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How I Met Your Mother S7 E6, “6. Mystery vs. History”, scores 2/5 for violence, 4/5 for sex and 3/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 4/5 — Skip for under 13. When Ted goes on a date without researching the girl on the Internet, the gang interferes, showing Kevin that they are too into each other's business. Meanwhile, Lily and Marshall come to terms with finding out the sex of their baby.
Across the episode we counted 16 flagged moments in 6 themes: Nudity & bodies (3); Porn / strippers / sex work (1); Affairs / cheating (1); Violence & injury (3); Swearing (6); Alcohol & drugs (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
Nudity & bodies 3 moments
How Nudity & bodies shows up in How I Met Your Mother S7 E6:
- Explicit body / sex-act language appears in dialogue.
I can actually hear the sound of her vagina being boarded up.
You might want to see this, Ted-- naked pictures.
Porn / strippers / sex work 1 moment
How Porn / strippers / sex work shows up in How I Met Your Mother S7 E6:
What's going on? I'm a prostitute.
Affairs / cheating 1 moment
How Affairs / cheating shows up in How I Met Your Mother S7 E6:
Mmm Guess what smooth son of a bitch just picked up a girl at the bar? Barney, you're cheating on Nora already? No, guys, it's me.
Violence & injury 3 moments
How Violence & injury shows up in How I Met Your Mother S7 E6:
Well, wait, wh-what am I supposed to eat? Hey, you've got a knife, the forest is full of animals-- what do you want, a buffet?
Because we like mystery, whether it's the hairy majesty of Bigfoot, or the bloodsucking ferocity of the Chupacabra, or the gender of our little miracle.
Why-Why would I find you intimidating, okay? It's not like I donated a kidney, but I donated blood once, although I wound up fainting, and they had to put it all back in.
Swearing 6 moments
How Swearing shows up in How I Met Your Mother S7 E6:
Mmm Guess what smooth son of a bitch just picked up a girl at the bar? Barney, you're cheating on Nora already? No, guys, it's me.
The bitch is hiding something.
Hell, the Green Bay Packers have been proving that for years.
Come on, if you don't know the gender, you're gonna get generic crap at the baby shower.
What the hell was that, Kevin? We're all crazy just because I'm looking up some stuff on the Internet, and Barney wants to know the baby's gender? Well, to be honest, I noticed some other disturbing Never mind.
You? I'm sitting here thinking, "Damn it, I wish I had something That's gold.
Alcohol & drugs 2 moments
How Alcohol & drugs shows up in How I Met Your Mother S7 E6:
She's wanted in Florida on crystal meth charges.
(sighs) You don't buy beer, you rent it.
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