Content guide
Preview first — about 12+
How I Met Your Mother S9 E18, “Rally”, scores 2/5 for violence, 1/5 for sex and 3/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 3/5 — Preview first — about 12+.
Across the episode we counted 16 flagged moments in 4 themes: Sex & hookups (1); Violence & injury (2); Swearing (5); Alcohol & drugs (8). 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, violence, drinking in live-action sitcom.
Parents need to know that How I Met Your Mother S9 E18, "Rally", 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 But won't he understand a good old fashioned hangover? My father's recipe for a Bloody…. Sexual content is mild but includes Lily Aldrin? Let's make out. Language isn't constant, but you can expect swearing — for example, Okay, let's do this! Bitch? Walk out that door and I tag in Zabka as my maid of honor. Characters drink or talk about alcohol and drugs — Oh, my God! You know that there is gonna be champagne at this party, right? I know, I know. 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 S9 E18:
Lily Aldrin? Let's make out.
Violence & injury 2 moments
How Violence & injury shows up in How I Met Your Mother S9 E18:
But won't he understand a good old fashioned hangover? My father's recipe for a Bloody Mary trades out tomato juice for wolf's blood.
Bloody Mary? Sounds more like a Bloody Scary.
Swearing 5 moments
How Swearing shows up in How I Met Your Mother S9 E18:
Okay, let's do this! Bitch? Walk out that door and I tag in Zabka as my maid of honor.
Oh, what are we gonna do without you in the house? (groans) We got him out of the house! Drink up! (grunts) (whoops) Oh You son of a bitch! You son of a me! All right, we got most of the ingredients on our list.
Damn it, Barney! Why are you always so selfish?! We are trying to help you! ROBIN: Okay, we somehow have to get this leaky barf bag back on his feet before the wedding pictures.
May you rot in the bacon-less hell that I've lived in my entire life.
(groans) My dad's gonna be so pissed.
Alcohol & drugs 8 moments
How Alcohol & drugs shows up in How I Met Your Mother S9 E18:
Oh, my God! You know that there is gonna be champagne at this party, right? I know, I know.
You are gonna be so hungover tomorrow.
- MARSHALL
That's it! You know what? We are all now seriously too old to keep doing this to ourselves! I vow here and now that I shall never again get that drunk in my life! NARRATOR: Yeah, he'd wind up breaking that vow.
- NARRATOR
See, over the years, we'd all come to experience something Barney called Stinson's Hangover Fixer Elixir! The most effective post-bender, head's-too-tender ender from here to Denver.
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, whom we all know is most famous for being a world-class drunk, commissioned a top-secret scientific project-- develop an elixir to cure the common hangover.
No good comes from hanging out in bars and getting drunk.
Also, uh, we need it to help a friend recover from a hangover.
Remember? Marshall thought he botched day two of the bar exam, so he freaked out that night and got wasted?
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