The Cooper-Hofstadter Polarization

Episode aired Mar 17, 2008
TV-PG
20m

IMDb RATING

7.9/10

5.1K

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Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg, and Kunal Nayyar in The Big Bang Theory (2007)

Comedy Romance

Leonard and Sheldon's friendship is put to the test when Leonard wants to present a paper they co-authored at a physics convention, but Sheldon doesn't.Leonard and Sheldon's friendship is put to the test when Leonard wants to present a paper they co-authored at a physics convention, but Sheldon doesn't.Leonard and Sheldon's friendship is put to the test when Leonard wants to present a paper they co-authored at a physics convention, but Sheldon doesn't.

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IMDb RATING

7.9/10

5.1K

YOUR RATING

4User reviews

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Trivia
The 30 second video shot by Howard "Physicists Gone Wild!" is a real video which is still available in YouTube.

Goofs
While the video was on YouTube Penny's voice was never heard asking if this always happens.

Quotes
Leonard Hofstadter: We have to do this.
Sheldon Cooper: No, we have to take in nourishment, expel waste and breathe in enough oxygen to keep our cells from dying. Everything else is purely optional.

Crazy credits
CHUCK LORRE PRODUCTIONS, #196 my soul's journey To let go of the fear and anger which imprisons my heart, To relinquish all childish expectations and live joyfully in the world as it is -- not as I wish or imagine it to be, To be free of the always craven and ever-craving ego, To be released from the endless hungers of the body, To see God in others, To see God in everything, To die without death and merge my consciousness into the cosmic sea of bliss from which I came, To crank out two sitcoms a week that can compete with a deaf chick dancing her ass off... This is my soul's journey.

Connections
References Star Trek (1966)

Soundtracks
Also Sprach Zarathustra
(uncredited)
Composed by Richard Strauss
[The piece is playing when Howard turns on the stereo from his laptop]

User reviews4

Featured review

9/10

Oval Chickens

Leonard finds a letter asking he and Sheldon to present their findings on a sophisticated physics problem. Leonard needs a little notoriety but Sheldon refuses to attend the presentation. This leads to a hilarious confrontation in front of their science peers. They totally embarrass on another and Penny gets the last word.