# The Big Bang Theory, Season 10, Episode 20 (April 6, 2017) -- "The Recollection Dissipation" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 6, 2017, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-20-april-6-2017-the-recollection-dissipation/783879 "2017-04-06T13:46:12Z")\ **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 6, 2017, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-20-april-6-2017-the-recollection-dissipation/783879/1 "2017-04-06T13:46:12Z")
I am starting this thread in anticipation of tonight’s episode. ---
**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2017, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-20-april-6-2017-the-recollection-dissipation/783879/2 "2017-04-07T00:38:03Z")
OMG, did I laugh tonight? Great episode. I loved Howard’s confession. That was so bad (in a funny way). “Soft Kitty, Warm Kitty” was great. ---
**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:** [April 7, 2017, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-20-april-6-2017-the-recollection-dissipation/783879/3 "2017-04-07T00:41:50Z")
In before the naysayers-- I laughed and laughed! Also counting on the Nitpickers to tell me if all those renditions of Soft Kitty worked. ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2017, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-20-april-6-2017-the-recollection-dissipation/783879/4 "2017-04-07T01:34:45Z")
I really, really enjoyed this episode. I’m still loving the “Sheldon Starts To Grow Up” storyline\*, Raj was used smartly–Stu is a better pathetic sad-sack than Raj, and you don’t need to of them. I liked him here as socially awkward but smart/useful. They’re still (IMO) over-bitching Bernie. She needs to chill out (at least towards pre-Confession Howard) a lot. I don’t mind her being a major hardass, stone-cold bitch to everyone else, but I’d prefer to see a softer side to her when she’s with Howard. And I loved the multiple versions of Soft Kitty. I would have liked if they’d added a few others: English-\>French (or Spanish)-\>German-\>Russian-\>Mandarin-\>request for Navajo. \*Which I’m hoping Chuck Lorre doesn’t fuck up, but suspect will. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2017, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-20-april-6-2017-the-recollection-dissipation/783879/5 "2017-04-07T01:55:17Z")
I’d be surprised if the soft kitty alternate language versions were not accurate. A couple of years ago, there was scene between Penny and Amy that required Amy to bounce quarters into a beer mug. Mayim Bialik said she practiced and practiced so that she could do it the scenes. Dancing Sheldon is always good for laughs. Jim Parsons is at his best when he is doing physical comedy. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2017, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-20-april-6-2017-the-recollection-dissipation/783879/6 "2017-04-07T02:08:14Z")
Great episode that was over too soon. This should have been a two-parter, with them visiting several locations, and also taking a little more time with Bernadette’s story. That got wrapped up to neatly. There needs to be a part 2 where she actually goes back to work, with a little suspense. ---
**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 7, 2017, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-20-april-6-2017-the-recollection-dissipation/783879/7 "2017-04-07T03:06:14Z")
> [@Fenris](#): > > And I loved the multiple versions of Soft Kitty. I would have liked if they’d added a few others: English-\>French (or Spanish)-\>German-\>Russian-\>Mandarin-\>request for Navajo. I can’t believe they passed up the opportunity to do it in Ubbi Dubbi. ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2017, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-20-april-6-2017-the-recollection-dissipation/783879/8 "2017-04-07T03:09:41Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > I can’t believe they passed up the opportunity to do it in Ubbi Dubbi. Brilliant. And Klingon, of course. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2017, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-20-april-6-2017-the-recollection-dissipation/783879/9 "2017-04-07T03:18:45Z")
I loved Amy’s line about not needing butter on her toast. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2017, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-20-april-6-2017-the-recollection-dissipation/783879/10 "2017-04-07T13:27:16Z")
Several laugh out loud scenes for me. I guess Sheldon has come a long way from The Pancake Batter Anomaly, where he was a complete baby about being sick. This time he was going to power through it. Would Sheldon truly be in trouble for leaving his Top Secret notebook at the bar? Or are we to assume no one understood it, so no biggie? No butter. Ew. I loved the Soft Kitty Warm Kitty in different languages. I do like how they’re handling Bernadette. She was scared and ambivalent over being pregnant, now she’s real word ambivalent and guilty about going back to work. Considering she makes a “butt load” of money I’m not sure the Wolowitzes can maintain their lifestyle with just Howard’s income. Looks like next week the gang steps up to get Raj a girlfriend. ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2017, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-20-april-6-2017-the-recollection-dissipation/783879/11 "2017-04-07T13:54:47Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > I do like how they’re handling Bernadette. She was scared and ambivalent over being pregnant, now she’s real word ambivalent and guilty about going back to work. Considering she makes a “butt load” of money I’m not sure the Wolowitzes can maintain their lifestyle with just Howard’s income. For me, while I like the idea of real-world ambivilance, I don’t like how she treats Howard about it. If their genders were reversed\* it would be considered spousal abuse. And if she treats Howard so badly that he’s figuring he did something wrong rather than “Maybe she’s just in a bad mood”, she _really_ shouldn’t be allowed around the baby. \*And if the husband had the same temperament and ability to intimidate ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2017, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-20-april-6-2017-the-recollection-dissipation/783879/12 "2017-04-07T14:05:21Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > Would Sheldon truly be in trouble for leaving his Top Secret notebook at the bar? Or are we to assume no one understood it, so no biggie? He would be in trouble for having it outside of a properly secured facility unless it was packaged in accordance with regulations and he was certified as a courier taking it from one secured place to another. Of course, when does reality have anything to do with storylines? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2017, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-20-april-6-2017-the-recollection-dissipation/783879/13 "2017-04-07T14:34:10Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > I can’t believe they passed up the opportunity to do it in Ubbi Dubbi. Oh, that would have been fantastic! ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2017, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-20-april-6-2017-the-recollection-dissipation/783879/14 "2017-04-07T14:36:32Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > Looks like next week the gang steps up to get Raj a girlfriend. Yeah, I’m really looking forward to that! ---
**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 7, 2017, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-20-april-6-2017-the-recollection-dissipation/783879/15 "2017-04-07T15:09:00Z")
> [@Fenris](#): > > Brilliant. And Klingon, of course. 🙂 Does Klingon even have a word for ‘soft’? ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2017, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-20-april-6-2017-the-recollection-dissipation/783879/16 "2017-04-07T15:23:19Z")
[Apparently it’s “tun.”](http://tradukka.com/translate/en/tlh?hl=en) ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2017, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-20-april-6-2017-the-recollection-dissipation/783879/17 "2017-04-07T15:36:40Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Does Klingon even have a word for ‘soft’? I just looked it up. Apparently “Soft” in Klingon is “tun” So the first two lines are: \*\*Tun ghu-vlghro’, qup-tuj ghu-vlghro’ \*\*Soft little cat, less hot little cat \*\* mach QujmeH moQ , veD \*\*little ball of fur ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2017, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-20-april-6-2017-the-recollection-dissipation/783879/18 "2017-04-07T15:39:37Z")
You have to finish it. So no word for kitty or warm? ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2017, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-20-april-6-2017-the-recollection-dissipation/783879/19 "2017-04-07T16:09:25Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > You have to finish it. Your wish is my command. See below (and with the corrected translation. > [@](#): > > So no word for kitty or warm? I wasn’t surprised by a lack of word for “kitty” or “kitten” but “warm” surprised me,’ Tun ghu-vlghro’, qup-tuj ghu-vlghro’ Soft baby cat, less hot baby cat mach QujmeH moQ , veD little ball of fur Quch ghu-vlghro’. Doy ghu-vlghro’ Happy baby cat, tired baby cat yIjatlhQo’ jachtaHvIS, yIjatlhQo’ jachtaHvIS, yIjatlhQo’ jachtaHvIS quiet growl, quiet growl, quiet growel ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2017, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-20-april-6-2017-the-recollection-dissipation/783879/20 "2017-04-07T16:27:37Z")
> [@Fenris](#): > > Apparently “Soft” in Klingon is “tun” So it’s an expletive. 😉 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-20-april-6-2017-the-recollection-dissipation/783879.md?page=2)