Season 6 spoilers

[Shel_Ra_Ho_Le]

Was most of it pretaped?  That would explain why they wrapped early.  Also did you know they are partying right now?  

[koops]

No, interaction at all :-(. Which, it would have been nice actually...because once we get to the part where he's a little upset, it would have been nice to see any of the guys or even Amy could have comforted him in any way. That was probably the only dislike I had tonight. It wasn't even a very dramatic scene or anything but that was one of the first times I really wanted to just reach into the TV (the were pre taped scenes) and hug him and give him some words of support :-(. Anyway, I'll wait til we get this story figured out before I say any more. LOL.

 

Monique

 

Awww, Shelly. Were the girls in it at all except for that make up scene with Penny? 

 

In any case, it's typical TBBT to have no interaction for 3 eps following an ep where something major happens, they did that with Lenny and the ILY, I'm not surprised. I know it's their formula but it's a bit annoying at times, lol.

[Kyzzx]

 LOL! Yeah, I think both of our ovaries exploded tonight. Jim was SMOKING hot. Apparently I have thing for a guy in a Star Trek uniform. LOL...and it didn't help that he was IN uniform in that darkened room peeking out at the audience RIGHT in our direction either. We both had our eyes on him at the same time apparently 'cause I didn't know you noticed as well. LOL.

 

 

Leonard was dressed as Captain JeanLuc

 

Raj was dressed as Lieutenant Worf 

 

Sheldon was dressed as Lt. Commander Data (looked nearly identical to him, btw...they added on hair and everything)

 

Howard was dressed as ...someone I couldn't find on IMDb like the others. LMAO! Hey, I don't remember a damn thing about this show I watched as a young child, sorry. LOL.

 

 

Anyway, scene one starts off with Sheldon steaming his Star Trek uniform, preparing for their road trip to Bakersfield, California for the convention. My memory SUCKS so I can't tell you perfectly everything that was said but Leonard asks him if he can steam HIS uniform next. Sheldon then mocks Leonard because before Sheldon bought the steamer, he asked Leonard to go in half on it (pay for half of it) and Leonard thought it was a stupid idea and said they'd never use it and yet, there he was, asking Sheldon to do his next. 

 

Next, Penny walks into the apartment holding make-up sponges that Leonard apparently asked her for. He thanked her, and busts out this huge case of make-up that is specifically for when he dresses up for different types of conventions, etc. Penny, is eye-balling and and comments that he has more make up than she does...and BETTER make up than she does. LOL. 

 

Sheldon and Leonard at some point explain to her where they're going and she asks them something along the lines of, "Didn't you guys just go to one?" I forgot Leonard's reply...

 

 

 

The next scene is in a restaurant with just the girls. They get into a discussion about comic book and how they just don't get why the guys are so into them. Bernadette suggests that maybe they TOO should at least try to get into them since their men are. She suggests they visit the comic book store after they're finished with brunch. 

 

The next scene is all four guys in the car, headed for Bakersfield. Sheldon in the front seat with Leonard driving and Howard and Raj in the back. Sheldon has this smile/smirk on his face like he's up to no good and he finally asks Leonard to turn on the GPS. When Leonard does, the voice that comes through is not the usual automated one we hear on our GPS systems, but Sheldon's voice. LOL. Of course all the guys are looking at him like he's crazy and he mentions there's some kind of app or something he downloaded online so that he could replace the current voice on the GPS system with his own. But of course, being that he is Sheldon, no GPS system is complete without facts and quizzes about the road as well.

 

The next scene is all three girls entering the comic book store. Every man inside stops and stares at the three of them like they're aliens from another world...in a good way. LOL. 

 

Maybe Kyzzx can add on or fix what I've written so far....

 

Anyway, Kyzzx, it was nice of you to take those guys to their hotel. They were cool dudes...with Australian accents too ;-). LOL.

 

Monique

 

Good lord, tell me about it!

 

ANYWAY. Jim could be Data. It was incredibly weird how good it looked. I mean, the first time you see Kunal all done up, it's almost not Kunal. In my head I knew it was, but I still had to wait for him to speak to REALLY know. That's how good it was.

 

Johnny Galecki also has the PERFECT face to be Picard. You can't see it but when he has the bald cap on, it makes sense. It was wonderfully done.

 

Tell you what, if I saw people who looked like THAT walking around at Comic Con, I'd expect them to be on G4 or something.

[MJistheBOMB]

Definitely, EXCELLENT job with the make up. I didn't know that was Kunal at first either. LOL.

 

Monique

[Kyzzx]

Definitely, EXCELLENT job with the make up. I didn't know that was Kunal at first either. LOL.

 

Monique

 

I'm glad it wasn't just me! I was too embarrassed to say anything!  

[MJistheBOMB]

Well, I'm gonna head on to bed in a few. Feel free to add on to what I did already if you get a chance before I do since it's not complete yet :-). So nice seeing you today as always. 

 

Monique

Edited December 12, 2012 by MJistheBOMB

[Kiru Breezy]

Great report so far guys....await the rest later, also I'm not bothered by the lack of Shamy...we got them at least in the same room and interacting with the last 2. 

 

Also, the episode title. TIA

Edited December 12, 2012 by Kiru Breezy

[stardustmelody]

So are we going to get more.  It sounds like we just got part of the episode.  

[Kyzzx]

6.13

The Bakersfield Expedition

 

 

 

[L/S Apartment]

 

Sheldon is standing near the kitchen island and is steaming a Star Trek uniform shirt.

Leonard walks out from the hallway and sees that he's doing it and asks if he'll 'see his shirt' later.

Sheldon replies that he can't because he doesn't want to split the work since Leonard didn't go in half with him on buying a steamer. "I recall you saying, 'Sheldon, we don't need a steamer.'"

 

Penny knocks and comes in. "Hey I have these sponges you wanted."
Leonard says, "Ah, thanks! I didn't realize I was going to need this many." and he bends down and opens this intricate makeup box on the coffee table. Penny is eye-balling it and says, "Wow, you have more makeup than I do."

He puts the sponges in.

She adds, "And better makeup than I do. What is this for, anyway?"
"We're going to Comic Con."
"Didn't you guys just go to Comic Con?"
"Yeah, that was San Diego Comic Con. This is Bakersfield Comic Con."
"Oh. Is it better?"
"It's a comic book convention. Well, it's smaller. It's more about the 'comic books' and how the big conventions used to be before it got all mainstream."
Sheldon adds, "So, no." (which I found a surprising answer?)

 

She says, "Well, see you on Sunday, I guess."
Leonard says, "Yeah." and they kiss.

He says, "Here, hold this." and hands her a newspaper. He gets close to her and takes a self-shot picture of them together with his cell phone.

She says, "What's that for?"
He replies, "In case they don't believe me."

 

Haha.

 

[Restaurant]

 

Penny, Bernadette, and Amy are having brunch in this very country-looking restaurant.

They're drinking mimosas and Penny says, "You drink booze during breakfast during the week and you have a problem, but you do it on the weekend, and it's brunch!"

I forget exactly what's said here and Bernadette starts saying, "You should have seen Howard sewing his costume for Comic Con all week."
Penny says, "When did Howard learn how to sew?"
She says, "When he was a young boy. Every couple months he'd have to let his mom's pants out."

They all start talking about how they don't know why the guys find comic books as interesting as they do.

Bernadette says, "Maybe we should give them a try to see what it's about."
Penny says, "That is a GREAT idea!" and looks down at her mimosa and says, "How many of these have I had?"

They agree to go to the comic book store after brunch.

[Car Ride - Bakersfield Comic Con]

 

The four guys are in the car and Leonard is driving. Sheldon is wearing a mischievous smile. He finally tells Leonard he doesn't trust him with driving to Bakersfield without the GPS. Leonard tells him it's fine because the GPS is on, but Sheldon's not having it because the audible turn-by-turn directions aren't turned up, so he does. Then it starts speaking, in SHELDON'S voice, lol. He says, "I downloaded a software and recorded my voice so I could replace it on the GPS!" There's a silence. "Turn left at ______ Ave." Sheldon says, "It sure sounds like it knows what it's talking about."

 

You can tell the guys all want to die, because it says something like, "In 400 feet, make a right turn, then go (down some street)." Then there's a silence for a second before you hear, "And here's an interesting fact! Did you know that highways that are labeled with an even number run East and West? That ones labeled with odd numbers run North and South?" and it just keeps going on and on and on.

Howard finally says, "Hey, Leonard. There's a bridge. Can you drive off of it?"

[Comic Book Store]

 

Penny, Bernadette, and Amy walk into the comic book store and every guy (probably 8 of them) are all staring at them and are completely still. They're creeped out. Bernadette says, "Why are they staring...?"

Amy whispers, "Who cares? Just soak it all in." (It zooms in on all the dudes' faces, LOL.) She walks in a couple steps more and touches her hair. "Hello, boys."

 

Stuart walks up and says hello and asks what they're doing there. They tell him that they wanna know why the guys like it so much and that they wanna give it a try.
Stuart says, "What do you think you might be into? Superheros? Graphic novels? Manga?" and looks around at all the guys staring and says, "Can you all stop staring? They're just girls! It's nothing you haven't seen before. In movies or drawings..." and they all go back to what they're doing.

They ask what the guys like and he says, "A little bit of everything. Mostly superhero stuf-" and he turns around to all the guys and says, "I swear to god I WILL TURN THE HOSE ON YOU!"

Amy says, "Well, who is the best superhero?"
Stuart flails over to her and is like, "SH SHHH SHHH SHHHH! You can't just come in here and ask that question! You want to start a rumble?!"
She apologizes and Penny asks what he'd recommend. They walk to the far wall and he says, "Well you have your basic superhero. Superman. Spider Man. Captain America. Then you have your dark anti-heroes, like Batman. The Punisher..."

Amy says, "Oh, I do like a bad boy."
Penny replies, "As evidenced by your boyfriend and his fear of hamsters."

 

Stuart says, "I would recommend Fable's 1. The art is sophisticated, it's intelligently written, and it doesn't objectify or stereotype women." He hands it to Amy as Penny looks to her left and sees a comic book and exclaims, "Oh, THOR! He's hot."

Stuart looks down. "Yeah, he kind of is..."

They all look at him, like, wtf.

[Vasquez Rocks - (an area in North Los Angeles County were lots of Star Trek stuff was filmed)]

 

The guys are driving by this national area and Raj says it would be really cool to stop by the rocks, put on a little makeup and do a photoshoot. So they stop and are doing makeup and Raj is doing makeup on Sheldon. It looks incredible, and you can tell he's supposed to be Data.
Raj says he's done and Sheldon looks at himself in the mirror and he gasps in awe a little. He says, "I know Mr. Data would not be one to smile, but, here it is." and he smiles really big. You see Howard and Leonard walk up and they all start posing in different ways and are taking pictures with a camera and self-timer.
Leonard says they need to do a battle pose and Sheldon just stands there with his hand on his chin.

"What are you doing?"
"Data's weapon is his mind. I'm harnessing it."

They start doing more poses and all of the sudden they hear Leonard's car's engine start up and the car is driven away as Raj is yelling, "Someone's stealing your car!" Raj tries to call 911 but then they all realize that ALL of their phones are in the car in their other pants.

After some freaking out about what to do, they suggest hitchhiking and the next person just drives right on by. Leonard says there has to be a gas station nearby so they start walking.

 

[Penny's Apartment]
 

The three girls are sitting in Penny's apartment. Amy and Bernadette are done reading their comic and you can tell they're waiting for Penny to finish hers. As she closes the last page she says, "I'm done! Hey, how are you already done?"

Bernadette says, "Well it's a lot of pictures and one page only had one word." (I forget the word she used.)

They ask each other what they thought.

Amy says, "Well, it's had a lot of action. The dialogue was quick and the story moved at a brisk pace. But I can't find the word for it... it was..."
Penny says, "Stupid?"
"OH, soooo stupid!"

"I can't believe Leonard gets so caught up in this stuff."

"I can't believe they actually fight about stuff in these."

Penny says, "Yeah, it's ridiculous. I mean, come on. A hammer so heavy that no one else can lift it? Pffft."

Bernadette says, "I can see that. It's Thor's hammer."
"That doesn't make any sense, though. If Thor is touching the hammer, can someone else pick it up?
At the same time, Bernadette and Amy say "yes" and "no." and start talking about the physical reasons why and why it would not work.

Bernadette says, "Maybe we should read them again..."
So Penny picks up her comic and starts to read. Bernie asks Amy if she wants tea and she says yes and that she'll help her.

Penny says, "I thought we were reading?"
Amy says, "We are. We're just... givin' you a head start."

 

[Vasquez Rocks]

 

The guys are walking and they are all discouraged except for Sheldon. He has a touching mini-speech which I forget, and says, "We have always dreamed about being a part of a fantasy world, and now... here we are."

Then a car drives by and throws a slurpee at Sheldon. It's all over his shirt. He gets sad and they keep walking.

 

[Penny's Apartment]
 

Back at Penny's, they're still fighting about Thor's hammer. Amy's saying, "No! It can't be picked 'up' because in space there is no 'up'!"

Penny says, "Oh, yeah? Well then how does the SUN come up EVERY DAY?"

Bernadette says, "You know what, the guys have a bunch of comic books, we should look at those."

Penny says, "Yes! That's a great idea so you can see how not-wrong I am!" She grabs the guys' apartment key out of her key bowl by the door and they walk across the hall. Penny adds, "You'll see that anyone can pick it up in space because it's floating around in a weightless environment! SEE, the slow reader just used science! HA."

 

[Diner]
 

The guys eventually make it to a diner somewhere near where they were stranded. They are all dusty and Sheldon has dried Slurpee on him and everyone in the diner in staring.

Sheldon quietly says, "Hello." then looks to the other side and says, "Hello..." He looks over to the waitress who's staring and says, "May I have four glasses of water?" He turns around and says, "Anything for you guys?"
Leonard says, "Can we use your phone? Our car got stolen with everything in it and we have to get back home."
The waitress says, "I dunno, how about you call Scotty and have him beam you up?" and everyone starts laughing.

Sheldon slowly says, "Well. Scotty was in The Original Series. We're from The Next Generation. So the joke's on you."

Howard turns to the guy nearest to him who's staring and says, "We're not with him." and then looks down in shame.

 

[L/S Apartment]
 

The girls are sitting in there and eating Chinese food and talking about comic books (which I found very symbolic).
Bernadette's saying, "When Thor picks up the hammer and the Hulk picks up Thor, by the law of transient power, the Hulk is actually picking up the hammer."
Amy disagrees, "No, no. The Hulk picked up Thor. Thor picked up the hammer."
Penny says, "Wait. So you're saying if I went to a bar and picked up a guy and the guy picked up a girl and we all left together - did I pick up the girl?"
Amy looks at her and smiles, "Did that really happen?"
Penny is silent for a second then puts her hands up, "Hey, we talkin' 'bout me or Thor?"

 

[Diner]
 

The guys are sitting at a table in the diner. Howard is missing from the table but the other three are talking to a cop as he's asking if there's anything valuable in the car.

Leonard says, "Well, yeah. Our clothes. Wallets. Cell phones."
Raj adds, "And $300 worth of makeup so the thief could look like anyone by now!"
The cop is just like, "Uh huh..."
Leonard says, "We were supposed to go to this comic book convention in Bakersfield. It's pretty cool. We're cosplaying."
The cop sarcastically says, "That sounds cool."

"Oh, it is."
The cop says, "Well that's about all I need. Is there anyone you need me to call? Possibly your moms?"

Leonard goes, "Psssh. No. We've got that taken care of, thanks."
Howard comes out from where a phone booth was and says, "So I just got off the phone with my mom."

The cop walks off.
Howard sits down and says, "She arranged for us to have a rental car."
Raj starts talking about how he wants to go to the Comic Con still.

Leonard says, "You know, I really don't even want to go any more. I just want to go home."
Howard says, "I want to go home, too."

Raj says, "Well, Sheldon, looks like it's you and me. Two against two. How do we solve this?"
Sheldon looks up, somberly. "It's actually three against one..."
"What?"
He starts to talk about how they have fun cosplaying, but says, "We are characters, but I'm tired of doing this and having real-life people throwing real-life garbage at us and talking about us like we're idiots. And frankly, I'm starting to feel like one." He looks over to Leonard with the saddest eyes ever and quietly says, "I want to go home now."

 

Raj says, "...okay. Can we still at least rent the car from Enterprise?"

*collective silence*
"Oh, come on! That was FUNNY!"

 

[staircase]

 

The guys are walking up the staircase like they're tired since they've had a very long day.

They walk up to the apartment door but don't open it because they can hear the girls talking.

 

"So that doesn't mean that you can pick up the hammer just because you're in the position of someone else who can!"

"But what I'm saying is that the Red Hulk can pick up the hammer because he's touching the strap."
"That doesn't work like that, he can't pick up the hammer."
"The STRAP is part of the hammer!"

 

There's collective chatter about the comic books going on but you hear Raj say, "Are they really arguing about comic books?"
Howard says, "Maybe Red Hulk is a new kind of... nail polish?"
Sheldon says, "There's only one reasonable explanation. In the desert we walked into another dimension. A dimension in which the women in our lives understand great literature."

 

You hear, "But if red Hulk can pick up the hammer then what does that mean?"
"You can only pick up the hammer if you are worthy, though."
"So what? Red Hulk is worthy."
Penny says, "Oh, please. What makes him worthy?"

Bernadette says, "YOU don't know his LIFE!"

 

Raj says, "Well, this seems like a good time to be a... landing party."
There's a silent agreement about the group and Leonard says, "Let's go in." Sheldon pulls out his phaser and says, "We have to be careful. They might be hostile."

They all put out their own phasers and Leonard says, "Yeah, but set them to stun. If you obliterate Penny I'll kill you because I'll never have a girlfriend that pretty again."

 

He shoves open the door and they all bounce in.

 

[Tag]

 

The thieves (who are stereotypical looking Hispanics) are shown driving the car, with the Sheldon-fied GPS system still running. It's telling them history facts as it would have been if the guys were still driving it. The guys look like they are displeased, however, when the voice on the GPS says, "Here's an interesting fact - did you know (I forget the fact, sorry)" the guy driving says, "Wow. That was interesting!" and the GPS comes on again and says, "Here's another question, when did (forget this, too). Find out in 4 miles!"

 

The guy looks over to the other and says, "Aw, yeah! Another quiz!" and then they fist bump.

 

 

 

 

 

Annnnnnd that's all she wrote until January 8th!

Edited December 12, 2012 by Kyzzx

[koops]

OMG this sounds amazing!!!! I am loving the girls getting into comic books!!!! And I don't even care about comic books!! I can't wait for this one! 

 

Favorite parts:

 

 

"No! It can't be picked 'up' because in space there is no 'up'!"

"Oh, yeah? Well then how does the SUN come up EVERY DAY?" 

 

 

"You can only pick up the hammer if you are worthy, though."
"So what? Red Hulk is worthy."
"Oh, please. What makes him worthy?"

"YOU don't know his LIFE!"

 

And the thieves at the end are awesome! hahaha.

 

I think that this ep sounds incredibly funny and poignant at the same time. It's like... the guys are suddenly growing up and the girls are suddenly nerding up and they kind of meet in the middle. I think the fact that Sheldon says how he's fed up with being made fun of, like no one understands them, and then they get home to find that their women are getting into the same stuff he feels they're being made fun of for is very touching. 

Edited December 12, 2012 by spook

[Kiru Breezy]

I'm sorry but this sounds FREAKIN' AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Amazing, Symbolic and touching on SO MANY LEVELS! 

 

 

Thanks Kyzzx! 

[phantagrae]

Sounds fantastic!

Poor sad Sheldon! That moment in the diner made me want to cry!

I so cannot wait to see this one--and it's going to be a long 3 weeks...

Thanks, guys!

[Shamynatress]

6.13

The Bakersfield Expedition

 

 

Sheldon looks up, somberly. "It's actually three against one..."

"What?"

He starts to talk about how they have fun cosplaying, but says, "We are characters, but I'm tired of doing this and having real-life people throwing real-life garbage at us and talking about us like we're idiots. And frankly, I'm starting to feel like one." He looks over to Leonard with the saddest eyes ever and quietly says, "I want to go home now."

 

 

   It feels like something in my heart just broke.....  imagening this sad eyes. I do not want him to feel like an idiot. 

 

Could this be a further step into the development of this character? If yes, this side makes me sad.

Edited December 12, 2012 by Shamynatress

[DPK]

Thanks for the report. Sounds like a memorable episode. I like the girls arguing over comics. For how much grief that they give the guys over being into them to see the girls get caught up in it is going to be great. It's just too bad this will probably the only time will see something like this.

[Skinny]

Hi guys! New here...

 

Was Penny wearing those glasses from last episode?

[Pomita]

Thanks so much for the reports, Kyzzx and Monique!

 

This sounds just lovely. Apart from the dressing-up (will be very interesting to see), I adore the paradigm of the guys getting discouraged about their comic-book passion and coming back home, only to find that the girls have unexpectedly caught on to the passion themselves. Very symbolic and satisfying in a tables-turned kind of way.

 

Also, Sheldon's emotional growth continues.. I'm not sure I'll be able to stand him looking so sad.

[koops]

Thanks for the report. Sounds like a memorable episode. I like the girls arguing over comics. For how much grief that they give the guys over being into them to see the girls get caught up in it is going to be great. It's just too bad this will probably the only time will see something like this.

 

I hope it won't be the last time and that they might actually use this to develop the girls as characters. Because, if you think about it, they've always been there mostly to allow the guys do go through character growth, I actually wouldn't be surprised if they had chosen to start focusing on them for their own sake. I wonder if it has something to do with how people have been commenting that it'd be nice to have a nerd-girl in the show. In the Santa Simulation ep Amy wants to play D&D, now they're all getting into comic books. I doubt this will turn them into full blown nerds, but I would be very happy if we were to see more of this in the future. They don't have to obsess over the same things as the guys, they could have them develop their own obsessions. I kind of relate to that because I geek out like crazy over very specific things, rather than being a geek over all sci-fi, all anime and all videogames. But when I do geek out, I do it big time.  At the very least we won't see them make fun of the guys any longer. Even though the guys seemed discouraged in this ep, I bet they won't just drop their obsessions and the girls now don't have that excuse of being written as dismissive characters so as to not participate. I'm so tempted to pick up the phone, call TPTB and be like "More of this please!!!" lol. 

[Frieda Rainstorm]

Thank you very much for the report, Kyzzx!! 

I especially loved the girls arguing about comic heroes . 

Hilarious!

[BazingaFan]

Wow, what an awesome idea for an episode.  Can't wait to see the girls arguing over comics, and sheldon's character growth, plus it sounds super funny.  I was smiling all the way through reading the report.  Thanks again, kyzzx!!

 

 

quick question-- when they girls are in the guys apartment arguing over comics, is amy sitting in sheldon's spot? 

Edited December 12, 2012 by BazingaFan

[Convict13]

Wow, another very interesting episode coming up, I like the sound of this one very much.  thanks again for the reports!  Oh and for going to the tapings for us and staring at Jim a lot.  And nice that you gave two of my fellow nationals a lift to the hotel.

[Convict13]

Wow, what an awesome idea for an episode.  Can't wait to see the girls arguing over comics, and sheldon's character growth, plus it sounds super funny.  I was smiling all the way through reading the report.  Thanks again, kyzzx!!

 

 

quick question-- when they girls are in the guys apartment arguing over comics, is amy sitting in sheldon's spot? 

Oh good question.

Edited December 12, 2012 by Convict13

[MJistheBOMB]

I knew you had a good memory, Kyzzx. How the hell do you do that? Haha.

Anyway, see? That one sad part I mentioned....I don't think we've seen that from Sheldon before, have we?

Anyway, I think Amy was sitting in Sheldons spot when they were going through their comic books.

The entire episode was great.

Monique

[MJistheBOMB]

Sheldon says, "I hate this planet...." after getting a slurpee thrown at him.

Monique

[MJistheBOMB]

Was most of it pretaped?  That would explain why they wrapped early.  Also did you know they are partying right now?  

 

Rub it in why doncha. LOL. No wonder there were a lot of VIPs and the lady wouldn't let me move down to the front of the balcony when the show was over. Jim was just standing there in uniform being a tease and I had to leave??? Hell no. LOL.

Monique

 

Edited December 12, 2012 by MJistheBOMB

[carl1970]

Thank You Kyzzx for the report and MjustheBOMB for the tidbits last night.

 

This sounds like a fantastic episode. The guys and girls all in this together in their seperate storylines. Would have liked to see the girls comforting their men but that would have left Raj out in the cold so maybe it was better to end it like they did.

 

I can imagine L/P having a fantastic night with each other