The Big Bang TheoryThe Cooper-Nowitzki Theorem
Original Air Date: Nov 3, 2008
Theresa - TwoCents Staff Writer
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While, to me, it is not odd to have a hero worship situation toward Dr. Sheldon Cooper, it seriously throws the guys and Penny for a loop when a grad student starts to cling to Sheldon like triboelectrified laundry.
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Original Air Date: Nov 3, 2008
Theresa - TwoCents Staff Writer
theresa@thetwocentscorp.com
While, to me, it is not odd to have a hero worship situation toward Dr. Sheldon Cooper, it seriously throws the guys and Penny for a loop when a grad student starts to cling to Sheldon like triboelectrified laundry.
After a degrading introductory talk from Sheldon, Ramona Nowitzki approaches him and the other guys in the cafeteria and begins to fawn all over him. She offers to buy him dinner so they can discuss his work, and they make plans for her to come to the apartment with Thai food for him, while Leonard, Raj, and Howard look on amazed. Later on, Penny meets Ramona on the stairs and is similarly in awe when Ramona starts gushing over how cute and wonderful Sheldon is. Penny also wonders aloud about what Sheldon's "deal" is, and the guys share their theories about how Sheldon might potentially reproduce (see the quotes below).
Of course, Sheldon thinks he's just getting a free dinner, while in reality he's entering into a bizarre controlling relationship that he doesn't recognize until he's getting his toenails buffed while being forced to miss Halo night. Ramona insists that he work on his research 24/7, to the point of sleeping over - on the couch! - so that she can watch over him all the time. In the end though, he ends up making a major breakthrough on his work and praises Ramona. However, Ramona then makes the mistake of asking him to partially name the theory after her. Silly silly girl.
This was a pretty funny episode, though again, not much action to report, and almost nothing from the other cast members. Next week looks to be Sheldon/Penny-centric again - always a great match, though I have to feel sorry for poor Johnny Galecki. And for the love of god, writers, Leslie's one insult is not a good running joke, though awesome move having Ramona go back at her. Agree? Leave your Two Cents in the comments after the quotes!
Best Lines:
Sheldon: Now, there may be one or two of you in this room who has what it takes to succeed in theoretical physics, although it's more likely you will spend your scientific careers teaching 5th graders how to make papier-mache volcanos with baking soda lava. In short, anyone who told you that you would someday be able to make any significant contribution to physics played a cruel trick on you - a cruel trick indeed.
Leonard: Sheldon lives in fear of the three-tined fork.
Sheldon: Three tines is not a fork; three tines is a trident. Forks are for eating; tridents are for ruling the seven seas.
Penny: What's Sheldon's deal?... Is it girls? Guys? Sock puppets?
Leonard: Honestly, we've been operating under the assumption that he has no deal.
Howard: Over the years, we've formulated many theories about how he might reproduce. I'm an advocate of mitosis.
Penny: Excuse me?
Howard: I believe one day Sheldon will eat an enormous amount of Thai food and split into two Sheldons.
Leonard: On the other hand, I think Sheldon might be the larval form of his species, and one day he'll spin off a cocoon and emerge three months later with moth wings and an exoskeleton.
Leslie: I see you're prepping your papers for the Smithsonian Museum of Dumbassery.
Ramona: There won't be any room until they get rid of the permanent Leslie Winkle exhibit!
Ramona: Would you consider naming it the Cooper-Nowitzki Theorem?
Sheldon: Who's Nowitzki?
Ramona: I'm Nowitzki.
Sheldon: Oh! You want me to share credit? Get. Out.