Sara Gilbert credited as playing...
Leslie Winkle
- Leslie Winkle: So, I heard your relationship with Penny crashed to the ground like blue ice falling out of an airplane lavatory.
- Leonard Hofstadter: Where did you hear that?
- Leslie Winkle: Actually, I read it: Wolowitz texted me.
- Leonard Hofstadter: [Reading her phone] ... like blue ice falling out of an airplane lavatory. Yep!
- Leslie Winkle: I thought it was pretty a good one. I gave him an "LOL."
- Leslie Winkle: Hello, dummy.
- Sheldon Cooper: Hello to you, insufficiently intelligent person.
- Leslie Winkle: Ooh, rush me to the burn unit.
- Leonard Hofstadter: [Referring to their upcoming date] How do you suggest we proceed?
- Leslie Winkle: Your place. We'll order Chinese, you'll rent a movie - artsy but accessible - then light petting, no coitus.
- Leonard Hofstadter: Sounds fun...
- Leslie Winkle: I'll leave the details up to you. I think it's better if you assume the male role.
- Leslie Winkle: Loop quantum gravity is the future of physics.
- Leonard Hofstadter: Sorry, Leslie, I guess I prefer my space stringy, not loopy.
- Leslie Winkle: I'm glad I found out the truth about you before this went any further.
- Leonard Hofstadter: Truth? What truth? We're talking about untested hypotheses. It's no big deal.
- Leslie Winkle: It isn't? Really? Tell me, how will we raise the children?
- Leonard Hofstadter: I guess we wait until they're old enough and let them choose their own theory.
- Leslie Winkle: We can't let them choose. They're children!
- Leonard Hofstadter: Wait, where are you going?
- Leslie Winkle: I'm sorry. I could have accepted our kids being genetically unable to eat ice cream or ever get a good view of a parade, but this... this is a deal breaker.
- Leonard Hofstadter: I'm sorry about all of Sheldon's interruptions. He can be a bit of an eccentric.
- Leslie Winkle: If by "eccentric" you mean passive-aggressive East-Texas blowhole, I agree.
- Leslie Winkle: Loop quantum gravity clearly offers more testable predictions than string theory.
- Sheldon Cooper: I'm listening. Amuse me.
- Leslie Winkle: Okay. Well, for one thing, we expect quantized space-time to manifest itself in minute differences in the speed of light for different colors.
- Sheldon Cooper: Balderdash. Matter clearly consists of tiny strings.
- Leslie Winkle: [to Leonard] Are you gonna let him talk to me like that?
- Leonard Hofstadter: I think tonight was a very good start.
- Leslie Winkle: Me, too. You're sure you're okay postponing intercourse until our relationship is past the initial viability test?
- Leonard Hofstadter: No problem, I'm very skilled at postponing intercourse.
- Leslie Winkle: Now that you're unattached, maybe we can revisit our previous attachment.
- Leonard Hofstadter: Are you suggesting another bout of stress release?
- Leslie Winkle: No, I'm all done with casual sex. From now on, I'm fully committed to the traditional relationship paradigm.
- Leonard Hofstadter: Really? What changed?
- Leslie Winkle: It's hard to say. I guess there's a time in every woman's life when she gets tired of waking up on a strange futon with a bunch of people she doesn't know.
- Leonard Hofstadter: Yeah, I can see how that would... a bunch of people?
- Leslie Winkle: Anyway, I figure it's time to slow things down and, who better to slow things down with than you?
- Leonard Hofstadter: I'm flattered.