The Lizard-Spock Expansion 

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

Director:

Mark Cendrowski

Writers:

Chuck Lorre (created by), Bill Prady (created by)

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
Sara Rue	...	Dr. Stephanie Barnett
Carol Ann Susi	...	Debbie Wolowitz (voice)
Jennifer Hale	...	News Announcer (voice)
Robert Clotworthy	...	Announcer (voice)

Storyline

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.

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Plot Keywords:

kissing in a car | star trek reference | rock paper scissors lizard spock | star wars reference | reference to star wars | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Did You Know?

Trivia

The game Rock-Paper-Scissors-Lizard-Spock was also used on episode 2.4 My Babysitter's a Vampire: Flushed (2012) of My Babysitter's a Vampire (2011) when the protagonists Ethan, Benny and Rory draw lots by playing the game.

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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.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Sheldon Cooper: Oh look, Saturn 3 is on.
Raj Koothrappali: I don't want to watch Saturn 3; Deep Space 9 is better.
Sheldon Cooper: How is Deep Space 9 better than Saturn 3?
Raj Koothrappali: Simple subtraction will tell you it's six better.
Leonard Hofstadter: Compromise; watch Babylon 5.
[chuckles]
Sheldon Cooper: In what sense is that a compromise?
Leonard Hofstadter: Well, five is part way between three an... Never mind.

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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.

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Connections

References Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008)

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Soundtracks

History of Everything (Instrumental version)
(uncredited)
Written by Barenaked Ladies
Performed by Barenaked Ladies
[Instrumental version of series theme song played over the closing credits]

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

17 November 2008 (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