In the How I Met Your Mother episode (Season 7, Episode 23), the story follows two chaotic parallel tracks: Lily going into labor while Marshall and Barney are stranded in Atlantic City. Plot Breakdown Lily's Labor (NYC): Lily goes into labor, but Marshall is unreachable.
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Barney agrees to help Marshall get home on one condition: their son's middle name must be "Wait-for-it". In the How I Met Your Mother episode
To keep her calm and distract her from the pain, Ted and Robin tell her stories from their past, including the mystery of a "hidden door" at MacLaren’s. - IMDb Barney agrees to help Marshall get
They secure seats on a bus labeled "New York," only to realize it is heading to Buffalo (upstate), not New York City.
Robin claims she can deliver the baby, though her confidence later wavers when she faints at the sight of the actual birth.