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First Aired: Apr. 14, 2008 on CBS

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Season 1 » Episode #12 - The Jerusalem Duality

The Big Bang Theory - 01x12 The Jerusalem Duality

Summary: Leonard and Sheldon meet a 15-year-old physics prodigy and Sheldon is thrown off that the boy is younger and smarter than himself. This leads the boys to try to come up with a way to restore Sheldon's sense of self and ultimately decide to try to throw Dennis' research.

Who appeared in this episode?

Guest Stars:

Raj Koothrappali	played by Kunal Nayyar
Dennis Kim	played by Austin Lee (II)
Emma	played by Emma Degerstedt
Professor Goldfarb	played by Joel Brooks
Kid Playing Guitar	played by Alex Strahle

Episode Quotes

Dennis Kim: [notices award certificate on wall of Sheldon's office] Wow! You won the Stevenson Award?
Sheldon Cooper: Yes! In fact, I am the youngest person ever to win it.
Dennis Kim: Really! How old?
Sheldon Cooper: Fourteen and a half.
Dennis Kim: Hm - you *were* the youngest person ever to win it.
Leonard Hofstadter: [grinning gleefully] It's like looking into an obnoxious little mirror, isn't it?

Raj Koothrappali: Do you know what he did? He watched me work for 10 minutes, and then started to design a simple piece of software that could replace me.
Leonard Hofstadter: Is that even possible?
Raj Koothrappali: As it turns out, yes.

Leonard Hofstadter: Okay, so we now have a socially-awkward genius in a room full of attractive, age-appropriate women.
Howard Wolowitz: All he has to do now is hook up with one of them.
Leonard Hofstadter: Anyone else see the flaw in this plan?
Raj Koothrappali: We need a social catalyst.
Leonard Hofstadter: Like what? We can't get 15-year-old girls drunk.
Howard Wolowitz: Or can we...?
Leonard Hofstadter: No, we can't!

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Mistakes/Goofs

Goof (continuity error): When Sheldon sits down with Leonard to discuss about his experiment, Leonard is actually using the computer that was used by Sheldon in "The Fuzzy Boots Corollary" episode.
Goof (continuity error): During the scene where Sheldon approaches Leonard telling him that he wants to work with him, the notebook which is right to the laptop changes positions between shots.

Trivia

Title Reference: Sheldon tries to build an exact replica of Jerusalem in the middle of the Mexican desert after his work in theoretical physics seems useless.
Howard's belt buckle is a replica of a 45 rpm adapter.
When Sheldon proposes his idea for the second wailing wall at the party, he is talking to "Professor Goldfarb". In the Hamburger Postulate, Leonard and Sheldon are discussing what Penny meant when she said, "You'd make a cute couple". Sheldon replies with "An alternate, though somewhat less likely interpretation is that you could manufacture one. As in, 'Oh, look, Leonard and Leslie made Mr. and Mrs. Goldfarb! Aren't they adorable?'".
First time the Caltech cafeteria is shown.
First time Sheldon's office is shown.