7. Noretta
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How I Met Your Mother

Is How I Met Your Mother S7 E7 OK for kids?

7. Noretta

The gang begins to realize their romantic partner reminds them of one of their parents. Meanwhile, Barney and Nora's planned romantic evening is ruined by a string of bad events.

📺 Where to watch

Netflix, HBO or Disney+ — catalogs differ by country.

🛒 Where to buy

Digital seasons or a box set to keep.

Content guide

👊 Violence
💋 Sex
🙊 Language
⭐ Overall

Preview first — about 12+

How I Met Your Mother S7 E7, “7. Noretta”, scores 1/5 for violence, 3/5 for sex and 2/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 3/5 — Preview first — about 12+. The gang begins to realize their romantic partner reminds them of one of their parents. Meanwhile, Barney and Nora's planned romantic evening is ruined by a string of bad events.

Across the episode we counted 7 flagged moments in 2 themes: Sex & hookups (5); 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

Sex & hookups 5 moments

How Sex & hookups shows up in How I Met Your Mother S7 E7:

  • You're finally going to Bootytown? Look, we just don't want to rush anything, okay? So we decided to wait until she decides to let me have sex with her.
  • But now he's gonna sleep with ours? Psychologically speaking, it's perfectly normal to wind up with someone like your parents.
  • And tonight, I'm gonna have sex with it.
  • And somehow, despite sweet talk like that, I don't feel sexy anymore.
  • (gasps) I mean, you're even more sexy simply because there's so much more of you.

Alcohol & drugs 2 moments

How Alcohol & drugs shows up in How I Met Your Mother S7 E7:

  • I'll-I'll draw you a bath, pour you some champagne, we can forget all about this.
  • I'll have a glass of champagne, sweet pea.

Watch With The Kids · You kids — your rules! · Informal parent guidance, not an official rating.