Does the dog die?
190 supporters
Young Sheldon
TV Show • 2017 • Comedy
ReportThe early life of child genius Sheldon Cooper, later seen in The Big Bang Theory.
This tv show contains 68 potentially triggering events.
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Your Triggers
Yes
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No
31
0
Baksilek
S7
E6
safe
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Abandonment
Does someone leave without saying goodbye?
2 supporters
Yes
7
No
0
0
cameron2
S3
E3
Sheldon goes on a bus to see Dr Sturgis. he doesn’t really say goodbye to anyone but does leave a note for Missy in morse code explaining where he went.
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Yes
2
No
8
Yes
0
No
7
Abuse
Yes
7
No
7
Yes
0
No
8
Is someone stalked?
17 supporters
Yes
1
No
13
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cameron2
*SPOILER* i put no because it’s barely stalking. sheldon watches meemaw and dr sturgis on their date with binoculars but it’s really just child curiosity
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Is there domestic violence?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
52 supporters
Add comment
Yes
3
No
12
Yes
1
No
7
Does the abused become the abuser?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
18 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
8
Yes
16
No
0
Is someone abused with a belt?
10 supporters
Yes
2
No
7
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cameron2
S3
E3
not abused, but sheldon is spanked with a belt for calling meemaw selfish
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Yes
18
No
3
5
oreoicecrem
Bullying.
Also the show is set in the 80s when physical punishments at school had just been outlawed, Sheldon's dad mentions how his teacher used to hit him with a paddle, the teacher then pulls out his old paddle he used to hit children with.
One night, Sheldon is sent to bed without dinner as a punishment.
S3E3 Sheldon is "swatted on the bottom" offscreen
Also the show is set in the 80s when physical punishments at school had just been outlawed, Sheldon's dad mentions how his teacher used to hit him with a paddle, the teacher then pulls out his old paddle he used to hit children with.
One night, Sheldon is sent to bed without dinner as a punishment.
S3E3 Sheldon is "swatted on the bottom" offscreen
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Addiction
Yes
11
No
5
3
EmilyThomas
S1
I’m the bathroom when Sheldon is trying to make friends he talks to 2 teenage boys who are smoking “a weird smelling cigarette” and the 2 boys run out of the bathroom
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Is there addiction?
10 supporters
Yes
14
No
3
1
LilyyAnnee
Id say quite a mild alcohol addiction is shown with George (Sheldons father) made as a joke a lot of the time.
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
7 supporters
Yes
23
No
0
1
oreoicecrem
Meemaw isn't an alcoholic, but she might have a problem.
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Animal
Yes
0
No
12
Yes
0
No
18
Yes
34
No
4
2
BrianWurtz
S5 E15 An armadillo is hit by a car. It doesn't show it actually happen but it shows it laying in the road and they are upset about it. They try to find help. Later the armadillo doesn't make it. The animal is not shown dying or dead. They talk about how they had a funeral for it.
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Are animals abused?
113 supporters
Yes
1
No
15
3
CassetteMeower
Sheldon’s fish is kept in a bowl, and fishbowls are very harmful for fish. This bowl was also very tiny. Later on in the episode his father puts his finger in the fishbowl, the fish bites him, and he freaks out and accidentally throws the fish on the ground. He puts the fish back into the bowl and it just falls down, implying it died. Afterwards there’s a zoom out of the house and a flushing sound can be heard as they’re flushing the fish down the toilet. This show takes place many years ago before it was known that fishbowls are harmful, but it is still worth mentioning as fishbowls are abusive. The scene was really funny though
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Yes
0
No
16
Is there a dead animal?
63 supporters
Yes
23
No
1
2
LilyyAnnee
Sheldons fish dies,
Also there is multiple jokes about killing the Sparks’ chickens to eat, this is a bit sad.
Also there is multiple jokes about killing the Sparks’ chickens to eat, this is a bit sad.
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Yes
1
No
5
Yes
0
No
7
Yes
0
No
18
Does a pet die?
85 supporters
Yes
21
No
0
1
GD86
Sheldon's pet fish dies
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Yes
0
No
18
Are there spiders?
26 supporters
Yes
18
No
2
2
ejscanlan
Small spider on the wall at the start of S2E5, but no detail.
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Yes
0
No
7
Yes
1
No
16
Yes
0
No
7
Are there bugs?
17 supporters
Yes
4
No
11
0
cameron2
i believe there is a spider one episode
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Assault
Does a woman get slapped?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
10 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
7
Is someone drugged?
17 supporters
Yes
3
No
7
0
cameron2
S3
E20
forgot to mention, but sheldon is also put under anesthesia at the dentists office. they just put the mask over his mouth until he falls asleep
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Is there pedophilia?
64 supporters
Yes
0
No
9
3
chocobun
no BUT georgie lies about his age while he's a minor and impregnates a 29 year old woman which might be triggering
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Is someone held under water?
11 supporters
Yes
3
No
7
0
AKWoman
S2
A double baptism. It's brief and not done to harm anyone.
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Yes
0
No
8
Is someone beaten up by a bully?
13 supporters
Yes
12
No
0
1
malinn
people get punched like 3-4 times or something? mostly by Missy but she’s not a bully tho
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Is someone restrained?
13 supporters
Yes
11
No
1
4
alexphobic
In S6E5, Sheldon is taped up on the wall by the dorm residents and you see someone put tape over his mouth. [All in a comedic way]
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Yes
0
No
18
0
Nickcadaver
S2
E6
It is never explicitly stated, however there is a troubled young teen girl who is implied to engage in risky sexual behaviors, she has a "rough family situation", and in this episode she witnesses a religious display of "the sin of lust" in which an actor playing a sex worker is said to have "lost her youth for a few dollars". The girls reaction to this is so intense that, to me, it was very reminiscent of someone who has been sexually abused. However it is up for interpretation and the show mostly makes a joke out of the entire situation, but it left me with a much heavier feeling than the show seemed to be going for.
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Yes
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No
1
Yes
1
No
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Yes
0
No
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Bodily Harm
Yes
1
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13
Are any hands damaged?
12 supporters
Yes
1
No
6
0
cameron2
S3
E5
in a way; sheldon bites his nails sue to stress until his cuticles are bloody. mary is seen taking care of it though
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Yes
1
No
5
Yes
1
No
5
Does someone struggle to breathe?
16 supporters
Yes
22
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0
6
oreoicecrem
Sheldon chokes on a sausage
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Yes
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Yes
0
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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No
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Is there amputation?
14 supporters
Yes
0
No
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CassetteMeower
Sheldon gets his appendix removed in one episode. I’m not sure if that counts as amputation or not
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Yes
2
No
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Yes
0
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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No
1
Does someone break a bone?
15 supporters
Yes
17
No
2
2
chloebeacham18
S4
E3
Main focus of the episode is that Sheldon fractures his arm. We don't see or hear it happen though
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Yes
0
No
11
Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
47 supporters
Yes
6
No
12
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GD86
I haven't noticed any
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11
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
0
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Yes
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Yes
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Children
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8
Does a kid die?
28 supporters
Yes
23
No
4
4
AliceBell
Mary gets a call and she finds out that a 16 year old girl she knows died in a car accident.
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Is a minor sexualized?
61 supporters
Yes
3
No
6
1
chocobun
georgie is sexually active and has a pregnancy scare with a girl his age, in later seasons he impregnates a 29 year old woman
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Creepy Crawly
Yes
0
No
5
Death
Yes
0
No
8
Does a major character die?
11 supporters
Yes
7
No
1
0
starsong
george, sheldon’s father, is supposed to die later in the show, as mentioned in the big bang theory
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Yes
0
No
8
Does someone die?
10 supporters
Yes
11
No
1
1
malinn
It’s told George dies later in the series
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Disability
Yes
0
No
12
Is someone disabled played by able-bodied?
15 supporters
Yes
5
No
4
0
capnomysoul
Sheldon, who is autistic-coded, is played by a neurotypical actor (according to other comments in triggers on this page)
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Drugs/Alcohol
Yes
0
No
10
Family
Yes
0
No
12
Does a parent die?
8 supporters
Yes
11
No
12
3
oreoicecrem
Parent is in hospital because of a heart attack, young boy gets upset seeing his dad hooked up to machines
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Does someone cheat?
12 supporters
Yes
24
No
1
1
oreoicecrem
Meemaw cheats on dr surgis
4 comments | Add comment
Is a child's toy destroyed?
15 supporters
Yes
14
No
2
2
LilyyAnnee
Kind of, as part of a science experiment, Sheldon cuts the pigtails off of his twin sister missy’s cabbage patch doll,
3 comments | Add comment
Yes
9
No
0
Fear
Are there jumpscares?
30 supporters
Yes
2
No
12
0
cameron2
S3
E6
not necessarily, but at the beginning of the episode when the cooper family is having dinner, there are quick cuts to a bunch of clown faces which scared me a fair bit
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Yes
0
No
11
Are there ghosts?
5 supporters
Yes
0
No
11
4
oreoicecrem
S3E2 Georgie and Missy get an ouja board, they don't go through with it
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Are there clowns?
9 supporters
Yes
15
No
2
3
Anonymous
(Without major spoilers) Series 2 episode 12 one of the kids end up in hospital and someone dressed up comes to try and cheer them up. I had to look away cause I'm absolutely terrified of them. Only lasted a couple seconds apparently, it happens right after the nurse brings the patient jello!
Also shows up briefly at the end when they get in the elevator to go home.
Also shows up briefly at the end when they get in the elevator to go home.
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Yes
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No
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Yes
1
No
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Yes
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No
6
Is there a shower scene?
7 supporters
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5
No
9
0
cameron2
not in the way one might think, but george sticks his head out of the shower when sheldon is asking him something
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Yes
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No
5
Gross
Yes
0
No
12
Does someone vomit?
58 supporters
Yes
83
No
18
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castilies
In all 3 seasons, there are only a couple scenes with sounds but no visuals at all. If you find sounds triggering, here's a pretty detailed list: Sheldon gets carsick in S1E7 around 14min into the episode. It happens offscreen but you can hear it for a moment. Also in S1E13, Georgie chews tobacco and gags around 4min into the episode and then again about one minute later. He's holding a mug and spits into it but nothing happens otherwise. Season 2 was safe although there was one episode where Sheldon was swinging and he apparently was sick but we don't see or hear anything, Missy only mentions it later - but I can't remember which episode it was. In S3E6 around 11min when the grandma is talking with Georgie, she is sick but we can't see anything again - just the sounds for a quick moment. Also S3E17, around 2min Sheldon gets carsick and we can hear him but can't see anything.
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Yes
0
No
7
Yes
0
No
7
Does someone spit?
9 supporters
Yes
13
No
3
2
LilyyAnnee
Georgie burps
4 comments | Add comment
Yes
2
No
10
Yes
2
No
4
Large-scale Violence
Are there 9/11 depictions?
4 supporters
Yes
0
No
12
4
alexphobic
This is based in late 1980s - Early 1990s so years before 9/11
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Law Enforcement
Yes
1
No
12
Is there incarceration?
1 supporters
Yes
5
No
1
2
AKWoman
A girl says several times that her older sister is in prison, and she prays for her to stop drugs. The sister and prison are not shown.
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LGBTQ+
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No
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Yes
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No
2
Yes
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No
4
Yes
0
No
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Yes
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Loss
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Medical
Yes
0
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Yes
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0
Is there a mental institution scene?
16 supporters
Yes
18
No
1
1
personsurename
A pretty big topic in the early season 3 but no visuals of any hospital just mentions
3 comments | Add comment
Is there a hospital scene?
7 supporters
Yes
24
No
0
4
oreoicecrem
Sheldon's dad goes to hospital due to a heart attack, he is seen hooked up to all the machines
3 comments | Add comment
Is there menstruation?
4 supporters
Yes
9
No
0
3
Livvireeeeeeee11
Missy has to go to the bathroom on a long road trip and comes back saying she “got it” implying she got her period.
2 comments | Add comment
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No
11
Mental Health
Yes
3
No
10
Does someone have a mental illness?
12 supporters
Yes
9
No
0
0
Livvireeeeeeee11
S3
A main plot point in season three is that dr sturgis is insane and has to go to a mental institution.
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0
No
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Yes
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Yes
0
No
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Yes
3
No
2
Yes
0
No
9
Does someone attempt suicide?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
50 supporters
Add comment
Yes
0
No
10
Is reality unstable or unhinged?
10 supporters
Yes
3
No
6
0
cameron2
*possible spoiler!* dr sturgis has a mental disorder in which he can have episodes of hazy realities. he is found by meemaw standing on a platform on the roof waving his hands around in weird ways. it’s not frightening to see as is it sort of played for laughs and meemaw finds it a bit funny herself, but he is admitted to a mental hospital for a little while
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Does someone have a meltdown?
5 supporters
Yes
8
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0
1
cameron2
sheldon has meltdowns many times if he doesn’t get things he wants. missy and georgie are generally better about not getting what they want but will still throw small tantrums at times. george and mary fight sometimes, but that’s it. meemaw fights sometimes, mainly with her boyfriends
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Is there misophonia?
25 supporters
Yes
17
No
7
1
GD86
S2
E1
S2E1 - Lots of loud chewing at the start of the episode.
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Yes
0
No
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Yes
0
No
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Yes
0
No
11
Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
17 supporters
Yes
11
No
10
4
malinn
S6
E6
Wayne says that he’s gonna kill himself because he got divorced bc his wife was cheating.
1 comment | Add comment
Are there anxiety attacks?
19 supporters
Yes
20
No
0
2
AKWoman
Sheldon has multiple panic attacks in the series due to his anxieties. They aren't particularly distressing or graphic, but they are played for laughs.
2 comments | Add comment
Is there a claustrophobic scene?
14 supporters
Yes
16
No
0
2
oreoicecrem
S2E14 Sheldon is locked in a locker overnight
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
24 supporters
Yes
19
No
5
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oreoicecrem
Sheldon chokes on a sausage, he then becomes afraid of eating. He doesn't eat for about two days until his grandma has the idea of putting his food in the blender. Sheldon only eats liquid food for five weeks.
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Is there autism specific abuse?
30 supporters
Yes
26
No
1
8
oreoicecrem
Autistic boy is played by neurotypical actor, many people think this portrayal of autism is inaccurate or offensive.
Sheldon also faces ableism at school and in his daily life.
Sheldon also faces ableism at school and in his daily life.
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Yes
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No
16
1
LilyyAnnee
Don’t know who votes yes, NO suicide mentions or happenings in this show.
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Noxious
Yes
5
No
2
Are there underwater scenes?
5 supporters
Yes
1
No
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0
cameron2
no, but we do see sheldon swimming in the school’s pool, the pastor getting dunked at a church fair, and georgie and veronica getting baptized
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Yes
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No
1
Yes
1
No
11
Yes
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0
Yes
0
No
7
Are there flashing lights or images?
25 supporters
Yes
10
No
6
2
Anonymous
Season 1 episode 18 there is a tornado with lighting flashing
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Paranoia
Is someone watched without knowing?
9 supporters
Yes
10
No
2
1
AKWoman
Sheldon spies on his grandmother with binoculars. She does figure it out and has him sign a contract to stop. He does it again for a different reason, and he tells her that he did it.
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Is the fourth wall broken?
5 supporters
Yes
12
No
2
2
PeppaPigLuvr69
adult sheldon speaks to us directly as the narrator
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Pregnancy
Is a baby stillborn?
13 supporters
Yes
0
No
12
0
S2
I don‘t know about the definition, but Mary looses her unborn child in the first few days
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Yes
5
No
8
Yes
1
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Yes
14
No
1
Does someone miscarry?
13 supporters
Yes
29
No
0
3
LianaRosie
Mary thinks she is pregnant takes a test finds out she is and the next day she finds out she had a miscarriage
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
1
No
14
Prejudice
Are there fat jokes?
28 supporters
Yes
23
No
2
1
AliceBell
Meemaw makes jokes about George's weight
2 comments | Add comment
Yes
17
No
2
3
AliceBell
Nasty girls at school call Missy a boy for playing baseball
3 comments | Add comment
Does the black guy die first?
14 supporters
Yes
0
No
14
0
CassetteMeower
As of writing this review nobody has died, but Sheldon’s dad dies before the events of Big Bang Theory so his death will likely appear in the show, however he’s not black,
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Yes
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No
12
Yes
1
No
11
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LilyyAnnee
There is one comment in s1 episode 2 where Meemaw calls a Jewish person “Hebrew” Mary responds wirh “you mean Jewish” it’s not a joke as such but may be offensive
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
20 supporters
Yes
20
No
0
2
oreoicecrem
S2E6
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Yes
13
No
2
Yes
11
No
1
Yes
1
No
13
Is there ableist language or behavior?
27 supporters
Yes
27
No
1
2
oreoicecrem
Sheldon is autistic and many people are ableist to him
3 comments | Add comment
Are there n-words?
18 supporters
Yes
0
No
14
0
cameron2
no, but george does make a comment about a black high schooler being not what he expected when he thinks sheldon has a crush on her
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Yes
3
No
4
Race
Yes
0
No
6
Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
24 supporters
Yes
17
No
3
3
BeeGhost
(Spoilers) There's a major plot point where a 17 year old gets a 28 year old pregnant. It's important to note that the 17 year old lied about his age, and absolutely nobody is happy about this situation.
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Religious
Is religion discussed?
9 supporters
Yes
10
No
1
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cameron2
yes, and very often. i’d say religious things are said at least once per episode. mary is extremely faithful and is involved in the baptist church as a secretary. sheldon is what he calls an “atheist baptist” as he is baptized as baptist but doesn’t believe in god. one episode he dabbles with other religions such as judaism. veronica and georgie get baptized one epsiode. veronica is a pretty religious person and can be seen at church, bible study, etc. the pastor of the church discusses religion a lot, obviously. the family says a prayer before every dinner. and much much more, so very religion heavy
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Are there demons or Hell?
8 supporters
Yes
4
No
1
0
Ingeborg
In a play
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Sex
Is there sexual content?
35 supporters
Yes
20
No
1
2
LilyyAnnee
So mild
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Yes
3
No
6
Yes
2
No
7
Yes
0
No
7
Yes
1
No
5
Does someone lose their virginity?
9 supporters
Yes
13
No
1
1
nightmoonstar25
Georgie does.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
National Sexual Assault Hotline 800.656.4673
51 supporters
Add comment
Yes
1
No
13
Sexism
Yes
13
No
1
Sickness
Does someone have a stroke?
5 supporters
Yes
7
No
4
0
DominickCaton
S2
E15
A neighbor that Mary meets during a shut-in dies in some way, it’s not guranteed a stroke, but it does look like a possibility.
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No
7
Yes
1
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Yes
1
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Social
Yes
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6
Yes
4
No
3
Yes
1
No
6
Is existentialism debated?
5 supporters
Yes
8
No
1
1
nightmoonstar25
S4
E7
When Sheldon takes a philosophy class, he stops believing the world exists and stops doing things alltogether.
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Spoiler
Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
2 supporters
Yes
0
No
10
0
mkrebs
S5
E8
They discuss lies people tell, but Santa does not come up.
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Yes
1
No
4
Does it have a sad ending?
24 supporters
Yes
2
No
11
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malinn
MAJOR SPOILER !!
Till now the ending is sad. Not done yet but the mewmaws house is ruined and it was a massive hurricane. Mary and Sheldon was on their way to some other country I can’t remember
Till now the ending is sad. Not done yet but the mewmaws house is ruined and it was a massive hurricane. Mary and Sheldon was on their way to some other country I can’t remember
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Vehicular
Does a car crash?
9 supporters
Yes
19
No
1
1
alexphobic
S4E13 Meemaw crashes car so she doesn't hit a cat.
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Yes
12
No
0
Yes
0
No
11
Yes
0
No
9
Violence
Yes
0
No
11
Is there blood/gore?
31 supporters
Yes
4
No
11
0
cameron2
S3
E4
sheldon bites his nails a lot this episode because he is stressed, which causes his cuticles to be bloody. mary wipes his hands off near the beginning of the episode and you can see some blood. it happens right after missy is practicing baseball with her dad and she says she uses her right hand to color
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12
Yes
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