# The Big Bang Theory, Season 11, Episode 3 (October 9, 2017) -- "The Relaxation Integration" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 9, 2017, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-11-episode-3-october-9-2017-the-relaxation-integration/798388 "2017-10-09T15:50:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2017, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-11-episode-3-october-9-2017-the-relaxation-integration/798388/21 "2017-10-11T02:09:49Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > The council of Sheldons: > “Science Sheldon” “present” > “Texas Sheldon” “Howdy” > “Fanboy Sheldon” “Greetings” > “Germaphobe Sheldon” “Say it, don’t spray it.” > “Where’s Jock Sheldon?” _laughter_ “Not the time, Humorous Sheldon” > “OK, new business. Do we grant ‘Laid-back Sheldon’ a seat on the council?” > Laid-Back Sheldon: “Hey whatever you guys want; I’m just chillin’ like Bob Dylan.” > Science Sheldon “Negative” > Texas Sheldon “Heck No” > Germaphobe Sheldon “I don’t feel well” > Humorous Sheldon “honk-honk” (shaking head) > Fanboy Sheldon: (pointing to humorous Sheldon) “Can we kick him out too?” Yes, but which Sheldon was the one leading the meeting? “Integrated Personality Sheldon?” ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2017, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-11-episode-3-october-9-2017-the-relaxation-integration/798388/22 "2017-10-11T02:14:39Z")
I liked Bernadette’s line about Raj and Stuart’s “briefing packet” ---
**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 11, 2017, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-11-episode-3-october-9-2017-the-relaxation-integration/798388/23 "2017-10-11T04:09:52Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > It was not by any means the worst episode ever. THAT was the one when Bernadette was first pregnant (the first time), and they all went to serenade her at a karaoke bar. That one stunk so bad, I had to spray my TV down with Febreeze. The WORST EPISODE EVER was one that set up so many expectations and was so, so not good. When Penny and Leonard got married the second time season opener. So many good guest stars, so many not jokes and unfunniness. ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2017, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-11-episode-3-october-9-2017-the-relaxation-integration/798388/24 "2017-10-11T13:11:47Z")
Not the WORST EVER, in my opinion, but not particularly good, either. I didn’t especially mind the Sheldon & Amy part, but the whole plotline of Raj and Stuart competing for Bernadette’s co-worker (what was her name? It sounded like Richie) just made me _cringe_. It really showed both of them at their absolute worst. It’s no wonder that women aren’t attracted to them; that was some really icky behavior. And it dominated so much of the episode that I don’t think this one will have much re-watch value for me. As I say, I didn’t mind the Sheldon & Amy part, but it wasn’t especially funny, either, apart from Sheldon’s epic Tale of the Flip-Flops. That was kind of predictable, with its series of escalating mishaps, but Parsons sold it with his delivery. But the rest of that storyline was just sort of there. I did freeze-frame on the close-up of Sheldon’s white board. Some of the potential conflicts he had written, in addition to the mis-spelled “Battlestar Gallactica ends,” were “Leonard Nimoy’s B-day,” “Chernobyl,” “Star Wars Day,” and “National Train Day.” And here’s my own Sheldon-like nitpick: Jon Pertwee died on May 20, not May 19. ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2017, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-11-episode-3-october-9-2017-the-relaxation-integration/798388/25 "2017-10-11T13:33:42Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > I must say: I’m the ultimate fan. I love watching these guys work out their relationships and quirks for my amusement. I even laughed at Stewart and Raj’s bickering. Yeah, I enjoy all the characters quite a bit, myself. Great fun! I loved seeing Stuart and Raj together! Hilarious! ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2017, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-11-episode-3-october-9-2017-the-relaxation-integration/798388/26 "2017-10-11T13:35:07Z")
> [@BeepKillBeep](#): > > Sheldon’s tale of woe and the council of Sheldons had me in tears. I was absolutely dying. > > “I’m telling myself a lot of things Amy” > > and > > “Can’t we kick this guy out too?” > > Oh man. Yeah, that was great! ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2017, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-11-episode-3-october-9-2017-the-relaxation-integration/798388/27 "2017-10-12T07:26:23Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > It was May 19, 1996. > We would have had a lovely wedding. > And our honeymoon would have coincided with the first appearance of the Hale-Bopp comet. > Sheldon, you were 16. > And in Texas-- no one would have batted an eye. > > That was funny. > > I love Sheldon telling the flip=flop story and the council of Sheldons was very well done. May 19, 1996 happens to be the day I became Kayla’s Dad. ---
**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2017, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-11-episode-3-october-9-2017-the-relaxation-integration/798388/28 "2017-10-12T09:43:32Z")
…I think the Raj Stuart plotline was the worst thing I’ve seen on the show: because in the light of the Harvey Weinstein revelations watching this just made me a bit sick in the mouth. After eleven seasons the best they can do with Raj and Stuart borderline sexual harassers of someone who was clearly not interested? Very disappointing. ---
**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 12, 2017, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-11-episode-3-october-9-2017-the-relaxation-integration/798388/29 "2017-10-12T09:49:10Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > May 19, 1996 happens to be the day I became Kayla’s Dad. Sheldon was right. It was a special day! ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2017, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-11-episode-3-october-9-2017-the-relaxation-integration/798388/30 "2017-10-12T15:07:44Z")
> [@Banquet\_Bear](#): > > …I think the Raj Stuart plotline was the worst thing I’ve seen on the show: because in the light of the Harvey Weinstein revelations watching this just made me a bit sick in the mouth. After eleven seasons the best they can do with Raj and Stuart borderline sexual harassers of someone who was clearly not interested? Very disappointing. I agree. Their Desperation Schtick is getting old. It’s like if the woman is unattached, it’s either don’t want anything to do with them or let’s get married and have babies. There is no in-between. Sheldon has grown, why can’t they? Stuart has even regressed…at the beginning he was a charming artist who got a date with Penny. Now they’re just sad and pathetic. Sheldon’s flip flop story was great. I don’t think they’ll get married on June 15…I think that’s rather late in the television season for a finale. I wonder if Ruchi will return? ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2017, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-11-episode-3-october-9-2017-the-relaxation-integration/798388/31 "2017-10-12T18:16:49Z")
It looks like [Burt](http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/10/11/556891441/here-are-the-2017-macarthur-genius-grant-winners?linkId=43426983) is in good company! ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2017, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-11-episode-3-october-9-2017-the-relaxation-integration/798388/32 "2017-10-12T22:00:27Z")
> [@Banquet\_Bear](#): > > …I think the Raj Stuart plotline was the worst thing I’ve seen on the show: because in the light of the Harvey Weinstein revelations watching this just made me a bit sick in the mouth. After eleven seasons the best they can do with Raj and Stuart borderline sexual harassers of someone who was clearly not interested? Very disappointing. This is actually weird to me. Howard was much worse than Raj and Stuart in the early seasons - he was often downright predatory, while the guys are just pathetic. But yeah, their chasing after the new girl was sort of gross. Raj has always been somewhat creepy, though. ---
**Author:** ![Evan\_Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b487fb/32.png) [@Evan\_Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evan_Drake)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2017, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-11-episode-3-october-9-2017-the-relaxation-integration/798388/33 "2017-10-12T22:07:47Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > Stuart has even regressed…at the beginning he was a charming artist who got a date with Penny. Now they’re just sad and pathetic. I always thought it odd that in a previous episode the three female protagonists listened to Stuart moaning in his shop and agreed how creepy and undatable he was. Two of them had previously dated him. ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2017, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-11-episode-3-october-9-2017-the-relaxation-integration/798388/34 "2017-10-12T22:14:36Z")
> [@Evan\_Drake](#): > > I always thought it odd that in a previous episode the three female protagonists listened to Stuart moaning in his shop and agreed how creepy and undatable he was. > Two of them had previously dated him. When Stuart was first introduced, he wasn’t that creepy. He’s just gotten worse over the years. ---
**Author:** ![Evan\_Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b487fb/32.png) [@Evan\_Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evan_Drake)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2017, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-11-episode-3-october-9-2017-the-relaxation-integration/798388/35 "2017-10-12T22:20:21Z")
So have they all. Nonetheless their previous dates with him seemed to have vanished — and if not conventionally handsome, he’s still preferable to Sheldon. And Leonard too is an appalling little grudgepot: his pitiful control-freakery is one of the reasons Penny drinks a bit. ---
**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 12, 2017, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-11-episode-3-october-9-2017-the-relaxation-integration/798388/36 "2017-10-12T23:40:21Z")
“A bit.” By the time their 5th Anniversary rolls around, she is going to need a liver transplant. Leonard is a total and complete asshole and needs to die. Right after Raj. Maybe the final episodes can be the females all killing the males and living happily ever after. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2017, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-11-episode-3-october-9-2017-the-relaxation-integration/798388/37 "2017-10-12T23:42:11Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > “A bit.” > > By the time their 5th Anniversary rolls around, she is going to need a liver transplant. > > Leonard is a total and complete asshole and needs to die. Right after Raj. Maybe the final episodes can be the females all killing the males and living happily ever after. Leonard?!? You mean Sheldon, right? Leonard is the one non-asshole. ---
**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 13, 2017, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-11-episode-3-october-9-2017-the-relaxation-integration/798388/38 "2017-10-13T00:01:22Z")
Sheldon is the one _non-asshole_ of the bunch. Pain in the ass? Sure. But the rest of the males are out-and-out assholes. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-11-episode-3-october-9-2017-the-relaxation-integration/798388.md?page=1)