5. The Autumn of Break-Ups
🎞️ S8 E5 ✅ All clear

How I Met Your Mother

Is How I Met Your Mother S8 E5 OK for kids?

5. The Autumn of Break-Ups

As the season of break-ups continues, Ted and Victoria must choose the next step in their long and complicated relationship. Meanwhile, Robin worries about Barney when he chooses a dog to be his wingman.

📺 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 S8 E5, “5. The Autumn of Break-Ups”, 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+. As the season of break-ups continues, Ted and Victoria must choose the next step in their long and complicated relationship. Meanwhile, Robin worries about Barney when he chooses a dog to be his wingman.

Across the episode we counted 7 flagged moments in 3 themes: Sex & hookups (3); Nudity & bodies (1); Swearing (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.

Watch for — every moment, theme by theme

Sex & hookups 3 moments

How Sex & hookups shows up in How I Met Your Mother S8 E5:

  • All right, we-we're cosigning birthday cards, w-we got toothbrushes at each other's places, foreplay's out the window.
  • He just wants to have sex.
  • Loves show tunes, total shopaholic, not always pestering you for sex? Um, Clifford sounds like a keeper.

Nudity & bodies 1 moment

How Nudity & bodies shows up in How I Met Your Mother S8 E5:

  • Ted's more of a boob man.

Swearing 3 moments

How Swearing shows up in How I Met Your Mother S8 E5:

  • And you think girlfriend's all like, "Oh, let's just bone a bunch so I'm another year older and still single"? Bitch, please.
  • The bitches love him.
  • You've been a hell of a wingman.

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