Cooper-Nowitzki Theorem

Cooper-Nowitzki Theorem
Cooper-Nowitzki Theorem
Writers	Stephen Engel (Story), Daley Haggar (Story), Tim Doyle (Teleplay), Richard Rosenstock (Teleplay)
Director	Mark Cendrowski
Starring	Riki Lindhome as Ramona Nowitzki, Emily Happe as Kathy O'Brian
Air Date	3 November 2008
Vanity	Card #223
Guide	Episode #206
Quotes	Episode #206
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Season 2, Episode 6 (0206)

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Summary

(Edited from Wikipedia:)

After an open house night with grad students, a particularly obsessive grad student named Ramona Nowitzki (Riki Lindhome) takes a shine to Sheldon and insinuates herself into his life and work as a girlfriend/assistant. However, Sheldon remains oblivious to her intentions, leaving the gang doubly confounded. She proves to be a positive and helpful influence on his life...until she begins to cut off his social life - no more Halo night, paintball, comic books or Battlestar Galactica. Ramona also goes so far as to presume that Penny has a crush on Sheldon when she sees them talking together in the hallway adjoining their apartments. Sheldon finally realizes that he's in a "relationship" with Ramona and seeks help from Leonard to get rid of her. Things come to a head when the gang comes into the apartment and see that Sheldon's solved his scientific problem that Ramona made him work on day and night until he solved, and when Ramona suggests they share credit for his discovery - calling it the 'Cooper-Nowitzki Theorem', which is what the title refers to - Sheldon's response is 'Get out!'. Things seems to go back to normal until Sheldon is approached by another young woman in the same way Ramona approached Sheldon first, and the episode folds as the cycle begins again.

Episode Outline

I. room in the Physics department, Sunday

• Leonard and Sheldon give a talk about their research fields to grad students.

Titles and opening theme

II. Cafeteria, Monday

• The guys have lunch when a grad student, Ramona Nowitzki, approaches Sheldon. She wants to talk about his work and invites herself to have dinner with him.

III. Stairway, Monday evening

• Penny runs into Ramona and can't believe that she is indeed heading to have dinner with Sheldon

IV. Living room

• Ramona unpacks the dinner and talks to Sheldon, while the others including Penny are watching. They are asked to leave and reluctantly do so.

V. hallway in front of apartments

• The guys and Penny discuss "Sheldon's deal".

VI. Cafeteria, Tuesday morning

• Ramona bring Sheldon his breakfast and defends him when Leslie turns up. Leonard is deeply confused.

VII. Living room

• Penny enters to find Sheldon working on the sofa why Ramona treats his feet.

VIII. hallway in front of apartments

• A deeply disturbed Penny tells Leonard better no to enter the apartment.

IX. Living room

• Leonard ask to Sheldon to join him for Halo Night but Ramona pressures him not to go.
• Ramona points out that social activities would hold Sheldon back from his work and he reluctantly seems to agree.

X. sequence of short scenes during song "You can be my Yoko Ono" by the Barenaked Ladies

• Living room: The guys leave for Paintball while a sad looking Sheldon stays behind and a serious looking Ramona watches.
• Bathroom: Sheldon is caught by Ramona playing a PSP (Play Station Portable) in the shower.
• Cafeteria: Sheldon is caught by Ramona reading a Batman comic book hidden in a science book.
• Stairway/first floor of the building: Sheldon is running outside in his Paintball outfit, just to come running back upstairs again. Ramona follows and catches him sitting in his spot with his Paintball mask still on.

XI. hallway in front of apartments

• Sheldon asks Penny for help him to get rid of Ramona.
• Ramona turns up and tells him to go back to work. She also accuses Penny to be in love with Sheldon and tells her to "give up on him".

XII. Leonard's bedroom, at night

• Sheldon tries to talk to Leonard through the wall using Morse code.
• Sheldon enters his bedroom and begs Leonard to help him get rid of Ramona.
• Ramona turns up and leads him back into bed.

XIII. Living room

• The guys enter when an overly excited Sheldon just solved his scientific problem. When Ramona asks him to share credit, he tells her to "get out".

XIV. hallway in front of apartments

• A deeply upset Ramona storms past Penny.

XV. Cafeteria, Thursday

• Another grad student, Kathy, wants to talk to Sheldon and invites herself to have dinner with him.

XVI. Living room

• After four servings of Thai food, Sheldon splits into two Sheldons.

XVII. Leonard's bedroom

• Leonard awakes from the nightmare and decides "no more Thai food".

Resources

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Timeline

This episode starts on Sunday because on Monday Leslie states Sheldon made a grad student "throw up last night". We then see the next morning in the cafeteria (Tuesday) and the following Wednesday night (Halo night, see Schedule). At least two weekends follow, because Sheldon is seen having to pull out of Paintball twice. He most likely tries to get rid of Ramona and succeeds in doing so the following week because on Thursday another grad student invites herself over.

This suggests the events of this episode take place over 3 weeks.

Title

The title refers to the theorem that Sheldon (Cooper) and Ramona Nowitzki work on.

Notes

(edited from Wikipedia)

This episode also features the first montage sequence in the series. The music is "Be My Yoko Ono" by the Barenaked Ladies.