The Pulled Groin Extrapolation
🎞️ S5 E3 🚫 Hard pass

The Big Bang Theory

Is The Big Bang Theory S5 E3 OK for kids?

The Pulled Groin Extrapolation

Leonard and Amy get to know each other better, while Howard and Bernadette spend the weekend with Mrs. Wolowitz.

📺 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 S5 E3, “The Pulled Groin Extrapolation”, 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 Amy get to know each other better, while Howard and Bernadette spend the weekend with Mrs. Wolowitz.

Across the episode we counted 8 flagged moments in 6 themes: Sex & hookups (1); Nudity & bodies (2); Swearing (1); Alcohol & drugs (2); Fat-shaming (1); 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 1 moment

How Sex & hookups shows up in The Big Bang Theory S5 E3:

  • Amy Why shouldn’t they be? They have a feverish night of socially-approved copulation ahead of them. In some cultures, we’d stand outside of their bedroom cheering as they achieved orgasm.

Nudity & bodies 2 moments

How Nudity & bodies shows up in The Big Bang Theory S5 E3:

  • Explicit body / sex-act language appears in dialogue.
  • Amy I excel at spatial reasoning, and I had a hunch that the graceful slope of its neck would cradle your genitals nicely.

Swearing 1 moment

How Swearing shows up in The Big Bang Theory S5 E3:

  • Amy I have a kinda-sorta boyfriend who’s playing with a model train right now, you don’t hear me bitching about it.

Alcohol & drugs 2 moments

How Alcohol & drugs shows up in The Big Bang Theory S5 E3:

  • Penny Come in, let’s talk. Do you want a glass of wine?
  • Amy Wine is one of the reasons I’m in this fix. That and this dang pelvis.

Fat-shaming 1 moment

How Fat-shaming shows up in The Big Bang Theory S5 E3:

  • Howard Only when it’s fatty. Well, don’t be jealous, babe. Someday you’ll get to cut it for me.

Slut-shaming 1 moment

How Slut-shaming shows up in The Big Bang Theory S5 E3:

  • Amy The inevitable, he was lonely and vulnerable from missing his girlfriend, while I was charming, supportive and, let’s face it, in this dress, the perfect combination of Madonna and whore.

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