S08E06 - The Expedition Approximation

No: 165 | Season: 8 Episode: 6 | Air Date: 2014-10-20 | Runtime: mins

Sheldon: You're not going to have Funyuns when we're a mile below the surface of the Earth. Raj: What if we brought them down with us?

Summary

Sheldon and Raj test whether they could survive a dark-matter research expedition in a salt mine by simulating the conditions in a steam tunnel. Meanwhile, Leonard and Penny seek advice from Howard and Bernadette when they argue about money.

Director and Writers

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

Script

Script: S08E06 - The Expedition Approximation

Quotes

Raj: You know what I think about when I'm scared? Voyager.
Sheldon: Voyager the space probe or Voyager the TV show?
Raj: The space probe.
Sheldon: Good, because I'm too hot to go on about how much I hate Voyager the TV show.

Sheldon: Are they making fun of us?
Raj: Yup.
Sheldon: I miss the old days when I couldn't tell.

Penny: You guys are gonna work in a mine?
Sheldon: Why not?
Penny: You had a panic attack when we went through the car wash!
Sheldon: Perhaps the emotion you were refering to was shock at you having something cleaned.

Raj: Okay, how about a little Miley Cyrus next?
Sheldon: Who's he?

Bernadette: Why are you being a baby?
Howard: I'm not a baby, I'm a grown man, and I made the bed. Now where's my star.
Leonard: Should we go?
Penny: Hang on. I want to see if he gets his star.

Leonard: You know how insecure I am about my insecurities.

Raj: You call yourself a friend? I was trying to help you, and at the first sign of trouble, you ran away, leaving me to fend off a family of rats!

Sheldon: It's an exciting time in the field.
Bernadette: Why, what's happening?
Sheldon: I just entered it.

Sheldon: Sheldon's mine simulation log, entry 4: My Kit Kat has melted. All is lost.

Notes and Trivia

On the desk in Bernadette and Howard's main room, beside their Wedding photo, is a collectible spacecraft Eagle from the 1970's TV series Space: 1999 (1975).

Title Reference: Since there is an opportunity to study dark matter in a salt mine, Raj and Sheldon decide to test themselves under the conditions found in a mine.

Goofs

None

Cast

Johnny Galecki	Leonard Hofstadter
Jim Parsons	Sheldon Cooper
Kaley Cuoco	Penny
Simon Helberg	Howard Wolowitz
Kunal Nayyar	Raj Koothrappali
Mayim Bialik	Amy Farrah Fowler
Melissa Rauch	Bernadette Rostenkowski