# The Big Bang Theory 5/10--The Countdown Reflection (Season Finale) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 10, 2012, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-5-10-the-countdown-reflection-season-finale/621504 "2012-05-10T15:13:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![obfusciatrist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4af34b/32.png) [@obfusciatrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obfusciatrist)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2012, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-5-10-the-countdown-reflection-season-finale/621504/41 "2012-05-12T02:13:25Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > What’s that thing on top of Howard’s head? He looks like a [Princess Peach from Mario Kart.](http://www.zimbio.com/Nintendo+Wii/articles/fgHzkR2XFB8/princess+peach+mario+kart) Having watched the episode after having seen this comment I was watching closely and he wasn’t wearing anything on his head. But that’s Bernadettes bouquet and is over his left shoulder. Wolowitz’s head is just above it in the photo. More important, is the red thing the first time we’ve ever seen his mother in any way? ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2012, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-5-10-the-countdown-reflection-season-finale/621504/42 "2012-05-12T02:35:32Z")
I have to point out that the “Princess Peach” in that link is really Toad. He’s the one with the polka dot head. Peachy is just a [blonde in a pink dress](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/78/PeachNSMBW.jpg/200px-PeachNSMBW.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2012, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-5-10-the-countdown-reflection-season-finale/621504/43 "2012-05-12T02:48:34Z")
Thank you for the links to the screenshots and to the card. I enjoyed the episode, and think the dorkiness of them all getting ordained \ brings it down to normalcy for the BBT crowd. Otherwise it would have been too sniffly. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2012, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-5-10-the-countdown-reflection-season-finale/621504/44 "2012-05-12T06:45:16Z")
> [@obfusciatrist](#): > > Having watched the episode after having seen this comment I was watching closely and he wasn’t wearing anything on his head. But that’s Bernadettes bouquet and is over his left shoulder. Wolowitz’s head is just above it in the photo. > > More important, is the red thing the first time we’ve ever seen his mother in any way? Yep. ---
**Author:** ![What\_the](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f4b2a3/32.png) [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2012, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-5-10-the-countdown-reflection-season-finale/621504/45 "2012-05-12T16:01:18Z")
> [@Larry\_Mudd](#): > > [Here ya go.](http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/1893/92320698.jpg) Got any more of those so we can see the Pasadena area better?? ---
**Author:** ![obfusciatrist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4af34b/32.png) [@obfusciatrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obfusciatrist)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2012, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-5-10-the-countdown-reflection-season-finale/621504/46 "2012-05-12T17:23:56Z")
[Here’s the most Pasadena context](http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5040/7182873228_abe271d40b_b.jpg) given before it flashes to a scale that covers all of Southern California. Surprisingly, just quickly scanning the area in Google Maps I found it. [Here’s a screenshot](http://www.flickr.com/photos/obfusciatrist/7182891894/in/photostream/) from Google maps with some of the common buildings highlighted (the BBT building itself is added to the actual map. Link to the location in Google Map. https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=Pasadena,%2BCA&daddr=S%2BMadison%2BAve&hl=en&sll=34.141832,-118.137156&sspn=0.006784,0.013937&geocode=FckNCQId_EH1-ClRCzM43MLCgDFKj9EaFkErBQ%3BFZT3CAIdA1r1-A&t=h&mra=mift&mrsp=1&sz=17&z=17&ll=34.141832,-118.137156 So it would appear they live on the 200 block of S. Madison Ave, Pasadena, CA. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2012, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-5-10-the-countdown-reflection-season-finale/621504/47 "2012-05-12T20:45:33Z")
In Season 4 Episode 05, \* The Desperation Emanation\*, we have the line: “Sheldon: She’ll get lost. We no longer live at 2311 Los Robles. We now live at 311 Los Robles.” There is a _South_ Los Robles south of Pasadena with street numbers going up to at least 2305. It ends shortly thereafter at Huntington. North Los Robles doesn’t go that high. In Season 5 Episode 13, _The Recombination Hypothesis_, we have this line regarding Leonard going across the street to use the facilities at a gas station: “Sheldon: 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.” Colorado Blvd. is the divider between North and South Los Robles. So the street numbers start there. Not exactly close to 2311. There is also no gas station on Colorado in the immediate area. Once again, TV geography is in a world by itself. Sheldon would not approve. ---
**Author:** ![minionkat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@minionkat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minionkat)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2012, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-5-10-the-countdown-reflection-season-finale/621504/48 "2012-05-12T23:10:10Z")
I liked it, and have to admit that I teared up with the hand holding and the actually going to space at the end. One thing, if Sheldon has an eidetic memory, then why was he reading from a card at the ceremony? It might not have bothered me so much if they hadn’t made such a big deal about it earlier in the episode with the Pringles ingredients. ---
**Author:** ![What\_the](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f4b2a3/32.png) [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2012, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-5-10-the-countdown-reflection-season-finale/621504/49 "2012-05-13T12:57:30Z")
> [@obfusciatrist](#): > > [Here’s the most Pasadena context](http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5040/7182873228_abe271d40b_b.jpg) given before it flashes to a scale that covers all of Southern California. > > Surprisingly, just quickly scanning the area in Google Maps I found it. > > [Here’s a screenshot](http://www.flickr.com/photos/obfusciatrist/7182891894/in/photostream/) from Google maps with some of the common buildings highlighted (the BBT building itself is added to the actual map. > > Link to the location in Google Map. > > [Google Maps](http://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=Pasadena,+CA&daddr=S+Madison+Ave&hl=en&sll=34.141832,-118.137156&sspn=0.006784,0.013937&geocode=FckNCQId_EH1-ClRCzM43MLCgDFKj9EaFkErBQ%3BFZT3CAIdA1r1-A&t=h&mra=mift&mrsp=1&sz=17&z=17) > > So it would appear they live on the 200 block of S. Madison Ave, Pasadena, CA. Thanks !!! ---
**Author:** ![Damuri\_Ajashi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Damuri\_Ajashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Damuri_Ajashi)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2012, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-5-10-the-countdown-reflection-season-finale/621504/50 "2012-05-14T14:30:30Z")
> [@Oy](#): > > It’s already available on [CBS.com](http://CBS.com). So I can watch every episode from season 1 to present? ---
**Author:** ![well\_he\_s\_back](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3ab097/32.png) [@well\_he\_s\_back](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/well_he_s_back)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2012, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-5-10-the-countdown-reflection-season-finale/621504/51 "2012-05-14T14:32:39Z")
I think CBS only keeps some of the episodes up to encourage purchase of DVDs. could be wrong. can’t check from work. ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2012, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-5-10-the-countdown-reflection-season-finale/621504/52 "2012-05-14T16:32:36Z")
> [@amarinth](#): > > That was the point! > It wouldn’t have been a big deal if AFF took Sheldon’s hand or if it had been characteristic of Sheldon the entire point of that scene was that Sheldon was the one who did it. It was a season finale tease. You’re right, and as “season finale teases” go, that was quite a big one! ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2012, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-5-10-the-countdown-reflection-season-finale/621504/53 "2012-05-14T20:45:16Z")
I think it was sweet that AFF got to wear the tiara that Sheldon bought her a few episodes ago. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2012, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-5-10-the-countdown-reflection-season-finale/621504/54 "2012-05-14T22:30:05Z")
> [@xizor](#): > > I think it was sweet that AFF got to wear the tiara that Sheldon bought her a few episodes ago. 🙂 Chekhov’s tiara. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2012, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-5-10-the-countdown-reflection-season-finale/621504/55 "2012-05-14T22:35:47Z")
That’s odd; it’s my sense that Sulu would be more likely than Chekhov to own a tiara. o\_0 ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2012, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-5-10-the-countdown-reflection-season-finale/621504/56 "2012-05-14T22:56:11Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > That’s odd; it’s my sense that Sulu would be more likely than Chekhov to own a tiara. o\_0 It’s a reference to the trope Checkov’s Gun. (just noticed the misspelling in my original message) ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2012, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-5-10-the-countdown-reflection-season-finale/621504/57 "2012-05-14T23:37:19Z")
Whoosh! With sequins! ---
**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:** [May 16, 2012, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-5-10-the-countdown-reflection-season-finale/621504/58 "2012-05-16T14:42:48Z")
Interesting blog entry from Emily Lakdawalla from the Planetary Society: > **[In which I sit in a Soyuz capsule with a Real Live Astronaut](https://www.planetary.org/articles/05091027)** > > Emily Lakdawalla is ready to launch to space with Shuttle astronaut Mike Massimino, who guest-starred (as an astronaut, of course) on the fifth season finale of the CBS comedy The Big Bang Theory. Maik Massimino says the Soyuz mockup was realistic Brian ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2012, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-5-10-the-countdown-reflection-season-finale/621504/59 "2012-05-16T15:17:21Z")
> [@N9IWP](#): > > Maik Massimino says the Soyuz mockup was realistic impressive. ---
**Author:** ![well\_he\_s\_back](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3ab097/32.png) [@well\_he\_s\_back](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/well_he_s_back)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2012, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-5-10-the-countdown-reflection-season-finale/621504/60 "2012-05-16T18:39:01Z")
N91WP - thanks for the link to that blog! so interesting. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-5-10-the-countdown-reflection-season-finale/621504.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-5-10-the-countdown-reflection-season-finale/621504.md?page=4)