# The Big Bang Theory, Season 10, Episode 6 (October 27, 2016) -- "The Fetal Kick Catalyst" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 27, 2016, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-6-october-27-2016-the-fetal-kick-catalyst/769882 "2016-10-27T20:51:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2016, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-6-october-27-2016-the-fetal-kick-catalyst/769882/21 "2016-10-28T14:09:33Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Was this the first episode in which Sheldon wore something other than his geeky t-shirts? Last night he was in a long-sleeve buttoned shirt. He’s worn a suit a few times while delivering a paper at a conference, or at a fancy fundraiser. ---
**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 28, 2016, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-6-october-27-2016-the-fetal-kick-catalyst/769882/22 "2016-10-28T14:15:34Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > He’s crazy. Yeah, I know, but she never took him to that specialist in Houston. Stipulating that we accept this as canon, why should we accept it as an excuse for him being a jerk? ---
**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:** [October 28, 2016, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-6-october-27-2016-the-fetal-kick-catalyst/769882/23 "2016-10-28T14:39:32Z")
What’ll be weird is that A) Given how quickly Sheldon learns (when he’s motivated) and B) Amy’s apparently a great motivator for Sheldon Amy and Sheldon may have the best/most stable relationship by the time this is done. The bit where Sheldon said (approximately) “Hey Amy, I was too hasty in dismissing your ideas, so I set up a brunch to surprise you.” is such a huge evolution for better for Sheldon’s character. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2016, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-6-october-27-2016-the-fetal-kick-catalyst/769882/24 "2016-10-28T14:41:27Z")
I loved the bit with Bernie and Howard in bed. “You have a baby in there!” “Oh, that’s where I put it.” They must do something with Raj. He is becoming a fifth wheel and it’s borderline creepy. I’m glad to see Sheldon evolving. Remember the flashback episode where he freaked out because Leonard bought a couch so they could have people over? I really liked Penny and Leonard at the convention. His story circle was hysterical. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2016, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-6-october-27-2016-the-fetal-kick-catalyst/769882/25 "2016-10-28T14:52:48Z")
> [@Reluctant\_A](#): > > Stipulating that we accept this as canon, why should we accept it as an excuse for him being a jerk? Because we have a higher tolerance for crazy people being jerkish in the real world. But more importantly in the world of sitcoms it’s because Sheldon is funnier when he does 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 28, 2016, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-6-october-27-2016-the-fetal-kick-catalyst/769882/26 "2016-10-28T15:13:00Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > I really liked Penny and Leonard at the convention. His story circle was hysterical. It needed more people, but I agree. In my experience, even the worst attended con would have more people than that wandering around. Although I _have_ heard stories… I wonder what deep, dark trauma inflicted by Beverly is responsible for Leonard’s need to make change for people? ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2016, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-6-october-27-2016-the-fetal-kick-catalyst/769882/27 "2016-10-28T15:18:59Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > I wonder what deep, dark trauma inflicted by Beverly is responsible for Leonard’s need to make change for people? Heh 🙂 I’d give this one just to some early boyhood geekiness that made him want to have the little change gadget. The other geeks at the con picked up on that quality. I could see Howard doing something like that by building a change making robot. Seems too mechanical for Sheldon though, maybe when he was 5 he would have tried to build a change teleportation device. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2016, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-6-october-27-2016-the-fetal-kick-catalyst/769882/28 "2016-10-28T15:34:22Z")
I wanted Penny to bite the head off the guy who refused to believe she’s married to Leonard. It was insulting to her as well as him. Also, she supposedly loves Leonard, right? It would have taken things in a different direction, but I’m sure the writers could have found some humor in her standing up for her marriage. ---
**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 28, 2016, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-6-october-27-2016-the-fetal-kick-catalyst/769882/29 "2016-10-28T15:52:04Z")
It would have made more sense for Sheldon and Amy to just have Stuart over for practice-brunch. The other two were a not-funny distraction … which could have been funny if they had hit it off and left together. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2016, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-6-october-27-2016-the-fetal-kick-catalyst/769882/30 "2016-10-28T17:38:04Z")
> [@Jeff\_Lichtman](#): > > I wanted Penny to bite the head off the guy who refused to believe she’s married to Leonard. It was insulting to her as well as him. Also, she supposedly loves Leonard, right? It would have taken things in a different direction, but I’m sure the writers could have found some humor in her standing up for her marriage. I think she was having fun with the ridiculousness of it all. Plus, it gave Leonard the opportunity to brag. ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2016, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-6-october-27-2016-the-fetal-kick-catalyst/769882/31 "2016-10-28T17:45:18Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > I think she was having fun with the ridiculousness of it all. Plus, it gave Leonard the opportunity to brag. And she did say she thought the change maker was hot. ---
**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:** [October 28, 2016, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-6-october-27-2016-the-fetal-kick-catalyst/769882/32 "2016-10-28T18:01:07Z")
When I was a kid, I wanted a change maker like that. Not that I ever needed one. I just thought it was cool somehow. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2016, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-6-october-27-2016-the-fetal-kick-catalyst/769882/33 "2016-10-28T18:36:17Z")
One of the teenagers I work with at the grocery store bought one of those change makers at an antique store. He was so proud of it, was buying change to put in it and everything. ---
**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:** [October 28, 2016, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-6-october-27-2016-the-fetal-kick-catalyst/769882/34 "2016-10-28T20:07:47Z")
Oh, almost forgot my favorite line. Penny on the highlights of her acting career: The Apest, my hemorrhoid commercial. . . the list does not go on! ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2016, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-6-october-27-2016-the-fetal-kick-catalyst/769882/35 "2016-10-28T22:18:09Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Oh, almost forgot my favorite line. Penny on the highlights of her acting career: The Apest, my hemorrhoid commercial. . . the list does not go on! Hey now! You missed **Serial Ape-ist 2: Monkey See, Monkey Kill** and…well, okay, that is all you missed. But still! 😉 ---
**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 28, 2016, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-6-october-27-2016-the-fetal-kick-catalyst/769882/36 "2016-10-28T22:57:13Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Because we have a higher tolerance for crazy people being jerkish in the real world. We do? > [@](#): > > But more importantly in the world of sitcoms it’s because Sheldon is funnier when he does it. He is? ---
**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:** [October 28, 2016, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-6-october-27-2016-the-fetal-kick-catalyst/769882/37 "2016-10-28T23:52:20Z")
> [@Tamerlane](#): > > Hey now! You missed **Serial Ape-ist 2: Monkey See, Monkey Kill** and…well, okay, that is all you missed. But still! 😉 She did a couple other things. Leonard, Sheldon, and Amy went to see her in _A Streetcar named Desire_ (Sheldon was disappointed by the lack of streetcars), and didn’t she sing in one episode and she was terrible? ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2016, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-6-october-27-2016-the-fetal-kick-catalyst/769882/38 "2016-10-29T04:20:29Z")
> [@Dragwyr](#): > > I was only slightly disappointed that Stuart took the high road with Sheldon and Amy. Normally Stuart is wanting any kind of attention, no matter how insignificant. One would think that being invited to a dinner party would have made his entire month, even if it was only a “test situation” for Sheldon. > > Still, I laughed hard during this episode. Stuart used to be the cool, self-confident one, remember? He is getting himself back after a long string of horribly bad luck. I still feel like Penny is missing the mark though. She’s lost that sweetness and naivete that made her an attractive person. ---
**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 29, 2016, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-6-october-27-2016-the-fetal-kick-catalyst/769882/39 "2016-10-29T04:46:17Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > She did a couple other things. Leonard, Sheldon, and Amy went to see her in _A Streetcar named Desire_ (Sheldon was disappointed by the lack of streetcars), and didn’t she sing in one episode and she was terrible? The terrible singing was in her single performance of _Rent._ ---
**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 29, 2016, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-6-october-27-2016-the-fetal-kick-catalyst/769882/40 "2016-10-29T06:43:54Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > The terrible singing was in her single performance of _Rent._ It was just a showcase performance. Usually those are the songs with little of the dialogue. They assume the people watching are familiar with the show. She also did _The Diary of Anne Frank_ above a bowling alley, although the way she always says it, it sounds like the whole title is _The Diary of Anne Frank above a Bowling Alley_. Maybe she can use that as the title for her memoirs. She sucked in _Streetcar_, although Leonard thought she was really good. I don’t know if she was supposed to be bad, or Kaley Cuoco, who **can** act (I’ve seen her in other things) just can’t do Tennessee Williams. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-6-october-27-2016-the-fetal-kick-catalyst/769882.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-6-october-27-2016-the-fetal-kick-catalyst/769882.md?page=3)