S04E20 - The Herb Garden Germination

No: 83  |  Season: 4   Episode: 20  |  Air Date: 2011-04-07  |  Runtime: mins

Sheldon: Now I'm thinking about fractal equations. Now I'm thinking about the origin of the phrase "train of thought." Now I'm thinking about trains.

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Summary

Sheldon and Amy secretly experiment on the gang by spreading rumors when they hear that Bernadette is thinking about breaking up with Howard.

Director and Writers

Director: Mark Cendrowski
Writers: Story by: Chuck Lorre & Eric Kaplan & Eddie Gorodetsky / Teleplay by: Bill Prady & Steven Molaro & Steve Holland

Script

Script: S04E20 - The Herb Garden Germination

Quotes

Priya: By the way, a fellow at work said I could use his Dodger tickets this weekend. Does that sound like fun?
Leonard: Well, yeah! Dodgers are baseball, right?
Priya: You need to explain the game to me.
Leonard: Mmm, it's complicated, but as I remember it the essentials are get chosen last, get hit by the ball, cry, go home.

Amy: (proposing her gossip experiment) Are you familiar with meme theory?
Sheldon: I'm familiar with everything, but go on.

Penny: Sheldon and Amy had sex.
Raj: Shut your ass!
Penny: Mm-hmm. Amy told me.
Raj: How did that even happen? Did they know that's what they were doing when they were doing it?

Amy: I'm glad you talked me into this. We work so hard, sometimes, it's nice to goof off and do something silly.

(Howard has announced his intention to propose to Bernadette, but Leonard and Sheldon heard that she was planning on breaking up with him)
Leonard: Poor guy. He's gonna be blindsided.
Raj: (grinning like an idiot) I know. It'll be awful!
Sheldon: Why are you smiling?
Leonard: (knowing Raj has a crush on Bernadette) Yeah, Raj, why?

Raj: Hello, Mummy. Hello, Daddy. How are you?
Mrs. Koothrappali: We're very rich in a very poor country, so all in all, can't complain.

Amy: Bernadette just asked about my sexual encounter with you. The meme has reached full penetration.
Sheldon: Pun intended?
Amy: No. Happy accident.
Sheldon: This is remarkable. Took less than 24 hours.
Amy: I should let you know that she asked for details about our dalliance.
Sheldon: Interesting. So it went beyond the mere fact of coitus to a blow-by-blow, as it were.
Amy: Pun intended?
Sheldon: I'm sorry, what pun?

Amy: Do you have any ethical qualms regarding human experimentation?
Sheldon: It's one of the few forms of interaction with people that I don't find repellent.

Amy: (to Penny) Just stopped by to let you know I'm getting orthotics. Also I'm carrying Sheldon's baby. Mum's the word.
(Amy, walking down the stairs, meets Leonard, who is coming up looking at his cell phone)
Leonard: You're *pregnant*?
Amy: Wow. Is there anything on there about orthotics?

Sheldon: I'm no stranger to memetic epidemiology. At Johnson Elementary School, the phrase "Shelly Cooper's a smelly pooper" spread like wildfire.
Amy: I should think so. That's gold.

(Amy is telling Sheldon about her addiction research)
Amy: I recently trained a capuchin monkey to smoke cigarettes.
Sheldon: Have you learned anything?
Amy: Yes. He looks much cooler than the non-smoking monkeys. Although it's not much of a contest. The other monkeys just sit around and masturbate.

Howard: Hey, everybody, I got something I want to ask Bernadette, and I can't think of a better time than when I'm with all my friends.
Leonard: Oh, hold on, Howard. There's lots of better times.
Raj: Leonard, please. The man is talking. Let him get it out, and let the chips fall where they may.
Howard: Thank you. Bernadette Maryann Rostenkowski...
Bernadette: Oh, God. What's happening?
Howard: I know things haven't been perfect with us, and we've had our problems, but I just have to tell you, from the moment I...
Bernadette: Howard, let me just stop you right here.
Raj: This is it.
Bernadette: Yes.
Howard: Yes, what?
Bernadette: Yes, I will marry you.
Howard: You will?
Raj: You will?
Bernadette: I will. I will!
Howard: Oh, I love you so much.
Bernadette: Oh, I love you, too.
Leonard: Congratulations!
Priya: Oh, it's so exciting.

(about Bernadette)
Howard: Her freakishly small hands make anything look big. It's one of the reasons I love her.

Sheldon: Dr. Greene, question?
Brian Greene: Yes?
Sheldon: You've dedicated your life's work to educating the general populace about complex scientific ideas.
Brian Greene: Yes, in part.
Sheldon: Have you ever considered trying to do something useful?

Amy: Sheldon and I engaged in sexual intercourse. In other news, I'm thinking of starting an herb garden. Mum's the word! Gotta go!

Brian Greene: My new book, 'The Hidden Reality', takes on a grand question: Is *our* universe the only universe? You see, there's a growing belief among scientists like me that ours may only be one among many universes populating a gigantic cosmos. In 'The Hidden Reality' I explore this possibility without presuming any knowledge of mathematics or physics on the part of the reader.
Sheldon: (to Amy) Hysterical.
Amy: (to Sheldon) I'm glad you talked me into this. We work so hard sometimes it's nice to goof off and do something silly.
Sheldon: Agreed. Yo, wait 'til you hear how he dumbs down Werner Heisenberg for the crowd. You may actually believe you're in a comedy club.
Brian Greene: You can think about Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle much like the special order menu that you find in certain Chinese restaurants where you have dishes in column A and other dishes in column B, and if you order the first dish in column A you can't order the corresponding dish in column B; that's sort of like the Uncertainty Principle.
Sheldon: Ba-dum-bump.

(Leonard walks into the apartment with takeout)
Leonard: Hope you're hungry.
Sheldon: Interesting. A friendly sentiment in this country... cruel taunt in the Sudan. It's a lesson in context.

Priya: (about Raj) I found poems he wrote about her. Very disturbing. "Oh Bernadette, please play my clarinet."
Leonard: Oh. That's hard to believe.
Priya: Yes. And for years everyone in my family was convinced he was the... clarinet enthusiast.

Sheldon: I must say, Amy, pretending to have intercourse with you has given me a great deal of satisfaction.

Amy: I described your lovemaking as aloof, but effective.
Sheldon: I wish you hadn't done that! That's going to make me a chick magnet, and I'm so busy as it is.

(Sheldon and Leonard are playing Wii archery)
Sheldon: What an elf I would have made.

Sheldon: I've been thinking about Dr. Greene's efforts to make science palatable for the masses.
Leonard: Yeah? What about it?
Sheldon: That's all. I've just been thinking about it. Now I'm thinking about fractal equations. Now I'm thinking about the origin of the phrase "train of thought." Now I'm thinking about trains.
Raj: Are you listening to this guy?
Howard: Hmm? Oh, I'm sorry, I was somewhere else.
Leonard: Lucky bastard!
Sheldon: Now I'm thinking about Jell-o.

Notes and Trivia

While playing Wii Sports archery, Sheldon is wearing purple and blue. These are the colors of the comic book version of the Avengers' resident archer Hawkeye.

Goofs

None

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