 It s Thanksgiving and while Lily and Marshall visit his family in Minnesota, Robin and Ted want$ to volunteer at a homeless shelter kitchen. Surpirisingly, Robin and Ted meet Barney at the kitchen, who has been doing volunteer work for the past years. At the kitchen, Ted meets Amanda, who seems to be a quite nice girls until everything turns out to be different. Lily has some issues with Marshall s family and is unsure about how her future with Marshall will look like.