Lunar Excitation

Lunar Excitation
Writers	Chuck Lorre (Story), Bill Prady (Story), Maria Ferrari (Story), Lee Aronsohn (Teleplay), Steve Holland (Teleplay), Steven Molaro (Teleplay)
Director	Peter Chakos
Starring	Brian Thomas Smith as Zack, Mayim Bialijk as Amy Fowler, Sara Gilbert as Leslie Winkle, Lauri Johnson as Mrs. Gunderson
Air Date	24 May 2010
Vanity	Card #288
Guide	Episode #323
Quotes	Episode #323
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Season 3, Episode 23 (0323)

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Summary

While Penny worries that dating Leonard has ruined her for normal guys, Wolowitz and Koothrappali search for Sheldon's perfect match online.

Episode Outline

I. Roof

• The guys have set up a Lunar Laser Ranging experiment.

Titles and Opening Themes

II. hallway in front of apartments

• Leonard invites Penny to see the experiment. Penny is with a new friend, Zac.

III. Stairway

• Penny introduces Leonard to Zac.

IV. Roof

• When Leonard explains the experiment, Zac puzzles everyone with his rather dumb comments.
• The guys perform the Lunar Laser Ranging experiment. Everyone's but Zac's impressed.
• Penny and Zac leave.

V. Living room

• The guys disassemble their equipment, discussing Penny's new friend. Howard suggests Leonard should join a dating website.
• Sheldon goes to bed, leaving Raj and Howard alone. They decide to set up a profile for Sheldon on the dating website.

VI. Living room, middle of the night

• A drunk Penny blames Leonard for her new lack of tolerance toward dumb guys.
• Penny drags Leonard into his bedroom to have sex. Sheldon's not amused.

VII. Kitchen

• Sheldon has breakfast. A hung-over Penny leaves the apartment.
• Leonard enters wondering why Penny left without saying goodbye.

VIII. Stairway

• Leonard tries to talk to Penny who tells him the last night was a mistake.
• Leonard meets Mrs Gunderson who overheard him and Penny the night before.

IX. Living room

• Howard and Raj are excited about a match the dating site has found for Sheldon.

X. in front of Leslie's apartment

• Leonard asks Leslie wether's she's interested in a non-committed relationship. She slams the door into his face.

XI. Living room

• Howard and Raj try to convince Sheldon to go on a blind-date. Raj succeeds after blackmailing Sheldon.

XII. Stairway and hallway in front of apartments

• A drunk Leonard tries to get into Penny's apartment, who throws him out.

XIII. Cafe

• Sheldon meets Amy Farrah Fowler, his blind-date. After a brief exchange of statements, Sheldon invites Amy to a drink.

Resources

List of entries from this episode

David Saltzberg's science blog about this episode

Notes and Trivia

SPOILERS:

... Penny’s introducing the boys to a new flame in the season finale. The best part: This Zack guy thinks he knows a thing or two about science, so he is cruising for an intellectual bruising. That said, Zack’s an amazing guy… played as he is by onetime ‘Amazing’ Racer Brian Thomas Smith.

Source: SpoilerTV

It’s a match made in TV geek heaven: The Big Bang Theory has tapped erstwhile Blossom star Mayim Bialijk to guest star (and possibly recur) as a potential love interest for Sheldon.

As I first teased in this week’s Ask Ausiello, Bialijk’s character, Victoria, gets paired with Sheldon on a eHarmony-type matchmaking service — and with good reason. She’s described as the female version of Jim Parson’s theoretical physicist.

Bialijk, who has a recurring role as the high school guidance counselor on The Secret Life of the American teenager, will appear in Big Bang’s May 24 season finale and could return next season in a recurring capacity.

Source: SpoilerTV

Timeline

This episode starts on a Thursday evening because the next day Sheldon states that "tomorrow is Saturday". This means, the episode ends on Saturday, 4.30 pm when Sheldon, Howard and Raj meet Amy.

Title

The guys bounce a laser off a reflective surface on the moon left there during the Apollo 11 mission.