Content guide
Skip for under 13
The Big Bang Theory S4 E13, “The Love Car Displacement”, 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. Tension runs high when everyone is staying at the same hotel for a science event and Bernadette runs into her ex-boyfriend.
Across the episode we counted 7 flagged moments in 2 themes: Sex & hookups (4); Nudity & bodies (3). 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+Nudity, sex talk, mild language in live-action sitcom.
Parents need to know that The Big Bang Theory S4 E13, "The Love Car Displacement", is a live-action sitcom episode. The series is known for more innuendo than the science jokes suggest, but rarely explicit. Driven by nudity & bodies (explicit, in dialogue), with sex & hookups alongside it. Sexual content is explicit — for example, Penny says, "Oh, don’t feel bad. I never read Leonard’s, and I used to sleep with him"; Explicit body / sex-act language appears in dialogue. Some mild language appears in the dialogue. 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 4 moments
How Sex & hookups shows up in The Big Bang Theory S4 E13:
- Penny
Oh, don’t feel bad. I never read Leonard’s, and I used to sleep with him.
- Howard
I’m just thinking. If you had sex with that guy, I mean, there’s nothing I can do here that will make any kind of impact.
- Leonard (voice): Yeah, hi. Listen, I just got a text from Raj. He wanted me to tell you that when Howard says nap, he means sex.
- Amy
Not for sex, for convenience. You can’t deny that, by comparison, our internal plumbing is extremely high maintenance.
Nudity & bodies 3 moments
How Nudity & bodies shows up in The Big Bang Theory S4 E13:
- Explicit body / sex-act language appears in dialogue.
- Amy
Do you subscribe to the Freudian theory of penis envy?
- Amy
Please don’t touch my breasts.
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