# The Big Bang Theory, April 10, 2014 -- "The Relationship Diremption" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 10, 2014, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-april-10-2014-the-relationship-diremption/685795 "2014-04-10T14:38:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2014, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-april-10-2014-the-relationship-diremption/685795/1 "2014-04-10T14:38:18Z")
I am starting this thread in anticipation of tonight’s episode. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2014, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-april-10-2014-the-relationship-diremption/685795/2 "2014-04-10T15:03:48Z")
[Just to get it out of the way:](http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Diremption) > [@](#): > > Di`remp´tion > > n. 1. A tearing apart; violent separation. ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2014, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-april-10-2014-the-relationship-diremption/685795/3 "2014-04-10T17:07:55Z")
Oh, the suspense… Leonard & Penny? Sheldon & Amy? Sheldon & Leonard? (No idea what kind of relationship they’re talking about) Howard & Bernadette? Raj & Cinnamon? Raj & Howard? Raj’s parents? Bernadette’s parents? Amy & Penny? Penny & Bernadette? Bernadette and Amy? ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2014, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-april-10-2014-the-relationship-diremption/685795/4 "2014-04-10T17:19:18Z")
It’s gotta be Amy and Sheldon, right? I mean seriously how much of his nonsense is she supposed to put up with? ---
**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:** [April 10, 2014, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-april-10-2014-the-relationship-diremption/685795/5 "2014-04-10T17:23:54Z")
That’s the way I’d bet. But for all we know Sheldon is just changing dentists. ---
**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:** [April 10, 2014, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-april-10-2014-the-relationship-diremption/685795/6 "2014-04-10T17:55:26Z")
> [@Ranger\_Jeff](#): > > Oh, the suspense… > > Leonard & Penny? > Sheldon & Amy? > Sheldon & Leonard? (No idea what kind of relationship they’re talking about) > Howard & Bernadette? > Raj & Cinnamon? > Raj & Howard? > Raj’s parents? > Bernadette’s parents? > Amy & Penny? > Penny & Bernadette? > Bernadette and Amy? Stuart and… Eh, I got nothin’. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2014, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-april-10-2014-the-relationship-diremption/685795/7 "2014-04-10T18:48:14Z")
According to the promo, it’s . . . . . . . . . Sheldon and physics (specifically, string theory) ---
**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:** [April 10, 2014, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-april-10-2014-the-relationship-diremption/685795/8 "2014-04-10T19:04:24Z")
> [@Infovore](#): > > According to the promo, it’s > > . > . > . > . > . > . > . > > . > . > > Sheldon and physics (specifically, string theory) They HAVE GOT to bring back Leslie Winkle for an “I told you so. Dumbass.” ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2014, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-april-10-2014-the-relationship-diremption/685795/9 "2014-04-11T03:50:15Z")
> [@Infovore](#): > > According to the promo, it’s > > . > . > . > . > . > . > . > > . > . > > Sheldon and physics (specifically, string theory) So, is his fling with Geology (the Dirt People!) just a one night stand or something more serious? ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2014, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-april-10-2014-the-relationship-diremption/685795/10 "2014-04-11T04:06:58Z")
> [@standingwave](#): > > So, is his fling with Geology (the Dirt People!) just a one night stand or something more serious? “It’s not my friend. Nothing happened!” :o ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2014, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-april-10-2014-the-relationship-diremption/685795/11 "2014-04-11T04:21:45Z")
It’s just a one night stand. He was hired as a theoretical physicist. Caltech isn’t going to pay him for geology. He needs a new project. I’d suggest he work on finding a way to reverse entropy. On a massive scale. Sheldon is an amusing drunk and he’s fun the morning after. And Emily has teeth! I think she’d be a good addition. I hope they keep her around. I wonder how she’d deal with Sheldon. It seems the truce between Howard and Sheldon is still holding. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2014, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-april-10-2014-the-relationship-diremption/685795/12 "2014-04-11T04:36:39Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > They HAVE GOT to bring back Leslie Winkle for an “I told you so. Dumbass.” while that would be nice she is in a new show, Bad Teacher. ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2014, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-april-10-2014-the-relationship-diremption/685795/13 "2014-04-11T07:12:43Z")
I LOL’d through the whole episode. Good lines one after another and cohesive storyline. The only misstep was Bernadette’s put-off reaction when Emily said she chose her field because she likes to cut people. Bernadette’s “real” response should have been something like, “I kind of like that about you.” ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2014, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-april-10-2014-the-relationship-diremption/685795/14 "2014-04-11T12:41:26Z")
**Becky** , I agree. I think that would have been a bonding moment between Emily and Bernadette. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2014, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-april-10-2014-the-relationship-diremption/685795/15 "2014-04-11T12:53:28Z")
Any episode with Kripke in it starts out with one strike against it. I did enjoy Amy’s reaction to Sheldon’s hairdo “Sex on a stick!” I thought it was great that the pajamaless Sheldon woke up after a bender with a geology book under his arm. I was hoping for Amy, but this was funnier. ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2014, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-april-10-2014-the-relationship-diremption/685795/16 "2014-04-11T13:39:05Z")
> [@Becky2844](#): > > I LOL’d through the whole episode. Good lines one after another and cohesive storyline. > The only misstep was Bernadette’s put-off reaction when Emily said she chose her field because she likes to cut people. Bernadette’s “real” response should have been something like, “I kind of like that about you.” Yeah, I would have expected something along those lines from Bernie. ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2014, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-april-10-2014-the-relationship-diremption/685795/17 "2014-04-11T14:00:34Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > I thought it was great that the pajamaless Sheldon woke up after a bender with a geology book under his arm. I was hoping for Amy, but this was funnier. Sure, the initial gag was everyone thinking he was nekkid in bed with Amy. I loved the way he slipped his arm out from underneath the geology book without disturbing it. I think it was funny storytelling; credit to the writing, directing, and acting. ---
**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:** [April 11, 2014, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-april-10-2014-the-relationship-diremption/685795/18 "2014-04-11T14:02:15Z")
It’s funny that even Sheldon knows that maneuver. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2014, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-april-10-2014-the-relationship-diremption/685795/19 "2014-04-11T14:21:04Z")
> [@Becky2844](#): > > I LOL’d through the whole episode. Good lines one after another and cohesive storyline. > The only misstep was Bernadette’s put-off reaction when Emily said she chose her field because she likes to cut people. Bernadette’s “real” response should have been something like, “I kind of like that about you.” > [@gytalf2000](#): > > Yeah, I would have expected something along those lines from Bernie. agreed ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2014, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-april-10-2014-the-relationship-diremption/685795/20 "2014-04-11T14:21:47Z")
Is string theory really coming to be seen as a dead end, though? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-april-10-2014-the-relationship-diremption/685795.md?page=2)