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Skip for under 13
How I Met Your Mother S9 E10, “Mom and Dad”, scores 3/5 for violence, 1/5 for sex and 4/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 4/5 — Skip for under 13. When Barney's father arrives at the hotel, Barney devises a plan that makes Robin very nervous. Meanwhile, Ted is convinced someone framed him by messing up a wedding-related.
Across the episode we counted 11 flagged moments in 4 themes: Porn / strippers / sex work (1); Suicide & self-harm (1); Swearing (7); Alcohol & drugs (2). 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
Porn / strippers / sex work 1 moment
How Porn / strippers / sex work shows up in How I Met Your Mother S9 E10:
No, Barney lowered in a TV showing some pretty graphic 1970s pornography.
Suicide & self-harm 1 moment
How Suicide & self-harm shows up in How I Met Your Mother S9 E10:
She's been missing all day, a-and I found what appears to be a-a suicide note on my bed.
Swearing 7 moments
How Swearing shows up in How I Met Your Mother S9 E10:
" Mm, Detective Mosby is the case-crackingest private dick on the scene.
Give me back my wife, you son of a bitch! (screaming)
That crap grows on you.
Shut up! Music sucks! Scotland sucks! You suck! Just drive, pumpkin head.
(gasps) My calligraphy ink! I mean, the Gretzky photo! Some bastard snuck into my room and spilled ink all over the Gretzky photo I was holding for Barney.
Damn it! My greatest failure.
I'm not blind but what are you getting at? You know damn well what I'm getting at! You're jealous I got the Best Mansmanship back, so you destroyed that photo as part of some diabolical scheme to make me look bad.
Alcohol & drugs 2 moments
How Alcohol & drugs shows up in How I Met Your Mother S9 E10:
(R&B music playing) I said, bang Well, we don't need wine.
Bang Bangity bang We don't need champagne, either.
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