S02E21 - The Vegas Renormalization

No: 38  |  Season: 2   Episode: 21  |  Air Date: 2009-04-27  |  Runtime: mins

Leonard: We were wondering... Raj: lf you're really a prostitute.

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Summary

After being dumped by Leslie, Howard heads to Las Vegas with Leonard and Raj. Meanwhile, Penny is forced to take in Sheldon after he locks himself out of his apartment.

Director and Writers

Director: Mark Cendrowski
Writers: Story by: Jessica Ambrosetti & Nicole Lorre & Andrew Roth / Teleplay by: Steven Molaro

Script

Script: S02E21 - The Vegas Renormalization

Quotes

Raj: What happened with Leslie? Why did she dump you?
Howard: I don't know. She just said, "Howard, Mama's a rolling stone."

Howard: Cut the crap. You set this up, didn't you?
Leonard: Yes.
Howard: She's a hooker, isn't she?
Raj: A prostitute, yes.
Howard: You already gave her the money?
Leonard: Yes.
Howard: Thank you.

Raj: I'm telling you, Leonard, video slots, free drinks brought to us by a bosomy barmaid, all you can eat shrimp for $3.95? Disneyland can suck it. This is the real happiest place on Earth.

Sheldon: (Howard is crying after Leslie dumps him) I don't understand. If you were in a non-emotional relationship, then why are you having what appears to be an emotional response?
Leonard: Sheldon, he obviously had feelings for her.
Howard: Of course I had feelings for her. I saw her naked, for God's sake.

Raj: We should have a plan, in case one of us gets lucky.
Leonard: Okay. If I get lucky, I'll take her to my stately manor outside Gotham city. And, if you get lucky, I'll sleep on the moon.
Raj: Sounds like a plan.

Sheldon: Is this conversation making you uncomfortable?
Penny: Of course it's making me uncomfortable! Can't you tell?
Sheldon: I really have no idea. I don't particularly excel at reading facial expressions, body langu...
Penny: I'm uncomfortable, Sheldon!
Sheldon: Thank you, that's very helpful.

Sheldon: I believe it's my turn. You may begin your questions whenever you're ready.
Raj: Are you Spock?
Sheldon: I don't like this game.

Raj: (Thinking of ways to cheer up Howard) It's too bad he wasn't here for that hooker. She's exactly his type. A hooker.

Howard: (cell phone ringing) Leslie Winkle. Ahem. You've reached Friends with Benefits. For a booty call, press 1 now.
Sheldon: What exactly does that expression mean, "friends with benefits"? Does he provide her with health insurance?
Leonard: No. Look, imagine you maintained a friendship with someone you had sex with, but you were free to date whoever you wanted.
Sheldon: I'm sorry, I can't imagine any of that.

Sheldon: Are you suggesting I sleep on the couch?
Penny: Well, it wasn't the first suggestion that came to mind, but it's the one I'm going with.
Sheldon: I can't sleep on your couch. I sleep in a bed. And given its dimensions, I have no intention of living out E.M. Snickering's beloved children's book "The Tall Man from Cornwall".
Penny: What?
Sheldon: (in rhyming couplets) There was a tall man from Cornwall/Whose length exceeded his bed/My body fits on it/But barely upon it/There's no room for my big Cornish head.

Raj: What do you say, Howard?
Howard: I say, Vegas, baby!
Raj: What are you gonna tell your mother?
Howard: Sea World, baby!

Sheldon: What exactly does that expression mean, "friends with benefits"? Does he provide her with health insurance?

Sheldon: You know, I'm given to understand that there is an entire city in Nevada designed specifically to help people like Howard forget their problems. They replace them with new problems, such as alcoholism, gambling addiction, and sexually-transmitted diseases.
Raj: Is it me, or was that Sheldon's way of saying "Vegas, baby!"?

Leonard: Are you coming?
Sheldon: I'd rather have a blowfly lay eggs and hatch larvae in my auditory canal.
Leonard: Great, we'll bring you back a T-shirt.

Sheldon: A perfect culinary representation of the freedom this evening holds. Not only is it Indian cuisine, which Koothrappali loathes, it contains a generous helping of peanuts which would reduce Wolowitz to a wheezing 97-pound blister. And finally, its main ingredient is paneer - a farmer's cheese that would cause Leonard to render any room uninhabitable within minutes.

(Penny and Sheldon are trying to make small talk while eating)
Sheldon: How was your day?
Penny: Well, they shifted my schedule around at the restaurant so my hours are gonna be a little different...
Sheldon: I'm sorry, that's not going to interest me at all, just eat.

Howard: I'm going back to the room.
(walks away)
Mikayla: Boy, would it maybe kill them to put out a nice brisket?
Howard: (Howard stops in his tracks, turns around and comes back) Hi there, Howard Wolowitz.
Mikayla: Esther Rosenblatt.

Penny: I just remembered where the emergency key is.
Sheldon: Where?
Penny: In your apartment.
Sheldon: What's it doing in my apartment?
Penny: I went in there a few weeks ago, and you guys weren't home and I forgot it there.
Sheldon: You went in my...? Why would...? What are you saying?
Penny: It's not a big deal. I was making coffee and I ran out of milk.
Sheldon: You're the milk thief! Leonard said I was crazy, but I knew that carton felt lighter.

Sheldon: While my compatriots are in Las Vegas, I will be enjoying a blissful evening in my personal Fortress of Solitude.
Penny: That's Superman's big ice thingy, right?
Sheldon: You know, I'm in such a good mood, I'm actually finding your tenuous grasp of the English language folksy and charming today.

Penny: (Sheldon has locked himself out of his apartment) I think the emergency key is around here somewhere.
Sheldon: We have a bowl. Our keys go in a bowl. You should get a bowl.
Penny: So, how did the beautiful mind of Sheldon Cooper forget his key in the first place?
Sheldon: I left them in the bowl.

Mikayla: You want the girlfriend experience.
Leonard: Yes. Yeah, exactly, the girlfriend experience.
Raj: Actually, if it's not too much to ask, could we have the Jewish girlfriend experience.

Penny: What's wrong, Superman? Locked out of your big ice thingy?

Howard: (about Leslie's Facebook page) Look at her status update. She's saying she dumped me; people need to know I dumped her.
Raj: But she did dump you.
Howard: Grow up, Raj. There's no place for truth on the Internet.

Howard: Are you from the Star Wars universe?
Leonard: Yes.
Howard: Were you in the original trilogy?
Leonard: Yes.
Howard: Is there a picture of you in my wallet wearing a metal bikini?
Leonard: God, I hope not. And no, I'm not Princess Leia.
Raj: OK, OK, my turn. Are you in all six Star Wars movies?
Leonard: Yes.
Raj: Interesting. Are you a droid?
Leonard: Yes.
Raj: Do you kind of look like a shiny Sheldon?
Leonard: Yes!
Raj: C-3PO!
Leonard: You got it!
Sheldon: (talking and moving in a manner reminiscent of C-3PO) That's preposterous. I do not resemble C-3PO! Don't get me wrong, I'm flattered. I just don't see it.

(after Penny lets Sheldon stay over when he locks himself out of his apartment)
Leonard: What were you doing at Penny's?
Sheldon: Well, we had dinner, uh, played some games, and then I spent the night. Oh, you'll be happy to know that I now have a *much* better understanding of "friends with benefits."

Howard: There's no place for truth on the internet.

Sheldon: Penny, I realize you're also on your own tonight so if at some point you find yourself with nothing to do, please do not disturb me.

Notes and Trivia

Raj cites his full name for the first time and we learn his middle name is Ramayan in this episode.

The ringtone on Howard (Simon Helberg)'s phone is Thomas Dolby's "She Blinded Me with Science", the same song used as the theme song in the Unaired Pilot (2006), the original pilot that CBS passed on. Dolby's song was a perfect choice, as his early 80's geeky nerd persona was much like the Big Bang gang.

UK TV channel E4 - which airs The Big Bang Theory (2007) in rotation - has never aired this episode in its daytime slots because of its prostitution storyline.

While checking out Howard's tweets, Leonard calls them "twitters". While this may sound odd now, at that time that's what they were called. Not long after this was originally aired Twitter began to officially call them tweets.

Goofs

None

Cast

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