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Preview first — about 10+
Young Sheldon S1 E20, “A Dog, a Squirrel, and a Fish Named Fish”, scores 3/5 for violence, 1/5 for sex and 3/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 3/5 — Preview first — about 10+. A battle erupts between the Coopers and Sparks when the Sparks' new dog terrorizes Sheldon.
Across the episode we counted 13 flagged moments in 4 themes: Nudity & bodies (1); Violence & injury (4); Swearing (6); Alcohol & drugs (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
Nudity & bodies 1 moment
How Nudity & bodies shows up in Young Sheldon S1 E20:
Now I'm looking at you in your underwear.
Violence & injury 4 moments
How Violence & injury shows up in Young Sheldon S1 E20:
A tranquilizer gun? A pet fish.
His fish blood is mixing with my human blood.
Meemaw got punched in the face because of me.
No, that wasn't because of you, and for the record, your meemaw gets punched in the face all the time.
Swearing 6 moments
How Swearing shows up in Young Sheldon S1 E20:
Don't you think I realize that Mary can be a bit Of a self-righteous bitch? I was gonna say "challenging," but sure, let's go with yours.
Son of a bitch! Dad killed my fish! George! He'll be fine.
How the hell did he do that? He pushed in a screen window.
- BRENDA
Damn it, Herschel, what is going on? - Oh, hey, George.
But everybody else can go to hell.
I'm proud of him for trying to overcome that damn dog phobia.
Alcohol & drugs 2 moments
How Alcohol & drugs shows up in Young Sheldon S1 E20:
Brenda, this is, by far, the best bowling alley margarita in town.
" Okay, see now, Brenda, you don't want to go calling my grandson weird when I've just treated you to a margarita grande.
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