S10E16 - The Allowance Evaporation

No: 223  |  Season: 10   Episode: 16  |  Air Date: 2017-02-16  |  Runtime: mins

Amy: Our-our first date was at a coffee shop. Sheldon: Although, unlike your date, she actually showed up. Oh, he looks sad again.

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Summary

Sheldon and Amy have their first fight since moving in together. Meanwhile Raj is shocked at the reality of financial independence when he stops receiving support from his father.

Director and Writers

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

Script

Script: S10E16 - The Allowance Evaporation

Quotes

Raj: And before you start, I am not interested in you arranging a marriage for me.
Dr. Koothrappali: Oh, I gave up on that a *long* time ago.
Raj: You did?
Dr. Koothrappali: It's too much work. You're an adult who can't get by without an allowance from his parents. Women don't want that.
Raj: Wha- what are you saying? That you- you're giving up on me? What kind of father gives up on his son?
Dr. Koothrappali: I have six children, five of whom are married and self-sufficient. I don't think I'm the problem.
Raj: I can't believe what I'm hearing; this is deeply hurtful.
Dr. Koothrappali: You're also too sensitive; women don't want that either.

Amy: Oh, look. It's Bert at the bar. We should say hi.
Sheldon: Why?
Amy: Because that's what you do when you see someone you know in a public place.
Sheldon: I have multiple restraining orders that say otherwise.
Amy: Sheldon, there's a difference between greeting a friend and following a celebrity to the bathroom.
Sheldon: The judge couldn't explain it to me, I don't see how you will.

Amy: (after Sheldon invites Bert to join them for dinner) Sheldon, that was so sweet of you.
Sheldon: I could deduce by his facial expression and body language that he was sad.
Amy: So the part where he got stood up didn't clue you in?
Sheldon: You want me to look at him and listen to him?

Sheldon: Why aren't you talking to me?
Amy: Because I'm mad at you.
Sheldon: Oh. Now I'm sorry I asked.

Bert: I'm meeting someone too.
Amy: Oh really, anybody we know?
Bert: I doubt it. I met her on gHarmony. That's a website for geologists to find love.
Amy: That's a real thing?
Bert: Yeah. Their slogan is: We're all about dating, and not the carbon-14 kind.

Sheldon: Thank you, Bert. You're a good man. That woman who stood you up and humiliated you last night really missed out.
Bert: That doesn't paint me in the best light.
Sheldon: Oh. Oh, I'm sorry. Correction, that woman not only had vigorous coitus with Bert, but she also tipped him a dollar for a job well done.

Leonard: Go!
(Raj takes a deep breath and holds it)
Howard: Come on, Raj.
Leonard: You can do this.
Sheldon: There's no way.
Penny: What is happening?
Leonard: This is an Euler's disc. It's a physics toy that demonstrates angular momentum, potential energy and kinetic energy.
Penny: Aw, look at you watching sports.
Howard: We're betting to see if Koothrappali can hold his breath longer than the disc can spin.
Sheldon: Its weight and smoothness along with the slight concavity of the mirror mean it can spin for a long time.
Leonard: But Raj is from India which means he's no slouch at holding his breath.
Penny: OK, I want in. Ten bucks says I'll lose interest before that thing stops spinning.
Amy: (Amy enters) Hey, Sheldon, I found a great restaurant for date night.
Sheldon: Oh, eh, kinda busy right now.
Amy: Oh, an Euler's disc; fun.
Howard: Yeah, we're seeing if Raj can hold his breath longer than it.
Amy: Oh, immature.

Amy: The food here's supposed to be great. Don't fill up on chips.
Sheldon: Oh I won't. I have a trick. I only eat equilateral triangles. Isoceles, isoceles, scalene...
(tears a corner off one chip and eats it)
Sheldon: You didn't see that.

Sheldon: Two years ago... I got my driver's license.
Amy: What? Why didn't you say anything?
Sheldon: Well, I like being chauffeured around. It makes me feel important.
Amy: So, when I got up at 4:00 a.m. to drive you across the desert to an antique train museum, I didn't have to?
Sheldon: No, you didn't. But keep in mind, I felt extremely important.

Raj: (walks in with a Gucci bag) Hello-o!
Penny: Oh, someone's been shopping at Gucci.
Raj: Yeah, I saw something for Halley, and I couldn't resist.
Bernadette: That's so sweet of you.
Raj: Yeah, it's a crushed velvet baby cape.
Howard: Oh, no. Now we have two.
Penny: That must have been expensive.
Raj: Yeah, it was, but it's my father's money and I'm mad at him.
Leonard: What's going on with your dad?
Penny: And if you really want to hurt him, I look great in Chanel.

(Sheldon has been haranguing the cafeteria)
Leonard: What brought that on?
Sheldon: Well, last night Amy was angry with me because I've been foolishly telling people about certain personal matters.
Howard: That's understandable.
Sheldon: Mmh, I know that now. At first, I thought she was cranky because of her horrific menstrual cramps, but... it turns out no, she was genuinely mortified.

Bernadette: When you moved here you didn't have a lot of money; how'd you get by?
Penny: Well, sometimes you can get free food and wifi from the neighbors... Just know you might have to marry one of them

Sheldon: I'm sorry you were embarrassed, and now I understand that some things are just between you and me, and in the event of redness and swelling, Dr. Fink.

Notes and Trivia

A very rare (if not unique) view of the fourth wall of the stairs, exactly the third floor hall, is shown at 9:10.

Howard mentions he brought imported beer. The beer he and Leonard are drinking is Hoegaarden which is made in Belgium

It is established that Raj's favorite movie is The Princess Bride (1987). Raj has previously shown his infatuation with this movie: in The Workplace Proximity (2013), he and Howard spent the night "giggling, eating cookie dough, and watching The Princess Bride"; when Howard told Raj to stop talking, Raj replied with "As you wish", which, in that movie, was a veiled way of saying "I love you". In The Workplace Proximity (2013), Raj imagined fencing to be like Game of Thrones (2011), but when Howard suggested Princess Bride, Raj immediately changed his answer to that. Later, Raj emulated the famous line from the movie, "My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die."

It is revealed here that Sheldon has had his driver's license for two years now, but lets himself be driven around because it makes him feel important.

Raj holds his breath for 1 min. 28 sec.

This is the shortest episode in the series.

Title reference: Raj finally stops the allowance he is getting from his father.

When Amy tells Sheldon that it is customary to greet a familiar person in a restaurant, Sheldon responds that he has several restraining orders that say otherwise. At this point in the series, Sheldon has restraining orders from Carl Sagan, Leonard Nimoy, Stan Lee, Bill Nye and, as revealed in this episode, Zachary Quinto. It was stated in The Love Spell Potential (2013) that Sheldon was initially worried about Quinto being "the new Spock", but he apparently ended up liking him so much that he once followed him into a bathroom.

Goofs

None

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