When Sheldon and Leonard are first going over the roommate agreement, they finish up the TV and Movies section and then move onto the miscellaneous section, section 9, which would make the TV and movies section, section 8. Then, later, when Sheldon enters the bedroom when Joyce Kim is in bed with Leonard, Sheldon states Leonard is in breach of Section 8, Visitors; Subsection C, Females; Paragraph 4, Coitus, but Visitors shouldn't be section 8, as TV and Movies presumably is.
During the first two seasons, there was no water pipe in the stairwell leading to the fourth floor landing. During the flashback scenes about Leonard meeting Sheldon, the water pipe is there, though the actions take place several years before the start of the show.
When Leonard's asked if Sheldon can drive, Sheldon states, "I can. I choose not to." This seems to contradict the premise of The Euclid Alternative (2008) from Season 2, that Sheldon does not know how to drive. Indeed, in that episode Leonard tells Sheldon, "Sheldon, you need to learn how to drive." However, as an overly cautious but prideful person it is possible Sheldon was hiding this information to keep a vulnerability to himself, painting it instead as demanding to be catered to.
Leonard encounters Sheldons former roommate leaving the building, but when his former bedroom is shown (soon to be Leonard's), there is no furniture in it at all.
However it is incredibly likely that he had all his furniture and the majority of his belongings loaded into a moving truck earlier that day, before Leonard arrived, having the last of his possessions in the box he's carrying and bag on his back. He might have gotten a smaller truck to save money, explaining why he has to carry so much.
However it is incredibly likely that he had all his furniture and the majority of his belongings loaded into a moving truck earlier that day, before Leonard arrived, having the last of his possessions in the box he's carrying and bag on his back. He might have gotten a smaller truck to save money, explaining why he has to carry so much.
In another episode, Sheldon established that he developed the habit of knocking 3 times when as a child he walked in on his father having sex with a cheerleader. However, in the flashback when Leonard is with Joyce Kim, Sheldon only knocks once until Leonard ignores his first two attempts and Sheldon starts his famous triple knock.
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. However, it's feasible that a disabled elevator in an apartment building might not escalate far enough to instigate an investigation detailed enough to find the rocket fuel.
Sheldon speaks about the flag of the apartment he states it is a gold lion rampant on a field of azure. Since he was using heraldry terms he should have said OR instead of gold. If he were to put this on a shield it would be described as azure in fess point a antelope rampant or.
When Leonard hits the call button for the elevator he hits the up button instead of the down. Hitting the up followed by Sheldon hitting a lower floor would have caused the elevator doors to open again causing the explosion to kill the gang.
However it is not clear that Sheldon hit a lower button, and Leonard could easily have been headed to the roof as it's closer and therefore faster (they seem to be the second-to-top floor), intending to throw the canister off of the roof to explode mid-air.
Leonard could not have been headed for the roof because when the elevator doesn't come right away, he starts walking down the stairs, not up.
However it is not clear that Sheldon hit a lower button, and Leonard could easily have been headed to the roof as it's closer and therefore faster (they seem to be the second-to-top floor), intending to throw the canister off of the roof to explode mid-air.
Leonard could not have been headed for the roof because when the elevator doesn't come right away, he starts walking down the stairs, not up.
This episode begins in 2010 and flashes back 7 years to 2003. In 2003 Sheldon makes a reference to Joss Whedon's show "Firefly" stating that "Friday nights are reserved for Firefly, it will be on for years." In fact, Firefly was cancelled in December 2002.
However, the time difference is 7.5 years - presuming the show events occur in real time - which could easily be summarized as "7 years", Leonard never says or implies it was EXACTLY 7 years earlier.
However, the time difference is 7.5 years - presuming the show events occur in real time - which could easily be summarized as "7 years", Leonard never says or implies it was EXACTLY 7 years earlier.
There is a slim (V12 or later) PlayStation 2 on top of Howard's TV during the flashback to 2003, which was not released until 2004.
The flashbacks took place in 2003. When Sheldon was checking his email from Leonard, he was using a Palm Treo. The Palm Treo 600 wasn't released until late into the year in November of 2003.
While the whole gang is involved in the destruction of the elevator, in episode 14 of season 1 both Sheldon and Howard appear not to know what is wrong with the elevator. Sheldon suggests they may need to call someone about the broken elevator.
When Leonard starts telling the story about the elevator, he says "But one night, Sheldon came home from work..." he is sitting on the couch with Howard and Raj playing a video game when Sheldon walks in. Leonard drives Sheldon to and from work.
In Episode 14 of Season 1, Leonard states that the elevator has been broken for 2 years. Season 1 takes place in 2007. He first moves in in 2003. The elevator would have been broken for 4 years.
Leonard is an experimental physicist. Developing a new rocket fuel would not be within his field and would most likely be done by a chemical engineer.
Sheldon mispronounces methacrylate as meth-a-CRY-late, when the actual pronunciation is meh-THA-cruh-late. Furthermore, methacrylate is a joiner that exists as part of other compounds and does not exist by itself.
During the flashback, when Leonard first enters the apartment Sheldon details why one chair is His Spot, reasons roughly the same as the ones he usually lists for his spot on the couch, all of which rely on its location in the room, not anything about the actual chair. However, when Leonard changes it for the couch, Sheldon goes through the process of finding a new spot even though his traditional location at the end of the couch is in the same position as the chair was, enjoying the same benefits. He should have realized this should be the first spot to try.