Content guide
Mild — okay from about 10+
The Big Bang Theory S2 E1, “The Bad Fish Paradigm”, scores 1/5 for violence, 2/5 for sex and 1/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 2/5 — Mild — okay from about 10+. After her first date with Leonard goes awry, Penny finds an unwilling confidant in Leonard's anti-social roommate, Sheldon.
Across the episode we counted 4 flagged moments in 3 themes: Nudity & bodies (1); Porn / strippers / sex work (1); Violence & injury (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.
Parents need to know
Age 10+Strip-club and porn references, violence, nudity in live-action sitcom.
Parents need to know that The Big Bang Theory S2 E1, "The Bad Fish Paradigm", is a live-action sitcom episode. The series is known for more innuendo than the science jokes suggest, but rarely explicit. Scores low: the strongest thing we found is porn / strippers / sex work (explicit, in dialogue). Violence is mild but includes Sheldon says, "It relies on the hominymic relationship between tick the blood-sucking arachnid, and tic…". Sexual content is mild but includes Sheldon says, "Forget! You want me to forget? This mind does not forget. I haven’t forgotten a single…"; Raj says, "How dare you. Aishwarya Rai is a Goddess. By comparison Madhuri Dixit is a leprous…". 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
Nudity & bodies 1 moment
How Nudity & bodies shows up in The Big Bang Theory S2 E1:
- Sheldon
Forget! You want me to forget? This mind does not forget. I haven’t forgotten a single thing since the day my mother stopped breast feeding me. It was a drizzly Tuesday.
Porn / strippers / sex work 1 moment
How Porn / strippers / sex work shows up in The Big Bang Theory S2 E1:
- Raj
How dare you. Aishwarya Rai is a Goddess. By comparison Madhuri Dixit is a leprous prostitute.
Violence & injury 2 moments
How Violence & injury shows up in The Big Bang Theory S2 E1:
- Sheldon
It relies on the hominymic relationship between tick the blood-sucking arachnid, and tic the involuntary muscular contraction.
- Sheldon
Oh, good Lord. Why don’t you just take your clothes down to the river and beat them with a rock?
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