The Collaboration Contamination
🎞️ S11 E5 ✅ Mild

The Big Bang Theory

Is The Big Bang Theory S11 E5 OK for kids?

The Collaboration Contamination

Sheldon and Koothrappali confide in Bernadette when they can't handle Amy and Wolowitz working together. Also, Penny and Leonard learn new tactics for how to deal Sheldon from an unlikely source.

📺 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

Mild — okay from about 10+

The Big Bang Theory S11 E5, “The Collaboration Contamination”, scores 1/5 for violence, 2/5 for sex and 1/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 2/5 — Mild — okay from about 10+. Sheldon and Koothrappali confide in Bernadette when they can't handle Amy and Wolowitz working together. Also, Penny and Leonard learn new tactics for how to deal Sheldon from an unlikely source.

Across the episode we counted 2 flagged moments in 1 themes: Sex & hookups (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 10+

Sex talk, mild sexual content in live-action sitcom.

Parents need to know that The Big Bang Theory S11 E5, "The Collaboration Contamination", is a live-action sitcom episode. The series is known for more innuendo than the science jokes suggest, but rarely explicit. Scores low: the strongest thing we found is sex & hookups (joke or passing mention, in dialogue). Sexual content is mild but includes Yeah, no more stories about sex, so, Amy, that brings us to you. 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 2 moments

How Sex & hookups shows up in The Big Bang Theory S11 E5:

  • Mild
    Yeah, no more stories about sex, so, Amy, that brings us to you.
  • Mild
    Yeah? Anything interesting? Well, I just saw a picture of a baby's head crowning, so I hope you enjoyed sex, because we're done with that.

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