Content guide
Mild — okay from about 12+
How I Met Your Mother S7 E23, “The Magician's Code (1)”, scores 1/5 for violence, 2/5 for sex and 2/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 2/5 — Mild — okay from about 12+. While Marshall is in Atlantic City with Barney, Lily goes into labor, leaving him desperate to make it back to New York before the baby is born. Meanwhile, Ted and Robin try to distract Lily during her painful contractions.
Across the episode we counted 4 flagged moments in 3 themes: Sex & hookups (1); Porn / strippers / sex work (1); 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 1 moment
How Sex & hookups shows up in How I Met Your Mother S7 E23:
You can't have sex with Lily.
Porn / strippers / sex work 1 moment
How Porn / strippers / sex work shows up in How I Met Your Mother S7 E23:
Was it a cheerleading convention? No, it was a porn convention.
Alcohol & drugs 2 moments
How Alcohol & drugs shows up in How I Met Your Mother S7 E23:
1 Kids, when Aunt Lily went into labor, Marshall was somewhere slightly inconvenient, in Atlantic City with Uncle Barney, and drunk to the point of talking like Yoda.
But he still considers getting up these two steps when he was this drunk to be the hardest one of all.
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