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The Big Bang Theory
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The Skank Reflex Analysis

  • Episode aired Sep 22, 2011
  • TV-PG
  • 22m
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Johnny Galecki, Simon Helberg, Jim Parsons, and Kunal Nayyar in The Big Bang Theory (2007)
The Big Bang Theory: The Skank Reflex Analysis
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The gang deal with the fallout from Penny and Raj's night together.The gang deal with the fallout from Penny and Raj's night together.The gang deal with the fallout from Penny and Raj's night together.

  • Director
    • Mark Cendrowski
  • Writers
    • Chuck Lorre
    • Bill Prady
    • Steven Molaro
  • Stars
    • Johnny Galecki
    • Jim Parsons
    • Kaley Cuoco
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    • Director
      • Mark Cendrowski
    • Writers
      • Chuck Lorre
      • Bill Prady
      • Steven Molaro
    • Stars
      • Johnny Galecki
      • Jim Parsons
      • Kaley Cuoco
    • 6User reviews
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    Johnny Galecki
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    • Leonard Hofstadter
    Jim Parsons
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    • Sheldon Cooper
    Kaley Cuoco
    Kaley Cuoco
    • Penny
    Simon Helberg
    Simon Helberg
    • Howard Wolowitz
    Kunal Nayyar
    Kunal Nayyar
    • Raj Koothrappali
    Mayim Bialik
    Mayim Bialik
    • Amy Farrah Fowler
    Melissa Rauch
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    • Bernadette Rostenkowski
    Christine Baranski
    Christine Baranski
    • Dr. Beverly Hofstadter
    Stacey Travis
    Stacey Travis
    • Sandy
    • Director
      • Mark Cendrowski
    • Writers
      • Chuck Lorre
      • Bill Prady
      • Steven Molaro
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    9Hitchcoc

    They're Back

    Raj makes a big confession. Leonard looks like he's on he ropes. Howard has been emasculated for now. Sheldon is Sheldon. And Penny is at the end of her rope. The whole gang is intact and things are very funny. The paintball thing is a master stroke.
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    The Skank Reflex Analysis

    This was a fun start to the fifth series of 'The Big Bang Theory', picking up right where the fourth finished.

    It is a good example as well of how the show has developed over time. It is now much more of an ensemble, with everyone having their moment.

    I could actually have done without the whole paintball plot in favour of more time focusing on the dynamics between the characters. If anything the paintball plot felt like something the show would have spent more time on in its early days. So there's still some development work to do.

    Just as an example of fleshing the character of Raj out though this works well.

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    • Trivia
      Beverly's appearance was on a Skype screen since Christine Baranski was filming another series (The Good Wife) in New York.
    • Goofs
      Amy is educated enough to know that Catherine the Great died of a stroke and the horse story is an urban legend. The alternative being that she was purposefully messing with Penny.
    • Quotes

      Penny: You heard what I did?

      Amy Farrah Fowler: Well, I heard *who* you did.

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      CHUCK LORRE PRODUCTIONS, #349

      Every night before going to bed, he would brush his teeth and make a preemptive attempt to void his bladder. He then walked into his closet, got on his knees in front of the shoe rack and prayed to a god whose unlikely existence he likened to an ongoing quantum event. In his mind, the act of kneeling mattered not at all to this supposed god. He could just as well pray standing naked on his head with his ass serving as a fleshy vase for a bouquet of flowers. The penitential pose was only useful as a demonstration of his humility in the face of the infinite (although when things were going his way, it was more of a feigned humility). The prayers themselves mostly consisted of thanking his sub-atomic almighty verb for assembling an infrastructure that allowed for life to exist. This included, in no particular order, the various laws of physics, gravity, organic chemistry and thermodynamics. And, since it was his belief that sentient life was created by an insentient universe in order for the insentient universe to be admired, he made an effort in his prayers to tell the insentience, "nice work" or "way to go". Finally, he would close with a plea for this nameless everything to look after the less fortunate. "Please god, despite the clear evidence that it's not in your nature to care, bring love and happiness to all the souls who suffer." Then, his heart filled with grace, he would climb into bed and sleep peacefully until he dreamed he was standing in his closet and peeing on his shoes - god's clever way of telling him he had to wake up and go to the bathroom.
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      References Captain Kangaroo (1955)
    • Soundtracks
      History of Everything
      (uncredited)

      Written by Barenaked Ladies

      Performed by Barenaked Ladies

      [Series theme song played during the opening titles]

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    • Release date
      • September 22, 2011 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Stage 25, Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA(Studio)
    • Production companies
      • Chuck Lorre Productions
      • Warner Bros. Television
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      • 22m
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 16:9 HD

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