Stuff
🎞️ S2 E16 🚫 Hard pass

How I Met Your Mother

Is How I Met Your Mother S2 E16 OK for kids?

Stuff

After taking heat from Robin for holding on to all of his stuff from ex-girlfriends, Ted gives in and parts ways with all of the items -- only to discover something that puts Robin in the dog house.

📺 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 E16, “Stuff”, 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. After taking heat from Robin for holding on to all of his stuff from ex-girlfriends, Ted gives in and parts ways with all of the items -- only to discover something that puts Robin in the dog house.

Across the episode we counted 8 flagged moments in 3 themes: Sex & hookups (4); Porn / strippers / sex work (2); 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 4 moments

How Sex & hookups shows up in How I Met Your Mother S2 E16:

  • Okay, so you have to have sex with one.
  • Oh, Lily, I'd love to, but we're not in college and I'm not trying to sleep with you.
  • Mm, that's kind of how I feel when I begrudgingly have sex with you when I'm really tired.
  • I know we should, but you just look so sexy in my red sweatshirt.

Porn / strippers / sex work 2 moments

How Porn / strippers / sex work shows up in How I Met Your Mother S2 E16:

  • Stripper or strip-club material shows up in the plot.
  • It was for a strip club.

Slut-shaming 2 moments

How Slut-shaming shows up in How I Met Your Mother S2 E16:

  • Why is this such a big deal? Because I don't want to use some whore's moisturizer! Whoa, she wasn't a whore.
  • It sounds like a whore to me.

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