6. Happily Ever After
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How I Met Your Mother

Is How I Met Your Mother S4 E6 OK for kids?

6. Happily Ever After

While out for dinner with the gang, Ted runs into someone from his past that prompts each of them to think about how they would handle bumping into someone they'd rather forget.

📺 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

Preview first — about 12+

How I Met Your Mother S4 E6, “6. Happily Ever After”, scores 2/5 for violence, 1/5 for sex and 3/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 3/5 — Preview first — about 12+. While out for dinner with the gang, Ted runs into someone from his past that prompts each of them to think about how they would handle bumping into someone they'd rather forget.

Across the episode we counted 7 flagged moments in 3 themes: Nudity & bodies (1); Violence & injury (1); Swearing (5). 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

Nudity & bodies 1 moment

How Nudity & bodies shows up in How I Met Your Mother S4 E6:

  • you know how when you're a kid, you put everything into hockey terms? The blue line is kissing, the red line is getting naked, and I think "in the crease" speaks for itself.

Violence & injury 1 moment

How Violence & injury shows up in How I Met Your Mother S4 E6:

  • Dag! - Cold-blooded.

Swearing 5 moments

How Swearing shows up in How I Met Your Mother S4 E6:

  • It's just Ted, you've been through something traumatic, and we're trying to be there for you as friends, but you're not letting us, and it's pissing us off, you selfish bitch.
  • Really, you wouldn't hide from anyone? Not even, say Becca Delucci? You son of a bitch.
  • Oh, hell, no! Now I get letters from Becca and she's all, "I'm coming to get you the day I get out of here.
  • What? Yeah, if the last person I wanted to see walked through the door, I wouldn't say a damn word.
  • That sucks about your dad, Robin, but congratulations on that game.

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