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Season 2  "The Maternal Capacitance"  2x15

Aired 16 years ago - Feb 09, 2009

Leonard and Penny are drawn together after a disastrous visit from Leonard's mother.

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Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 2 Episode 15 (S02E15) - 1
All right, you start.
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What do you mean why?
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which is often the result of unmet childhood emotional needs.
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I just, I tried being good at sports,
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Good to see you, Mother.
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It's cold.
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Mine from the neuroscientific point of view
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Here's your tea, Mother.
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So, Mother...
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Yeah, I-I thought you guys might hit it off.
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with a Bible because
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I had to attach my own electrodes.
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of their respective fields.
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Why else would you grow a pancreas in a teenaged gibbon?
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yousa lookin' so so sad.
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That was fast.
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Go.
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He lives in the same room where his bassinet was.
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Meesa thinking yousa looking pretty sad now too, betcha, betcha.
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Fine. Let's go.
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I could just read the paper the Italians wrote.
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Wait, wait, she's not gonna come here looking for you, is she?
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as a new career path.
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The locus of my identity is totally exterior to me.
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So I'll finally get my daddy's approval?
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Yeah, you grabbed your penis and wouldn't let go.
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Yeah. I got a dressmaker's mannequin,
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Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 2 Episode 15 (S02E15) - 38
Nothing's ever big enough.
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suggests an attempt at flattery.
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Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 2 Episode 15 (S02E15) - 41
What are the odds that two individuals
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Oh, okay, we're sharing.
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So, what do you think?
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I can't help but speculate we'd be very good together.
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and remarkable release of endorphins.
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Only when you're in a CAT scanner.

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What do you mean why?
#4 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 2 Episode 15 (S02E15) - 5
which is often the result of unmet childhood emotional needs.
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I just, I tried being good at sports,
#6 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 2 Episode 15 (S02E15) - 7 #7 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 2 Episode 15 (S02E15) - 8
Good to see you, Mother.
#8 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 2 Episode 15 (S02E15) - 9
It's cold.
#9 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 2 Episode 15 (S02E15) - 10 #10 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 2 Episode 15 (S02E15) - 11
Mine from the neuroscientific point of view
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Here's your tea, Mother.
#12 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 2 Episode 15 (S02E15) - 13
So, Mother...
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Yeah, I-I thought you guys might hit it off.
#15 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 2 Episode 15 (S02E15) - 16
with a Bible because
#16 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 2 Episode 15 (S02E15) - 17
I had to attach my own electrodes.
#17 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 2 Episode 15 (S02E15) - 18
of their respective fields.
#18 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 2 Episode 15 (S02E15) - 19
Why else would you grow a pancreas in a teenaged gibbon?
#19 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 2 Episode 15 (S02E15) - 20 #20 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 2 Episode 15 (S02E15) - 21
yousa lookin' so so sad.
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That was fast.
#22 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 2 Episode 15 (S02E15) - 23
Go.
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He lives in the same room where his bassinet was.
#24 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 2 Episode 15 (S02E15) - 25 #25 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 2 Episode 15 (S02E15) - 26
Meesa thinking yousa looking pretty sad now too, betcha, betcha.
#26 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 2 Episode 15 (S02E15) - 27
Fine. Let's go.
#27 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 2 Episode 15 (S02E15) - 28
I could just read the paper the Italians wrote.
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Wait, wait, she's not gonna come here looking for you, is she?
#31 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 2 Episode 15 (S02E15) - 32
as a new career path.
#32 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 2 Episode 15 (S02E15) - 33
The locus of my identity is totally exterior to me.
#33 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 2 Episode 15 (S02E15) - 34
So I'll finally get my daddy's approval?
#34 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 2 Episode 15 (S02E15) - 35
Yeah, you grabbed your penis and wouldn't let go.
#35 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 2 Episode 15 (S02E15) - 36
Yeah. I got a dressmaker's mannequin,
#36 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 2 Episode 15 (S02E15) - 37 #37 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 2 Episode 15 (S02E15) - 38
Nothing's ever big enough.
#38 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 2 Episode 15 (S02E15) - 39
suggests an attempt at flattery.
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What are the odds that two individuals
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Oh, okay, we're sharing.
#46 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 2 Episode 15 (S02E15) - 47
So, what do you think?
#47 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 2 Episode 15 (S02E15) - 48
I can't help but speculate we'd be very good together.
#48 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 2 Episode 15 (S02E15) - 49
and remarkable release of endorphins.
#49 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 2 Episode 15 (S02E15) - 50
Only when you're in a CAT scanner.
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