S06E24 - The Bon Voyage Reaction

No: 135  |  Season: 6   Episode: 24  |  Air Date: 2013-05-16  |  Runtime: mins

Amy: And now he can talk. I want to cut open your brain and see what the heck's going on in there. Raj: The only person allowed inside this head is Dr. Phil.

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Summary

Penny is thrown for a loop when Leonard is offered a job overseas, but the news is an even bigger shock to Sheldon. Raj and Lucy's relationship comes to a crossroad.

Director and Writers

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

Script

Script: S06E24 - The Bon Voyage Reaction

Quotes

Leonard: Anyway, Stephen Hawking's team is looking into that and I've been invited to join them.
Penny: Wow Hawking, good for you!
Leonard: Well it is. Just... you know I'd be gone for a while.
Penny: For how long.
Leonard: Three - four months.
Penny: Whoa. When would you leave?
Leonard: A couple weeks.
Penny: Wow. OK. Well, I'll just come visit you.
Leonard: That's the thing. You can't. I'll be on a ship in the North Sea.
Penny: On a ship? Aren't they afraid Hawking will just roll overboard?
Leonard: He's not going to be there. He's just sending a team to research his theory.
Penny: Oh sure. Like when you send me to kill spiders in your bathtub. Well, OK. Four months.
Leonard: Yeah, I'm a little worried because things between us have been so great. And I'd hate to do anything to screw that up.
Penny: Oh, sweetie. If you're going to do anything to screw things up, it's going to be while you're here, not while you're away.

Amy: So after I started dating Sheldon, I met Leonard and then everybody else and they've all been so wonderful to me.
Lucy: That's really nice to hear.
Amy: Maybe next week we could all get together.
Raj: Lucy, you don't have to answer that. Don't put her on the spot; She hates that. Am I right? Tell her that you hate being put on the spot. Go ahead. Tell her.
Amy: Ignore him. He's a little nervous because he doesn't think I understand the severity of your social anxiety.
Raj: Quit it. Are you crazy? You can't talk about social anxiety to someone who has social anxiety. It makes them socially anxious.
Amy: Excuse me, but I'm a neurobiologist. I think I'm a little more qualified than you to understand what's not working in your girlfriend's brain.
Raj: Don't call her my girlfriend. We haven't discussed whether I'm with girlfriend or boyfriend yet. Now that it's out there... are you my girlfriend? By the way if you say no, I'll never be happy again. Not to put you on the spot.
Lucy: I think I have to go to the bathroom.
(She leaves)
Raj: (to Amy) You might as well start now. She's not coming back anytime soon.

Leonard: So, listen, Do you remember when I said the similarities of the equations of General Relativity and Hydrodynamics suggest you could find the equivalent of Unruh radiation in a large body of water?
Penny: I thought I said that to you.
Leonard: Anyway, Stephen Hawking's team is looking into that, and I've been invited to join them.
Penny: Wow! Hawking, good for you!
Leonard: Well, it is. Just, you know, I'd be gone for a while.
Penny: For how long?
Leonard: Three - four months.
Penny: Whoa. When would you leave?
Leonard: Couple weeks.
Penny: Wow. OK. Well, I'll just come visit you.
Leonard: That's the thing. You can't. I'll be on a ship in the North Sea.
Penny: On a ship? Aren't they afraid Hawking'll just roll overboard?
Leonard: He's not going to be there. He's just sending a team to research his theory.
Penny: Oh sure. Like when you send me to kill spiders in your bathtub. Well, OK. Four months.
Leonard: Yeah. And... I'm a little worried, because things between us have been *so* great, and I'd hate to do anything that screws that up.
Penny: Well, sweetie, if you're going to screw things up it's going to be while you're here, not while you're away.

Bernadette: You know, one of the things that helped me get through Howard being in space for so long was getting married before he left.
Penny: (Leonard looks at Penny) Bernadette, sweetie, shut up.

Howard: It must have been tough for you saying that about Leonard.
Sheldon: It was.
Howard: It must have killed you when I went to space.

Penny: Well, here we are.
Leonard: Yep. Really going to miss you.
Penny: Going to miss you too.
Sheldon: Penny, we're in the red zone. The white zone is for loading and unloading. We're breaking the law.
Penny: Yeah, there's no space in the white zone, so...
Leonard: Anyway. We can email and I, I think the phone connections are pretty good.
Sheldon: (quickly) All right, you have to get out of the car right now. I'm not going to jail for you.
Sheldon: Would you just relax?
Leonard: Oh, I see a space in the white zone. Quick, circle the airport!
Penny: Did you bring enough inhalers?
Leonard: Yeah.
Penny: And extra Dramamine? You remember what happened on "It's a Small World."
Leonard: Yeah, I'm covered.
Penny: OK.
Sheldon: Oh, dear Lord, a police officer's glancing in our direction. We've been made.
Leonard: Calm down, I'm getting out. Something I want to give you.
Penny: Oh, Leonard.
Sheldon: (very quickly) It's just a heart shaped locket with a picture of Leonard's face in it he got at the mall on clearance. Now move, move, move.
Penny: I love you.
Leonard: I love you too.
(They kiss and embrace)
Leonard: Don't worry officer. They just love each other. We're not smuggling drugs.

Penny: Oh, sweetie. If you're going to do anything to screw things up, it's going to be while you're here, not while you're away.
Raj: No.
Penny: I'm so sorry.
Raj: No, it's my fault. I finally find somebody who is right for me and I drove her away.
Penny: Oh. Raj.
Raj: Penny, I miss her already.
Penny: I known how you feel. I miss Leonard too.
Raj: What is wrong with me? Why can't I ever have love?
Penny: You will.
Raj: No. I'm unlovable.
Penny: That's just the booze talking.
Raj: No, no. I haven't had a drink since last night.
Penny: (Both realized what he said and look shocked) You're talking to me.
Raj: I am.
Penny: Ahh!
Raj: Now I'm crying for a whole different reason.

Raj: Come on, don't make me beg. And I'm from India, so I know how to do it.

Raj: So anyway, last night on video-chat I spent like twenty minutes just staring into Lucy's eyes.
Leonard: Sounds romantic.
Raj: It was until I realized the screen had frozen. Still one of my top three dates of all time.
Leonard: Are we ever going to hang out with this girl?
Raj: I'd love that, but she's not really comfortable around people.
Sheldon: Yeah, I used to be uncomfortable around people, but then I learned a trick; I pretend everyone I meet is a beloved character from Star Trek.
Leonard: How's that working for you?
Sheldon: Oh, like a charm, Unnamed Crewman in a Red Shirt.

Leonard: I do have to ask you one favor.
Penny: Sure.
Leonard: Sheldon's nervous about me leaving; just keep an eye on him while I'm gone.
Penny: Mm, I don't know. Remember what happened when I took care of your goldfish?
Leonard: Well, flush Sheldon down the toilet and get me a new one.

Leonard: Look, I appreciate your signature blend of concern for me and incredible selfishness. If I get the chance to do this, there is nothing you can say that's going to stop me.
Sheldon: Very well.
(long pause)
Sheldon: Things between you and Penny have never been better. I hope four months apart doesn't change anything.
(Leonard stops the car and stares at him)
Sheldon: I should have opened with that, huh?

Sheldon: For the record, it did not kill me when you went to space. Monkeys went to space.

Bernadette: So have you been on a boat before?
Leonard: Yeah.
Bernadette: Did you mean the time we were stuck on the It's a Small World ride at Disneyland?
Leonard: Yeah.

Penny: You know, maybe she'd be more comfortable meeting a girl first.
Raj: Good idea. Bernadette...
Penny: What the hell?
Raj: Well, you're very pretty. That could be intimidating to another woman.
Penny: Oh, yeah.
Bernadette: Hey! You don't think I'm pretty enough to scare your girlfriend?

Penny: Oh, my God. Sheldon the genius is actually jealous of Leonard.
Sheldon: I am not jealous. I'm just upset that good things are happening for him and are not happening to me.

Sheldon: I'm not afraid to be alone. On land. On the sea, it would be terrifying. Because of all the drowning.

Penny: Are you OK?
Raj: No.
Penny: I'm so sorry.
Raj: No... it's my fault. I finally found somebody who's right for me and I, I drove her away.
Penny: Oh, Raj.
Raj: Penny, I... I miss her already.
Penny: I known how you feel. I miss Leonard too.
Raj: What's... What is wrong with me? Why, why can't I ever have love?
Penny: You *will*.
Raj: No, I, I won't. I'm, I'm unlovable.
Penny: Oh, that's just the booze talking.
Raj: No, it's not; I haven't had a drink since last night.
(Both realize what he's said and look shocked)
Penny: You're talking to me.
Raj: I am.
Penny: Ahhh.
Raj: And now I'm crying for a whole different reason.

Sheldon: If Hawking's theories are correct, all he'd prove is where the universe came from, why everything exists and what its ultimate end will be. Me, I'm interested in the big questions.

Notes and Trivia

Apparently, the dead goldfish found by Sheldon in Penny's closet in The Closet Reconfiguration (2013) belonged to Leonard, but Penny didn't take proper care of it.

First time Raj is able to talk to a non-family member female without drinking alcohol or taking drugs. The writers decided to write his selective mutism out of the series because it became a hindrance in developing stories for Raj, and they felt that all the jokes they could make about it had already been made. Kunal Nayyar and Simon Helberg were also happy that they no longer had to do scenes where Raj has to talk in Howard's ear.

The only episode in the whole series where something besides the end music plays over the end credits. (Raj's incessant talking to the girls from the final scene continues.)

When Sheldon clinks on his glass and says "B-flat for those who don't have perfect pitch", the note produced by him clinking on his glass is indeed a B-flat.

Goofs

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