# The Big Bang Theory, Season 12, Episode 18 (April 4, 2019) -- "The Laureate Accumulation" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 4, 2019, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-12-episode-18-april-4-2019-the-laureate-accumulation/832051 "2019-04-04T18:54:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 3
**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:** [April 8, 2019, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-12-episode-18-april-4-2019-the-laureate-accumulation/832051/41 "2019-04-08T00:17:13Z")
IIRC, it also has a balcony off the bedroom. Only explanation for the plants outside the window by the kitchen. ---
**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 8, 2019, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-12-episode-18-april-4-2019-the-laureate-accumulation/832051/42 "2019-04-08T00:59:56Z")
A few times the wall opposite the elevator between the apartments has been show. No doors. There does not appear to be any windows on the walls on that entire side of the building. Not in the hall or either apartment. Possibly abutting a building next door. Reinforcing what **notfrommensa** points out: The entrance to Shamy’s apartment is more or less above the main entrance to the building. None of the building geometry, nor location, corresponds to the building shown in the zoom out of Howard and Bernadette’s wedding. Note the standard TV stupidity: The small step leading to the back hall in the other apartment. Such nonsensical raised areas in the back of TV sets are all too common for no real world reason. Some places have a small raised step area and then it leads down some stairs. That’s right, I want to step up in order to go down. ---
**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:** [April 8, 2019, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-12-episode-18-april-4-2019-the-laureate-accumulation/832051/43 "2019-04-08T02:03:17Z")
> [@Tinker\_Grey](#): > > WAG – Leonard gets the Nobel for a paper he didn’t tell anyone even though he has been [or appears to have been] campaigning for Shamy. And then Sheldon publishes a paper analyzing the drag coefficient of the tassels on flying carpets. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2019, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-12-episode-18-april-4-2019-the-laureate-accumulation/832051/44 "2019-04-08T16:57:40Z")
It would be great if the Nobel went to the Fermi guys and _Amy_, due to the three-person rule. Then Sheldon’s apoplectic death ends the series. I agree that the elevator should suddenly start working on the final show. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2019, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-12-episode-18-april-4-2019-the-laureate-accumulation/832051/45 "2019-04-08T17:17:28Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > … > > Early picks for the finale: Shamy gets pregnant. As does Penny. Raj gets a gay wedding. They go out with a “Big Bang”, they all die in a freak elevator explosion, the elevator having finally been fixed. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2019, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-12-episode-18-april-4-2019-the-laureate-accumulation/832051/46 "2019-04-08T17:19:48Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > There are six episodes left. It’s been revealed Shamy will have several children. … Shamy? ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2019, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-12-episode-18-april-4-2019-the-laureate-accumulation/832051/47 "2019-04-08T17:25:56Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > I’m not necessarily saying anybody’s being “slammed.” Just that, like any creative endeavor, before getting a publisher interested in a book (even a simple children’s picture book), one likely goes through a _lot_ of rejection before even the slightest sniff of success. > Somebody who’s actually done the work and paid the dues might be miffed at how easy they’re making the process look, is all. Not if you are a celebrity, they seem to be able to get a publisher for any doggerel they claim is a kids book within days. ---
**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 8, 2019, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-12-episode-18-april-4-2019-the-laureate-accumulation/832051/48 "2019-04-08T20:03:03Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Shamy? Sheldon and Amy. Penny gave them that name. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2019, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-12-episode-18-april-4-2019-the-laureate-accumulation/832051/49 "2019-04-08T21:00:34Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Sheldon and Amy. Penny gave them that name. Actually [Howard coined it](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_MTFpg3nCU#t=59s), though [Penny was the first one to use it in front of Amy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Er6IQR8w7Ek&t=52s). ---
**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 8, 2019, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-12-episode-18-april-4-2019-the-laureate-accumulation/832051/50 "2019-04-08T21:04:32Z")
The first episode had the rather boring title “Pilot”. No nerdy terminology. The finale should be titled “Anti-pilot” for symmetry. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2019, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-12-episode-18-april-4-2019-the-laureate-accumulation/832051/51 "2019-04-08T21:07:43Z")
or “co-pilot” ---
**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:** [April 8, 2019, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-12-episode-18-april-4-2019-the-laureate-accumulation/832051/52 "2019-04-08T22:07:58Z")
> [@Tinker\_Grey](#): > > WAG – Leonard gets the Nobel for a paper he didn’t tell anyone even though he has been [or appears to have been] campaigning for **Shamy**. > [@BobLibDem](#): > > Early picks for the finale: **Shamy** gets pregnant. As does Penny. Raj gets a gay wedding. > [@kunilou](#): > > It’s been revealed **Shamy** will have several children. > [@notfrommensa](#): > > Penny’s apartment (now **Shamy’s)** would be over the street. > [@ftg](#): > > Reinforcing what **notfrommensa** points out: The entrance to **Shamy’s** apartment is more or less above the main entrance to the building. > [@DrDeth](#): > > Shamy? Shamy. ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2019, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-12-episode-18-april-4-2019-the-laureate-accumulation/832051/53 "2019-04-09T12:42:20Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > Actually [Howard coined it](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_MTFpg3nCU#t=59s), though [Penny was the first one to use it in front of Amy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Er6IQR8w7Ek&t=52s). That sort of portmanteau naming of a romantic couple was very in back then. Remember “Brangelina” and “Bennifer”? ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2019, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-12-episode-18-april-4-2019-the-laureate-accumulation/832051/54 "2019-04-09T13:50:16Z")
I am curious if this story line is also meant to be an indictment of Celebrity Scientist and Science Explainer culture. Probably not but you can view it that way I think. ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2019, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-12-episode-18-april-4-2019-the-laureate-accumulation/832051/55 "2019-04-09T14:37:11Z")
I just got around to watching the episode. Loved it! I would actually love to read “The frightened Little Astronaut” – hilarious! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-12-episode-18-april-4-2019-the-laureate-accumulation/832051.md?page=2)