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'The Big Bang Theory' - 'The Plimpton Stimulation' Recap
by Kona Gallagher, posted May 11th 2010 1:14AM
(S03E21) Judy Greer! I actually had no idea that she was guest-starring on this week's episode as Dr. Elizabeth Plimpton, but I was so happy to see her. From her turn on 'Arrested Development' to her recent guest-stint on 'Modern Family,' she makes every show she's on even funnier. This was no exception. I loved her role as the sex-crazed scientist. My favorite part though, was not the giant orgy she was trying to make happen at the end, but the fact that she innately seemed to know to stay away from Sheldon.I knew, of course, that Sheldon had no romantic interest in Dr. Plimpton, but when she showed up and was basically the girl version of him, I started to get a little worried. I thought we were going to have an awkward episode filled with her making advances on a clueless Sheldon. Luckily, that never became an issue, as she went after every single guy except for him.
Leonard's line, "she let me," when he was explaining his actions to Penny, was priceless. First off, I'm glad that Penny is having just as difficult a time with the breakup as Leonard is, if not more so. Secondly, "she let me" is honestly the best excuse Leonard could have possibly given. Ordinarily, his ability to move on from Penny so quickly would be suspect, but that reasoning coupled with the fact that he already had a giant nerd-crush on Elizabeth, made it completely believable.
The whole "Raj can only talk to women when drunk" thing is kind of annoying, but I did enjoy how they tied in the cold from the beginning of the episode and had that be the reason he could talk to Elizabeth. Sooner or later though, they're really going to have to drop that pretext entirely.
The other big news of the episode, which was pretty much glossed over, was the fact that Wolowitz and Bernadette broke up. I was really enjoying that relationship, and being able to see Wolowitz as more of a human being and less of a creepy perv. Unfortunately, that's all over -- and we don't even get so much as a breakup scene.
Some of my favorite lines from this week's episode:
Leonard: "Are you planning on kidnapping a woman?"
Sheldon: "Sarcasm?"
Leonard: "Yes, but mixed with a little bit of concern."
"I have a lady friend who will be staying with me for a few days. I want her to feel at home; I also bought scented soaps, pantyhose, Midol, calcium chews, and what is apparently a yogurt specifically designed to regulate the female bowel." - Sheldon
"Dr. Cooper, thank goodness! I completely forgot your address, but then I remembered that I had written it on my hand. Lucky for me, I didn't confuse it with what I had written on my other hand, which were the coordinates for a newly-discovered neutron star, because if I tried to go there, I'd be crushed by hypergravity." - Dr. Plimpton
Leonard: "I think any university would want you -- except, of course, any university that had already had you, because they would have already wanted you, before they, you know, got you."
Sheldon: "From the mind that brought you 'hi-lo.'"
Dr. Plimpton: "What if there's a disaster that destroys all of the USB ports?"
Sheldon: "Then there's really no reason to live, is there?"
Leonard: "Well, it wasn't my fault."
Sheldon: "The implication being that you somehow tripped and fell into her lady parts?"
Leonard: "You still have a cold?"
Raj: "Maybe, but I don't care. That's the good thing about NyQuil -- it's like, 10% booze. I call it the 'nighttime sniffling, sneezing, coughing, so you can talk to girls medicine.'"
"Go away! She wants New Delhi, not Kosher Deli!" - Raj
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