The Roommate Transmogrification
🎞️ S4 E24 ✅ All clear

The Big Bang Theory

Is The Big Bang Theory S4 E24 OK for kids?

The Roommate Transmogrification

When Bernadette receives her Ph.D., the guys take joy in reminding an emasculated Wolowitz that he is the only one in their group who isn't a doctor. Meanwhile, Koothrappali becomes Sheldon's new roommate after hearing Leonard and Priya engaging in a "Star Trek" bedroom fantasy.

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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

Mild — okay from about 10+

The Big Bang Theory S4 E24, “The Roommate Transmogrification”, scores 2/5 for violence, 2/5 for sex and 2/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 2/5 — Mild — okay from about 10+. When Bernadette receives her Ph.D., the guys take joy in reminding an emasculated Wolowitz that he is the only one in their group who isn't a doctor. Meanwhile, Koothrappali becomes Sheldon's new roommate after hearing Leonard and Priya engaging in a "Star Trek" bedroom fantasy.

Across the episode we counted 9 flagged moments in 6 themes: Sex & hookups (1); Nudity & bodies (1); Porn / strippers / sex work (2); Violence & injury (1); Alcohol & drugs (2); Homophobic jokes (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.

Watch for — every moment, theme by theme

Sex & hookups 1 moment

How Sex & hookups shows up in The Big Bang Theory S4 E24:

  • Raj Leonard’s having astronomically inaccurate Star Trek sex with my sister.

Nudity & bodies 1 moment

How Nudity & bodies shows up in The Big Bang Theory S4 E24:

  • Penny (entering room dishevelled, with a half naked Raj behind): Damn.

Porn / strippers / sex work 2 moments

How Porn / strippers / sex work shows up in The Big Bang Theory S4 E24:

  • Raj Well, uh, to paraphrase Shakespeare, It’s better to have loved and lost than to stay home every night and download increasingly shameful pornography.
  • Penny Nothing, nothing. You know, if we weren’t friends, and you hadn’t brought up that creepy pornography story, I’d be on you like the speed of light squared on matter to make energy.

Violence & injury 1 moment

How Violence & injury shows up in The Big Bang Theory S4 E24:

  • Raj When did you take my blood?

Alcohol & drugs 2 moments

How Alcohol & drugs shows up in The Big Bang Theory S4 E24:

  • Sheldon Man is not the only species that ferments fruit in order to become intoxicated. Can you guess what the other is? Hint, sometimes they pack the alcohol in their trunks.
  • Sheldon (off): Would you booze hounds please stop that infernal clinking? And the answer was elephant!

Homophobic jokes 2 moments

How Homophobic jokes shows up in The Big Bang Theory S4 E24:

  • Sheldon The same thing that happened to Homo Erectus. He was replaced by a superior species.
  • Raj I’m the new Homo in town. That came out wrong.

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