Content guide
Skip for under 13
How I Met Your Mother S5 E20, “Home Wreckers”, scores 1/5 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 8 flagged moments in 4 themes: Sex & hookups (2); Nudity & bodies (3); Violence & injury (1); 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 13+Nudity, violence, drinking in live-action sitcom.
Parents need to know that How I Met Your Mother S5 E20, "Home Wreckers", 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 nudity & bodies (explicit, in dialogue), with violence & injury alongside it. Violence is mild but includes The blood pumps to my loins When I penetrate her OLDER TED: Kids, I swear to God, I…. Sexual content is explicit — for example, As a painter /songwriter / volunteer fear fighter, I find her incredibly sexual; Explicit body / sex-act language appears in dialogue. Some mild language appears in the dialogue. Characters drink or talk about alcohol and drugs — You must've been drunk off your ass. 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 E20:
As a painter /songwriter / volunteer fear fighter, I find her incredibly sexual.
But you have your own sexual memories with your mom, don't you? Please don't.
Nudity & bodies 3 moments
How Nudity & bodies shows up in How I Met Your Mother S5 E20:
- Explicit body / sex-act language appears in dialogue.
(SIGHING) I made a mistake letting you go, didn't I? Your penis is enormous.
MOSBY SHUSHING) Working on our night moves Trying to make some front page drive-in news Working on our night moves Your penis is enormous.
Violence & injury 1 moment
How Violence & injury shows up in How I Met Your Mother S5 E20:
The blood pumps to my loins When I penetrate her OLDER TED: Kids, I swear to God, I blacked out for the next 12 minutes.
Alcohol & drugs 2 moments
How Alcohol & drugs shows up in How I Met Your Mother S5 E20:
You must've been drunk off your ass.
"Drunk or Kid?" Which one was I? Lock in your guesses.
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