S06E04 - The Re-Entry Minimization

No: 115  |  Season: 6   Episode: 4  |  Air Date: 2012-10-18  |  Runtime: mins

Summary

Howard is offended when his return from space is met with little fanfare. Penny and Amy take on Sheldon and Leonard during game night.

Director and Writers

Director: Mark Cendrowski
Writers: Story by: Bill Prady & Jim Reynolds & Anthony Del Broccolo / Teleplay by: Chuck Lorre & Steven Molaro & Eric Kaplan

Script

Script: S06E04 - The Re-Entry Minimization

Quotes

Leonard: Sheldon, we haven't won a game all night. Now you either stick your face in that pie, or I'm gonna stick that pie in your face.
Sheldon: That's rude.

Sheldon: (after pinning Sheldon, Penny kisses Sheldon's nose) Stop that.
(Penny kisses Sheldon's cheek)
Sheldon: Amy, do something. Amy, help.
(Amy starts kissing Sheldon's forehead)

Penny: We're not playing a made-up game.
Sheldon: All games are made up. They're not found in nature. No one digs on the ground and finds a rich vein of Rock'em Sock'em Robots.

Raj: (surprised to see Howard on his doorstep) I didn't think I'd see you until tomorrow.
Howard: I know, but Bernie is kind of under the weather and my mother is kind of... under my dentist.
Raj: Wait, so your mother is sleeping with your dentist?
Howard: Former dentist, actually. I need a new one, now that I know where his hands have been.

Sheldon: It's been a good run, Fake Wolowitz. We'll remember you with fond nostalgia, like the dial-up modem, the VHS tape and Leonard's gym membership.
Raj: I don't want Stuart to leave. We've become good friends.
Sheldon: Okay, that's one vote for, one against. Leonard, you're the tie breaker.
Leonard: I don't mind Stuart. Besides, he gives us 20% discounts on comic books.
Sheldon: My friendship isn't sold so cheaply.
Stuart: I can go as high as 30.
Sheldon: Welcome aboard, old chum.

Howard: (as he steps out of the plane, he is met with a crowd chanting "Howie!" - for Howie Mandel, who is next to him) Thank you, it was nothing really.
Howie Mandel: I think they're here for me, Ringo.
Chauffeur: Mr. Mandel, I'll be your driver.
Howie Mandel: Thank you. Can you believe that guy was telling everyone he was an astronaut?

Penny: Sheldon, you're full of fun little facts. Where do you think the expression "have your ass handed to you" come from?
Sheldon: I don't know.
Penny: I bet it was from ancient Rome, where they actually chopped off someone's ass and went "Here" as an offering to Loseronius, the God of Losers.

Penny: Okay, just for the record, I've never entered a wet t-shirt contest. I've won a few, but that's just because I spill when I'm drunk.

Sheldon: (on Howard) He left a boy, he returns a boy-sized hero.

Sheldon: (after losing at "Where's Waldo") How could you not find him?
Leonard: Because he's hard to find! If he was easy to find, the books would be called "There's Waldo!"

Sheldon: (At a pie-eating contest) I'm a little concerned. Blueberries are rich in anti-oxidants.
Leonard: So?
Sheldon: So with all those anti-oxidants, what if I run out of oxidants?
Leonard: Sheldon, we haven't won a game all night. Now, you either stick your face in that pie, or I'm gonna stick that pie in your face!

Notes and Trivia

During the pie eating contest scene, as Amy (Mayim Bialik) is counting down, Penny (Kaley Cuoco) looks directly into the camera with a clearly uncomfortable expression just moments before putting her face into the blueberry pie.

In the opening teaser, when Stuart says he can give Sheldon 30% off comics, you can see Jim Parsons smile and break character.

Sheldon is wearing a "73" shirt. In season 4, he mentions that 73 is the best number. Coincidentally, Jim Parsons was born in 1973.

This is the third time in which Mayim Bialik's broken right hand from a real-life accident had to be hidden. When Penny is taunting Sheldon about losing Pictionary and Leonard points out it's a well-rounded game, Amy can be seen placing the box on the table, revealing her right hand laying weirdly dead on the couch, one finger is jarred in a way that makes it look like it's made of rubber.

Goofs

None

Cast

Johnny GaleckiLeonard Hofstadter
Jim ParsonsSheldon Cooper
Kaley CuocoPenny
Simon HelbergHoward Wolowitz
Kunal NayyarRaj Koothrappali
Mayim BialikAmy Farrah Fowler
Melissa RauchBernadette Rostenkowski
Kevin SussmanStuart Bloom
Carol Ann SusiDebbie Wolowitz
Pasha D. LychnikoffDimitri
Ken LernerDr. Schneider
Jan HoagLillian
John MendozaChauffeur
Michael MassiminoMike Massimino