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. When Marshall and Lily fear they will never get pregnant, they see a specialist who can hopefully help move the process along. Meanwhile, Robin starts her new job.
Across the episode we counted 17 flagged moments in 4 themes: Sex & hookups (11); Nudity & bodies (3); Violence & injury (1); Slut-shaming (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.
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'.
Slut-shaming 2 moments
How Slut-shaming 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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