S12E18 - The Laureate Accumulation

No: 273  |  Season: 12   Episode: 18  |  Air Date: 2019-04-04  |  Runtime: mins

Amy: I say active galactic nuclei at cosmological distances show a part per million deviation. Dr. Cooper says this has been disproven recently with quasar observations. Sheldon: What do you think?

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Summary

Rivals Pemberton and Campbell charm America on a publicity tour so Sheldon and Amy try to win over Nobel laureates Kip Thorne, George Smoot and Frances Arnold. Halley's fear of the dark causes opportunity and conflict at the Wolowitz home.

Director and Writers

Director: Mark Cendrowski
Writers: Story by: Steve Holland & Adam Faberman & David Saltzberg / Teleplay by: Dave Goetsch & Eric Kaplan & Maria Ferrari

Script

Script: S12E18 - The Laureate Accumulation

Quotes

President Siebert: Dr. Cooper, Dr. Fowler. I was just telling Professor Arnold how you came up with super-asymmetry at your wedding.
Dr. Frances H. Arnold: It's a wonderful story.
Amy: Ha, it really is.
Sheldon: I wouldn't say it was the highlight of the wedding, because I've been told not to for reasons I don't fully understand.
President Siebert: Uh, but what he does understand is how the universe works, and that's what's important.
(laughs)
President Siebert: Not what comes out of his mouth.

Dr. Greg Pemberton: It's strange. A few months ago, nobody ever paid attention to us, and now we're getting all these accolades.
Dr. Kevin Campbell: Have any of you ever felt like you didn't deserve it?
Sheldon: Leonard, there's something I need to say.
Leonard: Shut up.
Sheldon: Okay,
Dr. Greg Pemberton: It's crazy. We've conclusively proven super-asymmetry, and yet somehow, we still feel like imposters.
Dr. Kevin Campbell: There should be a term for that.
Amy: Oh, for crying out loud, there is a term for that! It's called Imposter Syndrome! And you don't have it, because you can't have it if you are imposters, and you are! We're the ones who discovered super-asymmetry, so if anyone should feel like they have Imposter Syndrome, it's us, because we're not imposters! They are! You're imposters and you're frauds!
Sheldon: Is that what I would've sounded like?
Leonard: Yeah.
Sheldon: Yikes!

Howard: It's a children's book. I mean, cats don't wear hats. And if someone gives you green eggs, it ends with you on the toilet trying to make a deal with God.

Penny: (to Amy and Sheldon) Yeah, now get out of here, go talk to some smart people.
Leonard: (to Penny) Wait a minute?
Penny: Yeah, sorry. Sometimes I forget you're smart because you're so sexy.

Leonard: We wanted to talk to you about Dr. Cooper. Now before you say no...
Kip Thorne: No.
Leonard: Well then after you say no...
Kip Thorne: No.

Penny: What does a physics rumble look like?
Leonard: Kind of like angry chickens.

Raj: This is nice. All my friends, hanging out, watching Ellen.It's like, what am I gonna do witih my other two wishes?
Amy: It's not nice. She's having on the scientists who are trying to steal our Nobel Prize.
Sheldon: Although I will enjoy watching her expose Pemberton and Campbell as the coattail riding frauds that they are.
Leonard: That is Ellen's brand, gotcha journalism.
Penny: You should have seen her take down John Krasinsky last week. Got him to admit he loved his wife. It was brutal.

Sheldon: It's from Saul Perlmutter. He sent me a picture.
Amy: Oh, let me see.
Sheldon: Oh, he arranged the cookies to spell out "Thank you".
Amy: Sheldon, that word isn't "thank".

Dr. George F. Smoot: (Receiving a box of cookies) Sheldon Cooper? Hmm.
(Tosses box in trash)
Kip Thorne: (Receives box from assistant) Sheldon Cooper? Pass.
Dr. Frances H. Arnold: (Opening box) Sheldon Cooper? Aw. Ugh, oatmeal raisin! Ugh!
(Tosses box in trash)

Sheldon: (knock, knock, knock) Dr. Pemberton!
(knock, knock, knock)
Sheldon: Dr. Campbell!
(knock, knock, knock)
Sheldon: Drs. Pemberton and Campbell!

Sheldon: My problem is that I don't always know when I've gone too far.
Leonard: Well, if you like, I could try to help you out. You know, maybe let you know if you're crossing a line.
Sheldon: Oh, you mean like with a code word?
Leonard: Sure. How's "Shut up"?
Sheldon: That's perfect. People say it to me all the time. No one will suspect.

Notes and Trivia

Title reference: the university is trying to get as many Nobel Prize laureates together in order to have them back up Sheldon and Amy in the race to the award.

Goofs

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