Content guide
Preview first — about 12+
How I Met Your Mother S4 E4, “4. Intervention”, scores 3/5 for violence, 3/5 for sex and 2/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 3/5 — Preview first — about 12+. When Ted discovers that the gang ditched their plans to stage an intervention for his engagement to Stella, he is adamant that they go through with it anyway.
Across the episode we counted 7 flagged moments in 3 themes: Sex & hookups (3); Violence & injury (3); 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 S4 E4:
Now, Cindy, I know this sounds insane, but in order to save the planet, You need to sleep with him tonight.
What? Sleep with Barney Stinson tonight, in whatever way he wants it, or he won't be able to find the solution to global warming that saves the human race.
What challenge? To prove to you that I will be exactly this awesome when I'm 80, I will hook up with a 22-year-old while in my old-man makeup.
Violence & injury 3 moments
How Violence & injury shows up in How I Met Your Mother S4 E4:
Or maybe stab it with a fork.
This is a nice bloody surprise.
So how about you give me the knife? Give me the knife.
Alcohol & drugs 1 moment
How Alcohol & drugs shows up in How I Met Your Mother S4 E4:
A bottle of that with beer chasers, and what do you think, cancel the scotch? Vodka rocks.
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