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The Big Bang Theory - 05x13 The Recombination Hypothesis

5x13 The Recombination Hypothesis

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First Aired: Jan. 19, 2012 on CBS
Summary: Leonard, who broke up with Priya, asks Penny out to a spur-of the-moment romantic dinner for two, and the duo contemplates on their relationship.

Main Characters in this Episode



Guest Stars

Raj Koothrappali played by Kunal Nayyar
Amy Farrah Fowler played by Mayim Bialik
Bernadette Rostenkowski played by Melissa Rauch
Reverend White played by Jim Turner

Episode Quotes

Sheldon Cooper: After you used the facilities at the gas station, did you make a purchase?
Leonard Hofstadter: What?
Sheldon Cooper: It's customary when using the restroom at a retail establishment to make a small purchase. Did you?
Leonard Hofstadter: No.
Sheldon Cooper: [snorts] Here's two dollars. Go buy some beef jerky.
Leonard Hofstadter: I don't want beef jerky.
Sheldon Cooper: It's not about *you*. It's about a poor immigrant from Pakistan trying to make his way in America by working the graveyard shift at the Colorado Boulevard Chevron.
Penny: [enters from closet wearing a low-cut green dress] Too much?
Bernadette Rostenkowski: Yes.
Amy Farrah Fowler: [Simultaneously with Bernadette] No.
Penny: Okay, just hang on.

Amy Farrah Fowler: [to Bernadette] You just can't handle her raw sexuality, can you?
Howard Wolowitz: Ooh, 8:30. You and Penny decide to go out and paint the town beige?
Leonard Hofstadter: You're 30 years old and you live with your mother!
Raj Koothrappali: I guess it didn't go well.
Sheldon Cooper: Now, we don't know that. Not to a certainty. All we know is that Leonard is home.

Howard Wolowitz: How about now?
Sheldon Cooper: Again, not enough evidence. For all we know, he's being murdered.

Trivia

  • When Leonard first sees Penny she is framed in the doorway of her apartment and dressed similarly to the way Leonard first saw her in the series pilot. Leonard and Sheldon are also dressed in a similar fashion.
  • The title refers to the idea Leonard has that he and Penny should go on a date, or perhaps even become a couple again.
  • This is the first time in the entire show that used a "dream-sequence" style of storytelling. The only show which shared a similar sort of style was "The Staircase Implementation", where most of the story consisted of flashbacks.
  • This episode marks the 100th episode of the show, which began airing on September 24 2007, with the Pilot episode.
  • Raj is a huge fan of Sandra Bullock.

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