The Jiminy Conjecture
🎞️ S3 E2 🚫 Hard pass

The Big Bang Theory

Is The Big Bang Theory S3 E2 OK for kids?

The Jiminy Conjecture

Leonard and Penny struggle to recover from an awkward first hookup while Sheldon and Howard stake their best comic books on a bet to determine the species of a cricket.

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Netflix, HBO or Disney+ — catalogs differ by country.

🛒 Where to buy

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Content guide

👊 Violence
💋 Sex
🙊 Language
⭐ Overall

Skip for under 13

The Big Bang Theory S3 E2, “The Jiminy Conjecture”, scores 1/5 for violence, 4/5 for sex and 2/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 4/5 — Skip for under 13. Leonard and Penny struggle to recover from an awkward first hookup while Sheldon and Howard stake their best comic books on a bet to determine the species of a cricket.

Across the episode we counted 13 flagged moments in 6 themes: Sex & hookups (6); Nudity & bodies (1); Violence & injury (1); Swearing (2); Alcohol & drugs (2); Slut-shaming (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.

Watch for — every moment, theme by theme

Sex & hookups 6 moments

How Sex & hookups shows up in The Big Bang Theory S3 E2:

  • Raj Yeah, but since you and Penny finally hooked up, we thought you two would be having bouncy naked yum-yum night.
  • Leonard Nothing flamed out. We don’t have to have sex every night, you know.
  • Leonard There’s more to life than sex, Raj.
  • Sheldon Perhaps what Leonard is obliquely referring to is the occurrence of some sort of sexual dysfunction.
  • Leonard Nothing like that happened, all right? The sex was just fine.
  • Sheldon As I was saying, you and Leonard had a disappointing sexual encounter.

Nudity & bodies 1 moment

How Nudity & bodies shows up in The Big Bang Theory S3 E2:

  • Howard What’s there to learn? You get naked, do nasty things to each other, then somebody makes scrambled eggs and salami. Easy peasy.

Violence & injury 1 moment

How Violence & injury shows up in The Big Bang Theory S3 E2:

  • Sheldon Oh, a clever, albeit obsolete, euphemism for insufficient blood flow to the male sex organ.

Swearing 2 moments

How Swearing shows up in The Big Bang Theory S3 E2:

  • Howard Okay, I believe a chicken made you his bitch. But the cricket thing, I don’t buy. Bet me.
  • Raj Holy crap. It’s like Silence of the Lambs down here. (Howard tickles the back of his neck. He screams) Don’t do that!

Alcohol & drugs 2 moments

How Alcohol & drugs shows up in The Big Bang Theory S3 E2:

  • Leonard Yeah, it’s a perfectly good word. You put it in front of wine or dining, and you’ve really got something. Okay, well, let me ask you this, how was last night for you?
  • Penny You know, I think this is one of those things where talking about it is not going to make it better. Want a glass of wine?

Slut-shaming 1 moment

How Slut-shaming shows up in The Big Bang Theory S3 E2:

  • Prof Crawley That tramp took me for everything!

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