1. Do I Know You?
🎞️ S4 E1 🚫 Hard pass

How I Met Your Mother

Is How I Met Your Mother S4 E1 OK for kids?

1. Do I Know You?

As Stella responds to Ted's proposal, Barney realizes that he's in love with Robin.

📺 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 S4 E1, “1. Do I Know You?”, scores 1/5 for violence, 4/5 for sex and 3/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 4/5 — Skip for under 13. As Stella responds to Ted's proposal, Barney realizes that he's in love with Robin.

Across the episode we counted 14 flagged moments in 3 themes: Sex & hookups (7); Swearing (4); Alcohol & drugs (3). 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 7 moments

How Sex & hookups shows up in How I Met Your Mother S4 E1:

  • We did it, you masturbating little bastard.
  • I sleep with that chick, I'm thinking about Robin.
  • You love her? Barney, how can you be in love, and still be sleeping with anything that moves? I'm sorry, I don't follow you.
  • First time you had sex.
  • I mean, for the last time, you can't you can't be in love with Robin and still be sleeping with every bimbo on the planet.
  • I thought you called me over here to uncuff you from your sex swing again, but you're in love? That is so sweet! It's not "sweet.
  • Really? I know dudes think it's girlie for a guy to cook, but us ladies? - We find it mighty sexy.

Swearing 4 moments

How Swearing shows up in How I Met Your Mother S4 E1:

  • I am one lucky son of a bitch.
  • I see a confused, little kid in the corner trying to eat the lefty scissors, I gotta help the poor, little bastard.
  • What the hell is wrong with you? I don't always want to be that guy.
  • Damn it, Barney.

Alcohol & drugs 3 moments

How Alcohol & drugs shows up in How I Met Your Mother S4 E1:

  • Coming up next, is your local ice cream man actually driving a roving meth lab on wheels? Stay tuned for the full Scoop.
  • I'm just grab a beer.
  • Champagne for everybody.

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