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The Psychic Vortex

  • Episode aired Jan 11, 2010
  • Not Rated
  • 20m
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8.3/10
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Danica McKellar and Kunal Nayyar in The Big Bang Theory (2007)
ComedyRomance

Raj talks Sheldon into being his wingman at a university mixer. Leonard has trouble dealing with Penny consulting a psychic.Raj talks Sheldon into being his wingman at a university mixer. Leonard has trouble dealing with Penny consulting a psychic.Raj talks Sheldon into being his wingman at a university mixer. Leonard has trouble dealing with Penny consulting a psychic.

  • Director
    • Mark Cendrowski
  • Writers
    • Chuck Lorre
    • Bill Prady
    • Eric Kaplan
  • Stars
    • Johnny Galecki
    • Jim Parsons
    • Kaley Cuoco
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  • IMDb RATING
    8.3/10
    3.8K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Mark Cendrowski
    • Writers
      • Chuck Lorre
      • Bill Prady
      • Eric Kaplan
    • Stars
      • Johnny Galecki
      • Jim Parsons
      • Kaley Cuoco
    • 7User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
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    Jim Parsons, Jen Drohan, and Kunal Nayyar in The Big Bang Theory (2007)
    Danica McKellar, Jim Parsons, Jen Drohan, and Kunal Nayyar in The Big Bang Theory (2007)
    Danica McKellar, Jim Parsons, Jen Drohan, and Kunal Nayyar in The Big Bang Theory (2007)
    Jim Parsons and Kunal Nayyar in The Big Bang Theory (2007)
    Kaley Cuoco and Johnny Galecki in The Big Bang Theory (2007)
    Jim Parsons and Kunal Nayyar in The Big Bang Theory (2007)
    Jim Parsons in The Big Bang Theory (2007)
    Danica McKellar and Kunal Nayyar in The Big Bang Theory (2007)
    Jim Parsons and Jen Drohan in The Big Bang Theory (2007)
    Kaley Cuoco, Johnny Galecki, Simon Helberg, and Melissa Rauch in The Big Bang Theory (2007)

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    Johnny Galecki
    Johnny Galecki
    • Leonard Hofstadter
    Jim Parsons
    Jim Parsons
    • Sheldon Cooper
    Kaley Cuoco
    Kaley Cuoco
    • Penny
    Simon Helberg
    Simon Helberg
    • Howard Wolowitz
    Kunal Nayyar
    Kunal Nayyar
    • Raj Koothrappali
    Melissa Rauch
    Melissa Rauch
    • Bernadette Rostenkowski
    Danica McKellar
    Danica McKellar
    • Abby
    Jen Drohan
    Jen Drohan
    • Martha
    David Trice
    David Trice
    • Waiter
    Gorja Max
    • Assoc. Professor
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Mark Cendrowski
    • Writers
      • Chuck Lorre
      • Bill Prady
      • Eric Kaplan
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    • Trivia
      Actress Danica McKellar appeared on this episode when Sheldon and Raj meet her character Abby while attending a mixer at the university. In the episode The Bat Jar Conjecture (2008), Raj says, "How about the girl from The Wonder Years (1988)?" He is referring to Danica McKellar, who has a degree in mathematics.
    • Goofs
      Sheldon generally can't stand someone entering his room, yet he lets Martha in. However, his hesitation and the "audience" response upon approval suggest that this isn't a goof, but a deliberate plot twist showing that Sheldon likes Martha so much as to allow her to be in his room (providing that he himself is not there).
    • Quotes

      Rajesh Koothrappali: Come on, Sheldon. The world is filled with people doing things outside; let's go outside. Outside is good.

      Sheldon Cooper: If outside is so good, why has mankind spent thousands of years trying to perfect inside?

      Rajesh Koothrappali: I don't know. It's a marketing scheme.

    • 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.
    • Connections
      Features Rock Band (2007)
    • 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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    8/10
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    When Penny admits to Leonard she is seeing a psychic, he rattles her cage, causing her to sit silently through a nice dinner with Howard and Bernadette. Raj and Sheldon go to a faculty mixer and come back with two women (on was Winnie on The Wonder Years). Sheldon seems incapable of attraction to women.
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    • Release date
      • January 11, 2010 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • Hindi
      • Finnish
    • Filming locations
      • Stage 25, Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA(uncredited)
    • Production companies
      • Chuck Lorre Productions
      • Warner Bros. Television
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    • Runtime
      20 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 16:9

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