The Russian Rocket Reaction

Episode aired Oct 13, 2011
TV-PG
22m

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8.0/10

3.9K

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Johnny Galecki and Jim Parsons in The Big Bang Theory (2007)

Comedy Romance

Sheldon takes offense when Leonard wants to attend a party with Wil Wheaton, while Bernadette tries to block Howard's opportunity to go into outer space.Sheldon takes offense when Leonard wants to attend a party with Wil Wheaton, while Bernadette tries to block Howard's opportunity to go into outer space.Sheldon takes offense when Leonard wants to attend a party with Wil Wheaton, while Bernadette tries to block Howard's opportunity to go into outer space.

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IMDb RATING

8.0/10

3.9K

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Trivia
There is a QR code on the side of the counter of the comic book shop. If you scan it, it will take you to the page of The Comic Center Of Pasadena.

Goofs
It was previously established that Howard has transient idiopathic arrhythmia so it is highly unlikely any doctor would clear him for space flight.

Quotes
Leonard Hofstadter: 210, and you throw in the Iron Man helmet.
Stuart: Are you crazy? That helmet's signed by Robert Downey Jr.
Leonard Hofstadter: So?
Stuart: Okay, if you're gonna question the importance of an actor's signature on a plastic helmet from a movie based on a comic book, then all of our lives have no meaning!

Crazy credits
CHUCK LORRE PRODUCTIONS, #359 Okay, I'm just gonna say it out loud. There are times when going crazy looks attractive. And I'm not talking about becoming charmingly eccentric. I've already got that covered nine ways to Sunday. No, I'm talking about purposely emigrating to the land of lunacy. That special psychological zip code where The Ancient Laws of Behave Yourself no longer apply. My "reasoning" is simple. It takes a great deal of effort to sustain a conservative, trustworthy persona. Surrendering that effort would involve, from a Freudian perspective, a conscious dismantling of the super ego - that part of the psyche entrusted with enforcing parental and socially approved actions. And therein lies the allure of going full frontal wack-a-doodle. The constant energy required to pass as normal would suddenly become available for doing and saying whatever pleases me in the moment. Imagine it. The id and libido completely unbound by any and all moral or cultural restrictions. Hmm... Probably won't need the shrink anymore... might need a lawyer.

Connections
References Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)

Soundtracks
History of Everything
(uncredited)
Written by Barenaked Ladies
Performed by Barenaked Ladies
[Series theme song played during the opening titles]

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3/10

The Russian Rocket Reaction

Bernadette was annoying here. Not for the first time. Howard was annoying here. Not for the first time.

When Penny asks Bernadette whether she really wants to marry Howard perhaps she was speaking on behalf of the audience, because he never comes across as being the most likable of chaps, does he?

Even Sheldon was on annoying form, dictating what Leonard could or couldn't do. Quite why he doesn't tell him to take a long walk off a short pier sometimes I don't know.

Overall this was a fine but not spectacular episode of a show that has of late and can do better than this.

Brett Spiner's appearance only made me think of a funnier one he made on 'Joey'.