Sorry, Bro
🎞️ S4 E16 🤔 Gray area

How I Met Your Mother

Is How I Met Your Mother S4 E16 OK for kids?

Sorry, Bro

When Lily and Marshall hear that Ted's college girlfriend, Karen, has moved to New York City, they finally reveal how much they hated her back then.

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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 E16, “Sorry, Bro”, scores 3/5 for violence, 3/5 for sex and 3/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 3/5 — Preview first — about 12+. When Lily and Marshall hear that Ted's college girlfriend, Karen, has moved to New York City, they finally reveal how much they hated her back then.

Across the episode we counted 19 flagged moments in 8 themes: Sex & hookups (5); Nudity & bodies (1); Porn / strippers / sex work (1); Affairs / cheating (2); Violence & injury (2); Swearing (4); Alcohol & drugs (3); Racism & slurs (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 5 moments

How Sex & hookups shows up in How I Met Your Mother S4 E16:

  • I used deceitful means to hook up with a less-than-intelligent girl.
  • Ted,sure it's fun to look back at a time when you were a fresh-faced farm girl with a virgin's glow.
  • Well,about that After she broke up with that dude,she called me, we went out, we hooked up,and we've been dating ever since.
  • Why did you say "in the restaurant?" Did you kiss somewhere else? Like where,in a tree? No,Lily,we did not make out in a tree.
  • Ted is Charlie Brown trying to kick the football and Karen's Lucy, who pulls it away at the last second and has sex with it.

Nudity & bodies 1 moment

How Nudity & bodies shows up in How I Met Your Mother S4 E16:

  • Why'd you have to paint Marshall nude anyway? Because he ate my bowl of fruit.

Porn / strippers / sex work 1 moment

How Porn / strippers / sex work shows up in How I Met Your Mother S4 E16:

  • …People getting up to host a show at 5:00 in the morning? Meth addicts who haven't sold their TVs yet? Strippers in that messy gray area between getting off work and getting their kids up for school?

Affairs / cheating 2 moments

How Affairs / cheating shows up in How I Met Your Mother S4 E16:

  • I You know,that color palette is a bit derivative of early Van Gogh, don't you think? Cheat on Ted, criticize my painting, whatever,that's your business.
  • Ted's gonna fall in love, and then Karen's gonna cheat on him with some meathead, who's like "Sorry,bro.

Violence & injury 2 moments

How Violence & injury shows up in How I Met Your Mother S4 E16:

  • Gun! She's got a gun! It-it's a tie.
  • Every time I watch the news, I'm like, "Oops,hope that wasn't my gun.

Swearing 4 moments

How Swearing shows up in How I Met Your Mother S4 E16:

  • We hated her! - Bitch had to go! And then Ted would build up a head of steam and finally take the bus to Providence to give Karen a piece of his mind.
  • You son of a bitch.
  • Remember that time Marshall forgot his pants? Damn it,Ted! You quit trying to change the subject.
  • You don't have the guts to break up with someone like a decent human being, so instead you pull this crap.

Alcohol & drugs 3 moments

How Alcohol & drugs shows up in How I Met Your Mother S4 E16:

  • Who exactly are the fans of a show that airs at 4:00 in the morning? People getting up to host a show at 5:00 in the morning? Meth addicts who haven't sold their TVs yet?
  • I'm gonna grab a beer.
  • You want one? Beer.

Racism & slurs 1 moment

How Racism & slurs shows up in How I Met Your Mother S4 E16:

  • It's like,let's all eat baloney sandwiches and be racist.

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