Content guide
Preview first — about 12+
How I Met Your Mother S1 E15, “Game Night”, scores 1/5 for violence, 2/5 for sex and 3/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 3/5 — Preview first — about 12+. When a tape from Barney's ex-girlfriend is viewed by the gang, everyone must share their most embarrassing moment in order to get the full story from Barney on how she broke his heart and how their breakup changed him into the suit wearing bachelor he is today.
Across the episode we counted 11 flagged moments in 4 themes: Sex & hookups (2); Violence & injury (1); Swearing (7); Slut-shaming (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 2 moments
How Sex & hookups shows up in How I Met Your Mother S1 E15:
I'm thinking floor sex.
My life rocks! Money, suits and sex.
Violence & injury 1 moment
How Violence & injury shows up in How I Met Your Mother S1 E15:
(BARNEY YELLING) (SLAPPING) Well, wow, look at that.
Swearing 7 moments
How Swearing shows up in How I Met Your Mother S1 E15:
I said 'She's great' too many times, didn't I? You must really hate the bitch.
Backgammon sucks.
Damn it! If only I'd given you a fake tape and hidden the real tape in my purse.
Forget all that touchy-feely crap.
- OLDER TED
Kids, I tell you a lot of inappropriate stories, but there's no way in hell I'm telling you this one.
Oh, crap! My mom sent cookies? Yeah.
To one hell of a night! (ALL LAUGHING) TED: And I drank.
Slut-shaming 1 moment
How Slut-shaming shows up in How I Met Your Mother S1 E15:
Oh, slut-alert! Oh, great, there it is.
Watch With The Kids · You kids — your rules! · Informal parent guidance, not an official rating.