Content guide
Mild — okay from about 12+
How I Met Your Mother S2 E11, “How Lily Stole Christmas”, scores 1/5 for violence, 1/5 for sex and 2/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 2/5 — Mild — okay from about 12+. Nobody likes a "grinch," so the Christmas-stealing Lily must be stopped after she threatens to ruin the gang's plans of a joyous holiday together due to a brawl with Ted.
Across the episode we counted 6 flagged moments in 4 themes: Sex & hookups (1); Violence & injury (1); Alcohol & drugs (3); 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 E11:
Are you sick? Is it sick to find maturity and experience sexy? No, I meant do you have a cold? I'm fine.
Violence & injury 1 moment
How Violence & injury shows up in How I Met Your Mother S2 E11:
When you walk through the door, does it feel like you've been slapped in the face by Christmas? Sure does.
Alcohol & drugs 3 moments
How Alcohol & drugs shows up in How I Met Your Mother S2 E11:
Yeah, and after all that weed.
In college, whenever I wanted to make up with her, I'd buy her a beer.
Actually the beer helped a little.
Slut-shaming 1 moment
How Slut-shaming shows up in How I Met Your Mother S2 E11:
I'm telling you, she's a laugh slut.
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