Bachelor Party
🎞️ S2 E19 🚫 Hard pass

How I Met Your Mother

Is How I Met Your Mother S2 E19 OK for kids?

Bachelor Party

After Barney ruins Marshall's bachelor party plans, Lily reveals a shocking secret about Barney that causes Marshall to rethink who his best man should be.

📺 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 E19, “Bachelor Party”, 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 Barney ruins Marshall's bachelor party plans, Lily reveals a shocking secret about Barney that causes Marshall to rethink who his best man should be.

Across the episode we counted 13 flagged moments in 4 themes: Sex & hookups (3); Nudity & bodies (2); Porn / strippers / sex work (7); 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.

Watch for — every moment, theme by theme

Sex & hookups 3 moments

How Sex & hookups shows up in How I Met Your Mother S2 E19:

  • Marriage is like jail! Right, fellas?! But at least in jail, you get to have sex! But we're not lighting these babies up, till we get to the A.
  • But, dude, there's no sex in it.
  • Well, what is it? It's just like the one Miranda gave to Charlotte on Sex and the City.

Nudity & bodies 2 moments

How Nudity & bodies shows up in How I Met Your Mother S2 E19:

  • Or do you guys not like naked girls.
  • Um, we love naked girls.

Porn / strippers / sex work 7 moments

How Porn / strippers / sex work shows up in How I Met Your Mother S2 E19:

  • Stripper or strip-club material shows up in the plot.
  • Actually, we're, uh, we're thinking of skipping the strippers.
  • You you want to have a party without strippers.
  • What, my girls aren't hot enough? I mean, all right, fine, the stripper at Stuart's bachelor party was a 15.
  • Excellent! Man, they spent a lot of money on this porno.
  • As his best man, I would help him bury a hooker in the desert.
  • I'm not a hooker.

Alcohol & drugs 1 moment

How Alcohol & drugs shows up in How I Met Your Mother S2 E19:

  • Would you pass the wine, please? - No.

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