# The Big Bang Theory, Season 9, Episode 7 (November 5, 2015) -- "The Spock Resonance" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 5, 2015, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-7-november-5-2015-the-spock-resonance/736728 "2015-11-05T17:15:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**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:** [November 7, 2015, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-7-november-5-2015-the-spock-resonance/736728/41 "2015-11-07T05:49:18Z")
Why would anyone want a threesome, with supermodels or otherwise? ---
**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:** [November 7, 2015, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-7-november-5-2015-the-spock-resonance/736728/42 "2015-11-07T06:09:10Z")
> [@Kimballkid](#): > > I was thoroughly confused. > > I watched the episode on _CBS On Demand_ that had an 11/06 date and it wasn’t as described in this thread. It had a ‘B’ after it but I don’t know what that means. It was about Penny going on an auditon and the guys trying to invent a way to communicate with aliens. > > I watched the episode on _[CBS.com](http://CBS.com)_ and it was as described in this thread. Two episodes aired on Thursday. The 8pm first-run episode is the one being discussed here (“The Spock Resonance”), while a rerun episode was aired at 9:30pm (“The Communication Deterioration”). ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_John\_Marcej](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Richard\_John\_Marcej](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_John_Marcej)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2015, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-7-november-5-2015-the-spock-resonance/736728/43 "2015-11-07T06:58:50Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > What sophisticated? I hate children, I hate children on TV, I hate characters on TV having children, and I will not watch any show that does something like that. Others may not feel that way, and my decision in no way affects theirs or their viewing enjoyment. Your attitude, OTOH, would suck the joy out of a threesome with supermodels. You **hate** children?? Jesus man, get a grip. ---
**Author:** ![scoots](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b77776/32.png) [@scoots](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scoots)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2015, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-7-november-5-2015-the-spock-resonance/736728/44 "2015-11-07T08:15:14Z")
The way I thought it was going to pan out - Sheldon left a message for Amy on her phone to watch the show. I thought Amy would’ve seen the stuff about the engagement ring on the show and found out that way. Still could happen. ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2015, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-7-november-5-2015-the-spock-resonance/736728/45 "2015-11-07T14:08:07Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > What sophisticated? I hate children, I hate children on TV, I hate characters on TV having children, and I will not watch any show that does something like that. Others may not feel that way, and my decision in no way affects theirs or their viewing enjoyment. Your attitude, OTOH, would suck the joy out of a threesome with supermodels. Well, I guess I won’t be sharing the numbers I have for Carmen Kass or Heidi Klum then. First, it was meant to be humorous based on the normal progression of threads about popular media where inevitably someone will chime in about how pathetic the show has become and they are well above the lowlifes who would dare to still consider it to be enjoyable. Kind of like how everyone posts “Worst Episode Ever” before it airs. But, because you hate children? If you hate goldfish and suddenly a show that you enjoy introduced a character had a pet goldfish, and lets say that they mentioned this in 10% of the dialog you would stop watching it on that, even though the other 90% had nothing to do with goldfish and was still enjoyable? I hate Brussels sprouts but can easily push them to the side and enjoy the rest of the meal. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2015, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-7-november-5-2015-the-spock-resonance/736728/46 "2015-11-07T14:50:03Z")
This is a tangent but I noticed in the NY/NJ area next week CBS is airing the Jets on Thursday. Anyone know when BBT is airing in our area? I expected them to air it late that night but my DVR has no listing. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2015, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-7-november-5-2015-the-spock-resonance/736728/47 "2015-11-07T14:54:14Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > The episode Bernie turns up pregnant will be the last episode of this show I ever watch. How did The Big Bang Theory become the show that causes childless people to just lose their minds whenever they talk about kids? ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2015, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-7-november-5-2015-the-spock-resonance/736728/48 "2015-11-07T15:14:59Z")
> [@scoots](#): > > The way I thought it was going to pan out - Sheldon left a message for Amy on her phone to watch the show. I thought Amy would’ve seen the stuff about the engagement ring on the show and found out that way. Still could happen. It wasn’t shown live… he wanted her to come to the taping (and laugh hysterically). ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2015, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-7-november-5-2015-the-spock-resonance/736728/49 "2015-11-07T15:46:26Z")
> [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > How did The Big Bang Theory become the show that causes childless people to just lose their minds whenever they talk about kids? Not childless here, but I would not want to see pregnancy incorporated into the show. Unless they’re able to come up with a new, never-been-done-before approach to the story - pregnancy and birth stories have been in sitcoms forever and they’re just inane and predictable. Plus they lead to far too many _Very Special Episodes_. No thanks. Anyway, Howard is enough of a child - the show doesn’t need another. ---
**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:** [November 7, 2015, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-7-november-5-2015-the-spock-resonance/736728/50 "2015-11-07T15:57:06Z")
> [@Master\_Wang-Ka](#): > > Nimoy looks a LOT like his dad. He does, doesn’t he? I was surprised he wasn’t tall like his father, though. I think Lorre and Prady deserve some credit… it can’t be easy to produce a television series (working on it’s 9th season) where each and every episode is worse than all the previous episodes. ---
**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:** [November 7, 2015, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-7-november-5-2015-the-spock-resonance/736728/51 "2015-11-07T16:01:25Z")
> [@scoots](#): > > The way I thought it was going to pan out - Sheldon left a message for Amy on her phone to watch the show. I thought Amy would’ve seen the stuff about the engagement ring on the show and found out that way. Still could happen. Speaking from personal experience, hour-long TV documentaries take a minimum of four months to produce (about 2 1/2 months from the completion of principal photography). So you can expect this storyline to continue pretty much through the rest of the season. Amy will probably watch the show sometime in April. ---
**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:** [November 7, 2015, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-7-november-5-2015-the-spock-resonance/736728/52 "2015-11-07T17:42:06Z")
Sheldon would keep the napkin sealed in a plastic bag like his comic books. The DNA issue makes this even more important. And he would _really_ have an issue with the couch after Leonard and Penny had … used it. Raj was on the sidelines. Amy was barely on the show, again. Usually when a character falls off to basically nothing either: 1. The producers are tired of the actor or the character and the end is nigh. Or 2. They are waiting to bring the character back in a major way and want to have built up a balance of screen time for the other actors first so they don’t get peeved. The part with Leonard and Penny sniping during the filming was the funniest. But also unrealistic. First, they would be told to STFU at first comment. They sent out of the room at the second. No camera swinging around to nicely catch their comments. ---
**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:** [November 7, 2015, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-7-november-5-2015-the-spock-resonance/736728/53 "2015-11-07T17:54:13Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Speaking from personal experience, hour-long TV documentaries take a minimum of four months to produce (about 2 1/2 months from the completion of principal photography). So you can expect this storyline to continue pretty much through the rest of the season. Amy will probably watch the show sometime in April. Amy may find out about the engagement ring, but I doubt the documentary will come up again. ---
**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:** [November 7, 2015, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-7-november-5-2015-the-spock-resonance/736728/54 "2015-11-07T18:17:20Z")
No “may.” “Will.” Penny won’t be able to keep her mouth shut, so Bernadette and Howard will know by the next day. That means everybody but Amy will know by the weekend. The only question is which one of them is going to spill the beans and under what circumstances. ---
**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:** [November 7, 2015, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-7-november-5-2015-the-spock-resonance/736728/55 "2015-11-07T18:24:32Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > No “may.” “Will.” Penny won’t be able to keep her mouth shut, so Bernadette and Howard will know by the next day. That means everybody but Amy will know by the weekend. The only question is which one of them is going to spill the beans and under what circumstances. Penny will be able to keep the secret from Amy up to the precise moment Penny next talks to Amy. ---
**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:** [November 7, 2015, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-7-november-5-2015-the-spock-resonance/736728/56 "2015-11-07T18:37:03Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > Worst. Scheduling. Decision. Ever. ^^^ This. ^^^ > [@kunilou](#): > > No, actually, I’m fine with it. ^^^ Not this. ^^^ I’m on six weeks of FMLA leave for a hip replacement, so the change hasn’t affected me yet, but when I go back to work at the end of the month, this is going to be a HUGE inconvenience. Well, it’s going to be a minor inconvenience, but the fact that it’s happening to ME makes it huge. ---
**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:** [November 7, 2015, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-7-november-5-2015-the-spock-resonance/736728/57 "2015-11-07T18:38:41Z")
> [@Reluctant\_A](#): > > This is either the second or third season that they’ve done this; apparently, CBS has some sort of arrangement with the NFL that they broadcast the first seven Thursday night games on CBS, so all of their Thursday night programming gets held in abeyance until after that. Apparently, _TBBT_ is a big enough revenue generator for the network that they feel that it’s better to temporarily shift it to Mondays for seven weeks than it is to delay the premiere, like they did with _Mom_ and _Elementary_. > > I don’t care about football but, if they’re going to air the games anyway, I personally would rather that they delayed the premiere of the show, and then just run straight through, with no hiatus. Why can’t they just move their stupid Thursday Night Football games to Mondays? Or better yet, to Sundays? ---
**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:** [November 7, 2015, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-7-november-5-2015-the-spock-resonance/736728/58 "2015-11-07T19:05:25Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Amy may find out about the engagement ring, but I doubt the documentary will come up again. Maybe. But I’m willing to bet that scene with the ring was the whole reason for having them film a documentary. ---
**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:** [November 7, 2015, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-7-november-5-2015-the-spock-resonance/736728/59 "2015-11-07T19:08:10Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Maybe. But I’m willing to bet that scene with the ring was the whole reason for having them film a documentary. I think having Sheldon interact with Adam Nimoy (who really is producing a documentary) would have been reason enough to have that plotline in an episode, with or without the engagement ring. ---
**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:** [November 7, 2015, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-7-november-5-2015-the-spock-resonance/736728/60 "2015-11-07T21:49:07Z")
> [@Andy\_L](#): > > I think having Sheldon interact with Adam Nimoy (who really is producing a documentary) would have been reason enough to have that plotline in an episode, with or without the engagement ring. Sure. And the IRL Wil Wheaton might have been the go-between to put Adam in contact with Chuck Lorre or vice versa. I think Amy is still friends with Penny and Bernadette. So, Amy’s ignorance about the ring will last no longer than the next girl’s night. It might last as briefly as until the next text or phone call. I think Penny would be more likely to tell her than Bernadette. I think Penny feels more protective of Sheldon than Bernie does. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-7-november-5-2015-the-spock-resonance/736728.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-7-november-5-2015-the-spock-resonance/736728.md?page=4)