The opening of She-Hulk created an immediate sense of deja vu: Tatiana Maslany's Jennifer Walters is on a road trip with her cousin Bruce Banner (played by Mark Ruffalo) when talk turns to his old Avengers colleague Steve Rogers, and her giddy speculation that Captain America never lost his virginity.

After covering Marvel movies since the beginning of time, I realized: I've had this conversation before. But it was years ago. And it was with Chris Evans himself.

Before getting to that, here's how She-Hulk addresses the question that has become a prime topic of discourse among Marvel fans:

“Okay, so … back to what I was saying before. My theory,” Walters says during a flashback to the big, green lawyer's origin story. She is driving on a winding mountain road, while Banner groans and rolls his eyes. She begins, as all lawyers do, by laying down a foundation of evidence: “Steve Rogers did not have a girlfriend before he went into the service.”

“Says who?” Banner asks.

“The History Channel,” she answers. “So he becomes Captain America, and from that moment on he's a symbol of America. He is rushed to the front lines, he becomes a war hero, then he is frozen in ice. Based on everything you've told me, after he gets un-frozen, he goes from world-threatening disaster to world-threatening disaster. That's when he's not a fugitive from the law. So it seems like he was pretty, pretty busy … Obviously, Captain America was a virgin!"

This last line is interrupted by the arrival of a Sakaaran spacecraft (we can all relate) that forces them off the road. But later, in the post-credit scene, Walters is still pushing her theory, weepily lamenting to a now-Hulked-out Bruce, “Captain America did so much for his country, and he never got to experience sex.”

A frustrated Hulk blurts: “Steve Rogers is not a virgin. He lost his virginity to a girl in 1943 on the USO tour.” (Obviously, he and the other Avengers brought this up to their friend at one point, elucidating this explanation.)

A relieved Walters pumps her arms in the air. “I knew it!” she declares. “Captain America fuc—!” The show cuts off the last word midway.

The sex lives of superheroes is not necessarily the most sophisticated topic of conversation, but you could see it as a side effect of Marvel's success in making fans care so deeply about these characters. She-Hulk is especially adept at taking the things fans talk about with each other and putting those sometimes bizarre conversations on screen.

The subject of Steve Rogers' virginity—and its explanation—happens to have been addressed long ago, on the set of Avengers: Age of Ultron in 2014. And Evans brought it up to me himself.

We were talking about Captain America's relationship to his closest friends—Anthony Mackie's Falcon, Sebastian Stan's Winter Soldier, and Hayley Atwell's Peggy Carter—and how time and his own sense of responsibility keep breaking those connections.

“Cap puts what he wants last. That's his M.O. And I think for so long he just refuses to bleed on people. So it's hard to explore a guy who doesn't want to make waves with his own personal conflict. He's always trying to help the greater good. That's why it's kind of exciting to look forward to Cap 3,” Evans told me.

”I think there's just so much to explore. Not just with the evolution of myself and Mackie's character, but the reconnection with Bucky and ultimately a relationship with a woman. It'd be nice to see him—it's funny when you think about it. He's probably a virgin. He's probably a virgin! I don’t know when it would've happened.”

I noted that when Rogers became a super-soldier, his first mission was to travel the country raising money for war bonds with the USO. “He was on tour,” I said.

“He was on tour. Maybe, that's true,” Evans said. “Maybe one of those [dancing] girls blew his mind.” He laughed, and added: “He's probably just a good guy. He was probably holding out for Peggy Carter and he's probably a little more old-fashioned in that sense. These are a lot of things that I think are giant conflicts, but they're also very personal conflicts. He's a very human guy. That's why I like him.”

Back then, it was just speculation. Now, thanks to She-Hulk, it's official: Steve Rogers, f———!