"The Big Bang Theory" The Loobenfeld Decay (2008)

User Rating:

8.1/10   

Director:

Mark Cendrowski

Writers:

Chuck Lorre (creator) &
Bill Prady (creator) ...

TV Series:

"The Big Bang Theory" (2007)

Original Air Date:

24 March 2008 (Season 1, Episode 10)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Leonard lies to Penny so that he and Sheldon can get out of watching her perform. However, Sheldon believes that the lie has too many loose ends, so he comes up with a new, unnecessarily complex one to replace it. |

Plot Keywords:

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder | Sitcom | Friendship | Scientist | Nerd

Cast

Johnny Galecki	...	Leonard Hofstadter
Jim Parsons	...	Sheldon Cooper
Kaley Cuoco	...	Penny
Simon Helberg	...	Howard Wolowitz
Kunal Nayyar	...	Rajesh Koothrappali
DJ Qualls	...	Toby Loobenfeld (as D.J. Qualls)

Runtime:

Ireland:25 min (including commercials) | Argentina:25 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Argentina:13 | Netherlands:AL

Company:

Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)

Quotes:

Leonard: I already lied. Why cover it up with another lie?
Sheldon Cooper: Because your lie was painfully transparent, whereas my lie is exquisitely convoluted. While you were sleeping, I was busy weaving an un-unravelable web.

Movie Connections:

References Star Wars (1977)

The Loobenfeld Decay was a mostly amusing episode of "The Big Bang Theory"

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

Sheldon and Leonard are arguing the logic of the Terminator movies and TV series when they hear some awful singing. It's Penny who tells them she's performing in a local production of "Rent" for one night only and invites them to see her on stage. Leonard mentions that he and Sheldon are going to a symposium that night though Sheldon almost ruins that lie by nearly mentioning the real night of that. After she's gone, Leonard mentions to his roommate why he lied to Penny and the necessities of doing so for social purposes. Sheldon decides to replace that fib for a more complicated one about a cousin who's in rehab. That "cousin" later appears in the form of a fellow colleague/aspiring actor who argues about characterization with Sheldon. Hardly matters since Penny taped her performance and gets Leonard to watch while he leaves Sheldon and the "actor" alone with their bickering...Pretty funny, if not hilarious episode of "The Big Bang Theory". As usual, Sheldon has much of the best lines though D. J. Qualls as the fake cousin steals the few scenes he's in with his constant embellishments. Penny herself has her moments when trying to explain to Howard and Raj the story that Sheldon told about his "cousin". Oh, and as a Filipino born in this country, I was not offended by Qualls "childhood abuse" from a chaplain from that Asian country. Though according to Chuck Lorre's censored vanity card, it was originally supposed to be a Catholic priest! (Again, while Catholic, not offended.) Very glad this show is back.