S12E05 - The Planetarium Collision

No: 260  |  Season: 12   Episode: 5  |  Air Date: 2018-10-18  |  Runtime: mins

Summary

Amy doesn't have time to work with Sheldon on super asymmetry, so he goes to great lengths to ensure she's available. Koothrappali doesn't want Wolowitz to join him in hosting a show at the planetarium.

Director and Writers

Director: Mark Cendrowski
Writers: Story by: Eric Kaplan & Andy Gordon & Alex Ayers / Teleplay by: Steve Holland & Maria Ferrari & Tara Hernandez

Script

Script: S12E05 - The Planetarium Collision

Quotes

Penny: So when was the last time you saw Howard in his astronaut uniform?
Bernadette: About a week ago.
Penny: Really? What was the occasion?
Bernadette: Date night. We do a little role playing.
Penny: What role do you play?
Bernadette: I am Ykatarina Nazdarovya, lonely Russian cosmonaut who is expert at physics and making of love.

Sheldon: I'm having a problem in my marriage. I've upset my wife and I don't know how to make it right.
Arthur Jeffries: And ya-and you're coming to me for advice? I-I upset my wife every time I woke up in the morning.
Sheldon: I'm not coming to you. You're just a manifestation of my subconscious. I mean I'm actually coming to me.
Arthur Jeffries: So you know everything I'm going to say.
Sheldon: Yes, but it sounds wiser from you because you're old and glowing.
Arthur Jeffries: Fine. Rule number one in a marriage - Don't go to bed angry.
Sheldon: That makes sense.
Arthur Jeffries: Rule number two in a marriage - If you don't recognize the shoes under your bed, they're not your shoes.
Sheldon: Because they're her shoes?
Arthur Jeffries: Ne-never mind. Just, just go with rule number one.

Amy: You got me removed from my own project?
Sheldon: Yeah, and it wasn't easy. Apparently, you're very difficult to replace. Just between you and me, they consider Dr. Park quite the step down.
Dr. Park: I was trying to pick my moment to leave. This seems like it.

Sheldon: I didn't know that Dagobah had delicatessens.
Arthur Jeffries: Not good ones. Whatever you do, don't order the Reuben.

Sheldon: President Siebert, how much do you know about physics?
President Siebert: I'm a physicist.
Sheldon: I would not have guessed that.
President Siebert: I have a doctorate from Indiana University.
Sheldon: That makes more sense, Well, don't worry, I'll go slow.

Notes and Trivia

Final appearance of Bob Newhart as Arthur Jeffries/Professor Proton. In his previous episode The Proton Regeneration (2017), Newhart also appeared in Sheldon's dream on Dagobah, expressing his wish to meet in a deli while eating a pastrami sandwich. His wish has been granted here.

Title reference: Raj and Howard get into a conflict when Howard is asked to appear on Raj's planetarium show.

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
Bob NewhartArthur Jeffries
Joshua MalinaPresident Siebert
Eddie ShinDr. Park
Alison MartinAndrea
Hermie CastilloColin