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Skip for under 13
Young Sheldon S5 E17, “A Solo Peanut, a Social Butterfly, and the Truth”, scores 2/5 for violence, 4/5 for sex and 2/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 4/5 — Skip for under 13. Sheldon gets an odd request from an old friend, Paige. Also, George Sr. and Mary are caught in the middle of Meemaw and Dale's breakup, and Georgie comes clean to Mandy.
Across the episode we counted 14 flagged moments in 4 themes: Sex & hookups (1); Nudity & bodies (3); Violence & injury (4); Alcohol & drugs (6). 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 Young Sheldon S5 E17:
- Maybe not as happy as this threesome going on here.
Nudity & bodies 3 moments
How Nudity & bodies shows up in Young Sheldon S5 E17:
- Explicit body / sex-act language appears in dialogue.
- 'Cause I left my purple bra over at his place.
- I want a purple bra.
Violence & injury 4 moments
How Violence & injury shows up in Young Sheldon S5 E17:
- You know what's better than going on and on about it? What's that? Come on, you can do better than that. Punch her new car.
- Less talking, more punching.
- Are we? One time, you punched me in the face.
- As the owner of the face you punched, they're right.
Alcohol & drugs 6 moments
How Alcohol & drugs shows up in Young Sheldon S5 E17:
- Oh, fine. I'll just be sad and drunk by myself.
- You all right? Well, she's had a whole beer, so who knows.
- And forgive me for that beer.
- You're drunk, Sheldon has friends.
- Could you please take your voice down just a notch? Why? You don't want anyone to hear? No, I'm a little hungover.
- Don't tell me to calm down! And good luck with your hangover.
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