# The Big Bang Theory, Season 10, Episode 5 (October 17, 2016) -- "The Hot Tub Contamination" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 17, 2016, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-5-october-17-2016-the-hot-tub-contamination/768867 "2016-10-17T20:19:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2016, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-5-october-17-2016-the-hot-tub-contamination/768867/21 "2016-10-18T18:03:34Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > OK episode, but I think they ditched Emily way too…conveniently. I never liked the character, but they didn’t even put her on a bus up-state. She’s just gone. And so is The Other Girl Whose Name I Can Never Remember. I thought it was interesting that, after all that “Raj is dating two women” stuff last season, they have apparently decided to just drop it this season, without even bothering to show us the breakups. They do seem to have written themselves into a corner with Raj. Now that the show has become about couples, he’s the odd man out, but they don’t seem to have had much luck finding him a love interest who fits in with the group (not to mention that this would bloat an already large cast even further). Unless they actually do go ahead and make him gay and pair him up with Stuart, I’m not sure what else there is to do with him. I do know one thing: their current decision to make him a creepy hanger-on to Bernadette’s pregnancy is not the way to go! ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2016, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-5-october-17-2016-the-hot-tub-contamination/768867/22 "2016-10-18T18:31:42Z")
> [@MrAtoz](#): > > And so is The Other Girl Whose Name I Can Never Remember. I thought it was interesting that, after all that “Raj is dating two women” stuff last season, they have apparently decided to just drop it this season, without even bothering to show us the breakups. Do you mean Lucy? They did show the break-up. There was a re-run episode the other day where Penny went and bitched her out for dumping Raj over email. So Lucy called him and he tried to get back with her but she said she had started dating someone else. So there was that break-up. Also the explanation for Sheldon’s 3 knocks was perfect. ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2016, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-5-october-17-2016-the-hot-tub-contamination/768867/23 "2016-10-18T18:40:23Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > Do you mean Lucy? They did show the break-up. There was a re-run episode the other day where Penny went and bitched her out for dumping Raj over email. So Lucy called him and he tried to get back with her but she said she had started dating someone else. So there was that break-up. No, I remember Lucy’s name. I mean the blonde girl who worked in the bar. See? You not only can’t remember her name, you can’t even remember her very existence! She was that unremarkable. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2016, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-5-october-17-2016-the-hot-tub-contamination/768867/24 "2016-10-18T18:44:10Z")
Claire. ---
**Author:** ![Reluctant\_A](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@Reluctant\_A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reluctant_A)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2016, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-5-october-17-2016-the-hot-tub-contamination/768867/25 "2016-10-18T19:55:11Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Definitely not gay. Dance number aside? ---
**Author:** ![Reluctant\_A](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@Reluctant\_A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reluctant_A)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2016, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-5-october-17-2016-the-hot-tub-contamination/768867/26 "2016-10-18T19:58:51Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > That would have been a much better show… Maybe to you: a show where Sheldon and Penny are a couple is a show I ain’t watchin’. ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2016, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-5-october-17-2016-the-hot-tub-contamination/768867/27 "2016-10-18T20:18:11Z")
> [@Reluctant\_A](#): > > Maybe to you: a show where Sheldon and Penny are a couple is a show I ain’t watchin’. Yeah, I don’t see how they could possibly work as an actual couple. But they are hilarious together! (As a “pseudo-couple”, or whatever you want to call their nutty relationship.) ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2016, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-5-october-17-2016-the-hot-tub-contamination/768867/28 "2016-10-19T00:03:54Z")
I agree that Sheldon and Penny always make for a good pairing. I waffle back and forth whether or not it would work romantically though but it definitely brings the funny. ---
**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:** [October 19, 2016, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-5-october-17-2016-the-hot-tub-contamination/768867/29 "2016-10-19T01:19:02Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > But I see only superficial similarities between Amy and Leonard’s mother. The original Amy, before Penny turned her into a “downtown hipster party girl,” and she rather neatly went through all the developmental stages season by season in some of the best character transformation on TV, where she was a little kid, then a tween, then a teen, then a twenty-something, and now a real, well-rounded adult, was a lot like Leonard’s mother. > [@MrAtoz](#): > > They do seem to have written themselves into a corner with Raj. Now that the show has become about couples, he’s the odd man out, but they don’t seem to have had much luck finding him a love interest who fits in with the group (not to mention that this would bloat an already large cast even further). I’m telling you, he’s going to be Howard and Bernadette’s nanny. And they don’t need to mellow Bernie out. She’s pregnant. Being pregnant sucks. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2016, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-5-october-17-2016-the-hot-tub-contamination/768867/30 "2016-10-19T13:11:19Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Definitely not gay. Metrosexual my ass. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2016, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-5-october-17-2016-the-hot-tub-contamination/768867/31 "2016-10-19T14:56:25Z")
I liked Howard’s line about emailing (or was it texting) to 911 when they first heard Stuart in the house. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2016, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-5-october-17-2016-the-hot-tub-contamination/768867/32 "2016-10-20T15:53:03Z")
The gay cast member is covered by Sheldon taking the role of Penny’s gay best friend. They both know the relationship can never get physical so they can bond by talking smack about the others. (That used to be called a bitch session. Is there a modern term?) That’s why the pairing works so well in small doses. But neither of them satisfy any of the basic needs of the other. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2016, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-5-october-17-2016-the-hot-tub-contamination/768867/33 "2016-10-20T16:21:38Z")
Thank God Emily’s gone, finally! ---
**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:** [October 20, 2016, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-5-october-17-2016-the-hot-tub-contamination/768867/34 "2016-10-20T23:20:11Z")
And we haven’t seen Raj’s dog in a while. Did Emily eat it? ---
**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:** [October 21, 2016, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-5-october-17-2016-the-hot-tub-contamination/768867/35 "2016-10-21T00:21:44Z")
Cinnamon was in last week’s episode, sleeping next to Raj in his bed. ---
**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:** [October 21, 2016, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-5-october-17-2016-the-hot-tub-contamination/768867/36 "2016-10-21T00:21:53Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > And we haven’t seen Raj’s dog in a while. Did Emily eat it? She was in the episode on 10-10. She has her own side of the bed. ---
**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:** [October 22, 2016, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-5-october-17-2016-the-hot-tub-contamination/768867/37 "2016-10-22T21:22:42Z")
I wish they had pursued Claire. I liked her a lot. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-5-october-17-2016-the-hot-tub-contamination/768867.md?page=1)