S11E20 - The Reclusive Potential

No: 251  |  Season: 11   Episode: 20  |  Air Date: 2018-04-12  |  Runtime: mins

Summary

Sheldon takes the guys to a cabin in the middle of nowhere to meet a reclusive scientist; Penny and Bernadette improvise Amy's bachelorette party.

Director and Writers

Director: Mark Cendrowski
Writers: Story by: Maria Ferrari & Anthony Del Broccolo & Tara Hernandez / Teleplay by: Steve Holland & Eric Kaplan & Adam Faberman

Script

Script: S11E20 - The Reclusive Potential

Quotes

Sheldon: I miss Amy. And my phone.
(after a pause, a gunshot is heard outside)
Sheldon: Also, I'm from Texas, and I can taste the difference between rabbit and squirrel.

Raj: Wasn't that the guy who went crazy and cut off all contact with the outside world?
Howard: Yes, apparently he had a roommate who kept pestering him about the Hulk's car insurance.

Dr. Robert Wolcott: I can't believe they left without saying goodbye. Wait a minute, what if they stole my work? Wait a minute, what if they were never here at all? Wait a minute, what if they haven't gotten here yet, but they're on their way? I'd better tidy up.

Leonard: So you're going to go to the middle of nowhere and spend the weekend with a crazy man you've never met?
Sheldon: Yes, Why?
Leonard: No reason. Have fun.

Raj: Are you understanding any of this?
Howard: I haven't understood anything after poop tomato.

Amy: This is great! Can I have a body shot? I've always wanted to do a body shot. Also, what's a body shot?
Penny: It's when you drink off a stranger's belly button.
Amy: Ew! No thank you! If it's an outie, does it just spill everywhere?

Bernadette: (Amy is passed out at the bar) Should we take her home?
Penny: Why? She's already asleep, and we have an order of sliders coming.
Bernadette: Another round!

Raj: If Bruce Banner is driving a rental car and turns into the Hulk, do you think it's covered, or does he need to add the Hulk as additional driver?
Howard: You really need a girlfriend.

Sheldon: Okay, listen. Dr. Woolcot is an important topologist, so we need to set a few ground rules so you don't embarrass me.
(to Howard)
Sheldon: No magic...
(to Leonard)
Sheldon: no whining...
(to Raj)
Sheldon: you - no, just no.
Raj: Hey!
Leonard: How come he gets to whine?

Dr. Robert Wolcott: You fellas must be hungry. Do you like rabbit?
Leonard: Yeah, sure.
Raj: Sounds good.
Dr. Robert Wolcott: Okay, but can you tell the difference between rabbit and squirrel?
Leonard: No.
Raj: Probably not.
Howard: I don't think so.
Dr. Robert Wolcott: Great, we're having rabbit.

Sheldon: Wow. That's "wow" backwards.

Amy: I saw shirtless firemen?
Penny: Saw, smelled, slid down 'em like a pole.

Raj: Oh, my God! This tomato is amazing! I can eat it like an apple.
Dr. Robert Wolcott: The secret is I fertilze it with my own manure.
(Raj stops eating)
Howard: The look on your face.
Leonard: It's a sort of grin. You wanna know which kind?

Dr. Robert Wolcott: Normally I don't let strangers into my home.
Raj: But when you do, you let them out, right?

Dr. Robert Wolcott: (about his marriage) We give each other space. I give her Europe, she gives me South America. That's where she thinks I am.

Sheldon: I'm a grown man, I don't need a chaperone. I just need someone to drive me there, pick me up and make me a sack lunch.

Sheldon: Ooh, the mailman's here!
Leonard: Aw, remember when he was this excited to see us?

Notes and Trivia

Dr. Wolcott asks Sheldon is he is familiar with non-abelian group theory. In The Higgs Boson Observation (2012), Penny found a paper written by a five-year-old Sheldon dealing with abelian groups.

Title reference: Sheldon sees potential in becoming a reclusive scientist, thinking that the isolation and lack of distraction will help him make his big scientific breakthrough.

Goofs

None

Cast

Johnny GaleckiLeonard Hofstadter
Jim ParsonsSheldon Cooper
Kaley CuocoPenny Hofstadter
Simon HelbergHoward Wolowitz
Kunal NayyarRaj Koothrappali
Mayim BialikAmy Farrah Fowler
Melissa RauchBernadette Rostenkowski
Peter MacNicolDr. Robert Wolcott
James MaslowBartender
Edward James GageNicholas
Ed LiebermanLecturer