# The Big Bang Theory, Thursday, September 26, 2013 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 27, 2013, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-thursday-september-26-2013/669798 "2013-09-27T13:24:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **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:** [September 28, 2013, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-thursday-september-26-2013/669798/41 "2013-09-28T23:39:48Z")
Beware the dreaded posters with names that begin with an “s.” We strike like lightning, then [del]vanish[/del] stick around and post some more. ---
**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:** [September 29, 2013, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-thursday-september-26-2013/669798/42 "2013-09-29T00:09:47Z")
So Raj can now talk to women without drinking? They said it happened suddenly, while Leonard was away, so I guess that means in the hiatus. I missed it if there was an explanation, so can someone fill me in? Roddy ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2013, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-thursday-september-26-2013/669798/43 "2013-09-29T00:19:53Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > I missed it if there was an explanation, so can someone fill me in? It happened at the very end of the very last episode of last season, after he was so traumatised by his girlfriend (Kate Micucci) leaving him. ---
**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:** [September 29, 2013, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-thursday-september-26-2013/669798/44 "2013-09-29T00:26:17Z")
And after the trauma he wouldn’t shut up! ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2013, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-thursday-september-26-2013/669798/45 "2013-09-29T02:31:08Z")
> [@teela\_brown](#): > > \ > I wonder if they’ll ever do an episode about Penny’s drinking too much. Seems like she has a glass in her hand in almost every scene, like they might be directing the story arc towards that end. I thought they were kind of addressing that already - when Penny and Sheldon were playing chess, Penny said something about not having alcohol for it, and I think one other time they mentioned her not drinking or something like that. I missed the first few minutes of the first episode, so I assumed they addressed it then, that Penny was trying to give up booze for a while. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2013, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-thursday-september-26-2013/669798/46 "2013-09-29T03:12:21Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > I thought they were kind of addressing that already - when Penny and Sheldon were playing chess, Penny said something about not having alcohol for it, and I think one other time they mentioned her not drinking or something like that. I missed the first few minutes of the first episode, so I assumed they addressed it then, that Penny was trying to give up booze for a while. Given the wine she was sharing with Leonard, I don’t think so. My take was that they were in Sheldon’s apartment and had finished off what was available there. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2013, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-thursday-september-26-2013/669798/47 "2013-09-29T19:23:41Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > Given the wine she was sharing with Leonard, I don’t think so. My take was that they were in Sheldon’s apartment and had finished off what was available there. Yeah, on re-watching, I see she’s having a beer while hanging out with Sheldon, too. Okay, scrap that theory! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-thursday-september-26-2013/669798.md?page=2)