Content guide
Skip for under 13
How I Met Your Mother S7 E2, “The Naked Truth”, 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.
Across the episode we counted 14 flagged moments in 4 themes: Sex & hookups (3); Nudity & bodies (4); Suicide & self-harm (1); Alcohol & drugs (6). 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 13+Nudity, suicide references, sex talk in live-action sitcom.
Parents need to know that How I Met Your Mother S7 E2, "The Naked Truth", 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 nudity & bodies (explicit, in dialogue), with suicide & self-harm alongside it. Suicide or self-harm is raised — for example, I'm gonna go find one and hang myself from it. Sexual content is explicit — for example, What were the lies? You want me to tell you every lie I've ever told a woman to get her…; Explicit body / sex-act language appears in dialogue. Some mild language appears in the dialogue. Characters drink or talk about alcohol and drugs — Oh, God, guys, I'm still really hungover. 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 3 moments
How Sex & hookups shows up in How I Met Your Mother S7 E2:
What were the lies? You want me to tell you every lie I've ever told a woman to get her into bed? A bed or any other place you had sex with her.
More than once? More than once Wow, that's (clicking tongue) I guess if we're splitting hairs, then, technically there was a plurality to the times I've lied to women for sex having purposes.
Yay! And I think that my boss already sexually harassed me.
Nudity & bodies 4 moments
How Nudity & bodies shows up in How I Met Your Mother S7 E2:
- Explicit body / sex-act language appears in dialogue.
Oh, there's a snake in the swamp? No, I'm talking about your penis.
Is that the guy who convinced you to run across campus naked? I was pledging his frat, which I gave up on after three days, because frats are stupid and elitist and also I found out he wasn't in a frat.
And be honest-- wouldn't you love to stumble onto a video of him running down the street naked, yelling, "Hey, Marshall, look at me!
Suicide & self-harm 1 moment
How Suicide & self-harm shows up in How I Met Your Mother S7 E2:
I'm gonna go find one and hang myself from it.
Alcohol & drugs 6 moments
How Alcohol & drugs shows up in How I Met Your Mother S7 E2:
Oh, God, guys, I'm still really hungover.
So, sweeping declaration-- I am never getting drunk again as long as I live.
Oh, no And I select the beautiful game, the sweet science Pete, please, I'm so hungover the sport of kings I don't want to play "Edward Forty Hands.
You got drunk again.
And if my potential future employer, Garrison Cootes, is watching this bow down to Beercules! (hearty, drunken laughter) Well, that could be anybody.
Although, for the record-- sweeping declaration!-- I am never getting drunk again.
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