S11E21 - The Comet Polarization
No: 252 | Season: 11 Episode: 21 | Air Date: 2018-04-19 | Runtime: mins
Summary
Sheldon's comic book store experience changes when writer Neil Gaiman puts Stuart's store on the map; friendships are threatened when Koothrappali takes credit for Penny's astronomical discovery.
Director and Writers
Director: Mark Cendrowski
Writers: Story by: Steve Holland & Bill Prady & Eric Kaplan / Teleplay by: Maria Ferrari & Andy Gordon & Tara Hernandez
Script
Script: S11E21 - The Comet Polarization
Quotes
Sheldon: You're so wise, and you smell like books. You really are the full package.
Penny: There's something fuzzy.
Howard: Is it your teen years?
Penny: No... yes, shut up.
Notes and Trivia
Amy's actions to make the rooftop pigeon-free for Sheldon shows that he still hasn't gotten rid of his fear of birds, despite the progress he made in The Ornithophobia Diffusion (2011).
First appearance of Lauren Lapkus as Denise.
Ironically, Howard doesn't recognize Neil Gaiman, even though he is one of his favorite authors and one of the 'Neils' that he named his son after in The Neonatal Nomenclature (2018).
Raj's telescope is a popular model of Schmidt-Cassegrain design. The brand name, "CELESTRON," is partially concealed so that it appears to be "LESTRO."
This episode marks a significant change in fortune for Stuart. His store becomes more successful and he later starts dating, eventually moving in with, his newly hired assistant manager, Denise.
Title reference: Two opposite camps are created when Raj and Penny clash over the naming of a newly discovered comet.
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 |
Kevin Sussman | Stuart Bloom |
Neil Gaiman | Neil Gaiman |
Lauren Lapkus | Denise |
Patrick Daniel | Grant |