Content guide
Heavy — skip for under 16
How I Met Your Mother S5 E7, “The Rough Patch”, 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 9 flagged moments in 3 themes: Sex & hookups (4); Porn / strippers / sex work (4); 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.
Parents need to know
Age 16+Strip-club and porn references, sex talk, drinking in live-action sitcom.
Parents need to know that How I Met Your Mother S5 E7, "The Rough Patch", 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 sex & hookups alongside it. Sexual content is explicit — for example, Horny Co-Ed Surprise Party 23; Open it, open it, open it, open it! It's my porn collection! Just kidding. Some mild language appears in the dialogue. Characters drink or talk about alcohol and drugs — What is this doing in my champagne? If we make Robin think for even a second that Barney…. 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 4 moments
How Sex & hookups shows up in How I Met Your Mother S5 E7:
Horny Co-Ed Surprise Party 23.
I wanna dance, I wanna have sex with a girl and I wanna go fishing.
Heads, we have sex.
" So are you happy? And you know what goes hand-in-hand with fighting, the make-up sex, which is different when you're in a loving, long-term relationship.
Porn / strippers / sex work 4 moments
How Porn / strippers / sex work shows up in How I Met Your Mother S5 E7:
Open it, open it, open it, open it! It's my porn collection! Just kidding.
It's your porn collection.
" OLDER TED: Kids, pornography is bad.
And so, I was getting rid of that vile pornography right away I am getting rid of this vile pornography right away.
Alcohol & drugs 1 moment
How Alcohol & drugs shows up in How I Met Your Mother S5 E7:
What is this doing in my champagne? If we make Robin think for even a second that Barney is proposing, she'll lose it, and they'll break up.
Watch With The Kids · Your kids — your rules! · Informal parent guidance, not an official rating.