9. Disaster Averted
🎞️ S7 E9 ✅ All clear

How I Met Your Mother

Is How I Met Your Mother S7 E9 OK for kids?

9. Disaster Averted

The gang reminisces about what happened during Hurricane Irene and Barney tries desperately to get out of wearing the ducky tie.

📺 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

Mild — okay from about 12+

How I Met Your Mother S7 E9, “9. Disaster Averted”, scores 2/5 for violence, 1/5 for sex and 1/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 2/5 — Mild — okay from about 12+. The gang reminisces about what happened during Hurricane Irene and Barney tries desperately to get out of wearing the ducky tie.

Across the episode we counted 5 flagged moments in 3 themes: Sex & hookups (1); Violence & injury (3); Alcohol & drugs (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 1 moment

How Sex & hookups shows up in How I Met Your Mother S7 E9:

  • Prepared to spend lunch in his locker? Prepared to die a virgin?

Violence & injury 3 moments

How Violence & injury shows up in How I Met Your Mother S7 E9:

  • What? Lily, no! Shotgun! You're staying.
  • And a Boy Scout is always what? Unpopular? Beaten up? Going to the movies with his mom? A Boy Scout is always prepared.
  • So far, Marshall had slapped Barney four times.

Alcohol & drugs 1 moment

How Alcohol & drugs shows up in How I Met Your Mother S7 E9:

  • Drinking beer in front of Barney's giant TV beats sitting in the car listening to Memoires of a Geisha.

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