The Creepy Candy Coating Corollary (19 Oct. 2009)

Wolowitz begs Penny to set him up with one of her friends; Sheldon seeks payback against Wil Wheaton.

Director:

Mark Cendrowski

Writers:

Chuck Lorre (creator), Bill Prady (creator),

Stars:

Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco

Cast

Episode cast overview:
Johnny Galecki	...	Leonard Hofstadter
Jim Parsons	...	Sheldon Cooper
Kaley Cuoco	...	Penny
Simon Helberg	...	Howard Wolowitz
Kunal Nayyar	...	Raj Koothrappali
Kevin Sussman	...	Stuart
Melissa Rauch	...	Bernadette Rostenkowski
Wil Wheaton	...	Wil Wheaton

Storyline

Howard reminds Leonard of a five year old pact between the two. Effectively, the pact stipulates that Penny has to set Howard up with one of her friends. Leonard has to tread lightly to ask Penny for this favor. A reluctant Penny does find someone, but she may regret it when she and Leonard go on a double date with them. Meanwhile, Raj tries to talk Sheldon into entering a $500 top prize Mystic Warlords of Ka'ah tournament with him to be held at the comic book shop. Sheldon has no interest in entering because, with his eidetic memory, the game is no challenge. Sheldon changes his mind when he learns that Wil Wheaton, number six on his arch enemy list (Wil didn't show up for a scheduled appearance at a sci-fi convention that Sheldon attended in 1995), has entered. Sheldon's goal is to crush 'Wesley Crusher'. During the tournament, can Wil do anything to change Sheldon's mind about him?

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Plot Keywords:

tournament | double date | reference to bert the muppet | obsession | card game | 

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English Klingon

Release Date:

19 October 2009 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Chuck Lorre Productions, Warner Bros. Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

20 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

In all the games of "The Mystic Warlords of Ka'a" seen in this episode, no card appears more than once (except when Sheldon responds to "Underworld Guardian" with the same card), thereby emphasizing the ridiculous complexity of this game, which baffles Penny in the beginning.

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Goofs

Sheldon describes Wesley Crusher from "Star Trek: The Next Generation" as having an eidetic memory. However, it is never established in that series that Wesley has an eidetic memory, only that he learns quite quickly.

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Quotes

Leonard Hofstadter: How about that? Albert Einstein was wrong.
Penny: What?
Leonard Hofstadter: Approaching the speed of light doesn't slow down time.
Leonard Hofstadter: [Points at Howard and Bernadette] Approaching them does.

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Connections

Spoofs Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)

User Reviews

"The Creepy Candy Coating Corollary" is another hilarious episode of "The Big Bang Theory"

Okay, I'm catching up on last season's "Big Bang Theory" episodes since I'm making space on my DVR for the new ones, among other shows. In this one, Howard reminds Leonard of the pact they made of getting one a date with girlfriend's pal when pairing with former became official. Penny reluctantly goes along though there's a nice surprise there. Same goes when Sheldon agrees to team with Raj for a fantasy card game when that game results in meeting his former idol, Will Wheaton of "Star Trek: The Next Generation". I'll stop there...This was a very funny episode of this now-very popular show and I really don't want to spoil anything for anyone that hasn't watched this particular episode. Just that Sheldon is as hilarious as ever. Until next time...