- When Daphne sends a troubling text message to Lily, Marshall enlists the gang's help to remove the message while enforcing the "No Questions Asked" rule.
- Lily is angry at Marshall for purposely booking the room at the inn that is purportedly haunted. Not that Lily is afraid of ghosts - or so she says - but that the inn management is using the excuse of the haunting as justification for the shoddy state of the room. This issue is the least of Marshall's worries as he learns that Daphne texted Lily with news that he accepted a job as a judge in New York, even after they decided to move to Italy. He asks all his friends individually to delete the last text on Lily's phone, "no questions asked", such a request which each owes him. As such, each may be working at cross purposes to the other in getting the task done. Meanwhile, Robin and Barney both realize that they still do things without consulting the other, which they can't continue to do if their marriage is to work.—Huggo
- On Friday at 11.30 PM, 42.5 hours before the wedding, Daphne has just texted Lily about Marshall taking his dream job as a judge in New York. Marshall is worried of the consequences, as he and Lily had been planning on moving to Italy for her dream job. When Lily calls, Marshall is relieved to learn that Lily has not read the message yet and is complaining that they have received room 13 at the Farhampton Inn. Room 13 is rumored to be haunted by Captain Dearduff the Hooker, a supposed serial killer from 1843 who froze to death because his hook was stuck on the wall of room 13, while the window was open. The hook got stuck as Dearduff was trying to swat away a fly with his hook, as he was trying to exit the room to go on a killing spree. Lily tries to get another room (she does not believe in ghosts, but nothing in the room works), but the receptionist Hamish (Rhys Darby) keeps using Captain Dearduff as an excuse to all of Lily's complaints. Hamish says that the heater doesn't work in Lily's room as Dearduff brings in the chill of death. Wifi doesn't work as ghosts interfere with electronic devices. Shower is leaking as Dearduff like the sound of dripping water. The resort is booked up because of the wedding and hence Lily cannot change rooms.
Meanwhile, Barney plans to release 100 doves when he and Robin come out from the church. Unaware of Barney's plan, Robin mentions that the release of the doves would be problematic as her family will do a 21-gun salute with real bullets when they leave the church. Both Robin and Barney realize that they both always go on with their own plan without telling each other first.
That night, Lily has trouble sleeping when a stranger with a hook appears at her window, though it turns out to be Ted. It's revealed that Marshall called Ted to delete the text on Lily's cellphone using a "No questions asked" favor that Ted owes him. Ted had been trapped inside a public mail collection box, and had asked Marshall to free him while not allowing him to ask any questions as to why he had ended up there in the first place.
Despite having been told the lock on Lilyl's room door was broken, Ted insisted on climbing the drainpipe and entered Lily's room from the window. He manages to soothe Lily by saying that Marshall asked him to check on her and puts her back to sleep by singing Marvin's lullaby, but his search for Lily's phone is interrupted by Barney, who is in the air ducts leading to the room. As with Ted, Marshall had also asked Barney to delete the text message using another "No questions asked" Barney owes him from when he was trapped in a Macy's utility room with soiled pants and when Marshall had to discharge him from the hospital for swallowing lucky charms. Their subsequent arguing wakes Lily up, but they are interrupted by the arrival of food from room service. Because she did not request the food, Lily goes to confront the receptionist downstairs.
When Robin appears from under the food service cart, she reveals that Marshall also called her to delete the text on Lily's phone with a "No questions asked" she owed him when he helped her escape from a mysterious group who knew her as "Nightfalcon." When they try to find the phone, they realize that Lily has taken it with her downstairs. Barney and Robin manage to develop an over-complicated plan to take the phone while working together, resolving their issue with working alone. However, they are stunned to learn that Ted has already deleted the text by getting Lily to destroy her phone using a "No questions asked" she owed him when she had been tied up by her kindergarten class.
Ted calls Marshall and asks why he didn't use a "No questions asked" on Lily. Marshall explains that he never used one on Lily as he is always open and honest with her, making him realize he shouldn't be keeping his news from her. Using Ted's phone, Marshall tells Lily the truth about his new job. Lily is furious and tells Marshall that she never believed anyone died in their room, but somebody soon will.
The final scene reveals how Ted got trapped in the mailbox: he had sent a sappy letter to a woman, then changed his mind almost immediately and tried to retrieve it. He saw the mailbox was unlocked and climbed in when the mailman passed, who ended up locking it with Ted still inside.
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