8. Spoiler Alert
🎞️ S3 E8 🚫 Hard pass

How I Met Your Mother

Is How I Met Your Mother S3 E8 OK for kids?

8. Spoiler Alert

When Ted thinks he has met a wonderful girl, the gang can't help but point out a deal-breaking flaw, eventually leading to a heated exchange of barbs among the group.

📺 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 S3 E8, “8. Spoiler Alert”, 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 Ted thinks he has met a wonderful girl, the gang can't help but point out a deal-breaking flaw, eventually leading to a heated exchange of barbs among the group.

Across the episode we counted 6 flagged moments in 3 themes: Sex & hookups (3); Nudity & bodies (2); 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 S3 E8:

  • One time, in the tenth grade, as a joke, I told everyone that my English teacher had sex with me.
  • If it's so obvious and you guys all see it, how come I don't? 'Cause we're not trying to have sex with her.
  • Brother, you're driving the "I want to have sex with her" truck, and it's got a huge blind spot.

Nudity & bodies 2 moments

How Nudity & bodies shows up in How I Met Your Mother S3 E8:

  • Explicit body / sex-act language appears in dialogue.
  • I remember when I had a penis.

Alcohol & drugs 1 moment

How Alcohol & drugs shows up in How I Met Your Mother S3 E8:

  • I'm a lawyer now 'cause I passed the bar I'm imposing Marshall law on this champagne.

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