Weekend at Barney's
🎞️ S8 E18 🚫 Hard pass

How I Met Your Mother

Is How I Met Your Mother S8 E18 OK for kids?

Weekend at Barney's

When Ted and Jeanette break up, Barney tries to help him land a new girl by using the infamous playbook Robin thought he had destroyed. Meanwhile, at a gallery opening where Lily hopes to make a good impression, Marshall ends up unintentionally getting noticed.

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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

Heavy — skip for under 16

How I Met Your Mother S8 E18, “Weekend at Barney's”, scores 1/5 for violence, 5/5 for sex and 3/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 5/5 — Heavy — skip for under 16. When Ted and Jeanette break up, Barney tries to help him land a new girl by using the infamous playbook Robin thought he had destroyed. Meanwhile, at a gallery opening where Lily hopes to make a good impression, Marshall ends up unintentionally getting noticed.

Across the episode we counted 16 flagged moments in 4 themes: Sex & hookups (3); Nudity & bodies (5); Swearing (5); Alcohol & drugs (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 E18:

  • And I found one from a woman with the subject line, "big penis orgasms," so naturally, I smashed your plates, knifed your mattress, peed in your drawers, the whole nine, but…
  • And based on that, girls want to sleep with you.
  • I mean, no matter how no matter how great the sex was.

Nudity & bodies 5 moments

How Nudity & bodies shows up in How I Met Your Mother S8 E18:

  • Explicit body / sex-act language appears in dialogue.
  • Great, and then maybe later I could give you a different package-- my penis.
  • My penis, my penis, my penis! Hello.
  • Did you just unhook my bra? Shh.
  • Wha Did you just unhook my bra again? Jeanette, this is great.

Swearing 5 moments

How Swearing shows up in How I Met Your Mother S8 E18:

  • What happened junior year? Egdud Ferhaki, that outgoing son of a bitch.
  • " "Weekend at Barney's Two!" Damn it, Barney! So, there's this big gallery opening tonight.
  • What the hell? I can't let you do this, Ted.
  • Ow, ow, ow! Damn it! You're strong.
  • Call me crazy, but I've got a feeling, from here on out, it's gonna be nothing but blue skies and What the hell is this?! Uh-oh.

Alcohol & drugs 3 moments

How Alcohol & drugs shows up in How I Met Your Mother S8 E18:

  • Beach, booze and bodacious babes.
  • I found two wine glasses you didn't smash.
  • Would anyone like some wine? It's a nice Côtes du Rhône.

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