The Collaboration Fluctuation
🎞️ S10 E19 🚫 Too much

The Big Bang Theory

Is The Big Bang Theory S10 E19 OK for kids?

The Collaboration Fluctuation

Leonard, Penny and Raj adjust to their new living arrangement, and Sheldon takes an interest in Amy's work.

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Content guide

👊 Violence
💋 Sex
🙊 Language
⭐ Overall

Skip for under 13

The Big Bang Theory S10 E19, “The Collaboration Fluctuation”, 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, Penny and Raj adjust to their new living arrangement, and Sheldon takes an interest in Amy's work.

Across the episode we counted 7 flagged moments in 3 themes: Sex & hookups (1); Nudity & bodies (4); Swearing (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.

Parents need to know

Age 13+

Nudity, language, sex talk in live-action sitcom.

Parents need to know that The Big Bang Theory S10 E19, "The Collaboration Fluctuation", 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 swearing alongside it. Sexual content is explicit — for example, Sheldon says, "All right, let’s start right now. Uh, rule number one, no using sexuality to get your way"; Explicit body / sex-act language appears in dialogue. Some mild language appears — for example, Howard says, "You sure you don’t fit in? You sound like a catty bitch to me". 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 1 moment

How Sex & hookups shows up in The Big Bang Theory S10 E19:

  • Mild
    Sheldon All right, let’s start right now. Uh, rule number one, no using sexuality to get your way.

Nudity & bodies 4 moments

How Nudity & bodies shows up in The Big Bang Theory S10 E19:

  • Too much
    Explicit body / sex-act language appears in dialogue.
  • Too much
    Sheldon Aw, someone drew a penis in it.
  • Mild
    Sheldon Oh, of course. I’ll get that back. Like all my underwear, that notebook says Property of Sheldon Cooper.
  • Mild
    Sheldon Thank you, you are a good citizen. Told you. Go ahead, throw my underwear out the window. Same thing’s gonna happen.

Swearing 2 moments

How Swearing shows up in The Big Bang Theory S10 E19:

  • Caution
    Howard You sure you don’t fit in? You sound like a catty bitch to me.
  • Mild
    Raj It didn’t work for Randy, it didn’t work for Tina, it sure as hell isn’t gonna work for Jennifer.

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