# The Big Bang Theory, May 16, 2013 -- "The Bon Voyage Reaction" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 16, 2013, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-may-16-2013-the-bon-voyage-reaction/658537 "2013-05-16T18:45:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![movingfinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@movingfinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/movingfinger)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2013, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-may-16-2013-the-bon-voyage-reaction/658537/41 "2013-05-24T07:07:52Z")
I’m still in a very pleased state of shock over the dress Bernadette was wearing. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2013, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-may-16-2013-the-bon-voyage-reaction/658537/42 "2013-05-24T08:35:49Z")
Here’s the way you work this into the plot: Wil Wheaton does a favor for Leonard and gets Penny an audition with a new SF series. Penny is mad at Leonard for using his influence to get her an audition, but goes anyway. She’s a big hit, and gets a co-starring or supporting role on a show with Wil Wheaton. Hijinks ensue. Wheaton joins the cast as a semi-regular. Leonard starts to dislike him because he’s jealous and worried that Wheaton is trying to steal Penny. He and Sheldon join together to plot against Wheaton, who crushes them mercilessly. Penny gets mad at Leonard for being an insane jealous dweeb, but is really kind of flattered that he cared so much. Wheaton walks away, like Sabu, having hung around while a bunch of crazy people solved their own problems. There. Now Penny is on a sci-fi show, the writers have an excuse to write Wil Wheaton into the plot whenever they want to, and they’ve got a whole lot of new territory to milk. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2013, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-may-16-2013-the-bon-voyage-reaction/658537/43 "2013-05-24T21:56:40Z")
> [@Sam\_Stone](#): > > Here’s the way you work this into the plot: > > Wil Wheaton does a favor for Leonard and gets Penny an audition with a new SF series. Penny is mad at Leonard for using his influence to get her an audition, but goes anyway. > > She’s a big hit, and gets a co-starring or supporting role on a show with Wil Wheaton. Hijinks ensue. Wheaton joins the cast as a semi-regular. Leonard starts to dislike him because he’s jealous and worried that Wheaton is trying to steal Penny. He and Sheldon join together to plot against Wheaton, who crushes them mercilessly. Penny gets mad at Leonard for being an insane jealous dweeb, but is really kind of flattered that he cared so much. > > Wheaton walks away, like Sabu, having hung around while a bunch of crazy people solved their own problems. > > There. Now Penny is on a sci-fi show, the writers have an excuse to write Wil Wheaton into the plot whenever they want to, and they’ve got a whole lot of new territory to milk. Then in the season finale, Penny’s show is cancelled, but she has an offer for a movie… but it’s filming in Vancouver for 3-4 months and she has to leave in a few days. And for some reason Leonard can’t go or visit her there. YEAH, THAT’S THE TICKET! ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2013, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-may-16-2013-the-bon-voyage-reaction/658537/44 "2013-05-24T22:21:25Z")
Semi-hijack: Has anyone else noticed how very red Jim Parson’s hands are? What’s up with that? ---
**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 24, 2013, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-may-16-2013-the-bon-voyage-reaction/658537/45 "2013-05-24T22:25:47Z")
The wife (an RN) thinks it’s because he might have [Reynaud’s phenomenon](http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/raynauds-disease/DS00433). ---
**Author:** ![Jake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2013, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-may-16-2013-the-bon-voyage-reaction/658537/46 "2013-05-25T19:46:20Z")
> [@epbrown01](#): > > Raj has the disposable income. Sheldon would analyze the viability and find it’s not good, Bernadette wouldn’t allow Howard to waste money on it, and Leonard’s likely saving for a dream wedding to Penny. And Raj is meddlesome enough to go too far changing things around. > > Penny landing a role on a low-budget sci-fi show is the best bet for interesting stories. It gives her a modicum of success and fame, opportunities for all sorts of conflict. Leonard’s reaction to her doing love scenes, the gang’s dislike of scientific inaccuracies on the show while Penny is blase about it. How would the guys react to Penny appearing at Comic-Con? Or Penny giving a great interview about sci-fi by parroting stuff she’s heard the guys say over the years rather than what she really thinks/knows? Next season’s cliffhanger would write itself (Penny has to move to Canada with the show). I think this is the exact plot for the series! Do you write for the show? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2013, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-may-16-2013-the-bon-voyage-reaction/658537/47 "2013-05-25T23:24:13Z")
In a fit of insomnia a few days ago, I re-watched the episode where Lucy was first introduced. It was this years Valentines episode. IMO, She was not nearly as shy and pathetic in that episode. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2013, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-may-16-2013-the-bon-voyage-reaction/658537/48 "2013-05-26T03:32:50Z")
It’s not specifically about the final episode of the season, but [here](http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/26/magazine/i-love-the-big-bang-theory-and-you-should-too.html) is an essay from tomorrow’s Sunday New York Times Magazine praising the series. In particular, he praises Jim Parsons, the ensemble cast as a whole and the writing. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-may-16-2013-the-bon-voyage-reaction/658537.md?page=2)