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How I Met Your Mother S6 E21, “Hopeless”, scores 1/5 for violence, 4/5 for sex and 2/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 4/5 — Skip for under 13. When Barney tries to bond with his father, he asks the gang to help make his life seem more exciting by lying about their own lives. Meanwhile, Robin runs into a guy she has a crush on.
Across the episode we counted 13 flagged moments in 5 themes: Sex & hookups (4); Nudity & bodies (2); Porn / strippers / sex work (2); Alcohol & drugs (4); Slut-shaming (1). 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 E21:
If I can score five numbers before you can, then we have sex in the bathroom.
But if you can score five numbers before me, then we have sex in the bathroom.
I specifically remember, because we had great sex that night.
My prize sex in the bathroom.
Nudity & bodies 2 moments
How Nudity & bodies shows up in How I Met Your Mother S6 E21:
Little thing instead of being a naked super ninja, can I be Meryl Streep in The Devil Wears Prada? - How good was that movie? - Oh, my God.
Well, after a long day of style meetings and photo shoots and being way too mean to my assistant, I sometimes bang an underwear model.
Porn / strippers / sex work 2 moments
How Porn / strippers / sex work shows up in How I Met Your Mother S6 E21:
- Stripper or strip-club material shows up in the plot.
I never thought tonight would be so awesome! So next stop, strip club.
Alcohol & drugs 4 moments
How Alcohol & drugs shows up in How I Met Your Mother S6 E21:
What's a magician's best friend? A drunk audience.
- ROBIN
Two, three, four! Ba, ba, ba, ba Ba, ba, ba Ba, ba, ba, da, da, da, da, da, da! Ow! Yeah! So, Saturday night time to cut loose, right? Who wants to split a beer? BARNEY: Oh, we're not drinking here.
Oh Oh (others talking at once) Hey, sugar! Five beers for the table, a Seven-and-Seven for me, and your ten digits for this guy here!
The Lusty Leopard has a special Oh, for corn's sake, Barney, I'm not drunk! - What? - I told you, I don't party anymore, and you wouldn't take no for an answer.
Slut-shaming 1 moment
How Slut-shaming shows up in How I Met Your Mother S6 E21:
My goodness! I sleep around, too.
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