Content guide
Skip for under 13
How I Met Your Mother S1 E1, “Pilot”, scores 1/5 for violence, 4/5 for sex and 4/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 4/5 — Skip for under 13.
Across the episode we counted 18 flagged moments in 4 themes: Sex & hookups (3); Nudity & bodies (3); Swearing (8); Alcohol & drugs (4). Every moment below is either a direct quote from the episode transcript or a short description of what happens on screen, so you can decide before you press play.
Parents need to know
Age 13+Nudity, language, sex talk in live-action sitcom.
Parents need to know that How I Met Your Mother S1 E1, "Pilot", is a live-action sitcom episode. The series is known for built around casual sex and bar life more than any show on this shelf. Driven by nudity & bodies (explicit, in dialogue), with swearing alongside it. Sexual content is explicit — for example, And then you're engaged, you pop the champagne, you drink a toast, you have sex on the…; Explicit body / sex-act language appears in dialogue. Language includes strong swearing — for example, So, you chickened out like a little bitch. Characters drink or talk about alcohol and drugs — Well, you're clearly drunk. Every flagged moment below is a direct quote from the transcript or a short description of what happens on screen.
Watch for — every moment, theme by theme
Sex & hookups 3 moments
How Sex & hookups shows up in How I Met Your Mother S1 E1:
And then you're engaged, you pop the champagne, you drink a toast, you have sex on the kitchen floor.
Don't have sex on our kitchen floor.
Well, I was 18, okay? I was a virgin.
Nudity & bodies 3 moments
How Nudity & bodies shows up in How I Met Your Mother S1 E1:
- Explicit body / sex-act language appears in dialogue.
Sort of looks like a Smurf penis.
When you go on a first date, you really don't want to say Smurf penis.
Swearing 8 moments
How Swearing shows up in How I Met Your Mother S1 E1:
So, you chickened out like a little bitch.
Damn it, why did Marshall have to get engaged? Yeah, nothing hotter than a guy planning out his own imaginary wedding, huh? - Actually, I think it's cute.
What the hell.
Look at you, you beautiful bastard, you suited up.
Kiss the crap out of that girl.
Look, obviously, you can't tell a woman you just met you love her, but it sucks that you can't.
If a woman, not you, just some hypothetical woman, were to bear with me through all this, I think I'd make a damn good husband because that's the stuff I'd be good at.
To one hell of a night.
Alcohol & drugs 4 moments
How Alcohol & drugs shows up in How I Met Your Mother S1 E1:
Well, you're clearly drunk.
Oh, honey, champagne.
No, you are too old to be scared to open a bottle of champagne.
One you plan out for months, the other just slips out when you're half-drunk at some bar.
Watch With The Kids · Your kids — your rules! · Informal parent guidance, not an official rating.