S06E21 - The Closure Alternative

No: 132  |  Season: 6   Episode: 21  |  Air Date: 2013-04-25  |  Runtime: mins

Raj: It's not creepy. Don't listen to him. Oh, look who's got the sweetest kisses.

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Summary

Amy tries to help a depressed Sheldon find closure when one of his favorite TV shows is canceled. Raj becomes paranoid when he finds Lucy's blog.

Director and Writers

Director: Mark Cendrowski
Writers: Story by: Chuck Lorre & Bill Prady & Tara Hernandez / Teleplay by: Steven Molaro & Jim Reynolds & Steve Holland

Script

Script: S06E21 - The Closure Alternative

Quotes

Howard: Ready to go to lunch?
Raj: Do you think I'm feminine?
Howard: Yeah. Let's go.
Raj: Thanks a lot.
Howard: What's going on?
Raj: I broke down, and I read Lucy's blog. And in one of the entries she said when we first met I struck her as a little feminine.
Howard: Just a little? That's great!
Raj: I have to talk to her about this.
Howard: Ah, geez, why do you girls always want to talk about things?

Sheldon: I must say, I was skeptical at first, but this turned out to be a transformative evening.
Amy: I'm surprised of how positive you are.
Sheldon: You're an excellent neuroscientist, a wonderful girlfriend, and...
Amy: And?
Sheldon: It hardly matters now, does it?
Amy: I'm proud of you, Sheldon.
(Leaves)
Sheldon: (after closing the door) And a complete sucker!

Sheldon: Oh dear! Penny, have you been recording shows on our DVR again?
Penny: No.
Sheldon: Answer honestly; this is not a trial. That'll come later.
Penny: Absolutely not.
(quietly to Leonard)
Penny: Help me out here; I can't afford another demerit.
Leonard: Uh, maybe we were hacked. You know, the Chinese have been hacking everything lately.
Sheldon: Why would the Chinese make our DVR record 'Paul Blart: Mall Cop'?
Leonard: I don't know... It's a fat guy on a Segway; that's funny everywhere.
Sheldon: I'm deleting it.
Penny: Well, hang on! Maybe the Chinese haven't finished watching it yet.

Amy: (heatedly) You don't know what it's like to feel completely frustrated. To have a - a desire build up within you and then be denied any opportunity for release.
Amy: (sardonically) Yeah, sounds like a drag.

Amy: I've come up with a series of exercises to help with your compulsive need for closure.
Sheldon: I take issue with the word compulsive.
Amy: All I'm saying is we live in a world where closure isn't always an op...
Sheldon: ---tion. Okay.

Bernadette: I'm pretty passionate about science. I remember the first time I looked through a microscope and saw millions of tiny microorganisms; it was like a whole other universe. If I wanted to I could wipe it out with my thumb like a god.

Sheldon: Tic-tac-toe can only end in win, lose or draw; none of which will deny me closure. Especially since I'm about to win.
(Amy erases the game before Sheldon can finish)
Sheldon: But we didn't finish.
Amy: Exactly. How does that make you feel?
Sheldon: The same way any normal person would. I feel like I want to peel off my own face and tear it in two, and then again and again 'till I have a handful of Sheldon face confetti.

Penny: I feel sorry for whoever gets that phone call.
Leonard: Don't be. If they didn't want to be yelled at by crazy nerds, they wouldn't have started a SyFy Channel.

Sheldon: You don't know what it feels like to feel completely frustrated, to have a desire built up and be denied any opportunity for release.
Amy: (Gives Sheldon a death stare) Yeah, sounds like a drag.

Amy: (Has a birthday cake prepared for Sheldon) Make a wish and blow out the candles.
(Sheldon blows out the candles, but Amy blocks one with a paper plate)
Amy: Oops, you missed one. Now your wish won't come true.
Sheldon: Lucky for you, cause I wished you were dead.

Lucy: You're acting all weird, and I'm pretty weird so I think I know what I'm talking about.

Penny: Sheldon, there are two dumplings left; do you want 'em?
Sheldon: Dumplings! Don't you understand what's going on here?
Penny: As a rule, no.

Penny: I've got you. I've got Sheldon. All these wonderful friends. My life is exciting right now.
Leonard: It's a big deal.
Penny: It is, isn't it?
Leonard: So, does that mean we get to do stuff like talk about cool shows or get dressed up in matching costumes and go to Comic-con?
Penny: Leonard, I had an epiphany, not a stroke

Howard: "The key to her heart." Huh. That's nice. Were you quoting someone or is it tattooed on the small of your back?
Raj: I was quoting a *man* who knows a thing or two about women. Sir Elton John.

Amy: You know, Sheldon, sometimes people seek the comfort of physical contact in moments like this.
Sheldon: (pause as he considers this) I am not flying back to Texas just so my mom can give me a hug.

Penny: (discussing a film) It was fun. It kind of reminded me of my high school. But instead of vampires, we had meth-heads. Ahem. But both came out at night and had messed up teeth.
Leonard: All right, cool. I think you'll like the next one better. All the cheerleaders are suffering from an evil curse.
Penny: Well, that's like my high school too. But instead of a curse, it was crabs. Heh.

Penny: So I was thinking about how excited you get about stuff like Buffy or science or which TV remote you and Sheldon should buy.
Leonard: The Hominy one was fine. We didn't need to upgrade to the 1100 which he knows is too big for my hand.
Penny: You see that's the kind of passion I didn't think I had. But then I realize I'm passionate about you.
Leonard: Ahh, my cute little tushie strikes again.
Penny: Well I'm serious .Look I always had these plans to be in the movies, to live this glamorous life and anything else in my life just wasn't worth getting excited about.
Leonard: Well, those things can still happen.
Penny: Oh, obviously it's going to happen. A psychic at a bachelorette party told me so. Anyway what I meant was I shouldn't wait. You know, I got you. I got Sheldon. These wonderful friends. My life is exciting right now.
Leonard: Big deal.
Penny: It is, isn't it?
Leonard: So does that mean we get to do stuff like talk about cool shows or get dressed up in matching costumes and then go to Comic Con.
Penny: Leonard, I had an epiphany; not a stroke.

Howard: I think you'll like this security system. High definition camera, twenty-four hour monitoring...
Raj: Now I can watch over my little princess while I'm at work.
Howard: Why can't you just watch porn like a regular guy?

Sheldon: I do not have a compulsive need for closure.
Amy: Oh, really?
(Knocks "Shave and a Haircut" on table)
Sheldon: (after an awkward pause, knocks "Two Bits") That proves nothing.

Raj: This is creepy.
Howard: Oh, I think we were looking at creepy in the rear-view mirror when I put up that camera.

Penny: (about Buffy the Vampire Slayer) It reminded me of my high school, except instead of vampires we had meth-heads. But both came out at night and had messed up teeth.

Penny: Sheldon, you big weirdo. I want you to know that I love you're in my life.
Sheldon: (On the floor in ecstasy after undoing all of Amy's closure avoidance therapy) And I love you, too!

Sheldon: They can't just cancel a show like Alphas. You know, they have to help the viewers let go. Firefly did a movie to wrap things up. Buffy the Vampire Slayer continued on as a comic book. Heroes gradually lowered the quality season by season till we were grateful it ended.

Sheldon: Hello, uh, is this the Bruce Miller who wrote the season finale of Alphas?... Oh, smashing. Yeah, you already sound nicer than the last Bruce Miller who suggested I have sexual relations with myself. Yeah, now, down to business. Um, your show ended on a cliffhanger. Could you please tell me how you planned to resolve it?... Uh-huh... mm-hmm... I see... Well, that all stinks. No wonder you got cancelled. Bye.

Notes and Trivia

Sheldon references the eventual fate of 3 cult TV shows, mentioning that Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997) "continued on as a comic book", Firefly (2002) did a movie (Serenity (2005)) "to wrap things up", and that Heroes (2006) "gradually lowered the quality season by season till we were grateful it ended."

Sheldon's T-shirt immediately after the opening represents 1950s "The Flash" getting his power. Barry Allen was covered in chemicals (first symbol) after a shelf of them was hit by lightning (second symbol) which resulted in his becoming "The Flash" (third symbol). Thus: Chemicals Plus Lightning Equals the Flash.

The photograph that Raj has on his office wall behind his chair, the one with the two orange rings, is the Hourglass Planetary Nebula taken in 1995 by the Hubble Space Telescope.

The title refers to Amy helping Sheldon work on his compulsion for finishing things or his closure about various activities.

Goofs

None

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