S12E03 - The Procreation Calculation

No: 258  |  Season: 12   Episode: 3  |  Air Date: 2018-10-04  |  Runtime: mins

Summary

The Wolowitzes' life gets complicated when Stuart starts bringing his new girlfriend home. Also, Penny and Leonard talk about starting a family while Koothrappali explores an arranged marriage.

Director and Writers

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

Script

Script: S12E03 - The Procreation Calculation

Quotes

Stuart: (to Denise) Wanna see my room?
Denise: Yeah.
Stuart: Cool.
(And they head off)
Bernadette: (to Howard, quietly) How do you feel about this?
Howard: She can clearly do better, but that's not for me to say.
Bernadette: No. Them in his room. Doing stuff.
Howard: C'mon. We're sitting right out here. They're not going to do anything.
(as soon as that's out of his mouth, suddenly Sade's "Smooth Operator" starts playing loudly from his room)
Howard: I'd like to change my answer.

Notes and Trivia

The Batmobile that Leonard gets to drive is a replica that was built for the TV movie Return to the Batcave: The Misadventures of Adam and Burt (2003).

Title reference: A compatibility questionnaire reveals that Penny and Leonard have different ideas about wanting kids or not.

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
Kevin SussmanStuart Bloom
Keith CarradineWyatt
Lauren LapkusDenise
Rati GuptaAnu
Matt KnudsenWaiter