S11E20 - The Reclusive Potential

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

Amy: I promised Sheldon things weren't gonna get too crazy tonight. Should I be worried? Penny: Oh, just about who you're marrying.

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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.

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