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Skip for under 13
How I Met Your Mother S6 E17, “Garbage Island”, scores 1/5 for violence, 4/5 for sex and 3/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 4/5 — Skip for under 13. After Marshall sees a documentary about garbage, he becomes fixated on saving the environment. Meanwhile, Ted runs into Zoey's ex-husband, The Captain, and Robin forces Barney to admit he has feelings for Nora, the girl who made history as his first Valentine's Day date ever.
Across the episode we counted 11 flagged moments in 3 themes: Sex & hookups (4); Nudity & bodies (3); Swearing (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 E17:
And now you're trying to hook up with your ex-girlfriend to prove to yourself that you don't care.
Sex now, we'll do the foreplay after.
…it is, you're gonna (makes explosion sound) It's my doorman! That son of a bitch! You think Zoey's sleeping with the doorman?
Are you avoiding sleeping with me 'cause you don't want to start a family? Lily, if we have a baby right now, that is just it for me.
Nudity & bodies 3 moments
How Nudity & bodies shows up in How I Met Your Mother S6 E17:
- Explicit body / sex-act language appears in dialogue.
With great penis comes great responsibility.
That guy scares the panties off me.
Swearing 4 moments
How Swearing shows up in How I Met Your Mother S6 E17:
You can imagine then how painful it was when I learned that the name of my betrayer is Ted when I tell you who it is, you're gonna (makes explosion sound) It's my doorman! That son of a bitch!
Nah Damn it, what is the matter with me? You like her.
Damn it! Oh, baby, why aren't you in bed? I can't sleep.
I mean, yes, divorce sucks, but sometimes things need to fall apart to make way for better things.
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