# The Big Bang Theory, Season 8, Episode 12 (January 8, 2015) -- "The Space Probe Disintegration" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 8, 2015, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-8-episode-12-january-8-2015-the-space-probe-disintegration/709332 "2015-01-08T17:17:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2015, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-8-episode-12-january-8-2015-the-space-probe-disintegration/709332/21 "2015-01-09T16:32:55Z")
Renewed through the [2016-2017](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/big-bang-theory-renewed-season-687949) season. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2015, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-8-episode-12-january-8-2015-the-space-probe-disintegration/709332/22 "2015-01-09T16:40:36Z")
I think some people who watch TBBT are the same people who keep jamming ice picks in their ear. Because it feels so good when the episode is over. Personally, I think this episode was made to set up some future story arcs. Raj/Hinduism/Emily Raj getting some recognition for the Pluto Probe. Leonard moving out/Sheldon living alone. ---
**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:** [January 9, 2015, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-8-episode-12-january-8-2015-the-space-probe-disintegration/709332/23 "2015-01-09T16:50:18Z")
> [@Idilia\_Dubb](#): > > The dress she tries on in the department store changing room is sexier than the nightie. It must be one hell of a dress then, since it was the nightie that actually woke me up. Guess it’s worth a FF rewatch at least. ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2015, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-8-episode-12-january-8-2015-the-space-probe-disintegration/709332/24 "2015-01-09T17:13:08Z")
> [@gytalf2000](#): > > He’s mentioned various deities from the pantheon in previous episodes. I think that Sheldon corrected him at one point about his religion, which prompted some (justifiable) anger on Raj’s part. Details are fuzzy, though… From “The Pirate Solution,” Season 3: Leonard: I’ve always been a little confused about this. Why don’t Hindus eat beef? Raj: We believe cows are gods. Sheldon: Not technically. In Hinduism, cattle are thought to be _like_ god. Raj: Do not tell me about my own culture, Sheldon! The mood I’m in, I’ll take you out, I swear to cow! And, almost as if someone had been reading the other thread about Amy Farah Fowler’s looks, Penny called Amy “pretty” this week. ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2015, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-8-episode-12-january-8-2015-the-space-probe-disintegration/709332/25 "2015-01-09T17:35:05Z")
> [@MrAtoz](#): > > From “The Pirate Solution,” Season 3: > > Leonard: I’ve always been a little confused about this. Why don’t Hindus eat beef? > Raj: We believe cows are gods. > Sheldon: Not technically. In Hinduism, cattle are thought to be _like_ god. > Raj: Do not tell me about my own culture, Sheldon! The mood I’m in, I’ll take you out, I swear to cow! > > And, almost as if someone had been reading the other thread about Amy Farah Fowler’s looks, Penny called Amy “pretty” this week. Oh yeah, that’s what I was remembering. Thanks! Hilarious! ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2015, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-8-episode-12-january-8-2015-the-space-probe-disintegration/709332/26 "2015-01-09T21:15:07Z")
The old man at the temple who dinged Raj’s car looked very familiar. I seem to remember him in some position where he cursed a lot. Does anybody have any idea what show or movie might had a very foulmouthed skinny old Indian man with moustache? ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2015, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-8-episode-12-january-8-2015-the-space-probe-disintegration/709332/27 "2015-01-09T21:43:45Z")
His name is Noel De Souza and [here](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0211808/?ref_=tt_cl_t8) is his IMDB page. ---
**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:** [January 9, 2015, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-8-episode-12-january-8-2015-the-space-probe-disintegration/709332/28 "2015-01-09T22:31:48Z")
That was definitely the Malibu Temple. The one on Rosemead in Pasadena is a rather non-descript building. ---
**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:** [January 9, 2015, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-8-episode-12-january-8-2015-the-space-probe-disintegration/709332/29 "2015-01-09T22:51:11Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > The old man at the temple who dinged Raj’s car looked very familiar. I seem to remember him in some position where he cursed a lot. Does anybody have any idea what show or movie might had a very foulmouthed skinny old Indian man with moustache? Are you perhaps thinking of Steve Carell’s co-worker in _The 40-Year-Old Virgin_? ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2015, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-8-episode-12-january-8-2015-the-space-probe-disintegration/709332/30 "2015-01-10T03:56:55Z")
> [@Kimballkid](#): > > His name is Noel De Souza and [here](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0211808/?ref_=tt_cl_t8) is his IMDB page. I wonder if **The Great Waldo Pepper** has him in the “[Whos left from early TV](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=715655)” thread? He will be 90 years old later this year! ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2015, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-8-episode-12-january-8-2015-the-space-probe-disintegration/709332/31 "2015-01-10T07:28:23Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > It must be one hell of a dress then, since it was the nightie that actually woke me up. Guess it’s worth a FF rewatch at least. It was your basic painted on little black fuck me dress. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2015, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-8-episode-12-january-8-2015-the-space-probe-disintegration/709332/32 "2015-01-10T14:50:14Z")
I am not sure if they honestly are reining Sheldon in a bit (because the character has been insufferable for years) or if that was all just an excuse to show him and Leonard crying their purses because the creators thought that image was funny. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2015, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-8-episode-12-january-8-2015-the-space-probe-disintegration/709332/33 "2015-01-10T15:20:30Z")
I was thinking of what a sea change it represents that the writers could throw in a casual reference to Diwali without having to explain it. ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2015, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-8-episode-12-january-8-2015-the-space-probe-disintegration/709332/34 "2015-01-10T16:20:01Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > I was thinking of what a sea change it represents that the writers could throw in a casual reference to Diwali without having to explain it. Good point. I never heard of it myself until I saw that episode of “The Office (US)” ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2015, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-8-episode-12-january-8-2015-the-space-probe-disintegration/709332/35 "2015-01-10T19:14:29Z")
> [@MrAtoz](#): > > From “The Pirate Solution,” Season 3: > > Leonard: I’ve always been a little confused about this. Why don’t Hindus eat beef? > Raj: We believe cows are gods. > Sheldon: Not technically. In Hinduism, cattle are thought to be _like_ god. > Raj: Do not tell me about my own culture, Sheldon! The mood I’m in, I’ll take you out, I swear to cow! > > And, almost as if someone had been reading the other thread about Amy Farah Fowler’s looks, Penny called Amy “pretty” this week. i had forgotten about the " i swear to cow!" line. that line will always have me laughing. i may have to work that into every day use. ---
**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:** [January 16, 2015, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-8-episode-12-january-8-2015-the-space-probe-disintegration/709332/36 "2015-01-16T23:06:13Z")
Interesting thread. I too fell asleep during the episode. Quite telling. Maybe Chuck Lorre is going into the TV-delivered insomnia cure business. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-8-episode-12-january-8-2015-the-space-probe-disintegration/709332.md?page=1)