Content guide
Skip for under 13
How I Met Your Mother S2 E8, “Atlantic City”, 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 4 themes: Sex & hookups (1); Nudity & bodies (1); Porn / strippers / sex work (6); Alcohol & drugs (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.
Parents need to know
Age 13+Strip-club and porn references, sex talk, drinking in live-action sitcom.
Parents need to know that How I Met Your Mother S2 E8, "Atlantic City", 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 porn / strippers / sex work (explicit, in dialogue), with sex & hookups alongside it. Sexual content is explicit — for example, Lily totally ran off to San Francisco and these two just had sex in the closet; You were just staring at my shirt boobs. Some mild language appears in the dialogue. Characters drink or talk about alcohol and drugs — You throwing a big, free party with lots of booze and food and all your single,…. 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 1 moment
How Sex & hookups shows up in How I Met Your Mother S2 E8:
Lily totally ran off to San Francisco and these two just had sex in the closet.
Nudity & bodies 1 moment
How Nudity & bodies shows up in How I Met Your Mother S2 E8:
You were just staring at my shirt boobs.
Porn / strippers / sex work 6 moments
How Porn / strippers / sex work shows up in How I Met Your Mother S2 E8:
- Stripper or strip-club material shows up in the plot.
Are we thinking full-on strip club, or should we rent a room and have a private toy show-- whew.
We went to a strip club.
It's not like I had time to have a lap dance or anything.
I got a lap dance.
Does it smell like strippers in here? That's weird, right? Marshall and Lily are getting married! Hell, yeah, look at this.
Alcohol & drugs 1 moment
How Alcohol & drugs shows up in How I Met Your Mother S2 E8:
You throwing a big, free party with lots of booze and food and all your single, desperate girlfriends from college? Yeah, glad we dodged that bullet.
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