Bloke spends nine years telling his kids a story and the last five minutes undid the whole thing.
Fun fact: The finale's scenes with Ted's children were filmed in 2006, during season two, so they wouldn't age.
Every line in it is quotable and everyone you've met has tried to prove that at a dinner party.
Fun fact: Cary Elwes and Mandy Patinkin learned to fence both left- and right-handed for the duel scene.