Content guide
Skip for under 13
How I Met Your Mother S2 E7, “Swarley”, scores 1/5 for violence, 4/5 for sex and 2/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 4/5 — Skip for under 13.
Across the episode we counted 9 flagged moments in 3 themes: Sex & hookups (3); Nudity & bodies (1); Alcohol & drugs (5). 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.
Parents need to know
Age 13+Sex talk, nudity, drinking in live-action sitcom.
Parents need to know that How I Met Your Mother S2 E7, "Swarley", is a live-action sitcom episode. The series is known for built around casual sex and bar life more than any show on this shelf. Driven by sex & hookups (explicit, in dialogue), with nudity & bodies alongside it. Sexual content is explicit — for example, Would you like to have a threesome? Of course; Explicit body / sex-act language appears in dialogue. Some mild language appears in the dialogue. Characters drink or talk about alcohol and drugs — Are you free tomorrow night? I was thinking of having a wine tasting slash "help me…. Every flagged moment below is a direct quote from the transcript or a short description of what happens on screen.
Watch for — every moment, theme by theme
Sex & hookups 3 moments
How Sex & hookups shows up in How I Met Your Mother S2 E7:
Would you like to have a threesome? Of course.
Plan A-- remember that time Marshall and I had sex in the bathroom? Oops, I got knocked up.
Thanks! He'll just have wild monkey sex with her five times, max, and be done with her.
Nudity & bodies 1 moment
How Nudity & bodies shows up in How I Met Your Mother S2 E7:
- Explicit body / sex-act language appears in dialogue.
Alcohol & drugs 5 moments
How Alcohol & drugs shows up in How I Met Your Mother S2 E7:
Are you free tomorrow night? I was thinking of having a wine tasting slash "help me catch the rat in my apartment" party.
Two pumpkin beers.
They're regular beers.
" Can I, uh, can I get you a drink? I'd love a beer.
Oh, pumpkin beer-- that was a good one.
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