The Toast Derivation (24 Feb. 2011)

Sheldon becomes concerned when everybody begins to hang out at Raj's apartment and discovers Leonard is the center of the group.

Director:

Mark Cendrowski

Writers:

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

Stars:

Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco

Cast

Episode complete credited cast:
Johnny Galecki	...	Leonard Hofstadter
Jim Parsons	...	Sheldon Cooper
Kaley Cuoco	...	Penny
Simon Helberg	...	Howard Wolowitz
Kunal Nayyar	...	Raj Koothrappali
Mayim Bialik	...	Amy Farrah Fowler
Melissa Rauch	...	Bernadette Rostenkowski
LeVar Burton	...	LeVar Burton
Kevin Sussman	...	Stuart
Brian Smith	...	Zack (as Brian Thomas Smith)
John Ross Bowie	...	Barry Kripke
Aarti Mann	...	Priya Koothrappali

Storyline

It's Thursday night, which in Sheldon's world means that the guys are coming over for pizza. However, Leonard informs him that he's going over to Raj's to hang out with Priya, with Howard most-likely being there as well, so Sheldon is more than welcome to come along. Sheldon does go, but it's just not the same. But what bothers him more is what Amy tells him the night signifies: that Leonard is the nucleus of their group, not him. To prove Amy wrong, Sheldon, on the next night that Leonard says he's hanging out with Priya, Raj and Howard at Raj's place, plans a gathering of his own at their apartment with his new group of mismatched "friends": Stuart from the comic book store, Penny's old boyfriend Zack, and Barry Kripke (with LeVar Burton a probable no show, although Sheldon did tweet him about the gathering). Will either the group at Raj's or the group at Sheldon's have a good time? Meanwhile, Amy and Bernadette take Penny out for a night on the town to make her forget that Priya ...

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Plot Keywords:

bare chested male | man wearing towel | red dress | karaoke

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English Italian

Release Date:

24 February 2011 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Chuck Lorre Productions, Warner Bros. Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

22 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

Did You Know?

Trivia

The title refers to the origination of the word "Toast".

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Goofs

When Bernadette says, "I would take that deal all day long!", she is playing with her hair, and her feet are crossed and jiggling. It then cuts to a different angle, and her hands are still and her feet are in a different position.

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Quotes

Amy Farrah Fowler: You know, if being on your own is new to you, I'd be happy to share some tension-relieving techniques for ladies that I've perfected over the years. For example, do you have an electric toothbrush?
Penny: Uh, no.
Amy Farrah Fowler: You should get one.

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Connections

References Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)

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Soundtracks

"Walking on Sunshine"
(uncredited)
Written by Kimberley Rew
Performed by John Ross Bowie, Brian Smith, and Kevin Sussman

User Reviews

Clap clap Jim Parsons

This episode begins with Sheldon finding out he's not the center of his group of friends anymore. So once he notices that, he plans to invite some new friends to show the geeks he doesn't need them. As provided, it doesn't work well, since they hate Sheldon's speeches and begin to play karaoke. In Penny's apartment, she, Amy and Bernadette plan to go out and kiss some guys. In these scenes there are many appealing jokes that it's impossible not to laugh, while we feel Amy is losing her geek mind.

Overall, in this episode Sheldon steals the show as usual and has most of all the funny jokes. It's great to notice that the writers are varying the characters and showing us that they're all very talented. Jim Parsons is an extremely good actor and proves it here once again.