Content guide
Heavy — skip for under 16
How I Met Your Mother S4 E12, “Benefits”, scores 1/5 for violence, 5/5 for sex and 2/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 5/5 — Heavy — skip for under 16.
Across the episode we counted 15 flagged moments in 3 themes: Sex & hookups (11); Porn / strippers / sex work (2); Alcohol & drugs (2). 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.
Parents need to know
Age 16+Sex talk, strip-club and porn references, drinking in live-action sitcom.
Parents need to know that How I Met Your Mother S4 E12, "Benefits", is a live-action sitcom episode. The series is known for built around casual sex and bar life more than any show on this shelf. Driven by sex & hookups (explicit, in dialogue), with porn / strippers / sex work alongside it. Sexual content is explicit — for example, So why be ashamed about it? Wait,"reading a magazine" means masturbating,right? I can't…; So the crisis in the Middle East could be solved by Gaza Strippers. Some mild language appears in the dialogue. Characters drink or talk about alcohol and drugs — You have one when you're drunk and you think it's fine. Every flagged moment below is a direct quote from the transcript or a short description of what happens on screen.
Watch for — every moment, theme by theme
Sex & hookups 11 moments
How Sex & hookups shows up in How I Met Your Mother S4 E12:
So why be ashamed about it? Wait,"reading a magazine" means masturbating,right? I can't believe it.
You two hooked up? thanks a lot,lily So,wow.
And now that we're hooking up, we're not fighting anymore.
You drank all my milk again! We can have sex.
Anytime we start getting into an argument, we just have sex instead.
Look,Lily,maybe yourindergartners are upset that their friends are sleeping with each other, but not me.
So last night,Robin left a pizza box out on the floor, -so we had sex three times.
It bothers you that Robin and I a hooking up,doesn't it? No.
What happened? You know what it is? We were having sex.
Men and women need sex to live together.
I said,Madeline,every single international conflict essentially boils down to sexual tension.
Porn / strippers / sex work 2 moments
How Porn / strippers / sex work shows up in How I Met Your Mother S4 E12:
So the crisis in the Middle East could be solved by Gaza Strippers.
The woman in this scenario is a prostitute.
Alcohol & drugs 2 moments
How Alcohol & drugs shows up in How I Met Your Mother S4 E12:
You have one when you're drunk and you think it's fine.
Hey,uh,you want a beer? Okay.
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