# The Big Bang Theory 10/25--The Holographic Excitation **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 25, 2012, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-10-25-the-holographic-excitation/638864 "2012-10-25T20:30:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2012, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-10-25-the-holographic-excitation/638864/21 "2012-10-26T15:48:20Z")
That smarts. ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2012, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-10-25-the-holographic-excitation/638864/22 "2012-10-26T15:51:56Z")
> [@Lightnin](#): > > At first, I thought they were supposed to be Raggedy Ann and Android. Funny! ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2012, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-10-25-the-holographic-excitation/638864/23 "2012-10-26T15:54:04Z")
> [@Misnomer](#): > > Funny, I had the opposite reaction: I kept expecting her to respond to the holograms with blank looks and “wha?” I was pleased that they made her smart enough to follow what Leonard was saying, and also smart enough to realize/remember how smart _he_ is (and smart enough to tell him so). I liked that a lot, as well. She’s lucky to have Leonard, and I think that she’s finally realizing it. (Took her long enough…) Most of her previous boyfriend were dumb as bricks! ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2012, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-10-25-the-holographic-excitation/638864/24 "2012-10-26T15:57:47Z")
> [@Ruffian](#): > > Loved the costume ideas–of course, one of AFF’s suggestions was Blossom and Joey. Those were great. In case anyone didn’t catch them all: **Couples Sheldon likes:** R2D2 & C3PO Hewlett & Packard Batman & Robin Jobs & Wozniak Kirk & Spock Arthur Dent & Ford Prefect The Doctor & A Dalek _(kudos for not writing Doctor Who!)_ **Couples Amy likes:** Cinderella & Prince Charming Antony & Cleopatra Blossom & Joey (:D) Lady & Tramp Romeo & Juliet Jack & Rose Dharma & Greg ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2012, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-10-25-the-holographic-excitation/638864/25 "2012-10-26T17:17:40Z")
I was exepecting the Curies as well, or to steal an idea from another sitcom (Empty Nest?), Madam Curie and Radium Brian ---
**Author:** ![HookerChemical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/278dde/32.png) [@HookerChemical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HookerChemical)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2012, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-10-25-the-holographic-excitation/638864/26 "2012-10-26T18:11:05Z")
> [@standingwave](#): > > Jack & Rose My first thought here was that this was Jack Harkness and Rose Tyler. ---
**Author:** ![stegon66](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee59a6/32.png) [@stegon66](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stegon66)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2012, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-10-25-the-holographic-excitation/638864/27 "2012-10-26T18:16:47Z")
> [@](#): > > My first thought here was that this was Jack Harkness and Rose Tyler. Mine too. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2012, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-10-25-the-holographic-excitation/638864/28 "2012-10-26T18:38:00Z")
> [@HookerChemical](#): > > My first thought here was that this was Jack Harkness and Rose Tyler. Wait, it’s not?! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2012, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-10-25-the-holographic-excitation/638864/29 "2012-10-26T19:33:50Z")
Well why couldn’t he agree to that? Jack’s varied and large sexual appetite? C’mon though, it’s Whoverse! ---
**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:** [October 26, 2012, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-10-25-the-holographic-excitation/638864/30 "2012-10-26T19:46:43Z")
What’s a hicky? Jim Parsons delivery of that line was dead on perfect. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2012, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-10-25-the-holographic-excitation/638864/31 "2012-10-27T14:12:14Z")
I’m going to assume since there hasn’t been an answer that there was no real resolution to the dumping of Leonard storyline. Since I’ve come to BBT through repeats on local stations and have not followed from the beginning I need to ask: Is this common? I think there’s usually a throw away bit to explain away a ‘thing’. Like the Buzz Aldrin video and Wolowitz’s space spaciness. My husband swears there was a scene where Penny tells Leonard to stop alluding to marriage because it made her uncomfortable but I would have remembered something like that. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2012, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-10-25-the-holographic-excitation/638864/32 "2012-10-27T15:44:32Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > My husband swears there was a scene where Penny tells Leonard to stop alluding to marriage because it made her uncomfortable but I would have remembered something like that. yes she has told him to stop being serious about the relationship and stop thanking her for having sex; both multiple times. she has presented a strong streak of nonattachment. some movement of the nature of their relationship follows other characters relationships changing. ---
**Author:** ![Reno\_Nevada](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Reno\_Nevada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reno_Nevada)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2012, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-10-25-the-holographic-excitation/638864/33 "2012-10-27T17:48:17Z")
> [@N9IWP](#): > > I was exepecting the Curies as well, or to steal an idea from another sitcom (Empty Nest?), Madam Curie and Radium I think it is worth noting that NONE of Sheldon’s suggestions have a female in them. They are all males or robots (or Daleks, I suppose). ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2012, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-10-25-the-holographic-excitation/638864/34 "2012-10-27T21:53:41Z")
> [@johnpost](#): > > yes she has told him to stop being serious about the relationship and stop thanking her for having sex; both multiple times. she has presented a strong streak of nonattachment. > > some movement of the nature of their relationship follows other characters relationships changing. Yes, that’s why she broke up with him before. I’m talking about this season. Did she tell him this again or did they just drop the breaking up story line without resolution? ---
**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2012, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-10-25-the-holographic-excitation/638864/35 "2012-10-27T22:10:36Z")
> [@Reno\_Nevada](#): > > I think it is worth noting that NONE of Sheldon’s suggestions have a female in them. They are all males or robots (or Daleks, I suppose). Yeah. Thanks **standingwave** for posting the list. Most of Amy’s choices are well-known romantic pairings in literature or pop culture - except for Blossom and Joey, who were siblings. I wonder if they didn’t think we’d get the joke if it were ‘Blossom and Vinnie’, since Joey is the more recognizable character to casual viewers of the show. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2012, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-10-25-the-holographic-excitation/638864/36 "2012-10-27T22:16:43Z")
No resolution was made other than the jealousy of the new assistant bit. Yes it is common for them to drop or at least ignore story lines. More likely than not they have several writing teams and consistency within the overall arc is of more importance to some teams than to others. They may come back to it. May not. Honestly it seems like they are floundering with where to take these characters. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2012, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-10-25-the-holographic-excitation/638864/37 "2012-10-28T00:05:02Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Yes, that’s why she broke up with him before. I’m talking about this season. Did she tell him this again or did they just drop the breaking up story line without resolution? This episode was the resolution. Penny saw again in Leonard what attracted her in the first place, and accepted that it still does it for her, reaffirming their relationship. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2012, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-10-25-the-holographic-excitation/638864/38 "2012-10-28T00:21:36Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > This episode was the resolution. Penny saw again in Leonard what attracted her in the first place, and accepted that it still does it for her, reaffirming their relationship. Ah, perfect! And so much better than her staying with him because she felt sorry for him and his sad puppy-dog eyes. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2012, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-10-25-the-holographic-excitation/638864/39 "2012-10-28T04:38:50Z")
But didn’t she refer to him as her boyfriend, and go to his lab because her friends had encouraged her to do things that made him, her boyfriend, happy, like being interested in what he does, at the start of the ep. They, for the ep, resolved her uncertainty before the ep started. This just also resolved her lack of satisfaction with his sexual performance. (“He really tries hard.”) Now he just needs to talk nerdy to her. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2012, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-10-25-the-holographic-excitation/638864/40 "2012-10-28T04:42:15Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Yes, that’s why she broke up with him before. I’m talking about this season. Did she tell him this again or did they just drop the breaking up story line without resolution? Wasn’t it just near the end of the last season and in this go around of their relationship that he proposed during sex? Which she was upset over and later told him a firm “No” as an answer. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-10-25-the-holographic-excitation/638864.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-10-25-the-holographic-excitation/638864.md?page=3)