Content guide
Preview first — about 12+
How I Met Your Mother S8 E20, “The Time Travelers”, scores 2/5 for violence, 2/5 for sex and 3/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 3/5 — Preview first — about 12+.
Across the episode we counted 12 flagged moments in 5 themes: Sex & hookups (1); Nudity & bodies (1); Violence & injury (1); Swearing (4); Alcohol & drugs (5). 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 12+Language, drinking, nudity in live-action sitcom.
Parents need to know that How I Met Your Mother S8 E20, "The Time Travelers", 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. Sits in the gray area mainly on swearing (moderate, in dialogue). Violence is mild but includes Look, and if I can't have them, I'll take the 45 seconds before your boyfriend shows up…. Sexual content is mild but includes Lily, I know that I have the sexual charisma of a bad boy, but I certainly don't have…; Ted, get ready to be surrounded by half-naked, grease-covered bodies. Language isn't constant, but you can expect swearing — for example, God, you're still clinging to that? Marshall, it doesn't matter, 'cause you'd lose…. Characters drink or talk about alcohol and drugs — Only the best cocktail ever. 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 1 moment
How Sex & hookups shows up in How I Met Your Mother S8 E20:
Lily, I know that I have the sexual charisma of a bad boy, but I certainly don't have the manners of one.
Nudity & bodies 1 moment
How Nudity & bodies shows up in How I Met Your Mother S8 E20:
Ted, get ready to be surrounded by half-naked, grease-covered bodies.
Violence & injury 1 moment
How Violence & injury shows up in How I Met Your Mother S8 E20:
Look, and if I can't have them, I'll take the 45 seconds before your boyfriend shows up and punches me in the face, because I love you.
Swearing 4 moments
How Swearing shows up in How I Met Your Mother S8 E20:
God, you're still clinging to that? Marshall, it doesn't matter, 'cause you'd lose anyway, and you know why? 'Cause I'm Sparkles, bitch.
And you bastards aren't going anywhere.
Break a leg (everyone talking at once) (clears throat) What the hell? Do not talk to her.
- NARRATOR
Kids, it's been almost 20 years since that cold April night in 2013, and I can safely tell you, if I could go back in time and relive that night, there's no way in hell I'd go to Robots vs.
Alcohol & drugs 5 moments
How Alcohol & drugs shows up in How I Met Your Mother S8 E20:
Only the best cocktail ever.
Five tablespoons of sugar, a whisper of vanilla vodka and you're done.
If Ted doesn't get wasted, there's no way he'll end up making out with that surprisingly realistic-looking female robot.
But in this case, yeah, you kind of have to be wasted.
(all agreeing, overlapping chatter) You drink beers in cans still.
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