Meanwhile, Robin amazes the gang, as well as other people at the funeral, by providing them with virtually everything they need out of her purse from mobile chargers to drugs.
Judy and Marshall learn that the funeral service will not be held by the Reverend, but by his son Trey (Danny Strong).
Meanwhile, Ted and Barney unsuccessfully try to make Marshall laugh by showing him multiple videos of men getting hit in the groin in odd ways.
Eric Braeden was set to reprise his role as Robin's father, but backed out at the last minute, claiming that his cameo appearance was not "substantial" enough.
This led to Neil Patrick Harris calling him out over Twitter, and Braedan later responding back in the media.
Carter Bays stated that they intended to bring back Bill Fagerbakke as Marshall's father in future episodes, but during flashbacks.
Club gave the episode an A, noting it "[u]npretentious, unobtrusive, funny, balanced, and shot through with genuine feeling and unexpected grace".
He said the episode built up on Bad News' momentum and had more roles in store for the rest of the main characters, but criticized Barney and Ted's efforts to lighten up Marshall as weak and worse during a funeral.