S08E15 - The Comic Book Store Regeneration

No: 174  |  Season: 8   Episode: 15  |  Air Date: 2015-02-19  |  Runtime: mins

Howard: Is that my mother's furniture? Stuart: Yeah, she said I could use it. Doesn't it look great? Howard: Not as great as it looks in the den where it belongs

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Summary

Howard receives some shocking news as everyone prepares for the re-opening of the comic book store. Meanwhile, Penny tries to teach Sheldon how to "let it go," but can't follow her own advice when she learns something infuriating about Amy.

Director and Writers

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

Script

Script: S08E15 - The Comic Book Store Regeneration

Quotes

Howard: That is a good point. But I didn't marry you for good points. I married you to blindly support me no matter how ridiculous I'm being!
Bernadette: This is why I had to rewrite our wedding vows.

Penny: Try thinking about something else.
Sheldon: Can I think about the spiny anteater?
Penny: Sure.
Sheldon: The spiny anteater... did not go behind my back and help Barry Kripke. That did not help at all.

Sheldon: When I lost my own father, I didn't have any friends to help me through it. You do.

Sheldon: Why didn't you help me out when I was stuck in string theory?
Amy: I did. You said the only math biologists know is when they have three frogs and one hops away and you have two frogs.
Sheldon: That is funny, it does sound like me.

Sheldon: Is that all you have, shopworn tidbits like "talk to her" and "let it go"? Gee, Penny, life's given me lemons, what should I do?
Penny: Well, you could shove 'em somewhere.
Sheldon: Okay, now you're getting creative.

Penny: Imagine your problems are a pen.
Sheldon: Okay.
Penny: Now imagine you're holding that pen.
(Sheldon holds up his hand as if he were holding a pen)
Penny: Now open your hand and let it go.
Sheldon: But I just got this pen! It's got my initials on it and everything. Look.
(Holds up empty hand)

Penny: What's going on?
Sheldon: I'm mad at Amy.
Penny: Did she leave pit stains in your favorite crop top too?

Raj: Don't see why he's so grumpy. I got mistaken for that guy in Life of Pi once. I'm still floating.

Leonard: Let's have a toast. To Mrs. Wolowitz. A loving mother... to us all.

Penny: How's Howard holding up?
Raj: He's hanging in there.
Leonard: How are you doing, Stuart?
Stuart: Still can't believe she's gone. I mean, that woman took me in. If it wasn't for her, I, I would have been homeless.
Amy: One of us would have taken you in.
Stuart: Yeah, I don't recall any offers. But, you know what, uh, I, I'm glad it worked out the way it did because I got to know this wonderful person.
Raj: Yeah. Mrs. Wolowitz was pretty special. When I first moved to America, Howard was my only friend and she made me feel so welcome in her home. Which says a lot, because, those first few years, she thought I was the gardener.
Penny: Whenever I saw her, she'd say I was too skinny and try and feed me.
Amy: She did that to me, too.
Penny: Don't take this away from me.
Sheldon: I didn't care for her yelling. But now that I'm not going to hear it again, I'm sad.
Leonard: If you want, I can yell at you later.
Sheldon: It won't be as good.
Leonard: Let's have a toast. To Mrs. Wolowitz. A loving mother to all of us. We'll miss you.

Sheldon: (after Howard learns his mother died) May I say something?
Leonard: Not now, Sheldon.
Howard: No, it's okay. Go ahead.
Sheldon: When my father died, I had no friends to help me through it. You do.
Penny: (Crying) I really thought he was going to say "let it go."

Penny: I can't believe you were testing me against a chimp.
Sheldon: Well excuse me, Amy was testing you. I was rooting for you. Good job on that banana box, by the way.

Sheldon: That doesn't mean that you should be standing on street corners handing out your math to whatever guy comes along.

(Opening lines)
Sheldon: I invented a new science joke. Would you like to hear it?
Amy: Of course
Sheldon: How many Edisons does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
Amy: How many?
Sheldon: None, because he stole the idea for the lightbulb and doesn't deserve his own joke.
Amy: Is that true?
Sheldon: Of course. That's how you know it's a good joke. It entertains and educates.

Notes and Trivia

After the cast and crew learned of Carol Ann Susi's death, Johnny Galecki and executive producer Steven Molaro went to the props department and had a commemorative photo of her printed up, which was then afforded a place of honor on Sheldon and Leonard's refrigerator from this episode on, wherein her character passes away as well.

Marks the death of Mrs. Wolowitz, as the actress who provided her voice, Carol Ann Susi, died of cancer on November 11, 2014. On November 11, 2014, it was decided that it would be inappropriate to recast Mrs. Wolowitz and so the character was written out of the show.

The episode won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Multi-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series.

Goofs

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