7. Canning Randy
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How I Met Your Mother

Is How I Met Your Mother S6 E7 OK for kids?

7. Canning Randy

When Zoey enrolls in Ted's class, she manipulates his students into taking her side in the fight to save the building being torn down to make room for his project. Meanwhile, Marshall and Lily spot Robin marching in the Halloween parade of shame.

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Netflix, HBO or Disney+ — catalogs differ by country.

🛒 Where to buy

Digital seasons or a box set to keep.

Content guide

👊 Violence
💋 Sex
🙊 Language
⭐ Overall

Preview first — about 12+

How I Met Your Mother S6 E7, “7. 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+. When Zoey enrolls in Ted's class, she manipulates his students into taking her side in the fight to save the building being torn down to make room for his project. Meanwhile, Marshall and Lily spot Robin marching in the Halloween parade of shame.

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.

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.

What to watch in How I Met Your Mother · Season 6 guide

Watch With The Kids · You kids — your rules! · Informal parent guidance, not an official rating.