Content guide
Heavy — skip for under 16
How I Met Your Mother S6 E13, “Bad News”, scores 3/5 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 17 flagged moments in 4 themes: Sex & hookups (11); Nudity & bodies (3); Violence & injury (1); Sexual insults (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 16+Sex talk, nudity, sexual insults in live-action sitcom.
Parents need to know that How I Met Your Mother S6 E13, "Bad News", 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 sex & hookups (explicit, in dialogue), with nudity & bodies alongside it. Violence includes You just strap on the vinyl holster and race into that abandoned JCPenney guns a-blazin'. Sexual content is explicit — for example, He's going to masturbate; Explicit body / sex-act language appears in dialogue. Some mild language appears in the dialogue. This episode includes sexual insults — for example, So, second day of work? (blows raspberry) What's wrong? Oh, you didn't hear? She's the…. 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 11 moments
How Sex & hookups shows up in How I Met Your Mother S6 E13:
He's going to masturbate.
We should have sex.
You two know each other? - Know each other? We've had sex.
- TED
You had sex with Sandy Rivers? No! Ugh! And I can't believe it's my first day, and already I'm the girl who slept with the host of the show.
Already? Were you planning on eventually sleeping with the host? Well, now that I know it's Sandy, I'm not.
We did not have sex.
Barney, I've already told - "Oh, and my sperm don't work.
We'll need a sample of your sperm.
John Stangel? I don't know, baby, do we really need a specialist? Well, what's your plan, Marshall, just have unprotected sex day after day after day in every position imaginable until? Wait, it sounded worse in my head.
Between the sexual harassment seminar all morning and the secretary beauty pageant all afternoon, he hasn't left my sight.
Okay, think about it: we've had unprotected sex past four months.
Nudity & bodies 3 moments
How Nudity & bodies shows up in How I Met Your Mother S6 E13:
- Explicit body / sex-act language appears in dialogue.
Leave the model of the vagina.
If people found out Sandy wears a toupee Really? That's your take-away? Nothing on the bear in the bra? Oh, no.
Violence & injury 1 moment
How Violence & injury shows up in How I Met Your Mother S6 E13:
You just strap on the vinyl holster and race into that abandoned JCPenney guns a-blazin'.
Sexual insults 2 moments
How Sexual insults shows up in How I Met Your Mother S6 E13:
So, second day of work? (blows raspberry) What's wrong? Oh, you didn't hear? She's the office slut.
I wish I was the office slut.
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