# The Big Bang Theory 5/3--The Launch Acceleration **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 3, 2012, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-5-3-the-launch-acceleration/620782 "2012-05-03T20:07:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 3
**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 9, 2012, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-5-3-the-launch-acceleration/620782/41 "2012-05-09T19:55:37Z")
> [@slitterst](#): > > I think Raj is the least interesting. Why does the show need a second theoretical physicist?.. Raj is an astronomer and an astrophysicist, not a theoretical physicist, and he’s there for cultural and psychotic diversity. He’s the only thing keeping the show from becoming _Nerd Friends_. ---
**Author:** ![Albert\_Rose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@Albert\_Rose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Albert_Rose)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-5-3-the-launch-acceleration/620782/42 "2012-05-10T03:38:35Z")
And his sister is pretty. ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-5-3-the-launch-acceleration/620782/43 "2012-05-10T14:13:17Z")
> [@Albert\_Rose](#): > > And his sister is pretty. Yes, she is! I wasn’t that crazy about her character, but the actress who plays Priya certainly is drop-dead gorgeous! I wonder if we have seen the last of her? And speaking of sisters, who played Sheldon’s sister (from a previous season / episode, don’t know which)? She was very hot! ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-5-3-the-launch-acceleration/620782/44 "2012-05-10T14:26:29Z")
> [@gytalf2000](#): > > And speaking of sisters, who played Sheldon’s sister (from a previous season / episode, don’t know which)? She was very hot! Courtney Henggeler played his fraternal twin sister, Missy. in season 01 episode 15 The Pork Chop Indeterminacy. the boys were impressed. ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-5-3-the-launch-acceleration/620782/45 "2012-05-10T14:39:36Z")
> [@johnpost](#): > > Courtney Henggeler played his fraternal twin sister, Missy. > > in season 01 episode 15 The Pork Chop Indeterminacy. > > the boys were impressed. And so was I! Thanks for the info. ---
**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 10, 2012, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-5-3-the-launch-acceleration/620782/46 "2012-05-10T14:45:23Z")
> [@gytalf2000](#): > > Yes, she is! I wasn’t that crazy about her character, but the actress who plays Priya certainly is drop-dead gorgeous! > > I wonder if we have seen the last of her? I certainly hope so. She wasn’t that good looking (the other three women put her in the shade) and I hated the character. ---
**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-5-3-the-launch-acceleration/620782/47 "2012-05-10T15:00:18Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > I certainly hope so. She wasn’t that good looking (the other three women put her in the shade) and I hated the character. I’d say with the hottest first, the list goes Penny, Missy, Priya, Bernadette, Amy. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-5-3-the-launch-acceleration/620782/48 "2012-05-10T15:34:55Z")
> [@chrisk](#): > > I’d say with the hottest first, the list goes Penny, Missy, Priya, Bernadette, Amy. 😉 The funny thing is, I actually overheard a conversation a few days ago while out at lunch --two guys were talking about Mayim Bialik, the actress who plays Amy Farrah Fowler. One thought she was ugly, and the other one was saying that she wasn’t really ugly, she was just “plain”. They both thought that she was smart and funny, though! ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-5-3-the-launch-acceleration/620782/49 "2012-05-10T15:48:40Z")
I have a new prediction: The finale is Howard and Bernadette eloping. ---
**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 10, 2012, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-5-3-the-launch-acceleration/620782/50 "2012-05-10T17:10:20Z")
> [@gytalf2000](#): > > The funny thing is, I actually overheard a conversation a few days ago while out at lunch --two guys were talking about Mayim Bialik, the actress who plays Amy Farrah Fowler. One thought she was ugly, and the other one was saying that she wasn’t really ugly, she was just “plain”. They both thought that she was smart and funny, though! I think she’s just adorable. A couple of weeks ago when Sheldon knocked one out of the park by buying her a tiara, her reaction left me utterly smitten. SMITTEN, I TELLS YA! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-5-3-the-launch-acceleration/620782/51 "2012-05-10T17:33:44Z")
My rankings: Priya, Danicka Mckellar (forgot character name), Bernadette, Penny, AFF. ---
**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 10, 2012, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-5-3-the-launch-acceleration/620782/52 "2012-05-10T17:49:32Z")
If we start counting guest stars, the list will get very long, and Priya will still be at the tail end of it. So let it be written. So let it be done. Yeah, _I really_ don’t like her. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-5-3-the-launch-acceleration/620782/53 "2012-05-10T18:37:15Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > My rankings: Priya, Danicka Mckellar (forgot character name), Bernadette, Penny, AFF. Danica McKellar played Abby. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-5-3-the-launch-acceleration/620782/54 "2012-05-10T18:53:40Z")
> [@johnpost](#): > > Danica McKellar played Abby. And the one who played her friend wasn’t exactly a dog either. ---
**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 10, 2012, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-5-3-the-launch-acceleration/620782/55 "2012-05-10T19:10:30Z")
> [@Kimballkid](#): > > And the one who played her friend wasn’t exactly a dog either. That would be Jen Drohan as Martha. For geeks, the guys regularly score some amazing women. Smart must really **be** the new sexy. ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2012, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-5-3-the-launch-acceleration/620782/56 "2012-05-10T21:39:17Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > That would be Jen Drohan as Martha. > > For geeks, the guys regularly score some amazing women. Smart must really **be** the new sexy. Well, I see extremely attractive college-age girls strolling around with nerdy-looking guys quite often (I work at a university), so perhaps it is true that “smart is the new sexy”. Or perhaps the guys that I see walking with the sexy gals just come from wealthy families. Ha! ---
**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 11, 2012, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-5-3-the-launch-acceleration/620782/57 "2012-05-11T01:00:38Z")
Wait, Danica McKellar was on the show? Who’s Abby? ---
**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 11, 2012, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-5-3-the-launch-acceleration/620782/58 "2012-05-11T01:22:16Z")
She was a guest star as a girl who drunk-Raj was macking on at a faculty party. He dragged Sheldon along as a wingman. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2012, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-5-3-the-launch-acceleration/620782/59 "2012-05-11T16:11:26Z")
It was season 3 Episode 12 “The Psychic Vortex”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-5-3-the-launch-acceleration/620782.md?page=2)