The Big Bang Theory: Season 2, Episode 22

The Classified Materials Turbulence (4 May 2009)

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Penny's second date with Stuart has significant implications for Leonard. Howard enlists the guys' help with one of his NASA projects.

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Despite how poorly their first and only date ended (albeit the poorness caused by Sheldon), Stuart and Penny are going out on a second date. Not wanting to screw things up, Stuart asks Leonard for advice on Penny's expectations of the date getting "physical". Penny also asks Leonard for advice on how to get Stuart to come out of his shyness shell. Leonard doesn't want Stuart and Penny's relationship to advance, but he doesn't want to lose either as friends. Leonard ends up giving Stuart what he considers some intentionally bad advice. Feeling guilty about it, he tries to find out what happened on their date so that he can clear his conscience. Meanwhile, Howard has completed the International Space Station's "Wolowitz Zero Gravity Human Waste Disposal System" (i.e. their toilet). After it's been deployed to the station, Howard realizes that he made an error in his calculations, and the system will fail within ten flushes. He has to figure out how to fix the problem only using ... Written by Huggo

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Sheldon Cooper: Smell that? That's the smell of new comic books.
[takes a deep breath]
Sheldon Cooper: Oh, yes!
Howard Wolowitz: They're on me today, boys.
Rajesh Koothrappali: You're paying? Have you been selling your sperm again?
Leonard Hofstadter: No, I'm celebrating. As we speak, the space shuttle is docking at the International Space Station, where it will deploy the Wolowitz Zero-Gravity Waste Disposal System.
Rajesh Koothrappali: Oh, get over yourself. It's a high-tech toilet.
Leonard Hofstadter: Just think, thanks to your hard work, an international crew of astronauts will boldly go where no man has ...
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The Classified Materials Turbulence was another very funny episode of "The Big Bang Theory"
18 September 2009 | by (Baton Rouge, La.) – See all my reviews

This is another episode of "The Big Bang Theory" from last season that I missed when it first aired so I'm now trying to play catch up before the season premiere next Monday. It's a continuation of a previous episode arc involving a friend of Leonard's named Stuart that I also haven't seen. It seems Stuart and Penny are going on another date, so Leonard decides to tell him to go slow as in glacial. Meanwhile, Howard is trying to fix his space toilet for the Russians so that it doesn't stop after 10 flushes. And Sheldon, not known for a sense of humor, finds constant amusement in all the bathroom jokes...Another pretty hilarious episode of "The Big Bang Theory" that I couldn't stop laughing at. In fact, I rewinded several times just so I could make sure I heard what I heard. This was the last episode before the season finale but since there are several more from last season I've yet to watch, I'm going to seek those out right now...


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