# The Big Bang Theory, Season 10, Episode 22 (April 27, 2017) -- "The Cognition Regeneration" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 27, 2017, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-22-april-27-2017-the-cognition-regeneration/785369 "2017-04-27T15:18:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2017, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-22-april-27-2017-the-cognition-regeneration/785369/41 "2017-04-28T22:31:29Z")
> [@DSeid](#): > > 1. To be the reason Zack rescinded the offer. > > 2. Possibly to be revealed who she is in a later episode and the what sort of emergency it was. Yes, very possible that she’s “a smart one” - maybe a trauma or neurosurgeon (or maybe the vet that many of us wanted Raj to date) and the emergency was really an emergency. He didn’t ask not only because he’s Zack but because her having emergencies is SOP. If the producers really wanted to go for maximum effect, they’d make Zack’s fiancee Dr. Stephanie and then send them on a double date. ---
**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:** [April 29, 2017, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-22-april-27-2017-the-cognition-regeneration/785369/42 "2017-04-29T12:28:59Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > If the producers really wanted to go for maximum effect, they’d make Zack’s fiancee Dr. Stephanie and then send them on a double date. I was just thinking something similar. But have Raj have brief flings with Dr. Stephanie, Ramona Nowitzki, etc. Melissa did a reasonable job with the ventriloquism. One of the things that always puzzled me is why Senor Wenches, Buffalo Bob, Edgar Bergen, etc. didn’t learn ventriloquism. It isn’t that hard to learn to barely move your lips. Zack kept referring to Penny as his ex-girlfriend. I think he would be the type to say “ex-wife” instead. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2017, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-22-april-27-2017-the-cognition-regeneration/785369/43 "2017-04-29T13:47:54Z")
I think the ventriloquism was a bit of TV trickery. It was pre-recorded playback, most likely. ---
**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:** [April 30, 2017, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-22-april-27-2017-the-cognition-regeneration/785369/44 "2017-04-30T13:08:22Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > I think the ventriloquism was a bit of TV trickery. It was pre-recorded playback, most likely. I wondered about that. Some shots are close ups of just the dummy, but some show both the dummy and Melissa. You can see her lips move just a small bit on the harder sounds and that’s in sync with the lines. She might have done a sloppy job in front of the live audience and a better voice-over inserted later. Gotta have that “real” audience reaction, you know. ---
**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 30, 2017, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-22-april-27-2017-the-cognition-regeneration/785369/45 "2017-04-30T22:56:11Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > I was expecting Zach’s fiancé to turn out to be very smart; maybe even a character we’ve seen before, like Alex. Oh, please, PLEASE let her be Mandy Chow. She looked athletic. Maybe they met at the Y. > [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > I thought so too. I three. ---
**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 30, 2017, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-22-april-27-2017-the-cognition-regeneration/785369/46 "2017-04-30T23:50:34Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > Oh, please, PLEASE let her be Mandy Chow. She looked athletic. Maybe they met at the Y. How about Joyce Kim, trying to steal the secrets of Zack’s menu printing business for North Korea? ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2017, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-22-april-27-2017-the-cognition-regeneration/785369/47 "2017-05-01T01:10:54Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > You can see her lips move just a small bit on the harder sounds and that’s in sync with the lines. That’s called acting. But there were hard Bs and Ds said, not in the ventriloquism cheat way, but clearly as proper speech; it had to have been a trick. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-22-april-27-2017-the-cognition-regeneration/785369.md?page=2)