S09E10 - The Earworm Reverberation

No: 193  |  Season: 9   Episode: 10  |  Air Date: 2015-12-10  |  Runtime: mins

I'm going to tell you everything you need to know. Uh, first, music is dangerous. The movie Footloose tried to warn us, but we wouldn't listen.

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Summary

Sheldon has a revelation when he realizes why a song was stuck in his head. Meanwhile, Amy invites Dave over for dinner despite their previously awkward date, and Howard and Raj become obsessed with a fan of their band.

Director and Writers

Director: Mark Cendrowski
Writers: Story by: Eric Kaplan & Jim Reynolds & Saladin K. Patterson / Teleplay by: Steven Molaro & Steve Holland & Jeremy Howe

Script

Script: S09E10 - The Earworm Reverberation

Quotes

Amy: That's an interesting tie clip.
Dave Gibbs: Oh thanks. It's Avogadro's constant. It's useful for calculating the number of atoms in a substance or causing regret in anyone who asks about it.

Sheldon: This song won't get out of my head! Can you imagine anything so irritating?
Leonard: This is a trick question, right?

(Opening lines)
Sheldon: Sheldon Cooper's Descent into Madness, Day Two. It's 2:25 and I feel the need to urinate. My usual urination time is 7:30. Yet here I am, struggling to keep my mind sharp, and my pajamas dry. Soon I will lose my tenuous grasp on reality. I guess I should go pee while I still know what a toilet is.

Leonard: Since when do you hum songs?
Sheldon: What are you talking about?
Leonard: You were just humming.
Sheldon: Are you sure? Sometimes when my brain really gets moving, it makes noise.

Penny: Do you even like the Beach Boys?
Sheldon: They have beach right in their name. What do you think?

Sheldon: I have an eidetic memory, I should be able to remember what this song is. Something must be wrong with me.
Penny: See? I told you if we waited long enough he'd figure it out.

Sheldon: Dear crazy future Sheldon, this is a thermostat. It controls the temperature of the apartment. The ideal setting is 72 degrees. If you find this too cold, then put on a jacket... a straight jacket, 'cause 72's the best and you're crazy.

Sheldon: This is the beginning of my descent into madness. Soon I will test the limits of public nudity.
Penny: Public nudity?
Leonard: Don't worry, it just means going barefoot.

Sheldon: I had a song stuck in my head, and then I realized the song was about you. And just like an earworm, I can't get you out of my heart. What I'm trying to say is, you're my heartworm. The metaphorical kind, not the poodle-killing kind.

Bernadette: You're letting a man into your room. That's intimate. It's where your panties live.

Penny: She did soften your life, didn't she?
Sheldon: Yes. She's like the dryer sheets of my heart.

Sheldon: Empedocles thought he was a god and jumped into a volcano. Pythagoras had an irrational fear of beans. Tesla fell madly in love with a pigeon, who he claimed loved him back.
Penny: Maybe he just had bread in his pocket.

Notes and Trivia

Avogadro's constant, displayed on Dave's tie clip, is a number: 602,214,076,000,000,000,000,000 to be exact. Dave states that it helps calculate the number of atoms in a substance, but this isn't entirely correct: it calculates the number of particles in a given substance, which, depending on the substance, can be atoms but also entire molecules.

There is a real United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA), but it is the United Nations office responsible for promoting international cooperation in the peaceful uses of outer space, not one dedicated to contact with extraterrestrial life.

Goofs

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