# Big Bang 2/1--"The Einstein Approximation" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 2, 2010, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-2-1-the-einstein-approximation/527377 "2010-02-02T14:24:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-2-1-the-einstein-approximation/527377/1 "2010-02-02T14:24:35Z")
Absolutely hilarious episode pretty much featuring all the cast. The scene in the restaurant was priceless, particularly the ending: Penny: Aren’t you going to clean that up? Sheldon: Why? I don’t work here. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-2-1-the-einstein-approximation/527377/2 "2010-02-02T14:57:28Z")
Sheldon is quite hot when he’s slightly disheveled. I like that he was efficient as a busboy and waiter. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-2-1-the-einstein-approximation/527377/3 "2010-02-02T15:03:57Z")
And the scene at the employment agency–Yeardley Smith & Jim Parsons together! One moemtn please…SECURITY! ---
**Author:** ![MilTan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@MilTan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MilTan)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-2-1-the-einstein-approximation/527377/4 "2010-02-02T15:38:28Z")
I don’t know why I found the bump at the end, with Sheldon popping up from the ball pit, saying “Bazinga” over and over again to be so hilarious. But man, it was. ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-2-1-the-einstein-approximation/527377/5 "2010-02-02T16:05:49Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > I like that he was efficient as a busboy and waiter. The best part was Leonard making his order extremely complicated and asking Sheldon if he knew why he was doing it, and Sheldon said yes and didn’t bat an eye. ---
**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-2-1-the-einstein-approximation/527377/6 "2010-02-02T16:07:39Z")
> [@Turek](#): > > The best part was Leonard making his order extremely complicated and asking Sheldon if he knew why he was doing it, and Sheldon said yes and didn’t bat an eye. Yeah, I did like that too. Kinda got the sense that it was half a loaf for Leonard though, that what he really wanted was to keep it up and fluster Sheldon, but Sheldon was un-fluster-able and he ran out of things to ask. ---
**Author:** ![Karen\_Lingel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karen_lingel/32/18649_2.png) [@Karen\_Lingel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karen_Lingel)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-2-1-the-einstein-approximation/527377/7 "2010-02-02T22:41:46Z")
“I figured it out: Einstein” “You have to give me more!” “_Albert_ Einstein”. ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-2-1-the-einstein-approximation/527377/8 "2010-02-02T22:44:40Z")
I don’t know… I thought the episode was a bit weak. Koothrappali’s face, when they were roller skating was hilarious though. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-2-1-the-einstein-approximation/527377/9 "2010-02-03T03:08:57Z")
One of the best episodes ever. ••••••• •••••••••••• ••••••••••• •••••••••••• •••••••••••• ••••••••••• •••••••••••• •••••••••••• •••••••••••• •••••••••••• ••••••••••• •••••••••••• •••••••••••• •Bazinga.••••• ••••••••••• ---
**Author:** ![AboutAsWeirdAsYouCanGet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@AboutAsWeirdAsYouCanGet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AboutAsWeirdAsYouCanGet)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-2-1-the-einstein-approximation/527377/10 "2010-02-03T06:41:16Z")
NO. The best bit was Bernadette and her " You know how your brain cells don’t work as well when you’re tired" scienctific method explaination and telling Sheldon to go to his room. I was HOWLING at that. Literally howling at that. He’s a genius but he is so childlike, and that line was just SO PERFECT for establishing that. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-2-1-the-einstein-approximation/527377/11 "2010-02-03T06:55:54Z")
Damn, I knew there was something I forgot to do yesterday. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-2-1-the-einstein-approximation/527377/12 "2010-02-03T07:46:17Z")
> [@Turek](#): > > The best part was Leonard making his order extremely complicated and asking Sheldon if he knew why he was doing it, and Sheldon said yes and didn’t bat an eye. Sheldon’s memory is extensive enough that Leonard would not want to torture the cook. ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2010, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-2-1-the-einstein-approximation/527377/13 "2010-02-03T14:31:17Z")
> [@AboutAsWeirdAsYouCanGet](#): > > NO. The best bit was Bernadette and her " You know how your brain cells don’t work as well when you’re tired" scienctific method explaination and telling Sheldon to go to his room. > I was HOWLING at that. Literally howling at that. He’s a genius but he is so childlike, and that line was just SO PERFECT for establishing that. I loved that part, too! Bernadette is great! This was one of my favorite episodes of this season – hilarious! ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-2-1-the-einstein-approximation/527377/14 "2010-02-04T05:30:17Z")
Was this episode the first time that they explicitly said that they work at Caltech? I mean, I always assumed that’s where they were supposed to be, but I thought that earlier it was just some unnamed university. (Or perhaps “CalSci” as in Numb3rs.) ---
**Author:** ![Leiko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Leiko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leiko)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-2-1-the-einstein-approximation/527377/15 "2010-02-04T08:08:36Z")
> [@The\_Second\_Stone](#): > > Sheldon’s memory is extensive enough that Leonard would not want to torture the cook. Isn’t it revenge for all the times Sheldon grilled Leonard about his take-out orders? ---
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-2-1-the-einstein-approximation/527377/16 "2010-02-04T09:37:14Z")
> [@Leiko](#): > > Isn’t it revenge for all the times Sheldon grilled Leonard about his take-out orders? That was my impression too. Bazinga. ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-2-1-the-einstein-approximation/527377/17 "2010-02-04T13:22:39Z")
> [@Leiko](#): > > Isn’t it revenge for all the times Sheldon grilled Leonard about his take-out orders? And all the times Sheldon had tortured the waitstaff with his dietary requirements. ---
**Author:** ![Iggins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Iggins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggins)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-2-1-the-einstein-approximation/527377/18 "2010-02-04T16:52:38Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > Sheldon is quite hot when he’s slightly disheveled. My wife mentioned the same thing… Good thing I’m a disheveled nerd! ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-2-1-the-einstein-approximation/527377/19 "2010-02-04T17:36:10Z")
> [@Leiko](#): > > Isn’t it revenge for all the times Sheldon grilled Leonard about his take-out orders? Except I don’t think Sheldon actually understood what Leonard was getting at. To Sheldon, Leonard grilling him was just being responsible and accurate. Sheldon doesn’t understand why everyone is always so lackadaisical about what they eat. He can’t comprehend how someone could receive shredded chicken instead of chopped chicken and just eat it like nothing is wrong. Double checking all details upon arrival is the only sensible precaution to such a catastrophe, and he’s glad Leonard finally understand the one true way. ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2010, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-2-1-the-einstein-approximation/527377/20 "2010-02-04T18:27:05Z")
> [@JSexton](#): > > Except I don’t think Sheldon actually understood what Leonard was getting at. You know, you might be on to something I hadn’t thought of. **Why Leonard was doing it:** So Sheldon would see what pain in it is. \*\*Why Sheldon _thought Leonard was doing it:_ Because Leonard wanted his food prepared a specific way and any sane person would order that way. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-2-1-the-einstein-approximation/527377.md?page=2)