Content guide
Skip for under 13
How I Met Your Mother S5 E13, “Jenkins”, scores 2/5 for violence, 4/5 for sex and 2/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 4/5 — Skip for under 13.
Across the episode we counted 14 flagged moments in 5 themes: Sex & hookups (4); Nudity & bodies (1); Porn / strippers / sex work (2); Violence & injury (3); Alcohol & drugs (4). 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 13+Strip-club and porn references, sex talk, violence in live-action sitcom.
Parents need to know that How I Met Your Mother S5 E13, "Jenkins", 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. Violence is mild but includes Well, say, gun to your head, you had to say one of us was the reacher. Sexual content is explicit — for example, You want to have sex with Jenkins? With Jenkins, on Jenkins, near Jenkins; Second of all, no, I think of her like a big brother, who, I guess, has boobs. Some mild language appears in the dialogue. Characters drink or talk about alcohol and drugs — " Jenkins! So we all go out for beers after work. 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 E13:
You want to have sex with Jenkins? With Jenkins, on Jenkins, near Jenkins.
Step one, sleep with Jenkins.
Step two, I sleep with Jenkins first.
And I'm sorry I had sex with you in the mailroom.
Nudity & bodies 1 moment
How Nudity & bodies shows up in How I Met Your Mother S5 E13:
Second of all, no, I think of her like a big brother, who, I guess, has boobs.
Porn / strippers / sex work 2 moments
How Porn / strippers / sex work shows up in How I Met Your Mother S5 E13:
- Stripper or strip-club material shows up in the plot.
Jenkins gets up on the table and starts gyrating like some sort of deranged stripper.
Violence & injury 3 moments
How Violence & injury shows up in How I Met Your Mother S5 E13:
Well, say, gun to your head, you had to say one of us was the reacher.
Okay, now, there's a gun to my head, and our future children, and our future cat or monkey, depending on who wins the game of Risk we've been playing for three years.
It was thick and rough, like a starfish arm! I'm so jealous! I'm just gonna go over there and punch her right in the nose.
Alcohol & drugs 4 moments
How Alcohol & drugs shows up in How I Met Your Mother S5 E13:
" Jenkins! So we all go out for beers after work.
" Well, then I guess it's not a very good drinking game, which would mean last night, when Barney and I played it, I didn't get super wasted and throw up all over myself.
I was really drunk.
You were drunk at 8:00 in the morning? - Yeah, I don't know how that happened.
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