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How I Met Your Mother S2 E12, “First Time in New York”, 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. When Robin tries to talk her younger sister out of losing her virginity, Barney recalls his "dirty" first time as the gang shares stories with each other about their first experiences.
Across the episode we counted 12 flagged moments in 4 themes: Sex & hookups (8); Affairs / cheating (1); Alcohol & drugs (1); Slut-shaming (2). 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 8 moments
How Sex & hookups shows up in How I Met Your Mother S2 E12:
You meet, you talk, you have sex, you exit when she's in the shower.
So every girl you have sex with feels the immediate need to shower? Actually, yeah, I get that.
Oh I can't believe my baby sister is planning to lose her virginity to a douche with a faux hawk.
Come on, you were only 16 when you had sex.
What?! Oh, my God! You only get one shot at losing your virginity.
And even though I just barely had sex, it counts.
Speech to talk a girl out of having sex.
Discouraging premarital sex is against my religion.
Affairs / cheating 1 moment
How Affairs / cheating shows up in How I Met Your Mother S2 E12:
He could've cheated on me with my lab partner Gretchen Gwynn, but he didn't.
Alcohol & drugs 1 moment
How Alcohol & drugs shows up in How I Met Your Mother S2 E12:
He's 23, kind of a wad, but he buys me beer, so That's cool.
Slut-shaming 2 moments
How Slut-shaming shows up in How I Met Your Mother S2 E12:
No, it shows that you're an I-love-you slut.
But, you know, I'm such a slut, I'm just gonna give it away.
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