Big Bang Theory Quote
(Elizabeth knocks on door)
Leonard: Yes?
Dr. Elizabeth Plimpton: I saw your light on.
Leonard: Is everything all right?
Dr. Elizabeth Plimpton: Yeah, I just couldn't sleep.
Leonard: Me neither. Look what I'm reading.
(Points to her picture on the back of the book)
Leonard: It's you.
Dr. Elizabeth Plimpton: I thought you already read it.
Leonard: I did. But it's been a while, and I wanted to sound smart over breakfast.
Dr. Elizabeth Plimpton: Aw, you're smart!
Leonard: Oh, good. I wasn't sure it was coming across.
Dr. Elizabeth Plimpton: What chapter are you on?
Leonard: Uh, six.
Dr. Elizabeth Plimpton: Ah. The extragalactic distance ladder. Want to know a little secret?
Leonard: Sure.
Dr. Elizabeth Plimpton: I wrote the section on the Wilson-Bappu Effect completely naked.
Leonard: Really? Sure doesn't read that way.
Dr. Elizabeth Plimpton: Here, let me show you.
(Removes her robe as she speaks revealing she is naked)
Dr. Elizabeth Plimpton: When we consider the brightness of pulsating variable stars we start to see a possible explanation for some of the discrepancies found in Hubble's constant.
Leonard: Wow. You really make science come alive.
Quote from S03E21 - The Plimpton Stimulation