4. Return of the Shirt
🎞️ S1 E4 🚫 Hard pass

How I Met Your Mother

Is How I Met Your Mother S1 E4 OK for kids?

4. Return of the Shirt

Ted's whole outlook on his continuing search for love is altered when he rediscovers a shirt that has not seen daylight in years.

📺 Where to watch

Netflix, HBO or Disney+ — catalogs differ by country.

🛒 Where to buy

Digital seasons or a box set to keep.

Content guide

👊 Violence
💋 Sex
🙊 Language
⭐ Overall

Heavy — skip for under 16

How I Met Your Mother S1 E4, “4. Return of the Shirt”, scores 2/5 for violence, 5/5 for sex and 2/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 5/5 — Heavy — skip for under 16. Ted's whole outlook on his continuing search for love is altered when he rediscovers a shirt that has not seen daylight in years.

Across the episode we counted 13 flagged moments in 5 themes: Sex & hookups (5); Nudity & bodies (4); Porn / strippers / sex work (2); Violence & injury (1); Alcohol & drugs (1). 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.

Watch for — every moment, theme by theme

Sex & hookups 5 moments

How Sex & hookups shows up in How I Met Your Mother S1 E4:

  • Did you sleep with her sister? - No.
  • Did you sleep with her mom? - No.
  • We're not gonna have sex for at least a month, but you're awesome.
  • Desperate, please-don't-leave-me sex is amazing.
  • You know what else? 'My younger sister just got married and I'm about to turn 30' sex.

Nudity & bodies 4 moments

How Nudity & bodies shows up in How I Met Your Mother S1 E4:

  • 'Cause now you're saying 'nipple' and it's $100.
  • 50, but back when the stand first opened in 1955, you could get one for only a nipple.
  • Breast implants.
  • Wanna taIk mature? I just wrapped up a live newscast by honking my own boobs.

Porn / strippers / sex work 2 moments

How Porn / strippers / sex work shows up in How I Met Your Mother S1 E4:

  • How many did you make? Say what you will about the porn industry, they're hard workers.
  • What do you guys think? You dumped a porn star? Friendship over.

Violence & injury 1 moment

How Violence & injury shows up in How I Met Your Mother S1 E4:

  • So you got beat up by a girl? Is that all you're taking away from this story? You got beat up by a girl.

Alcohol & drugs 1 moment

How Alcohol & drugs shows up in How I Met Your Mother S1 E4:

  • Oh, so much more wine.

What to watch in How I Met Your Mother · Season 1 guide

Watch With The Kids · You kids — your rules! · Informal parent guidance, not an official rating.