S12E19 - The Inspiration Deprivation
No: 274 | Season: 12 Episode: 19 | Air Date: 2019-04-18 | Runtime: mins
Summary
Contemplating what it would mean to all women if she were to win a Nobel Prize causes Amy to have a meltdown. Koothrappali and Wolowitz try to relive the good old days after Wolowitz buys a scooter that looks like the one he had years ago.
Director and Writers
Director: Mark Cendrowski
Writers: Story by: Eric Kaplan & Maria Ferrari & Andy Gordon / Teleplay by: Steve Holland & Anthony Del Broccolo & Tara Hernandez
Script
Script: S12E19 - The Inspiration Deprivation
Quotes
Notes and Trivia
Amy is told that she could be the fourth woman in history to win the Nobel Prize for Physics. This was true at the time of broadcast: in 2020, astronomer Andrea M. Ghez became the actual fourth female Physics winner for the discovery of a supermassive compact object at the center of the galaxy.
The number on the scooter "626-789-3495" belongs to "Footprints on the Moon" which is the name of the band that Raj and Howard formed. You could see it on their Facebook page.
This is the tenth and final time that "Soft Kitty" is sung on this show, and the first time since The Recollection Dissipation (2017). Due to a lawsuit with the estate of the song's original composer, the song was only rarely heard since season 8, but the lawsuit had since been dropped.
Title reference: Amy is devastated that her outburst may have cost her a Nobel Prize, thereby depriving women of the chance to be inspired to go into science, so to relax, she goes to a sensory deprivation tank.
Goofs
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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 |
Regina King | Janine Davis |
Joshua Malina | President Siebert |
Brian Posehn | Bert Kibbler |
Brooke Dillman | Bebe |
Doreen Calderon | Woman #1 |
Sarah J. Eagen | Woman #2 |
Claudia Choi | Woman #3 |
Tiffany Commons | Woman #4 |
Krishna Smitha | Woman #5 |
Susan Leslie | Woman #6 |
Cassidey Fralin | Woman #7 |
Riley Go | Woman #8 |
Cleo Fraser | Little Girl |