. Whoever "the one" for Ted is, she's out there, and she's on her way, and she's getting there "as fast as she can." Ted bids her goodbye, and Stella, who looks like she wants to hug and kiss him, (only) says goodbye in return. Holding the yellow umbrella in his left hand, Ted watches as she drives away, runs his hand through his hair, and hastens up the steps to his apartment, as Michelle Featherstone cautions us that this is going to hurt, if it ever starts, and so we must promise to be careful with her heart.

End Tag: As Barney finishes a silly story about the last time he wrote his name in his undergarments, LILY COMES BACK TO MACLAREN'S and immediately boosts the episode to the A range, because my word, I've missed her. Have you? She tells Barney that when he told her the peanut butter and jam joke, she was "completely disgusted." The gang all looks at one another with regret, so she adds, "But, I was in the shower this morning, and it popped into my head and actually made me laugh. Peanut butter." Delighted, Barney smiles and listens as she continues: "So I can see now how I may have overreacted -- Marshall's words, not mine." Barney says it's good to see her, so Lily asks what he's been up to. Barney says he's going to an amnesia ward, "with a bunch of photos of my 'children' and a wedding ring. I'm going to find the hottest patient-slash-my-wife, and we are going to..." Lily cuts him off. "Okay, so that's good enough for tonight. I've got to ease back into this. See you tomorrow." She rises and leaves her friends. Marshall shrugs, turns to Barney and we fade to black.