9. Platonish
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How I Met Your Mother

Is How I Met Your Mother S9 E9 OK for kids?

9. Platonish

In a flashback episode, the gang ponders the future of the Ted, Robin and Barney love triangle. Meanwhile, Barney accepts a series of challenges from Lily and Robin.

📺 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

Preview first — about 12+

How I Met Your Mother S9 E9, “9. Platonish”, scores 1/5 for violence, 3/5 for sex and 2/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 3/5 — Preview first — about 12+. In a flashback episode, the gang ponders the future of the Ted, Robin and Barney love triangle. Meanwhile, Barney accepts a series of challenges from Lily and Robin.

Across the episode we counted 5 flagged moments in 2 themes: Sex & hookups (2); 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 2 moments

How Sex & hookups shows up in How I Met Your Mother S9 E9:

  • Symposium two people are only platonic if in the next 20 minutes there is no chance of them hooking up.
  • NARRATOR Marshall and Robin wouldn't hook up even if this happened: Marshall, Robin! If you guys don't full-on make out in the next 20 minutes, they're gonna blow me up and everyone in this bar! My God, no! Anyone but Robin.

Alcohol & drugs 3 moments

How Alcohol & drugs shows up in How I Met Your Mother S9 E9:

  • Um, why is picking up a drunk chick sitting alone and rubbing a tan line on her finger where a wedding ring used to be, a challenge? Because I said challenge accepted.
  • (chittering) Wow, was that three glasses of wine? Where does the time go (chitters) (chuckles) Look, I know that you need to get back to your studies.
  • (cell phone ringing) I'm gonna go grab us some beers.

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