Big Bran Hypothesis

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The Big Bran Hypothesis
The Big Bran Hypothesis
Writers	Chuck Lorre (story), Bill Prady (story), Robert Cohen (teleplay), Dave Goetsch (teleplay)
Director	Mark Cendrowski
Air Date	1 October 2007
Vanity	Card #184
Guide	Episode #102
Quotes	Episode #102
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Season 1, Episode 2 (0102)

Pilot . . . << Big Bran Hypothesis >> . . . Fuzzy Boots Corollary

Contents 1 Summary 2 Episode Outline 3 Resources 4 Timeline 5 Title

[edit] Summary

Penny asks Leonard to collect & sign for a package of hers. When Sheldon and Leonard go over to Penny's apartment to drop off the package, Sheldon is deeply disturbed when he sees how messy and disorganised her apartment appears. Later that night, while Leonard is sleeping, Sheldon sneaks into Penny's apartment to clean and organise it. Leonard catches him and tries to stop him, but Sheldon is obsessed and continues. In the morning, Penny wakes up and yells at them, prompting Leonard to ask how she knew (Sheldon had left an organizational diagram for her closet). Sheldon goes to apologise but Penny can not believe his attitude and remains upset. Later on Leonard goes to apologise, prompting Penny to hug him and say 'we're okay'.

[edit] Episode Outline

I. Living room

• The four guys have take aways when someone knocks on the door.

II. Hallway outside apartments

• Penny gives Leonard the key to her apartment.
• The four guys get into a discussion about superman's flight skills in front of Penny.

Titles and opening theme

III. Apartment building ground floor

• Leonard and Sheldon try to figure out how to get Penny's furniture up the stairs.

IV. Stairway

• Leonard and Sheldon push Penny's furniture up the stairs discussing Leonard's motivations for helping Penny

V. 4B Penny's apartment

• Sheldon is shocked about the messy state of Penny's apartment and starts to clean.
• Penny returns and the guys leave.

VI. Leonard's bedroom

• Leonard wakes up at night.

VII: living room

• Leonard walks into the living room holding a lightsaber. He finds the apartment door open.

VIII: 4B Penny's apartment

• Leonard trys to stop Sheldon cleaning Penny's apartment while she is sleeping.

IX: living room

• Leonard and Sheldon have breakfast.
• Penny storms into their apartment and is furious.

X: Stairway

• Penny talks to Rajesh.

XI: Living room

• Rajesh surprises Leonard, Sheldon and Howard by telling them that he chatted to Penny and that she hugged him.

XII: Hallway outside apartments

• Leonard apologises to Penny who accepts it.

[edit] Resources

List of entries from this episode

Wikipedia episode guide

IMDb page for this episode

[edit] Timeline

The events of this episode take place over three consecutive days some time after the pilot. In the beginning the guys are having Thai food, indicating that it is a Monday (see Schedule). So we can assume these events took place between Monday, September 3 and Wednesday, September 5, 2007.

[edit] Title

Sheldon orders their breakfast cereals according to fiber content because he believes he and Leonard "have both found it useful at time". The title comes from this exchange, which happens the morning after the boys cleaned Penny's apartment, without her knowledge:

Sheldon: I feel so good today I’m going to choose from the low-fiber end of the shelf. (takes down a box of cereal) Hello, Honey Puffs.

Penny (from across the hall): Son of a bitch!

Sheldon: Good bye Honey Puffs, hello Big Bran.