S06E08 - The 43 Peculiarity

No: 119  |  Season: 6   Episode: 8  |  Air Date: 2012-11-15  |  Runtime: mins

Sheldon: This is Dr. Sheldon Cooper. Experimental log. Wormhole generator test forty-four. Howard: Wormhole generator test?

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Summary

Leonard feels threatened after hearing about Penny's study partner at school, while Howard and Raj become determined to find out one of Sheldon's secrets.

Director and Writers

Director: Mark Cendrowski
Writers: Story by: Chuck Lorre & Dave Goetsch & Anthony Del Broccolo / Teleplay by: Steven Molaro & Jim Reynolds & Steve Holland

Script

Script: S06E08 - The 43 Peculiarity

Quotes

Leonard: If you're wondering why I've been staring through the peephole, I'm trying to get a look at this guy who's coming over to Penny's.
Sheldon: To be honest, I didn't know you were here.

Raj: In "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", isn't 43 the answer to life, the universe and everything?
Howard: That's 42, dumbass.
Raj: Hey! Feelings.

Alex Jensen: Oh hi, Dr. Hofstader.
Leonard: Oh, hey, Alex. And call me, Leonard. Dr. Hofstadter is my father. And my mother. And my sister. And our cat. Although I'm pretty sure that Dr. "Boots" Hofstader's degree is honorary.
Alex Jensen: May I join you, Leonard?
Leonard: Sure. Um, let me ask you something. My girlfriend knows this guy at school. He's got an English accent.
Alex Jensen: Oo, I love English accents.
Leonard: Yea, you all do. Anyway, I feel like he's hitting on her. She says he's just being nice and I should trust her.
Alex Jensen: It's probably harmless. You now how it is. I'm sure you get hit on all the time.
Leonard: Right. Because girls are always like: Ooo, that guy owns two Star Trek uniforms and gets lots of ear infections. I gotta to get me some of that.
Alex Jensen: You know, I bet it happens more than you realize.
Leonard: Trust me. It doesn't.
Alex Jensen: You sure? You're cute. You're funny. Maybe you're getting hit on and you don't even know it.
Leonard: Really?
Alex Jensen: Yep, pretty sure.
Leonard: (laughs) I have to get back to work. Thanks for listening.
Alex Jensen: No problem.
Leonard: Hope no girls rip my clothes off along the way.

(Howard and Raj watch the video of Sheldon in the room)
Sheldon: This is Dr. Sheldon Cooper. Experimental log. Wormhole generator test forty-four.
Howard: Wormhole generator test?
(Wormhole appears)
Sheldon: The first forty-three parallel universes I've checked proved to be empty. I see no reason to suspect universe number forty-four will be any different.
(Puts his head in the wormhole; when he takes it out he has an alien creature attached to his face)
Howard: Oh, my God!
Raj: Holy crap!
Sheldon: Oh! It's eating my face!
Raj: It's eating his face!
(Sheldon sneaks in from behind them and throw the fake alien creature onto their laptop; Howard and Raj freak out)

Howard: (Unlocking door) There. Let's go.
Raj: Wait. Sheldon's a smart guy. He probably has the place booby trapped.
Howard: You're right.
Raj: We need a way to find out first.
Howard: Don't worry, I have a way.
Raj: Really? What's the pla...
(Howard pushes Raj through the door)
Howard: You okay?
Raj: Yeah.

Sheldon: If we assume that your looks are average, right off the bat, 50 percent of men on Earth are more attractive than you. That's 1.5 billion handsome lads standing by, waiting to rain on your parade.

Raj: That's a good camera.
Howard: Should be. It's from the Mars Rover.
Raj: How did you get it?
Howard: 5 million dollar equipment, ten dollar lock.

Howard: Where are you going?
Sheldon: Where are you going?
Raj: We told you.
Sheldon: Yeah, I just told you.
Howard: No, you didn't.
Sheldon: Your word against mine. See you in court.

Sheldon: You may not realize it, but I have difficulty navigating through certain aspects of daily life: understanding sarcasm, feigning interest in others, not talking about trains as much as I'd want to. It's exhausting! Which is why, for 20 minutes a day, I like to go down to that room, turn my mind off and do what I need to do to recharge.
Howard: But what do you do in there?
Raj: What does 43 mean?
Sheldon: You don't need to know. You don't deserve to know. And you will never know.
(Leaves)
Raj: Yeah? Well, I know how to make your egg salad now!

Leonard: It's not to go to the bathroom. He goes at 8:00 AM, with follow-ups at 1:45 and 7:10 on high-fiber Fridays.
Howard: It's sad that you know that.
Leonard: That's just the tip of the sadness iceberg.

(Opening lines)
Raj: What are you drawing over there?
Sheldon: A containment unit for a frisbee-sized wormhole that could serve as a portal to a parallel universe.
Howard: Oh, you silly doodlebug.
Leonard: You know, scientists believe that contact with other lifeforms would not be good for us.
Sheldon: It's a frisbee-sized wormhole, Leonard. I can just cover it with a frisbee. Here.
(Hands napkin to Howard)
Howard: You expect me to build this?
Sheldon: No, I expect you to wipe the pudding off your chin. Gentlemen?

Leonard: I'll be right back.
Sheldon: You're still here? I thought you were long gone.

Raj: This is fun. Sneaking around in the middle of the night. It's like we're a couple of cat burglars.
Howard: We're not cat burglars. We're more like ninjas.
Raj: I don't want to be a ninja. I want to be a cat burglar.
Howard: Fine. I'll be a ninja, and you be a cat burglar.
Raj: No, we both have to be the same thing!
Howard: Fine! We're both ninjas.
Raj: Okay. But next time we'll be cat burglars.

Howard: What could 43 be, besides my mother's neck size?
Raj: It's the atomic number for technetium.
Howard: That stuff's radioactive.
Raj: You think he's building a bomb?
Howard: Nah, it took him two years to put together that Lego Death Star, I'm not worried.

Howard: We're going to the genetics lab to pet the glow-in-the-dark bunny. Want to come?
Sheldon: No, thanks.
Raj: When they turn off the lights, it's like a little laser show that poops all over the place.

Penny: Hey. Shouldn't you be out with your gang spray painting equations on the side of buildings?
Leonard: Come on, I'm sorry.
Penny: I just can't believe you don't trust me.
Leonard: I feel... Of course I do.
Penny: Then why did you embarrass me in front of my friend who, by the way, knew exactly who you were.
Leonard: Really?
Penny: Your picture's on my refrigerator!
Leonard: Oh. You know, I'm really starting to not like this guy.
Penny: What is your problem? Do you use up all your thinking at work and then have none left over for when you get home?
Leonard: I don't know. It's hard sometimes. Everywhere you go guys hit on you, even if I'm standing right there. And they are all taller than me. WHY IS EVERYONE ALWAYS TALLER THAN ME? You know what. This is all in my head. It's my problem, not yours.
Penny: Leonard. Why do you always do this? Listen to me. You are the one I'm with. You know I love you. So would you please relax because you are driving me crazy!
Leonard: You know that's the first time you said that you love me.
Penny: (stunned) Yea.
Leonard: We're supposed to pretend it's not a big deal?
Penny: That's... exactly what we're going to do because you're about to make me cry and we both know that if I start crying, you're going to start crying.
Leonard: You're right we should...
Penny: Fine!
(Runs down stairs)
Leonard: (Enters apartment) She loves me.

Raj: (about Alex) Boy, what I wouldn't give to take her out of those pants. And into something a little more stylish.

Alex Jensen: All I know is corduroy makes too much noise and I have to go find quieter pants.

Howard: Wha the hell is 43?
Raj: It's a prime number. Encryption systems are based on prime numbers.
Howard: What kind of secrets would Sheldon need encrypting?
Raj: Maybe it's the secret to what makes his egg salad so delicious.
Howard: It's paprika.
Raj: Really? Well, one mystery solved.

Howard: I wonder what Sheldon's hiding in there?
Raj: He's always been kind of a weirdo. Maybe he's got Leonard Nimoy chained up in there. Or Bill Gates or Stephen Hawking.
Howard: Why would he chain up Stephen Hawking?
Raj: Howard, shame on you! You can't treat him differently just because he's disabled, that's not okay!

Sheldon: You're a real catch, compared to some snoring guy with a fridge full of lousy grapes.

Raj: This is so exciting! Like one of my classic murder mystery parties.
Leonard: Like the case of who murdered three Saturday nights from my life.
Howard: Colonel Koothrappali in the kitchen with the olive spread.
Raj: It was tapanade, and you guys suck.

Notes and Trivia

Howard says that it took Sheldon two years to finish a Lego Death Star. Sheldon could be seen working on it in The Isolation Permutation (2011).

The show's most-watched episode ever in the US, with 17.4 million viewers.

This is the first time that Penny actually tells Leonard that she loves him, though admittedly it was accidentally. A somewhat reverse situation happened in Season 3's The Wheaton Recurrence (2010) when Leonard says it to Penny, and she responds, "thank you."

This is the last episode to just feature the 5 original cast members.

Goofs

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