The Date Night Variable
- Episode aired Sep 27, 2012
- TV-PG
- 21m
Raj crashes Sheldon and Amy's second anniversary and interferes in Leonard and Penny's relationship. Howard gets caught in the middle of an argument between Bernadette and his mother.Raj crashes Sheldon and Amy's second anniversary and interferes in Leonard and Penny's relationship. Howard gets caught in the middle of an argument between Bernadette and his mother.Raj crashes Sheldon and Amy's second anniversary and interferes in Leonard and Penny's relationship. Howard gets caught in the middle of an argument between Bernadette and his mother.
- Awards
- 1 nomination
- Dimitri
- (as Pasha Lychnikoff)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe scenes of Howard in space were accomplished by filming in a Space Station replica in Canoga Park, California. Only 20 feet of station were available, so over the course of this episode and the next, creative camera angles and framing made it look like there were many different sections. Weightlessness was created by supporting the actors on a very thin platform and have them simulate the effects of microgravity.
- GoofsDuring her video chat with Howard from earth, Bernadette can be seen wearing the "Star" necklace Howard had promised to take with him into space in the previous episode.
It's a different necklace. Most women have more than one necklace.
- Quotes
Amy Farrah Fowler: Have I ever told you you're like a sexy praying mantis?
Sheldon Cooper: Every time you drink alcohol.
Amy Farrah Fowler: You know what's wonderful about the praying mantis, they devour their mate.
Sheldon Cooper: Your point being?
Amy Farrah Fowler: [Undoes the top button of her blouse] Dessert is served.
Sheldon Cooper: I just had cobbler.
Amy Farrah Fowler: [Buttons back up] You know what? I'm done with this.
Sheldon Cooper: Where are you going?
Amy Farrah Fowler: I'm leaving.
Sheldon Cooper: You can't leave. I need you.
Amy Farrah Fowler: You do?
Sheldon Cooper: Yes. You're my ride.
Amy Farrah Fowler: Sheldon, you either say something meaningful and from the heart, or you and I are done.
Sheldon Cooper: Alright, please. Amy, when I look in your eyes and you're looking back in mine, everything feels not quite normal. Because I feel stronger and weaker at the same time. I feel excited, and at the same time, terrified. The truth is, I don't know what I feel, except I know what kind of man I want to be.
Amy Farrah Fowler: Sheldon, that was beautiful.
Sheldon Cooper: I should hope so. That's from the first Spider-Man movie.
Amy Farrah Fowler: I'll take it.
- Crazy creditsCHUCK LORRE PRODUCTIONS, #391
When I was in grade school we would regularly have atomic bomb drills. One of my favorites was clambering under our little wooden desks, quick like bunnies, so that we would be "protected" when the shock wave hit our big picture window and sent thousands of shards of glass shrapnel into our classroom. Equally helpful was the instruction to unbutton the top button of our shirts, remove glasses and take sharp items like pencils from our breast pockets. The logic being that collars could strangle us during a nuclear blast, glasses became just more shrapnel, and number two pencils could shish kabob our eight-year old hearts. Often we were ordered to line up, double file, hold our partner's hand (hopefully a girl, hopefully without a sweaty palm) and walk, don't run, down to the school's basement. There we would crouch next to a cold cement wall, thus ensuring our survival, or burial, in case the entire place got flattened. Interestingly, I don't recall there being any real concern about radiation poisoning other than how it might create Tokyo-stomping monsters. But probably my most vivid memory is of something that never happened. I had a recurring daydream which involved me neatly surviving the end of the world, climbing out of the rubble that was once Oak Drive Elementary School, and then running home to save the lives of my parents. Sadly, in none of my heroic fantasies was I able to rescue my older sister (we didn't get along that well, so it was probably for the best). The reason I bring all this up is I was thinking recently about how an almost daily reminder to a child that he or she might die in a terrifying explosion could cause a kind of post-traumatic syndrome. In a way, it made me feel a bit more forgiving to the monumental failings of the boomer generation. I also thought I should try and mend fences with my sister.
- ConnectionsReferences Clash of the Titans (1981)
- SoundtracksHistory of Everything
(uncredited)
Written by Barenaked Ladies
Performed by Barenaked Ladies
[Series theme song played during the opening titles]
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- Runtime21 minutes
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