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Season 1  "The Hamburger Postulate"  1x5

Aired 18 years ago - Oct 22, 2007

Fearing he's wasting his time on Penny, Leonard ends up making a connection with Leslie.

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Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 1 Episode 5 (S01E05) - 1
No, no. What, are you kidding?
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How could she take your order when you're too neurotic to talk to her?
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...would constitute a couple that others might consider cute.
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...then that would mean that she, Penny, thought I should ask her, Leslie, out...
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"That's too bad, you would have made a cute couple. "
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...capable of following that train of thought.
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I'm seducing you.
 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 1 Episode 5 (S01E05) - 13
I saw your pupils dilate when you looked at her...
 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 1 Episode 5 (S01E05) - 14
...so I guess there was no point in bringing it up.
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- I'm sorry? - Semiotics, the study of signs and symbols.
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So do you know who's in there?
 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 1 Episode 5 (S01E05) - 24
Good for Leonard.
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Sheldon.
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You carry on. Give my best to Leslie.
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Look at the beta function of quantum chromodynamics.
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Thanks for a great night.
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Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 1 Episode 5 (S01E05) - 37
Inconsiderate. That is the adjective. Inconsiderate.
 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 1 Episode 5 (S01E05) - 38
Pretty good.
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Well, a little bird told me that you and Leslie hooked up last night.
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Boy, you're wound awfully tight for a man who just had sexual intercourse.
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What did she mean, she's happy for me?
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...is now romantically unavailable to the first person.
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Leslie is a terrific girl. She's attractive. We like each other.
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I'm not gonna pass that up for some hypothetical future happiness...
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Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 1 Episode 5 (S01E05) - 46
Why are you smashing a flash-frozen banana?
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Just extending the intimacy.
 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 1 Episode 5 (S01E05) - 48
I'm not sure, but I think I'm about to discover how the banana felt.
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He'll push that thing until he starves to death.
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So, what happens now?
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Dopamine in our brains is released across synapses, causing pleasure.

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Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 1 Episode 5 (S01E05) - 2
How could she take your order when you're too neurotic to talk to her?
#2 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 1 Episode 5 (S01E05) - 3
...would constitute a couple that others might consider cute.
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...then that would mean that she, Penny, thought I should ask her, Leslie, out...
#4 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 1 Episode 5 (S01E05) - 5
"That's too bad, you would have made a cute couple. "
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...capable of following that train of thought.
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I'm seducing you.
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I saw your pupils dilate when you looked at her...
#13 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 1 Episode 5 (S01E05) - 14
...so I guess there was no point in bringing it up.
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- I'm sorry? - Semiotics, the study of signs and symbols.
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So do you know who's in there?
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Good for Leonard.
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Sheldon.
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You carry on. Give my best to Leslie.
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Look at the beta function of quantum chromodynamics.
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Thanks for a great night.
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Inconsiderate. That is the adjective. Inconsiderate.
#37 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 1 Episode 5 (S01E05) - 38
Pretty good.
#38 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 1 Episode 5 (S01E05) - 39
Well, a little bird told me that you and Leslie hooked up last night.
#39 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 1 Episode 5 (S01E05) - 40
Boy, you're wound awfully tight for a man who just had sexual intercourse.
#40 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 1 Episode 5 (S01E05) - 41
What did she mean, she's happy for me?
#41 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 1 Episode 5 (S01E05) - 42
...is now romantically unavailable to the first person.
#42 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 1 Episode 5 (S01E05) - 43
Leslie is a terrific girl. She's attractive. We like each other.
#43 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 1 Episode 5 (S01E05) - 44
I'm not gonna pass that up for some hypothetical future happiness...
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Why are you smashing a flash-frozen banana?
#46 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 1 Episode 5 (S01E05) - 47
Just extending the intimacy.
#47 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 1 Episode 5 (S01E05) - 48
I'm not sure, but I think I'm about to discover how the banana felt.
#48 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 1 Episode 5 (S01E05) - 49
He'll push that thing until he starves to death.
#49 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 1 Episode 5 (S01E05) - 50
So, what happens now?
#50 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 1 Episode 5 (S01E05) - 51
Dopamine in our brains is released across synapses, causing pleasure.
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