S08E04 - The Hook-Up Reverberation

No: 163  |  Season: 8   Episode: 4  |  Air Date: 2014-10-06  |  Runtime: mins

Penny: Oh, my God. I didn't used to like you. Amy: Shh. Amy's here now.

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Summary

Raj's honesty about his past comes back to haunt him after Emily takes a dislike to Penny. Meanwhile, the guys consider investing in the comic book store.

Director and Writers

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

Script

Script: S08E04 - The Hook-Up Reverberation

Quotes

Sheldon: I miss Stuart's place. All this loud music and exposed brick. What, is this a comic book store or a rave at the third little pig's house.

Penny: OK, good night guys.
Emily: Bye.
(Both women together)
Penny, Emily: I hate her.

Sheldon: I have some odd freckles on my buttocks. Can I make an an appointment for you to look at them?
Emily: Um, OK. I guess.
Amy: I'm with him three years, nothing. She's with him two minutes and he's taking his pants off.

Howard: He has my mother buying four-ply now. Four-ply! If his tushy is so delicate, why doesn't he just wipe with an angora rabbit?
Sheldon: For starters, they shed and bite.

Howard: I wish Stuart opened his store again. I hate this place too.
Leonard: (Points to Sheldon) Okay, him I understand, because he's an eighty-year old in a fifteen-year-old's T-shirt. You're just upset about Stuart and your mom and all their HBOs.
Howard: You're right, I am. You know, I can't even watch Game of Thrones anymore without thinking about my mother asking "Stuart, which one's Thrones?"

Raj: It's true. You're both gorgeous. Kind of says something about the man who could bed you both.
(laughs)
Raj: You get why I've been alone most of my adult life.

Leonard: Did you hear about this research on gene manipulation that's trying to create some sort of dinosaur-like chicken?
Sheldon: I think that sounds wonderful.
Howard: What? You're afraid of both dinosaurs and birds.
Sheldon: Yes, but you tell me a dinosaur chicken salad sandwich wouldn't hit the Mesozoic spot.

Penny: I hear you're a dermatologist.
Emily: Uh, yeah. I'm a resident at Huntington Hospital.
Sheldon: Oh I like their emergency room. Even if it turns out you don't have dengue fever, they still let you take home a lollipop.

Penny: You told Emily we hooked up?
Raj: Um, well. In my defense I tell everyone.
Penny: Why would you say that?
Raj: We were having a conversation about past lovers.
Penny: We weren't lovers. Come on. Everybody knows we didn't sleep together. We got drunk and fooled around. Why couldn't you just leave me out of this?

Amy: You really went your entire life with out anybody saying "I hate you" to your face?
Penny: Yeah.
Amy: I'd say it now, but look at those cheekbones.

Penny: I don't know what Emily's so upset about anyway. Even if I'd slept with him, so what? Everybody has a past.
Amy: Um.
(Clears throat)
Penny: Almost everybody has a past.

Sheldon: I guess that English study was right. One friend down. I wonder who's the next to go?
Raj: You! You are! It's you!
Sheldon: Nah, you love me.

Sheldon: I'd like your honest opinion on something.
Amy: Of course.
Sheldon: Before I start, I need you to know that I'm very excited about this, and anything you say that isn't enthusiastically supportive will throw our entire relationship into question. So... keep an open mind.
Amy: I'm feeling a little backed into a corner, Sheldon.
Sheldon: Perfect.

Sheldon: Oh, if there's anything that really gets my goat it's those daggum insurance companies.
Leonard: Why, because they won't get off your lawn?

Sheldon: So, what are some ways we could set our comic book store apart from the competition?
Leonard: Hmm, kids buy comic books. It would be great to figure out a way to get more kids in the store.
Howard: You know, when I was a kid, I loved going there, but I could never get a ride.
Raj: Ooh, what if we got a van and drove around and picked kids up?
Sheldon: Nice! Like at schools and parks.
Howard: Toy stores, puppet shows.
Leonard: Hold on. So your idea is to get a van and cruise the streets looking for kids to pick up?
Sheldon: Yes.
Leonard: And are you going to use candy to lure them in?
Raj: We are now!

Penny: Okay, I'm sorry. Did we get off on the wrong foot? Because since like the other night, I kind of feel like you might have a problem with me.
Emily: No, it's fine.
Penny: Are you sure because it doesn't feel fine.
Emily: Are you sure you want to talk about this? Okay. If you really want to talk about this, I do have a problem.
Penny: Oh my God. Tell me, what did I do?
Emily: Look it's nothing. It's just... Raj told me a while back you two hooked up.
Penny: What? Oh why would he say that?
Emily: Did it not happen?
Penny: Well, I wouldn't exactly call it a hook-up.
Emily: Did you kiss?
Penny: Yeah.
Emily: We're you naked?
Penny: Yeah.
Emily: So it was a hook-up.
Penny: No.
(pause)
Penny: Yeah.

Penny: Leonard gave me this briefcase. He used to carry it around in high school. You can still see the dent where they whacked him with it.

Amy: Can you see how a grown man, an accomplished scientist, who invests in a store that sells picture books about flying men in colorful underwear might be wasting both his financial and intellectual resources?
Sheldon: No.
Amy: Then I think it's a terrific idea.
Sheldon: Great. Wait until you hear about our van.

Penny: How? You can't force somebody to like you.
Amy: What if you just hang around and act like her friend until you wear her down? I mean, next thing you know, you're in her house, you're eating her food and drinking her wine.

Notes and Trivia

The Capitol Comics Store seen in this episode is the same one visited by Stuart and Bernadette in The Occupation Recalibration (2014), although the obnoxious owner Jesse (Josh Peck) is absent this time.

Title Reference: Emily's reaction to Penny, which is the consequence of Penny and Raj having spent the night together three years ago, in The Roommate Transmogrification (2011).

Goofs

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