S09E11 - The Opening Night Excitation

No: 194  |  Season: 9   Episode: 11  |  Air Date: 2015-12-17  |  Runtime: mins

Sheldon, you, you can see this movie whenever you want. But you only have a limited number of days that you, you can be with this woman. Be with her.

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Summary

Leonard, Howard and Raj have to decide who will take their extra Star Wars movie ticket, while Sheldon plans something special for Amy's birthday.

Director and Writers

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

Script

Script: S09E11 - The Opening Night Excitation

Quotes

Penny: Okay. Well, what's the third option?
Sheldon: That I have coitus with her.

Sheldon: (indifferently after sex) Well, I enjoyed that more than I thought I would.
Amy: (looking like she had the time of her life) Me, too.

Arthur Jeffries: Can I get out of this muumuu now?
Sheldon: Those are the robes of the Jedi, the guardians of peace and justice in the galaxy.
Arthur Jeffries: And they... they don't wear underwear.

Sheldon: I should probably tell you something about this gift.
Amy: You mean before you... give it to me?
Sheldon: Yes. May I ask you a question before I... give it to you?
Amy: Of course.
Sheldon: Why are we saying "give it to you" like that?

Bernadette: So where do you want to go?
Amy: I heard that new Mexican place on Green Street is good.
Penny: Sure. Sure. Or we could take you to get a bikini wax.

Sheldon: Then it's settled. My birthday gift to Amy will be my genitals.

Wil Wheaton: Live long and suck it!

Sheldon: (Knock, knock, knock) Penny.
(Knock, knock, knock)
Sheldon: Penny.
(Knock, knock, knock)
Sheldon: Penny.
Bernadette: (Quietly to Penny) What happens if *I* say "Come in?"
Penny: Huh? Find out.
Bernadette: (Loudly) Come in.
Sheldon: (Long pause. Knock, knock, knock) Bernadette.
(Knock, knock, knock)
Sheldon: Bernadette.
(Knock, knock, knock)
Sheldon: Bernadette.
Penny: (Loudly) Come in.
Sheldon: Keep it up. I got nowhere else to be.
Bernadette: Just come in.
Sheldon: (Comes in) For future reference, if I want to watch Mean Girls I'll stream it on Netflix.

Penny: Let's recap our options. We've got the harp thing, the sheep thing...
Bernadette: The wild thang...

Amy: I can't believe it... I - I don't know what to say.
Bernadette: Well, we're really happy for you. And we know how much he cares...
Amy: I *do* know what to say!
(rises and runs towards the stairs)
Amy: LET'S GET ME WAXED!

Sheldon: All right, this goes against everything I stand for, but desperate times call for desperate measures.
(Kneels down to pray)
Sheldon: Lord, this is Sheldon Cooper. You're good friends with my mom. I know I've spent my life denying that you exist...
Howard: Got them!
Sheldon: ...and I will continue to do so!

Sheldon: I'm sorry, this is a litigious society. I'm gonna need verbal consent.

Bernadette: We don't want to spoil anything but... you should know that Sheldon said he's ready to be physical.
Amy: YOU SHUT YOUR DAMN MOUTH!

Arthur Jeffries: Why can't I ever appear in Angie Dickinson's bedroom?

Notes and Trivia

In a geeky reference to Star Wars there is a scene between Sheldon's bedroom and Amy's bedroom where the scene change swipes left to right which was a technique used in the original trilogy.

Star Wars' theme plays and displayed on the screen in Star Wars' opening crawl fashion: "Episode 194, The Opening Night Excitation, It is a period of great tension. Our heroes, Leonard, Sheldon, Wolowitz and Koothrappali know that tickets to the new Star Wars movie are about to be available for pre-sale. If they fail in their mission and can't see it on opening night, Sheldon has sworn they will never hear the end of it for the rest of their lives... They believe him."

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

The only episode where the episode title is shown on-screen.

When this episode was taped, Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015) still hadn't been released, so the writers were taking a chance by having the characters declare that it was a great movie (especially considering the negative reactions to the previous Star Wars prequel films). Fortunately, the movie got very good reviews after its release.

Goofs

None

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