Content guide
Preview first — about 12+
How I Met Your Mother S6 E7, “Canning Randy”, scores 2/5 for violence, 3/5 for sex and 2/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 3/5 — Preview first — about 12+.
Across the episode we counted 10 flagged moments in 4 themes: Sex & hookups (4); Porn / strippers / sex work (1); Violence & injury (1); 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 12+Strip-club and porn references, violence, sex talk in live-action sitcom.
Parents need to know that How I Met Your Mother S6 E7, "Canning Randy", 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. Sits in the gray area mainly on porn / strippers / sex work (explicit, in dialogue). Violence is mild but includes Randy murdered him. Sexual content includes Please tell me you're not hooking up with one of your co-anchors again; " First of all, that line makes me sound like a hooker and saying it makes me feel like…. Some mild language appears in the dialogue. Characters drink or talk about alcohol and drugs — Now, I hate to stop while I'm on a roll, but happy Halloween, ya crazies! (class…. 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 S6 E7:
Please tell me you're not hooking up with one of your co-anchors again.
Please tell me you are hooking up with one of your co-anchors again.
You didn't sleep with her? No.
Robin, who'd you sleep with? I told you-- Randy.
Porn / strippers / sex work 1 moment
How Porn / strippers / sex work shows up in How I Met Your Mother S6 E7:
" First of all, that line makes me sound like a hooker and saying it makes me feel like a hooker, so.
Violence & injury 1 moment
How Violence & injury shows up in How I Met Your Mother S6 E7:
Randy murdered him.
Alcohol & drugs 4 moments
How Alcohol & drugs shows up in How I Met Your Mother S6 E7:
Now, I hate to stop while I'm on a roll, but happy Halloween, ya crazies! (class cheering) Hey, Professor Brosby, you gonna come get beers with us later? Nah, I got a thing.
Uh, you want a beer? Oh, no, thank you.
- LILY
Your co-host is getting super-popular because of her stupid commercial, "Boats! Boats! Boats!" So, when you arrived at the GNB party after we left, you were feeling vulnerable and drunk.
Imagine a beer with my name on it.
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