<P> In "Bass Player Wanted", the Mother picks up a hitchhiking Marshall, carrying his infant son Marvin, on her way to Farhampton Inn . On their way, it is revealed that the Mother is a bass player in the band that is scheduled to play at the wedding reception, but Darren forced her to quit . The Mother ultimately decides to confront Darren and retake the band . Before she, however, Darren walks up to her, furious the groom's best man punched him for "no reason", and quits the band . </P> <P> In "How Your Mother Met Me", it is shown that after this incident, the Mother returns to Louis' summer cottage not far from the Farhampton Inn where she has been staying for the duration of the wedding weekend . As she walks in the door, Louis proposes to her, but she goes outside to think about it for a few minutes . She looks skyward and asks Max for permission to let him go and move on; she takes a sudden gust of wind as a "yes", says goodbye, and declines Louis' proposal when she goes back inside . She leaves his cottage and checks in at Farhampton Inn . On her room's balcony, she plays the ukulele and sings "La Vie en Rose". Ted hears her singing from his room next door . </P> <P> In "Gary Blauman", Ted and the Mother are on their first date . Ted picks her up at her New York City apartment and they proceed to walk to a Scottish - Mexican fusion restaurant for dinner . On the way there, Ted is telling her a story when they nearly have a run - in with Louis . She says that she is in the "weirdest place on earth" right now and that it is too soon for her to be dating . Ted walks her back to her apartment . They say goodnight and Ted begins to walk away . The Mother then stops him and asks him to finish the story he was telling her . When the story is over, they say goodnight again . The Mother takes a step towards Ted and they kiss for the first time, before deciding to carry on their date . </P> <P> In a flashforward in "The Lighthouse", Ted proposes to the Mother at the top of the lighthouse near Farhampton Inn . She immediately accepts . In another flashfoward in "Unpause", the Mother is revealed to be pregnant with their second child, Luke, in the year 2017 . She goes into labor while she and Ted are staying at Farhampton . </P>

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