1. Where Were We?
🎞️ S2 E1 🚫 Hard pass

How I Met Your Mother

Is How I Met Your Mother S2 E1 OK for kids?

1. Where Were We?

While Marshall begins his summer forlorn over his break-up with Lily, Ted and Robin couldn't be happier with their budding romance.

📺 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

Skip for under 13

How I Met Your Mother S2 E1, “1. Where Were We?”, scores 3/5 for violence, 4/5 for sex and 2/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 4/5 — Skip for under 13. While Marshall begins his summer forlorn over his break-up with Lily, Ted and Robin couldn't be happier with their budding romance.

Across the episode we counted 19 flagged moments in 7 themes: Sex & hookups (1); Nudity & bodies (5); Porn / strippers / sex work (5); Affairs / cheating (1); Violence & injury (5); Alcohol & drugs (1); 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 1 moment

How Sex & hookups shows up in How I Met Your Mother S2 E1:

  • I got to hand it to you, when he got home, Marshall was smiling-- did you sleep with him? 'Cause I was actually, like, three days away from suggesting that.

Nudity & bodies 5 moments

How Nudity & bodies shows up in How I Met Your Mother S2 E1:

  • Have you tried breast-feeding? Nailed it! Look, they were together nine years.
  • Do you know why you're not over Lily yet? It's 'cause you can still picture her naked.
  • You can't get over a woman until you can no longer picture her boobs; it's a scientific fact.
  • The average male brain can only store a finite number of boob images or "b-pegs".
  • Well, they won't go away until you overwrite them with images of other women's boobs.

Porn / strippers / sex work 5 moments

How Porn / strippers / sex work shows up in How I Met Your Mother S2 E1:

  • Stripper or strip-club material shows up in the plot.
  • You can drag me out of here, but she has no soul! We've tried everything-- baseball, strippers.
  • Strip club, nice.
  • I'll stay here and get a lap dance.
  • Because while baseball, strippers, and guns can help, the only thing that can really heal a broken heart is time.

Affairs / cheating 1 moment

How Affairs / cheating shows up in How I Met Your Mother S2 E1:

  • My uncle's had like three affairs there.

Violence & injury 5 moments

How Violence & injury shows up in How I Met Your Mother S2 E1:

  • Whenever I'm feeling lonely or depressed, I come here, and it reminds me that guns are fun.
  • Um, you know, Ted is kind of against guns.
  • Whoa, that sounded kind of scary with me holding a gun, didn't it? No, I-I just mean, please don't tell Ted.
  • So you're a gun nut? No, I'm a gun enthusiast.
  • And I will punch you in the face.

Alcohol & drugs 1 moment

How Alcohol & drugs shows up in How I Met Your Mother S2 E1:

  • Are we still talking about her pancakes? Come on, you got to eat something; what can I get you? - Beer.

Slut-shaming 1 moment

How Slut-shaming shows up in How I Met Your Mother S2 E1:

  • What a perfect place to whore around.

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