5. World's Greatest Couple
🎞️ S2 E5 🚫 Hard pass

How I Met Your Mother

Is How I Met Your Mother S2 E5 OK for kids?

5. World's Greatest Couple

When Lily moves in with Barney, the trials and tribulations of their relationship may prove too much for Barney to handle.

📺 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 E5, “5. World's Greatest Couple”, scores 1/5 for violence, 4/5 for sex and 3/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 4/5 — Skip for under 13. When Lily moves in with Barney, the trials and tribulations of their relationship may prove too much for Barney to handle.

Across the episode we counted 13 flagged moments in 4 themes: Sex & hookups (4); Nudity & bodies (1); Porn / strippers / sex work (4); Swearing (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.

Watch for — every moment, theme by theme

Sex & hookups 4 moments

How Sex & hookups shows up in How I Met Your Mother S2 E5:

  • How would you like to extend your stay here? All you'd have to do is pretend to be my wife, and scare off the occasional one-night stand.
  • We stayed in on a Friday night to watch Letterman, and then slept together and didn't have sex? Oh, my God, we're in a relationship.
  • Now, you can try to apply for a sex visa, but that only lasts 12 hours.
  • Wow, you're open about your sexuality and that's one of the reasons I love you.

Nudity & bodies 1 moment

How Nudity & bodies shows up in How I Met Your Mother S2 E5:

  • That means no granny panties.

Porn / strippers / sex work 4 moments

How Porn / strippers / sex work shows up in How I Met Your Mother S2 E5:

  • Stripper or strip-club material shows up in the plot.
  • While guys like Ted and Marshall may hide their porn Marshall doesn't have porn.
  • While guys like Ted and Marshall may hide their porn, I had mine professionally lit.
  • This is what I get after I worked as a stripper for four years to put you through medical school? I got breast implants for you.

Swearing 4 moments

How Swearing shows up in How I Met Your Mother S2 E5:

  • You son of a bitch! I can't believe I let you enter my sacred temple.
  • Damn! I got these tickets, like, months ago for me and Lily and now I can't find anyone to go with me.
  • Oh, damn the zucchini bread is "ridonculous.
  • Honey, I'm Barney, what the hell is going on here? Lily, I can explain How could you? In our own home? You bastard! - I'm so sorry.

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