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Episode complete credited cast:
	Johnny Galecki	...	Leonard Hofstadter
	Jim Parsons	...	Sheldon Cooper
	Kaley Cuoco	...	Penny
	Simon Helberg	...	Howard Wolowitz
	Kunal Nayyar	...	Raj Koothrappali
	Melissa Rauch	...	Bernadette Rostenkowski
	Danica McKellar	...	Abby
	Jen Drohan	...	Martha
	David Trice	...	Waiter

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Storyline

With Leonard and Howard going on a double date, Raj talks a reluctant Sheldon into attending a mixer at the university. Surprisingly, Raj and Sheldon end up meeting and having a good time with two beautiful, fun loving women named Abby and Martha. Raj and Sheldon have vastly differing opinions on what they want to get out of a second date that Abby and Martha want with them. Meanwhile, Leonard reconsiders his relationship with Penny when he learns that she believes in psychics. Penny reconsiders her relationship with Leonard after he mocks her belief in psychics. One of the two is going to have to compromise their steadfast belief if their relationship is to continue. Written by Huggo

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Comedy | Romance

Certificate:

TV-14 | See all certifications »

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Country:

USA

Language:

English | Hindi | Finnish

Release Date:

11 January 2010 (USA) See more »

Also Known As:

The Psychic Vortex See more »

Filming Locations:

Stage 25, Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Chuck Lorre Productions, Warner Bros. Television See more »

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

20 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9

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Trivia

Jim Parsons and Danica McKellar (Abby) share the distinction of playing a character whose last name is Cooper, while in real life, they are polar opposites regarding their well-known association with numbers: Sheldon Cooper, unlike Jim, is a physicist. Danica, who played Winnie Cooper on The Wonder Years (1988), is a mathematician. See more »

Goofs

In this episode it's clear that Leonard's glasses aren't real. Especially in the car, you can see that there's no glass in his glasses. See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
Leonard Hofstadter: Look at us! Getting ready for a double date with actual women who publicly acknowledge they're our girlfriends.
Howard Wolowitz: Yes. Actual women are the best.
Sheldon Cooper: I don't understand. What other kind of women are there?
Leonard Hofstadter: Howard, artificial women are your department. You want to take this?
Howard Wolowitz: Nah. It would just freak him out.
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Crazy Credits

CHUCK LORRE PRODUCTIONS, #273 I am writing this vanity card from deep in the jungles of Borneo. The heat is oppressive. The mosquitoes are relentless. And the natives.... the natives are hungry for meat. American meat. Specifically, ground chuck. What was I thinking coming here for my Xmas break? What insanity led me to this godforsaken hell?! Oh, how I wish I were back in Burbank. Oh, Burbank, Burbank, Burbank! Forgive me for not seeing your beauty when you thrust it in my face. But now that matters not. Or, that matters not now. Either way, my time is running short. Funny how your perspective changes when the end is near. Being overlooked by the Golden Globes, yet again, seems so unimportant to me now. The fact that one of the natives about to eat me is a freelance show biz reporter for the Kota Kinabalu Daily Bugle and a voting member of the Hollywood Foreign Press even provides me with some comfort. For as I close my eyes on this world I'll at least know that while I may not be to everyone's taste as television, if sauteed with butter and lemon, I will be to everyone's taste as lunch. See more »

Connections

References Battlestar Galactica (2004) See more »

Soundtracks

American Woman
(uncredited)
Written by Randy Bachman, Burton Cummings, Jim Kale &
Gary Peterson
Performed by Kunal Nayyar, Danica McKellar, Jim Parsons & Jen Drohan
[Raj, Sheldon and their dates are performing the song in Sheldon's apartment on garage band]
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