The Wheaton Recurrence
🎞️ S3 E19 🚫 Hard pass

The Big Bang Theory

Is The Big Bang Theory S3 E19 OK for kids?

The Wheaton Recurrence

Fight between Leonard and Penny threatens their relationship, while Sheldon battles Wil Wheaton in bowling.

📺 Where to watch

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

🛒 Where to buy

Digital seasons or a box set to keep.

Content guide

👊 Violence
💋 Sex
🙊 Language
⭐ Overall

Skip for under 13

The Big Bang Theory S3 E19, “The Wheaton Recurrence”, 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. Fight between Leonard and Penny threatens their relationship, while Sheldon battles Wil Wheaton in bowling.

Across the episode we counted 5 flagged moments in 2 themes: Nudity & bodies (4); Alcohol & drugs (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

Nudity & bodies 4 moments

How Nudity & bodies shows up in The Big Bang Theory S3 E19:

  • Explicit body / sex-act language appears in dialogue.
  • Sheldon Rabbits do have a respiratory system that would support great size. And on a side note, they are one of the few mammals whose scrotum is in front of the penis.
  • Raj Really? Because every time we’ve talked about unusual animal genitals, you’ve always had some pretty strong and controversial opinions.
  • Raj Did you think it would be funny to put on a pair of her panties and jump around, but it wound up just creeping her out?

Alcohol & drugs 1 moment

How Alcohol & drugs shows up in The Big Bang Theory S3 E19:

  • Raj Ah, beer. The magic elixir that can turn this poor, shy Indian boy into the life of the party. Oh, yeah.

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