The Decision Reverberation
🎞️ S12 E20 🤔 Gray area

The Big Bang Theory

Is The Big Bang Theory S12 E20 OK for kids?

The Decision Reverberation

Koothrappali is worried people won't take him seriously in his own field after publishing a paper that suggests he may have discovered alien life. Also, Leonard wants to be the principal investigator on a plasma physics study.

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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

Preview first — about 10+

The Big Bang Theory S12 E20, “The Decision Reverberation”, scores 1/5 for violence, 3/5 for sex and 1/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 3/5 — Preview first — about 10+. Koothrappali is worried people won't take him seriously in his own field after publishing a paper that suggests he may have discovered alien life. Also, Leonard wants to be the principal investigator on a plasma physics study.

Across the episode we counted 3 flagged moments in 1 themes: Sex & hookups (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.

Watch for — every moment, theme by theme

Sex & hookups 3 moments

How Sex & hookups shows up in The Big Bang Theory S12 E20:

  • I want to have sex.
  • Wow, sex with your wife.
  • Don't take this the wrong way, but that was even more exciting than the sex.

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