# The Big Bang Theory, Season 9, Episode 8 (November 12, 2015) -- "The Mystery Date Observation" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 12, 2015, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-8-november-12-2015-the-mystery-date-observation/737388 "2015-11-12T18:14:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2015, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-8-november-12-2015-the-mystery-date-observation/737388/21 "2015-11-13T14:06:42Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > Did I call that or did I call that! Boo-ya! > > Amys’ date going all uber fan-boy on Sheldon and Leonard, > > the girls spying on Amy, > > finding out Berny is a stalker and has the equipment to go with it, > > the guys setting up a series of challenges for Sheldons’ new girlfriend, > > the dream girl for any guy shows up to meet Sheldon and loves the challenge thing and then Sheldon slamming the door in her face because she was two sends late, classic Sheldon, > > And Amys date so happy to have been dumped by the girl that dumped Sheldon and that through her he and Sheldon have defacto kissed. > > Great episode. Yes, I was suitably entertained, as well! It was nice to know that Sheldon has groupies. Or maybe just the one. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2015, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-8-november-12-2015-the-mystery-date-observation/737388/22 "2015-11-13T14:08:35Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Just watched the episode on line, without commercials. (Yay!) > > Did anyone recognize Vanessa (Analeigh Tipton) as the girl who answered the door in the episode where Howard and Raj tracked down the mansion where the TV supermodels all lived? > > If she showed up at my doorstep, I’d fall down on my knees and thank whatever power rules the Universe! :o So typically Sheldon. I love Stalker Bernie (giving Leonard the jug to pee in. Heh.) ---
**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 13, 2015, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-8-november-12-2015-the-mystery-date-observation/737388/23 "2015-11-13T14:18:45Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > > [@Ranger\_Jeff](#): > > > > This was the worst episode ever. > > > > I win for this week! > > Holy Christ do we fucking HAVE to have someone do this tiresome and unfunny shit every fucking week? What a pain! Second that. Does anyone find this at all funny? ---
**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 13, 2015, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-8-november-12-2015-the-mystery-date-observation/737388/24 "2015-11-13T15:12:23Z")
> [@gytalf2000](#): > > Yes, I was suitably entertained, as well! It was nice to know that Sheldon has groupies. > Or maybe just the one. More than one. Remember as few seasons back, when all the grad students were sucking up to him? (Wow. Season 2, Episode 6 “The Cooper-Nowitski Theorem.” I had no idea it was that long ago.) ---
**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 13, 2015, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-8-november-12-2015-the-mystery-date-observation/737388/25 "2015-11-13T15:27:26Z")
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**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2015, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-8-november-12-2015-the-mystery-date-observation/737388/26 "2015-11-13T15:31:21Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > More than one. Remember as few seasons back, when all the grad students were sucking up to him? (Wow. Season 2, Episode 6 “The Cooper-Nowitski Theorem.” I had no idea it was that long ago.) Ah, yes, that was quite a fun episode. The redhead was sorta cute but controlling. Hilarious! ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2015, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-8-november-12-2015-the-mystery-date-observation/737388/27 "2015-11-13T15:49:55Z")
> [@gytalf2000](#): > > Ah, yes, that was quite a fun episode. The redhead was sorta cute but controlling. Hilarious! That was Riki Lindhome, one half of [Garfunkel and Oates](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garfunkel_and_Oates), and currently doing a recurring role as Fozzie Bear’s girlfriend on _The Muppets_. Goes for unusual guys, I guess. 🙂 I thought this was a pretty good episode, although I might have liked to see Amy’s dating life be a bit more successful. The exact way in which her date broke down was entertaining, however. I’m not familiar with Stephen Merchant, though he is apparently someone famous, but he was pretty funny. I find it rather charming that this show takes place in a universe where it is apparently completely normal for a woman to go all alone to a strange apartment at night, based on nothing more than a weird scavenger hunt posted on Craigslist. ---
**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:** [November 13, 2015, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-8-november-12-2015-the-mystery-date-observation/737388/28 "2015-11-13T15:54:51Z")
> [@MrAtoz](#): > > I find it rather charming that this show takes place in a universe where it is apparently completely normal for a woman to go all alone to a strange apartment at night, based on nothing more than a weird scavenger hunt posted on Craigslist. The Klingon might have been a warning but the Sanskrit was a full save. ---
**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 13, 2015, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-8-november-12-2015-the-mystery-date-observation/737388/29 "2015-11-13T15:55:34Z")
> [@MrAtoz](#): > > I find it rather charming that this show takes place in a universe where it is apparently completely normal for a woman to go all alone to a strange apartment at night, based on nothing more than a weird scavenger hunt posted on Craigslist. Sheldon and Leonard must live in a very prestigious part of Pasadena. 🆒 ---
**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:** [November 13, 2015, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-8-november-12-2015-the-mystery-date-observation/737388/30 "2015-11-13T16:29:13Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Holy Christ do we fucking HAVE to have someone do this tiresome and unfunny shit every fucking week? What a pain! > > I’m NOT looking forward to seeing Leonard in lingerie next episode, that promo made us all go ewwww. No where near as tiresome and unfunny as people who come in this thread week after week saying just how awful TBBT has become and yet, week after week, come in to this thread to complain about how terrible the show has become. ---
**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 13, 2015, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-8-november-12-2015-the-mystery-date-observation/737388/31 "2015-11-13T16:32:22Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Did anyone recognize Vanessa (Analeigh Tipton) as the girl who answered the door in the episode where Howard and Raj tracked down the mansion where the TV supermodels all lived? I did not, but I did recognize her from the short-lived _Manhattan Love Story_ (hey, somebody had to watch it, right?). Man, that sequence just reaffirmed my ever-lasting hatred of Sheldon Cooper, and strengthened my belief that he’s the worst character I’ve ever seen on television. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2015, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-8-november-12-2015-the-mystery-date-observation/737388/32 "2015-11-13T16:32:54Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > No where near as tiresome and unfunny as people who come in this thread week after week saying just how awful TBBT has become and yet, week after week, come in to this thread to complain about how terrible the show has become. Did one person do this for this episode? ---
**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:** [November 13, 2015, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-8-november-12-2015-the-mystery-date-observation/737388/33 "2015-11-13T16:41:25Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Did one person do this for this episode? It’s been happening a whole lot less since people started _tiresomely_ getting the jump on them. ---
**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 13, 2015, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-8-november-12-2015-the-mystery-date-observation/737388/34 "2015-11-13T18:04:14Z")
> [@Ranger\_Jeff](#): > > This was the worst episode ever. > [@BobLibDem](#): > > Holy Christ do we fucking HAVE to have someone do this tiresome and unfunny shit every fucking week? What a pain! > [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Second that. Does anyone find this at all funny? Only when it’s about Simpsons episodes. ---
**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 13, 2015, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-8-november-12-2015-the-mystery-date-observation/737388/35 "2015-11-13T18:40:08Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > the dream girl for any guy shows up to meet Sheldon and loves the challenge thing and then Sheldon slamming the door in her face because she was two sends late, classic Sheldon, That irritated me so much. The episode was otherwise pretty great, but Sheldon being Sheldon over some weird deadline (which was clearly just thrown in so he could slam the door in her face for being late) was just terrible. Especially because pairing Sheldon with a real human being for a few episodes would have been great. ---
**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 13, 2015, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-8-november-12-2015-the-mystery-date-observation/737388/36 "2015-11-13T18:55:46Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Sheldon and Leonard must live in a very prestigious part of Pasadena. 🆒 Well, if you go by the view from the window, they live on the [seventh floor of a parking garage](http://www.iamnotastalker.com/2012/05/18/the-view-from-leonard-and-sheldons-apartment-on-the-big-bang-theory/). 😉 **Justin** - Good point. Especially _that_ human being. It would have been fun to watch everybody’s reaction to a stunningly beautiful genius dating Sheldon, with him being oblivious to her charms. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2015, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-8-november-12-2015-the-mystery-date-observation/737388/37 "2015-11-13T19:37:20Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > No where near as tiresome and unfunny as people who come in this thread week after week saying just how awful TBBT has become and yet, week after week, come in to this thread to complain about how terrible the show has become. Absolutely. ---
**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 13, 2015, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-8-november-12-2015-the-mystery-date-observation/737388/38 "2015-11-13T20:03:06Z")
> [@MrAtoz](#): > > That was Riki Lindhome, one half of [Garfunkel and Oates](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garfunkel_and_Oates), and currently doing a recurring role as Fozzie Bear’s girlfriend on _The Muppets_. Goes for unusual guys, I guess. A number of the hot chicks on _ **Big Bang** _ have been slender redheads, e.g., Nowitzki, Plimpton, and Alex (my favorite)\* :o. I was watching _ **NCIS** _ the other week when I noticed that McGee’s girlfriend Delilah is played by Margo Harshman, aka Alex. As an aside, I was reading today about Pauley Perrette. I had no idea she was 46! I mean, I knew she wasn’t as young as they make her out to be on _ **NCIS** _, but pushing 50? She’s kept herself up nicely! I would swear I saw her in an episode of _ **The Sopranos** _, where she was a medical professional who made housecalls to Junior when he was diagnosed with stomach cancer, but she was onscreen very briefly and apparently not credited, if it was indeed her. If it was, she had her natural hair color (blonde). \*Okay, she’s more of a chestnut than a redhead, but who cares? ---
**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:** [November 13, 2015, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-8-november-12-2015-the-mystery-date-observation/737388/39 "2015-11-13T20:36:58Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > A number of the hot chicks on _ **Big Bang** _ have been slender redheads, e.g., Nowitzki, Plimpton, and Alex (my favorite)\* :o. Dr. Barnett (Sara Rue) was a redhead (although not slender) and “The Cooper-Nowitzki Theorem”[sup]\*[/sup] ends with another woman approaching Sheldon just as Ramona Nowitzki did, and I think she was also a redhead. - The first episode of the show I ever watched. I wondered if the mid-show montage set to a Barenaked Ladies song was a recurring motif of the show. It wasn’t. ---
**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 13, 2015, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-8-november-12-2015-the-mystery-date-observation/737388/40 "2015-11-13T21:03:12Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Dr. Barnett (Sara Rue) was a redhead (although not slender). Yes, she was pleasingly plump (and hot). Nice to have some variety once in a while! :o [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-8-november-12-2015-the-mystery-date-observation/737388.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-9-episode-8-november-12-2015-the-mystery-date-observation/737388.md?page=3)