S11E02 - The Retraction Reaction
No: 233 | Season: 11 Episode: 2 | Air Date: 2017-10-02 | Runtime: mins
Summary
Leonard angers the University and the Physics Community when he gives an embarrassing radio interview. Bernadette and Amy compare their successes at work.
Director and Writers
Director: Mark Cendrowski
Writers: Story by: Steven Molaro & Steve Holland & Maria Ferrari / Teleplay by: Dave Goetsch & Eric Kaplan & Anthony Del Broccolo
Script
Script: S11E02 - The Retraction Reaction
Quotes
Howard: Yeah, this is public radio. Doesn't he realize that dozens of people might hear him?
Amy: Has he ever called you to tell you he found three peanuts in one shell? 'Cause Sheldon has.
Leonard: I have to say I'm a little nervous.
Janine Davis: You should be.
Sheldon: And the last time I assumed a woman was pregnant, it did not go over well.
Leonard: If we weren't physicists, what would we be?
Howard: I don't know. Popular?
Sheldon: He publicly maligned the love of my life, Lady Physics.
Leonard: Yeah, who wouldn't want to hire the physicist who publicly said physics is dead?
Raj: The only part of me that's been to Brazil is my bikini line.
Notes and Trivia
Richard Feynman is really interred in Altadena, CA. He is buried at Mountain View Cemetery and Mausoleum, Founders Lawn, Lot 4390, Grave 11, Curb No. 1617.
Romulan Ale is a popular drink in the Star Trek universe. In the shows, there is an uneasy truce between planet Romulus and the Federation of Planets (of which Earth is a member), and like Cuban cigars, the drink is considered illegal in the Federation due to a trade embargo imposed on the Romulans (which, as Leonard mentions, was temporarily lifted during a brief alliance period). Romulan Ale is also somewhat akin to marijuana, as it is known for its rather extremely intoxicating properties, considered illegal except for "medicinal purposes", and despite all the prohibition, its acquisition, consumption and acceptance is relatively widespread among Federation members.
This is the third and final time that an interview with Ira Flatow causes a fuss, after Kripke used the opportunity to prank Sheldon in The Vengeance Formulation (2009), and after Sheldon believed that Flatow was mocking him in The Discovery Dissipation (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 |
Regina King | Janine Davis |
Ira Flatow | Ira Flatow |