Content guide
Heavy — skip for under 16
How I Met Your Mother S5 E2, “Double Date”, scores 3/5 for violence, 5/5 for sex and 1/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 5/5 — Heavy — skip for under 16.
Across the episode we counted 12 flagged moments in 6 themes: Sex & hookups (2); Porn / strippers / sex work (5); Affairs / cheating (2); Violence & injury (1); Alcohol & drugs (1); Sexual insults (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.
Parents need to know
Age 16+Strip-club and porn references, violence, affairs and cheating in live-action sitcom.
Parents need to know that How I Met Your Mother S5 E2, "Double Date", 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 porn / strippers / sex work (explicit, in dialogue), with violence & injury alongside it. Violence includes You kill me off? I mean, fantasize about other girls all you want, but could you maybe…. Sexual content is explicit — for example, Well, it is a lot cheaper than buying a condom; Stripper or strip-club material shows up in the plot. This episode includes sexual insults — for example, Did one of your whores tell you that? And, Lil, Marshall shouldn't have to go to so much…. Characters drink or talk about alcohol and drugs — So, if you need me, I'll be getting grinded like some pepper in the champagne room. 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 2 moments
How Sex & hookups shows up in How I Met Your Mother S5 E2:
Well, it is a lot cheaper than buying a condom.
I wish that I could, but I've been doing this for so long, I'm all confused about death and sex.
Porn / strippers / sex work 5 moments
How Porn / strippers / sex work shows up in How I Met Your Mother S5 E2:
- Stripper or strip-club material shows up in the plot.
(CROWD CHEERING) Barney? Is it just me or does that stripper look exactly like Ted, we found a stripper who looks exactly like Lily! - Uh, yeah, I can't talk right now.
Ladies, meet Stripper Lily.
So you went to a strip club? - (CHUCKLING) Busted.
So, strip club.
Affairs / cheating 2 moments
How Affairs / cheating shows up in How I Met Your Mother S5 E2:
Not everyone is you, okay, Barney? Even when I do start to have a dirty thought like that, it seems so much like cheating on Lily, that I feel guilty.
But even when I do, I feel so guilty that I I have to imagine you passing away first because even in a fantasy world, I could never cheat on you.
Violence & injury 1 moment
How Violence & injury shows up in How I Met Your Mother S5 E2:
You kill me off? I mean, fantasize about other girls all you want, but could you maybe not murder me? Murder? No! I Baby, no.
Alcohol & drugs 1 moment
How Alcohol & drugs shows up in How I Met Your Mother S5 E2:
So, if you need me, I'll be getting grinded like some pepper in the champagne room.
Sexual insults 1 moment
How Sexual insults shows up in How I Met Your Mother S5 E2:
Did one of your whores tell you that? And, Lil, Marshall shouldn't have to go to so much trouble just to have an innocent fantasy.
Watch With The Kids · Your kids — your rules! · Informal parent guidance, not an official rating.