Content guide
Skip for under 13
How I Met Your Mother S8 E22, “The Bro Mitzvah”, scores 3/5 for violence, 4/5 for sex and 3/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 4/5 — Skip for under 13.
Across the episode we counted 18 flagged moments in 7 themes: Sex & hookups (3); Nudity & bodies (3); Porn / strippers / sex work (5); Violence & injury (2); Suicide & self-harm (1); Swearing (3); Alcohol & drugs (1). 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 13+Strip-club and porn references, suicide references, sex talk in live-action sitcom.
Parents need to know that How I Met Your Mother S8 E22, "The Bro Mitzvah", 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 suicide & self-harm alongside it. Suicide or self-harm is raised — for example, Barney is suicidal. Violence includes When we watch Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth! Yeah. Sexual content is explicit — for example, Did you tell your mother I'm a virgin? What? Why would you think that? Save yourself…; We're gonna pound a beer every time we hear the word "catastrophic"" Oh! Could that be…. Language isn't constant, but you can expect swearing — for example, Oh! Oh! You crazy son of a bitch, you did it! I just lost $80,000. Characters drink or talk about alcohol and drugs — Four cosmos, pronto! Now she's drunk, holding up a napkin ring and three breadsticks,…. 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 3 moments
How Sex & hookups shows up in How I Met Your Mother S8 E22:
Did you tell your mother I'm a virgin? What? Why would you think that? Save yourself room for dessert.
Why would you tell her I'm a virgin? I panicked.
Good, 'cause my night's been hell! And that's the inverted chimney sweep, the last of the 17 basic sexual positions.
Nudity & bodies 3 moments
How Nudity & bodies shows up in How I Met Your Mother S8 E22:
We're gonna pound a beer every time we hear the word "catastrophic"" Oh! Could that be the next item on your list? Mind-blowing entertainment, like a naked fire show or a naked magic show.
Or a naked contortionist! Or a balloon contortionist! Balloons.
Whoa, whoa! I was promised boobs.
Porn / strippers / sex work 5 moments
How Porn / strippers / sex work shows up in How I Met Your Mother S8 E22:
- Stripper or strip-club material shows up in the plot.
Booze, duh; cigars, duh; strippers, duh Ooh! Things should get so crazy that at some point we should fear for our lives.
If this is anything like my bachelor party-- strippers, booze, definitely no hand stuff-- wink-wink-- it is gonna be in-- wait for it-- credible.
You take that back, sir! I am nothing like Ralph Macchio! I mean, did you guys even get a stripper? Bro.
Of course we got a stripper.
Violence & injury 2 moments
How Violence & injury shows up in How I Met Your Mother S8 E22:
When we watch Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth! Yeah.
Shotgun? Man, it's crowded in here.
Suicide & self-harm 1 moment
How Suicide & self-harm shows up in How I Met Your Mother S8 E22:
Barney is suicidal.
Swearing 3 moments
How Swearing shows up in How I Met Your Mother S8 E22:
Oh! Oh! You crazy son of a bitch, you did it! I just lost $80,000.
What the hell is she doing here? Robin, I swear, nothing happened.
You want me to pretend my life's gone to crap and I'm back to stripping just screw with my ex-fiancé? I love it! That party will be so terrible, he'll have to leave it.
Alcohol & drugs 1 moment
How Alcohol & drugs shows up in How I Met Your Mother S8 E22:
Four cosmos, pronto! Now she's drunk, holding up a napkin ring and three breadsticks, and talking about her night with Crosby, Stills and Nash.
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