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Skip for under 13
How I Met Your Mother S1 E9, “9. Belly Full of Turkey”, scores 1/5 for violence, 4/5 for sex and 1/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 4/5 — Skip for under 13. When Ted and Robin give thanks by volunteering at a homeless shelter on Thanksgiving Day, they are shocked when they see the last person they would ever expect doing good for others.
Across the episode we counted 7 flagged moments in 3 themes: Sex & hookups (1); Porn / strippers / sex work (4); Alcohol & drugs (2). 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 1 moment
How Sex & hookups shows up in How I Met Your Mother S1 E9:
I used to be, but I just wasn't enough woman for Ted, emotionally, or sexually.
Porn / strippers / sex work 4 moments
How Porn / strippers / sex work shows up in How I Met Your Mother S1 E9:
- Stripper or strip-club material shows up in the plot.
Thanksgiving in a strip club.
And Walter would like a lap dance.
Just the lap dance would be fine.
Alcohol & drugs 2 moments
How Alcohol & drugs shows up in How I Met Your Mother S1 E9:
Cranberry juice, potato vodka, and a bouillon cube.
You peed on a church? I peed in an alley, which happened to have a church, which I did not see, because I was drunk.
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