The Staircase Implementation 

Leonard tells Penny about how he and Sheldon became roommates and what happened to the elevator.

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
Carol Ann Susi	...	Debbie Wolowitz (voice)
Ally Maki	...	Joyce Kim
Steven Yeun	...	Sebastian
Ajgie Kirkland	...	Louie
Ed Lieberman	...	Announcer (voice)

Storyline

After Leonard and Sheldon have a heated argument about what Sheldon sees as Leonard making a major breach in the roommate agreement, Leonard takes refuge at Penny's apartment. Despite the seriousness of the argument, Leonard assures Penny that Sheldon was much more difficult to live with when Leonard first moved in. Leonard recounts to her his first meeting with Sheldon seven years earlier when Leonard answered Sheldon's advertisement looking for a new roommate. He also recounts Howard and Raj's first encounters with Sheldon, what happened to the now broken elevator which was working when Leonard first moved in, and why Leonard decided to stay despite Sheldon being such a difficult and unusual roommate.

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Plot Keywords:

barefoot | couch | woman wears blue lingerie | roommate agreement | kissing | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Did You Know?

Trivia

The Light Sabers on Howard's bedroom wall are blue; however, in other episodes they are green.

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Goofs

Leonard says Sheldon kept him from being arrested for the explosion that wrecked the elevator. An investigation would reveal the rocket fuel. Sheldon would have no power to prevent Leonard's arrest.

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Quotes

Leonard Hofstadter: Go to hell and set their thermostat!
Sheldon Cooper: I don't have to go to hell. It's 73 degrees, I'm there already.

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Crazy Credits

CHUCK LORRE PRODUCTIONS, #287 CENSORED!!! Apparently, it's okay to show brutal violence in graphic, vomit- your-Jenny Craig dinner-up-into-your-mouth detail on a forensic cop show, but it's unacceptable to write about it with a little whimsy. As always, you can read the offending material on my web site, Chucklorre.com. Frankly, I think you'll be disappointed.

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Connections

References Star Trek: The Original Series (1966)

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Soundtracks

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

User Reviews

An episode I've been waiting for since the beginning!

Ever since the start of the show, the big question on everyone's mind is "what happened to the elevator?" Finally, in a flashback episode to reveal how everyone met -which are always fun- it is shown why they must walk three flights of stairs.

From start to finish, this episode is a laugh riot and makes your stomach hurt from all the laughing. It's creative and interesting to learn how Leonard comes to live with the freak Sheldon. It's interesting how Sheldon is worse before Leonard arrives and it's great to see that Howard and Raj have always been lovable and quirky.

It would have been interesting to watch the show starting back in 2002 and venturing all the way until Penny moved in and such, but it's a great show and seems to improve with each episode.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English Latin

Release Date:

17 May 2010 (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