The Lizard-Spock Expansion

Episode aired Nov 17, 2008
TV-PGTV-PG
20m

8.2/10

S2.E8

Leonard and Howard's friendship is jeopardised when Leonard steals a girl from Howard.Leonard and Howard's friendship is jeopardised when Leonard steals a girl from Howard.Leonard and Howard's friendship is jeopardised when Leonard steals a girl from Howard.

8.2/10

3.6K

Director
- Mark Cendrowski
Writers
- Chuck Lorre
- Bill Prady(story)
- David Goetsch(teleplay)
Stars

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Johnny Galecki and Jim Parsons in The Big Bang Theory (2007)

Johnny Galecki, Simon Helberg, Jim Parsons, and Kunal Nayyar in The Big Bang Theory (2007)

Johnny Galecki, Simon Helberg, Sara Rue, Jim Parsons, and Kunal Nayyar in The Big Bang Theory (2007)

Simon Helberg, Jim Parsons, and Kunal Nayyar in The Big Bang Theory (2007)

Johnny Galecki and Sara Rue in The Big Bang Theory (2007)

Howard calls the guys into the Mars rover control room on an emergency. He maneuvered the rover into a crevice, and he needs some help from Sheldon and Raj to maneuver it out. Leonard's task is to get Stephanie, the girl Howard sneaked into the control room, out of the facility, she who doesn't have clearance to be there. On Leonard's task to drive Stephanie home, Stephanie and Leonard hook up. She's a medical doctor with a high libido. Despite Stephanie's assertion that Howard had no chance with her (she went with him since he told her she could drive a car on Mars), Leonard feels guilty, especially in that he wants to see her again. What makes it worse for Leonard is that he knows that Howard still thinks he's dating her. Leonard has to figure out what to do to reconcile dating Stephanie while still being friends with Howard. —Huggo

kissing in a car rock paper scissors lizard spock reference to star wars loud shirt secret government facility 28 more

Trivia
The rules for Rock-Paper-Scissors-Lizard-Spock: Scissors cuts paper. Paper covers rock. Rock crushes lizard. Lizard poisons Spock. Spock smashes scissors. Scissors decapitate lizard. Lizard eats paper. Paper disproves Spock. Spock vaporizes rock. Rock crushes scissors.

Goofs
When Raj is typing on the computer trying to solve the problem of the Mars Rover, he clearly is expecting an instantaneous response from it. Even at its closest to Earth (54.6 million kilometers), signals from Earth to Mars would take more than three minutes to get there, and the return signal would take another three minutes to arrive. As an astrophysicist, Raj must know this.

Quotes
Howard Wolowitz: Okay, I guess we have to turn to plan B.
Sheldon Cooper: What's plan B?
Howard Wolowitz: Erase all the hard drives, grab the surveillance tapes, wipe our fingerprints off every surface and run.
Sheldon Cooper: Why wasn't that plan A?

Crazy credits
CHUCK LORRE PRODUCTIONS, #227 Dear George Lucas, May I call you Mr. Lucas? On behalf of the writers of The Big Bang Theory, I would like to thank you for your astounding body of work, which has awakened the child within us and unleashed our dreams. That being said, we hope you don't take offense at our good-natured jest regarding your most recent animated efforts. Yes they were cheap shots, but we can't help but hold you to a higher standard -- a standard of your own making. In closing, we are all looking forward to Indiana Jones 5 - The Curse of the Golden Catheter. Oops, sorry again. Very truly yours, The Writers P.S. To William Shatner, director of Star Trek 5. Go ahead, sue us.

Connections
Referenced in The Big Bang Theory: The Apology Insufficiency (2010)

Soundtracks
History of Everything
(uncredited)
Written by Barenaked Ladies
Performed by Barenaked Ladies
[Series theme song played during the opening titles]

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7/10

Triangle

There are a few funny moments here, but what this gets down to is, "How is Leonard going to deal with Sheldon when he steals his girl?" Howard, wearing an eye patch is pretty funny. The rock, paper, scissors variation isn't all that big a deal. Average episode.

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