the facility should have had a 3D printer already.
Penny was expressive.
Even though Sheldon felt the hug was boa like he didn’t want it to be over, remember.
Anyway, I really loved how open and honest he was with Penny and Leonard. It was out of character but don’t we all grow and change? I felt like this was the "real " Sheldon. Furthermore, the realization that the mommy of the smartest physicist at the University wasn’t his mommy will be a catalyst for more growth and change. Plus he did spank Amy that time and I still say he knew that’s not appropriate in the context presented.
He 's more ready than we think to mash bathingsuit areas together.
Sheldon and Amy will get drunk one night and that’s all it will take.
His genitals are functional and aesthetically pleasing.
This is the second time Sheldon’s shaken the hand of someone trying to fist-bump him. Nice little move - it’s funny and characteristic.
He has actively practiced lying in the past and he never had this much motivation.
I also loved Penny at the end. This was yet another episode that felt unfinished. It seemed like there was one more act missing. That’s happened a few times this season.
I liked that Sheldon showed some humility and that his sexuality was addressed.
This was the only episode I was able to tolerate Kripke.
My brother-in-law is Sheldon-esque, albeit without the intellect. I’ve seen him be physically hurt by human contact. Hubby’s shrink says it’s a common trait with Aspbergers. If he were to concede that sex was a possibility for him, I’d have the exact same reaction as Penny.
Yes, but is he fully functional and programmed in multiple techniques?
He’ll probably Google it, just like Leonard did.
Exactly. It’s been established that Sheldon is capable of lying and his tendency to concoct needlessly complicated lies has been used to great comic effect on the show. He’s just not particularly comfortable with lying nor is he very good at it. Off the top of my head: he lied about “seeing” Penny behind Leonard’s back and he lied to avoid hearing Penny sing in a production of Rent:
Sheldon: Well, first of all, your lie was laughably transparent, where mine is exquisitely convoluted. While you were sleeping I was weaving an un-unravelable web. Yes, if she googles Leopold Houston she’ll find a facebook page, an online blog depicting his descent into drug use, and a desperate yet hopeful listing on e-harmony.com.
Leonard: Okay, why would I go to a drug intervention for your cousin?
Sheldon: Ah, because it’s in Long Beach, and I don’t drive. We just leave the house on Friday night, and we return in the wee hours emotionally wrung out from the work of convincing Leo to go back into rehab.
Leonard: So he goes back into rehab?
Sheldon: Yes, but, he can relapse if Penny ever invites us to go hear her sing again.
There was also the convoluted story of Leonard going to a bar and meeting a buxom redheaded barmaid. . … Does anyone remember the details? I’m a bit foggy.
That was back when he was still seeing Priya on the sly, before Raj discovered the defiling of his sister. Sheldon offered a rather complete lie about Leonard being with the barmaid from the local Irish pub instead of Priya, replete with vodered voice message and a lock of hair (from an orangutan in the lab.)
That was one of my favorite episodes of the show!
Forgot about that one.
Sheldon: You’ve asked me to lie on your behalf, and as you know, I am deeply uncomfortable with impromptu dishonesty, so I’ve provided you with an iron clad alibi. You couldn’t have spent last night with Priya, because you were with another woman.
Leonard: Oh, I’m so sure I’m going to regret this, but, who was I with?
Sheldon: The fun loving, and morally loose, Miss Maggie McGeary.
Leonard: Oh, God.
Sheldon: You met her at Pasadena’s most popular Irish watering hole, Lucky Baldwin’s, where Maggie spends her nights tending bar, with a head full of curls and a heart full of dreams.
Leonard (reading a napkin Sheldon has handed him): Leonard, call me if you’re interested in coitus. Sincerely, Maggie McGeary.
Sheldon: And if anyone were to actually call that number they will hear this.
Mechanical voice on Sheldon’s phone: Top of the morning to you. You’ve reached Maggie McGeary. Leave a message after the wee little beep.
Sheldon: It’s pretty convincing, huh? And it wasn’t even a real person. And here is the clincher. A lock of Maggie’s flaming auburn hair.
Leonard: Where did you get that?
Sheldon: From an orangutan in the primate lab.
Leonard: An orangutan?
Sheldon: Well, no-one’s going to run a DNA test on it, Leonard, honestly you over-think everything.
I saw him on an episode of Bones and it was actually surprising how “normal” he talked. I’m not sure he actually has any natural speech issues. Well, aside from the New York nasal accent. Which I doubt most people consider a speech impediment. No “R-W” issues. He has a lot of YouTube videos. Spoiler: Kripke is God. Think about it.
I’m amazed that no one has mentioned Penny’s skin tone. I had a hard time looking at her. There are tangerines that aren’t such a vibrant shade of orange.
I did not notice her to be any more orange than usual. I did notice some glow-in-the-dark white highlights in her hair, though. Very distracting.
Maybe it was just me. She seemed extremely tanorexic. Perhaps the white hair set off the skin color.
Perhaps she’s a distant relative of John Boehner?
I was troubled a bit by Sheldon being uncharacteristically able to lie. To me it seems a bit of a discontinuity in the series.
The bit about the action figures and the 3D printer was a bit silly. They should have stopped when they got the black doll and the one with the huge Jewish schnozz in the mail.
Penny’s bit was fun, a little over-acting but still a lot of fun.