S09E22 - The Fermentation Bifurcation
No: 205 |
Season: 9
Episode: 22 |
Air Date: 2016-04-28 |
Runtime: mins
Summary
Sheldon and Bernadette spend the evening together while the rest of the gang go to a wine tasting party, but things get uncomfortable for Raj when Penny's ex-boyfriend Zack shows up and takes an interest in Claire.
Director and Writers
Director: Nikki Lorre
Writers: Story by: Steven Molaro & Jim Reynolds & Anthony Del Broccolo / Teleplay by: Chuck Lorre & Steve Holland & Tara Hernandez
Script
Script: S09E22 - The Fermentation Bifurcation
Quotes
Raj: Almost any scientific advancement can be used for destructive purposes.
Amy: That's true. Even Einstein's theory of relativity was later applied to the development of nuclear weapons.
Penny: E equals MC squared. Yeah, "E" is energy, "M" for mass and "C" for the speed of light.
Amy: How do you know that?
Penny: Oh, Leonard mumbles it when he wants sex to last longer.
Sheldon: Well, little lady, you've heard of party hardy? Get ready to party hardly.
Zack: (Upon learning that Leonard and Raj haven't considered the military applications of their new missile navigation system) You sure you guys are smart?
Sheldon: Wine again? No, thank you. I like my grapes the old-fashioned way: in a juice box.
Sheldon: Leonard, friends are like toilet paper. It's good to have extras under the sink.
Zack: I love science. Einstein, Steven Hawking, Mike deGrasse Tyson.
Amy: Mike deGrasse Tyson?
Howard: Yeah, you know. the boxer who grew a moustache and became a scientist.
Penny: Oh, hey, if you guys are free this weekend, I won a night of wine-tasting from work.
Leonard: That sounds fun.
Penny: Mm-hm.
Leonard: How come scientists don't win free stuff like sales people do?
Howard: 'Cause we're not in it for the stuff; we're in it for the groupies.
Sheldon: Personally, I find the notion of external rewards demeaning; I pursue science for the intrinsic joy of discovery.
Amy: But you always say that you want to win a Nobel prize.
Sheldon: I also say don't contradict me in front of my friends, and that you don't remember.
Sheldon: When I was five I ingested a Z-gauge locomotive. I spent the next three days saying "I think I can pass it; I think I can pass it!"
Raj: So, uh, what are you guys talking about?
Claire: Well, your friends were just telling me about all the other girls you're dating.
Raj: Why would you do that? I specifically asked you not to do that!
Penny: We didn't.
Amy: *You* just did.
Zack: Wow, maybe none of you guys are smart.
Raj: I do enjoy the complexity of an aged pinot noir.
Leonard: I'm sure that would pair nicely with your fried nuggets of chicken.
Leonard: Hey, are you still hanging out with Bernadette tonight?
Sheldon: Yes, and we're going to prove that we don't need alcohol to enjoy ourselves.
Penny: Oh, good for you.
Sheldon: Or caffeine, tobacco, sushi, soft cheese, processed meat and jacuzzis, which can all be harmful to an unborn baby.
Penny: No Reddy-baked ham in a hot tub; got it.
Sheldon: Oh, and no bubble baths either; they can increase the chance of a urinary trach infection.
Sheldon: OK, have fun.
Leonard: On, and no swordfish, king mackerel, shark or tilefish as they're all high in mercury.
Sheldon: We're leaving now.
Sheldon: Oh, and no contact with guinea pigs or hamsters or their droppings. No-no cat-litter boxes. No paint fumes.
Penny: OK, we're leaving, lovey, bye!
(Leonard and Penny leave the apartment)
Sheldon: Boy, do I love restrictions.
Howard: We absolutely know our invention will not be used to destroy the world.
Leonard: How?
Howard: Because no one from the future has come back to kill us.
Amy: I'm getting an earthy note.
Penny: There's definitely some oak.
Raj: Also, cherries?
Leonard: I smell nothing.
Howard: Really? Nothing?
Leonard: Just a whole lot of Afrin.
Notes and Trivia
Amy says that she and Howard last spent time together three years ago. This is a reference to the seventh season episode The Scavenger Vortex (2013) that was aired 2.5 years before: it refers to when the two were paired together for the scavenger hunt created by Raj, or the Neil Diamond concert the two said they should go to.
Penny's ex-boyfriend Zach (Brian Thomas Smith) makes his first appearance since season 7's The Cooper Extraction (2013).
Goofs
None
Cast
| Johnny Galecki | Leonard Hofstadter |
| Jim Parsons | Sheldon Cooper |
| Kaley Cuoco | Penny Hofstadter |
| Simon Helberg | Howard Wolowitz |
| Kunal Nayyar | Raj Koothrappali |
| Mayim Bialik | Amy Farrah Fowler |
| Melissa Rauch | Bernadette Rostenkowski |
| Brian Thomas Smith | Zack Johnson |
| Alessandra Torresani | Claire |
