S08E21 - The Communication Deterioration

No: 180  |  Season: 8   Episode: 21  |  Air Date: 2015-04-16  |  Runtime: mins

Leonard: Penny has about twenty different ways of rolling her eyes that each mean something different.

Previous Next

Summary

When Raj is asked to create a message on the off chance a NASA mission discovers alien life, the guys fight over what he should do, while Penny contemplates returning to acting.

Director and Writers

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

Script

Script: S08E21 - The Communication Deterioration

Quotes

Penny: You are a wise man.
Sheldon: Well, Penny, who's smarter, the wise man or the person who comes to him for advice?
Penny: Oh, I guess you're right. Maybe it is the person who asks.
Sheldon: No, it's the wise man.

Sheldon: So, often on the front of the locomotive is a large iron wedge for clearing objects off the tracks. Now, while commonly known as a cowcatcher, I prefer the more accurate "cow exploder."

Raj: You guys know the new discovery class missions that NASA's been working on?
Howard: Yeah.
Raj: Well, they're looking to include a message from Earth in case one of them is encountered by alien life.
Leonard: When I encountered alien life, I discovered that the key thing was not to sit in its spot.
Sheldon: You can't breathe our air without an inhaler. He's allergic to Earth nuts, but I'm the alien.

Bernadette: What's going on in here?
Howard: I am making molecular cocktails. This sphere is actually a cosmopolitan.
Bernadette: Oh. How do you drink it?
Howard: Just put it in your mouth and pop it like a zit.

Sheldon: (singing) The itsy bitsy spider is not an insect at all. Because it has eight legs and two body parts.
Leonard: That's pretty cool, Sheldon.
Sheldon: Thank you. Do either of you know Beyonc?? I'd love her to get behind it.

Leonard: Now that we're all on the same page, let's get together tonight and work on it.
Sheldon: Get together tonight? Leonard, stop trying to control everything, and give poor Raj a chance to come up with what we should do. Go ahead, Raj.
Raj: Okay, I think we should do it right now.
Sheldon: Tonight works better for me.

Leonard: That's actually a valid example. Animals do deliver messages through scent.
Raj: Bees talk to each other by dancing. Whales have their songs.
Leonard: Penny has about 20 different ways of rolling her eyes that each mean something different.

Penny: (knock, knock, knock) Sheldon!
(knock, knock, knock)
Penny: Sheldon!
(knock, knock, knock)
Penny: Sheldon!
Sheldon: I bet that started off as a joke, but by the third one, you realized there was something strangely enjoyable about it.
Penny: Yeah, I kind of want to do it again.
Sheldon: I don't recommend it, you'll be doing it the rest of your life.

Sheldon: Greetings from Planet Earth. Just turn left at Alpha Centauri. You can't miss it.

Howard: So I have a dominant personality. We all know that.
Bernadette: I'm sorry, what do we know?
Howard: In social groupings, I just naturally wind up in charge.
Bernadette: Don't take this the wrong way, but how many of these little booze balls have you had?

Notes and Trivia

Title Reference: The title concerns the communication system that Leonard and Raj are developing for NASA to contact aliens and the breakdown of communication between them and the other guys.

Goofs

None

Cast

Privacy Policy | Affiliate Link Disclosure | Contact Us