Content guide
Heavy — skip for under 16
How I Met Your Mother S7 E21, “Now We're Even”, scores 1/5 for violence, 5/5 for sex and 2/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 5/5 — Heavy — skip for under 16.
Across the episode we counted 11 flagged moments in 4 themes: Sex & hookups (2); Nudity & bodies (3); Porn / strippers / sex work (3); Violence & injury (3). 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 16+Strip-club and porn references, violence, nudity in live-action sitcom.
Parents need to know that How I Met Your Mother S7 E21, "Now We're Even", 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 porn / strippers / sex work (explicit, in dialogue), with violence & injury alongside it. Violence is mild but includes Because let's be honest, sitting around watching TV, drinking beer and eating ribs alone…. Sexual content is explicit — for example, Man, this kid better be real freakin' cute! What was that all about? Lily had a sex…; But then it hit me says, "for the first time in my adult life, I didn't have a roommate! If I want to walk around…". Some mild language appears in the dialogue. 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 2 moments
How Sex & hookups shows up in How I Met Your Mother S7 E21:
Man, this kid better be real freakin' cute! What was that all about? Lily had a sex dream last night.
Sex dream? Do tell.
Nudity & bodies 3 moments
How Nudity & bodies shows up in How I Met Your Mother S7 E21:
- But then it hit me
for the first time in my adult life, I didn't have a roommate! If I want to walk around naked, nobody cares.
No, I demolished a box of Froot Loops, fully nude.
Later that night, I took off my pantyhose, and gave her panties my hose.
Porn / strippers / sex work 3 moments
How Porn / strippers / sex work shows up in How I Met Your Mother S7 E21:
- Stripper or strip-club material shows up in the plot.
What's the best thing about dating a stripper, you ask? Nope.
I'll tell you the best thing about dating a stripper.
Violence & injury 3 moments
How Violence & injury shows up in How I Met Your Mother S7 E21:
Because let's be honest, sitting around watching TV, drinking beer and eating ribs alone is what every red-blooded American would rather be doing at all times.
I'll grant you that if you include the 12 points for designing the skyscraper, the 83 points for slapping five with Tommy Lee and the 9,000 points for banging Robin before me, our point totals would be about…
Last year, I slapped on a dress, took a few laps around this very bar, and I got this: the phone number of one Stephanie McColgan.
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