The Pulled Groin Extrapolation (29 Sep. 2011)

While Sheldon stays at home to play with his new train set, Leonard and Amy learn a lot about each other when he goes as her "plus one" to a wedding. Howard and Bernadette spend the weekend with his mother.

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
Mayim Bialik	...	Amy Farrah Fowler
Melissa Rauch	...	Bernadette Rostenkowski
Carol Ann Susi	...	Mrs. Wolowitz (voice)

Storyline

After a group dinner at Leonard and Sheldon's apartment, Leonard and Amy are the unlikely pair left alone at the apartment as everyone else goes off for the evening. Despite it being a somewhat uncomfortable evening for Leonard, he agrees to accompany Amy to an upcoming wedding, she who refuses to take Sheldon based on a past incident. At the reception, Amy, who "whored" herself up to meet her perception of social convention, is the one of the two who tries to enjoy their time together in this social setting. Leonard ultimately appreciates Amy's attempts. But both Amy and Sheldon misinterpret Leonard's appreciation. Meanwhile, Howard tells a disbelieving Bernadette that he expects them to live with his mother in her house after they're married. After an argument, Bernadette at least agrees to go through a trial weekend at the Wolowitz house. And Sheldon is off in his own literally little world as he plays with his new HO model train set.

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Plot Keywords:

tuxedo | train engineer's hat | corsage | pancake | kiss on the cheek | 

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

29 September 2011 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Chuck Lorre Productions, Warner Bros. Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

20 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

Did You Know?

Trivia

Until his HO gauge starter kit, Sheldon was all for O gauge or no gauge.

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Quotes

Amy Farrah Fowler: Leonard, you may not have noticed, but I am being a delight here. And you're not holding up your end of the evening.
Leonard Hofstadter: I'm sorry. The wedding just reminds me of my kind of-sort of-girlfriend 9000 miles away.
Amy Farrah Fowler: I have a kind-of sort-of boyfriend who's playing with a model train right now, you don't hear me bitching about it.

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Connections

References Star Wars (1977)

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Soundtracks

"El baile de los pajaritos"
Written by Maria Jose y su acordeon.
Performed by Maria Jose y su acordeon.

User Reviews

"The Pulled Groin Extrapolation" was another pretty funny ep of "The Big Bang Theory"

In a nutshell about this season's ep of "The Big Bang Theory": Sheldon wants to stop at a train store and since Penny has to go to work, it's Raj driving him there as well as Howard and Bernadette to the movies. During the ride, Howard blurts out she's going to move in with his mother after the wedding which doesn't sit too well with Bern. But she eventually agrees to try it for a while. Meanwhile, Amy has stayed back at the apartment while Leonard tries to work on the computer. After some awkward talk, it seems Amy wants Leonard to be her date to a wedding since Sheldon doesn't behave himself well at those things, at least according to Amy. I'll stop there and say that while this ep wasn't as funny as the first two this season, it still had some moments such as Bernadette's impersonation of her future mother-in-law and Amy's characterization during the whole thing. So on that note, I rather still enjoyed "The Pulled Groin Extrapolation" ep of "The Big Bang Theory".