S03E21 - The Plimpton Stimulation

No: 61  |  Season: 3   Episode: 21  |  Air Date: 2010-05-10  |  Runtime: mins

Boy, I'm kind of tuckered out. How are you feeling, Elizabeth?

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Summary

Chaos ensues when a nymphomaniac physicist visiting Sheldon hooks up with Leonard.

Director and Writers

Director: Mark Cendrowski
Writers: Story by: Chuck Lorre & Bill Prady & Lee Aronsohn / Teleplay by: Steven Molaro & Jim Reynolds & Maria Ferrari

Script

Script: S03E21 - The Plimpton Stimulation

Quotes

Dr. Elizabeth Plimpton: Would you be a dear and get me a cup of coffee?
Leonard: Sure, black, right?
Dr. Elizabeth Plimpton: (turns and looks at Raj) Actually, now I think I want it hot, brown, and sweet.
(Raj takes a swig from his flask)

Howard: I have a two-part question.
Sheldon: Go ahead.
Howard: A: Are you kidding me? and B: Seriously, are you freaking kidding me?
Sheldon: A: I rarely kid and B: When I do kid, you'll know it by my use of the word "Bazinga".
Howard: So you're saying the two of you are going to be sleeping in the same bed?
Sheldon: Yes... Bazinga.

Penny: You know what? It's, it's none of my business. If you want to sleep with Sheldon's doctor buddy right after we stopped seeing each other, go for it.
Leonard: Well, now...
Sheldon: Excuse me. I'm uncomfortable with you recommending that Leonard pursue having intercourse with Dr. Plimpton, who I assure you has better things to do.
Penny: I'm not recommending it. I'm saying it already happened.
Sheldon: That's preposterous. Tell her, Leonard.
Leonard: Well.
Sheldon: No.
Leonard: Come on. It wasn't my fault.
Sheldon: The implication being that you somehow tripped and fell into her lady parts?
Penny: You know what? I'm just gonna take the bus to work.
Leonard: Penny, I can still drive you.
Penny: Oh, no, no, it's okay. You might slip on a banana peel and get me pregnant.

Sheldon: Now listen, one of the great minds of the 21st Century is about to play host to one of the other great minds of the 21st Century. So pay attention; years from now my biographer might ask you about this event.
Leonard: Oh, I have so many things to tell your biographer.

Dr. Elizabeth Plimpton: Can I ask you a question about your roommate?
Sheldon: He's an odd duck, isn't he?
Dr. Elizabeth Plimpton: What's his relationship status?
Sheldon: Well, there was a misbegotten adventure with a waitress who lives across the hall. It ended as inexplicably as it began. They had very little in common except for carnal activity. That's why I acquired these noise-cancelling headphones.

Dr. Elizabeth Plimpton: Nice to finally meet you in person.
Sheldon: I would imagine it is. This is my friend and roommate, Dr. Leonard Hofstadter.

Penny: You're having a woman stay with you?
Sheldon: Yes. Why does that seem to flabbergast everybody?
Penny: Oh, no no no no no, I'm not flabbergasted. I'm... puzzled. Yeah, let's go with puzzled.

Sheldon: Penny, this is Dr. Plimpton, a leading expert on quantum cosmology. Dr. Plimpton, Penny is a waitress who doesn't understand the role gasoline plays in the internal combustion engine.

Sheldon: (in the bathroom) Pee for Houston, pee for Austin / Pee for the state my heart got lost in.
(pause)
Sheldon: And shake twice for Texas.

Leonard: Listen, I've been meaning to talk to you about the other morning.
Penny: You mean you and Doctor Slut-bunny?
Leonard: Yeah, I wanted to explain.
Penny: You don't owe me an explanation.
Leonard: I don't?
Penny: No, you don't.
Leonard: So, you're not judging me?
Penny: Oh, I'm judging you nine ways to Sunday, but you don't owe me an explanation.
Leonard: Nevertheless, I'd like to get one on the record so you can understand why I did what I did.
Penny: I'm listening.
Leonard: (very long pause) She let me.

(Elizabeth knocks on door)
Leonard: Yes?
Dr. Elizabeth Plimpton: I saw your light on.
Leonard: Is everything all right?
Dr. Elizabeth Plimpton: Yeah, I just couldn't sleep.
Leonard: Me neither. Look what I'm reading.
(Points to her picture on the back of the book)
Leonard: It's you.
Dr. Elizabeth Plimpton: I thought you already read it.
Leonard: I did. But it's been a while, and I wanted to sound smart over breakfast.
Dr. Elizabeth Plimpton: Aw, you're smart!
Leonard: Oh, good. I wasn't sure it was coming across.
Dr. Elizabeth Plimpton: What chapter are you on?
Leonard: Uh, six.
Dr. Elizabeth Plimpton: Ah. The extragalactic distance ladder. Want to know a little secret?
Leonard: Sure.
Dr. Elizabeth Plimpton: I wrote the section on the Wilson-Bappu Effect completely naked.
Leonard: Really? Sure doesn't read that way.
Dr. Elizabeth Plimpton: Here, let me show you.
(Removes her robe as she speaks revealing she is naked)
Dr. Elizabeth Plimpton: When we consider the brightness of pulsating variable stars we start to see a possible explanation for some of the discrepancies found in Hubble's constant.
Leonard: Wow. You really make science come alive.

Raj: (sneezes as he reaches the lunch table)
Sheldon: (stops Raj from sitting down) Hold!
Raj: What?
Sheldon: Explain your sneeze.
Raj: I'm sorry?
Sheldon: Do you have allergies?
Raj: No
Sheldon: Is there too much pepper on your salad?
Raj: I don't put pepper on salad.
Sheldon: I heard enough.
(Motions to the table behind him)
Sheldon: Sit over there.
Raj: Come on, I don't want to sit by myself.
Sheldon: That's what Typhoid Mary said and clearly, her friends buckled.
Raj: (to Leonard and Howard) Guys, help me.
Howard: Sheldon, come on.
Leonard: Yeah, it's just one sneeze.
(Raj sneezes again)
Leonard: You're on your own.
Howard: See you, buddy.

Howard: Are you planning on kidnapping a woman?
Sheldon: Sarcasm?
Howard: Yes, but mixed with genuine concern.

Leonard: Why is a world-renowned scientist staying in our apartment instead of a hotel?
Sheldon: She doesn't care for hotels. And who can blame her? Windows that don't open, multi-user linens, keys shaped like credit cards, as if one walks around with unassigned slots in one's wallet.

Dr. Elizabeth Plimpton: Ah, Dr. Cooper, thank goodness. I completely forgot your address. But then I remembered that I'd written it on my hand. Lucky for me, I didn't confuse it with what I'd written on my other hand, which are the coordinates for a newly discovered neutron star. 'Cause if I tried to go there, I'd be crushed by hypergravity. Anyway, hello.

Leonard: Are you having trouble sleeping? Because... boy... I was up all night.
Raj: Did you get a cold, too?
Leonard: No, but I was awake all night.
Howard: If you want I can give you some of my mom's sleeping pills.
Raj: She won't notice them missing?
Howard: She doesn't know she takes them.

Dr. Elizabeth Plimpton: Oh, good, Leonard's here.
Raj: (astounded) Good?
Leonard: Elizabeth, what's going on?
Dr. Elizabeth Plimpton: What's going on is you and Howard are my moving men, and Raj is my new landlord, and I don't have enough money to pay any of you.
Leonard: Is she suggesting what I think she's suggesting?
Howard: Yep. Welcome to the Penthouse Forum!
Raj: OK, Show of hands, who's up for this?
(Only Howard raises his hand)
Leonard: We'll all be in naked in front of each other.
Howard: I'm out.

Raj: (after tricking Howard and Leonard into leaving, Raj locks the door and turns to Dr. Plimpton) So, you say you can't pay your rent.

Sheldon: Leonard, I have something for you. Per our roommate agreement this is your twenty-four hour notice that I will be having a non-related female spending two nights in our apartment.
Leonard: When you say "non-related female", you still mean human, right?
Sheldon: Of course. Pets are banned under the roommate agreement, with the exception of service animals, such as seeing eye dogs and one day cybernetically enhanced helper monkeys.

Dr. Elizabeth Plimpton: Thank you so much for opening up your home to me.
Leonard: Uh, well, who wants to stay in a hotel, with windows that don't open, those crazy card-shaped keys?
Dr. Elizabeth Plimpton: I'm so glad you understand.
Sheldon: No, he doesn't understand; *I* understand.
Leonard: Well, I understand too.
Sheldon: You're just misappropriating my understanding.

Sheldon: Vocal test, morning vocal test.
(Clears throat)
Sheldon: Second vocal test, second morning vocal test.

Dr. Elizabeth Plimpton: You two figure out the details; I'm going to go change into something I don't mind getting ripped off my milky flesh!
(she goes into another room, closing the door behind her)
Howard: What the frack?
Raj: Go away! She wants New Delhi, not kosher deli!
(pause)
Raj: Besides, you have a girlfriend!
Howard: We broke up weeks ago!
Raj: Why didn't you say anything?
Howard: I was waiting for the right time! This is the right time!

Sheldon: In here, you'll find emergency provisions: an eight day supply of food and water, a crossbow, Season Two of Star Trek: The Original Series on a high-density flash drive.
Dr. Elizabeth Plimpton: What if there's a disaster that destroys all the USB ports?
Sheldon: Then there's really no reason to live, is there?

Leonard: Why didn't you tell me you knew Elizabeth Plimpton. I am a huge fan of hers.
Sheldon: I didn't realize I was obligated to share my connection with things you are a fan of. But, very well. You enjoy Canadian bacon. I've been to Toronto.

Sheldon: Elizabeth, Leonard's bathroom time is coming up and believe me, you do not want to follow him.

Howard: (Raj takes a swig from his flask) What are you doing?
Raj: Relax, it's Nyquil.
Leonard: You still have a cold?
Raj: Maybe, but I don't care. The good thing about Nyquil, it's like 10% booze. I call it the nighttime sniffling, sneezing, coughing, so you can talk to girls medicine.

Sheldon: Dr. Plimpton, I'd like you to meet my colleagues, Dr. Rajesh Koothrappali, and not-a-doctor Howard Wolowitz.

Sheldon: Oh, Penny, excellent. I have a question about these maxi pads. Are the wings truly functional or have I fallen victim to marketing hype?
Penny: What? What are you doing with...? What?
Sheldon: The stock boy at Walgreens was frustratingly uninformed on the subject.
Penny: Sheldon, what are you doing with maxi pads?
Sheldon: I have a lady friend who will be staying with me for a few days.

Notes and Trivia

Howard reveals he broke up with Bernadette in this episode. It's later revealed in The Hot Troll Deviation (2010), that Bernadette caught him having online sex with a hot troll from World of Warcraft.

Goofs

None

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