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Skip for under 13
The Big Bang Theory S3 E9, “The Vengeance Formulation”, scores 1/5 for violence, 4/5 for sex and 1/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 4/5 — Skip for under 13. After he's humiliated on National Public Radio, Sheldon vows to destroy Kripke, while Wolowitz tries not to destroy his new relationship with Bernadette.
Across the episode we counted 9 flagged moments in 2 themes: Sex & hookups (8); Porn / strippers / sex work (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.
Parents need to know
Age 13+Sex talk, strip-club and porn references, strong sexual content in live-action sitcom.
Parents need to know that The Big Bang Theory S3 E9, "The Vengeance Formulation", is a live-action sitcom episode. The series is known for more innuendo than the science jokes suggest, but rarely explicit. Driven by sex & hookups (explicit, in dialogue), with porn / strippers / sex work alongside it. Sexual content is explicit — for example, Katee Sackhoff says, "Thanks, Howard. Always nice to be part of your masturbatory fantasies"; Leonard says, "You’d have a better shot with the three-breasted Martian hooker from Total Recall". 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 8 moments
How Sex & hookups shows up in The Big Bang Theory S3 E9:
- Katee Sackhoff
Thanks, Howard. Always nice to be part of your masturbatory fantasies.
- Bernadette
But I need to know whether you’re looking for a relationship or a one-night stand.
- Howard
You know, it’s not unheard of for a one-night stand to turn into a relationship.
- Howard
Okay, well, before you and Penny hooked up, did she ask for any kind of commitment?
- Leonard
The cultural paradigm in which people have sex after three dates.
- Bernadette
Howard, we’ve only been on three dates. We haven’t even had sex yet.
- Bernadette: Sex.
- Howard
Three dates means sex? Who knew?
Porn / strippers / sex work 1 moment
How Porn / strippers / sex work shows up in The Big Bang Theory S3 E9:
- Leonard
You’d have a better shot with the three-breasted Martian hooker from Total Recall.
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