S07E17 - The Friendship Turbulence

No: 152  |  Season: 7   Episode: 17  |  Air Date: 2014-03-06  |  Runtime: mins

Sheldon: I'm sorry for every mean thing I ever did or said to you. Howard: I'm sorry, too. It's all my fault.

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Summary

After arguing with Sheldon, Howard tries to make amends by taking him to NASA headquarters in Houston. Penny has second thoughts about quitting her waitressing job when her car dies. Amy gets involved in trying to find Raj a date.

Director and Writers

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

Script

Script: S07E17 - The Friendship Turbulence

Quotes

Penny: Well, I'll have you guys know that I turned down a part in a movie last week.
Leonard: Why would you do that?
Penny: Because it was crap. It was a sequel to that awful killer gorilla movie.
Bernadette: Serial Ape-ist? I thought you died in that.
Sheldon: She does, 42 minutes in.
Raj: While showering topless, 16 minutes after a brief side butt during a pillow fight with her sorority sisters.
Sheldon: I have an eidetic memory. I don't know what his problem is.
Penny: Okay, well, there are no shower scenes in this one. They just try to clone me from my corpse, but my DNA gets mixed with the ape's DNA and I end up running around with giant gorilla hands and feet.
Sheldon: Am I missing something, or isn't that the part she was born to play?

Raj: Can we please talk about something other than my depressing love life.
Sheldon: How about Penny's depressing acting career?
Leonard: Hey. I mean, it's been a little tough, but Penny's following her dreams and in my book that's not depressing.
Penny: Thank you.

Sheldon: I'm sorry for every mean thing I ever said or did to you.
Howard: I'm sorry too. It's all my fault.
Sheldon: If you weren't my friend there'd be a hole in my life.
Howard: Thank you.
Sheldon: Kind of like when Firefly was cancelled. But not as big.

Leonard: Don't a lot of famous actors get their start doing bad movies?
Penny: Okay, I don't think Meryl Streep ever had to say, "Must keep gorilla hands from killing again."
Raj: If she did, it would be amazing. That woman can do no wrong.

Amy: Um, you're supposed to be yourself, not all desperate and creepy.
Raj: Okay, I'm getting some mixed messages here.

Bernadette: Can I ask you something? Why do you constantly feel the need to put down my husband?
Penny: I'm sure he's doing it out of love. Just like my boyfriend not supporting my acting career.

Amy: Well, what would I say to her'?
Raj: Just tell her what I'm really like. And, if you think it'll help, that you saw me changing once and my package reminded you of the muscular tail of a jaguar.

Penny: (Car making noises) Uh, that doesn't sound good.
Sheldon: Remember the old days when I used to point out that your check engine light was on?
Penny: Yes.
Sheldon: Well, we're ready to stroll down memory lane. Penny your check engine light is on.
Penny: Yes, I know it's on Sheldon. Oh, no, no, no, no. I can't afford this right now.
Sheldon: (car stops) Maybe it's just something minor. Oh good news. The light just went out.

Raj: Your words fall like acid rain on the wounded petals of my heart.

Bernadette: This is gonna be a long weekend for you.
Howard: You're the reason I'm doing it.
Bernadette: I said to stop insulting each other. I didn't tell you to take him on a romantic getaway.
Howard: How do I know what you said? Damn you and your noise cancelling breasts.

Howard: Back in the car. I'm an astronaut and you know it. You just don't like admitting it because you're jealous.
Sheldon: Well, truth be told, as a child I did dream of going into space. Those astronauts were my heroes, and when you got to go it was hard for me.
Howard: Thank you.
Sheldon: Because it made me realize they'll just send anyone up there.

Leonard: You sure you want to do this?
Penny: Yeah. Why wouldn't I want to get my old job back? It'll be fun to see everyone. I haven't talked to them since I said, "I quit! See you at the Oscars, bitches."

Leonard: Are we playing individuals or teams?
Raj: Teams are fun.
Sheldon: Oh, in that case I'd like to be partnered with my good friend Howard.
Raj: But I'm always on Howard's team! We're best friends. The kind that finish each other's...
Howard: We don't really do that.
Raj: (Interrupting) ... do that! See?

Sheldon: Ten years ago upon first seeing me your husband claimed that I looked like C-3PO and Pee Wee Herman. And he called me C-3-PeeWee Herman.

Penny: Now that girl's gonna get discovered and become famous and go on Letterman and talk about how she got her big break on some stupid monkey movie all because some dumb girl thought it was beneath her.
Leonard: At least you got mentioned on Letterman.

Howard: Hey, I work at the same university you do.
Sheldon: Yes, and Hawkeye's in the Avengers, but no one ever says, "Help, Hawkeye."

Penny: This isn't your car.
Leonard: I know. I thought we'd take yours.
Penny: I don't understand.
Leonard: It's nothing fancy but it'll get you to auditions and at least for now you don't have to go back to waitressing.
Penny: I don't know what to say.
Leonard: Don't say anything.
Penny: Oh my God!
Leonard: I mean you could say thank you. I did just buy you a car.

Amy: Raj, your tag is hanging out.
(Adjusts shirt tag)
Raj: Thank you. You know, that was the closest thing to sex I've had in two years.
Amy: And now I'm creeped out.
Raj: It only makes it more real for me.

Sheldon: (On the plane, on his shoulder)
(Tap, tap, tap)
Sheldon: Howard?
(Tap, tap, tap)
Sheldon: Howard?
(Tap, tap, tap)
Sheldon: Howard?
Howard: What now?
Sheldon: I have to go to the bathroom.
Howard: You just went to the bathroom.
Sheldon: I didn't use it because it didn't seem safe. Despite all the emails, the toilet didn't have a seat belt.
Howard: Well, it still doesn't.
Sheldon: I realize that, but safety concerns went out the window two apple juices ago.

Sheldon: Leonard, could you wrap it up? We're waiting for you.
Penny: I'm sorry, is the fact that my life's falling apart interrupting your board game?
Sheldon: It is.
(to Howard)
Sheldon: See, I told you she would understand.

Notes and Trivia

In the opening scene, Sheldon is wearing a t-shirt showing the Sinestro Corps logo from the DC comics.

The table that Leonard and Penny bought in the previous episode is gone in this episode, implying that Sheldon finally got his way and they got rid of it.

This marks the final appearance of Penny's old car. It finally breaks down after Sheldon, Amy and Beverly Hofstadter kept telling her repeatedly that her 'check engine' light was on.

Title Reference: Howard and Sheldon experience some friction in their friendship and they both experience some turbulence while flying on a plane to Houston, Texas.

Goofs

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