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Season 3  "The Maternal Congruence"  3x11

Aired 14 years ago - Dec 14, 2009

A Christmas visit from his mother has Leonard discovering she's kept a lot of news from him that she shares with Sheldon and worrying if she'll approve of his romance with Penny.

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Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 3 Episode 11 (S03E11) - 1
sounds like more fun than 12 hours of church with my mother
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No. Isaac goes at the top of the tree.
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What?
 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 3 Episode 11 (S03E11) - 4
that his mother won't approve of you as his mate.
 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 3 Episode 11 (S03E11) - 5
that it's doubtful that his mother will be overly impressed
 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 3 Episode 11 (S03E11) - 6
And those specials-- they change every day.
 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 3 Episode 11 (S03E11) - 7
Why not?
 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 3 Episode 11 (S03E11) - 8
I drove, Mother.
 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 3 Episode 11 (S03E11) - 9
of how electric dipoles in the brain's water molecules
 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 3 Episode 11 (S03E11) - 10
I don't really like flowers.
 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 3 Episode 11 (S03E11) - 11
why he knows more about your life than I do.
 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 3 Episode 11 (S03E11) - 12
We discussed it at length during our last video chat.
 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 3 Episode 11 (S03E11) - 13
Now I'm less fine.
 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 3 Episode 11 (S03E11) - 14
and a two-time Olympic bronze medalist.
 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 3 Episode 11 (S03E11) - 15
to Isaac Newton v. Gottfried Leibniz?
 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 3 Episode 11 (S03E11) - 16
that accompanied your learning to masturbate.
 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 3 Episode 11 (S03E11) - 17
toward one another?
 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 3 Episode 11 (S03E11) - 18
No, really.
 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 3 Episode 11 (S03E11) - 19
Leonard, tell her I have a girlfriend.
 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 3 Episode 11 (S03E11) - 20
Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 3 Episode 11 (S03E11) - 21
I'll get you a plate.
 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 3 Episode 11 (S03E11) - 22
so I'm going to say no.
 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 3 Episode 11 (S03E11) - 23
Yes. He was cheating on me.
 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 3 Episode 11 (S03E11) - 24
Mmm, well, let's see.
 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 3 Episode 11 (S03E11) - 25
Why am I the last to know?!
 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 3 Episode 11 (S03E11) - 26
So, Penny, what's new in your life?
 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 3 Episode 11 (S03E11) - 27
but he seemed a bit emotionally unstable
 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 3 Episode 11 (S03E11) - 28
So, uh, you must be devastated about your divorce.
 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 3 Episode 11 (S03E11) - 29
Well, initially I felt something akin to grief and perhaps anger,
 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 3 Episode 11 (S03E11) - 30
Oh, that's nothing.
 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 3 Episode 11 (S03E11) - 31
That's exactly what I say during orgasms: "Yikes."
 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 3 Episode 11 (S03E11) - 32
Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 3 Episode 11 (S03E11) - 33
That's a lousy conversation starter.
 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 3 Episode 11 (S03E11) - 34
I want that too.
 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 3 Episode 11 (S03E11) - 35
Leonard, what you're experiencing
 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 3 Episode 11 (S03E11) - 36
It's not?
 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 3 Episode 11 (S03E11) - 37
to a hypothetical, idealized world.
 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 3 Episode 11 (S03E11) - 38
has failed you, you always have me, your surrogate family.
 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 3 Episode 11 (S03E11) - 39
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I've been responsible for my own buzz since 2003.
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Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 3 Episode 11 (S03E11) - 42
I'm seriously considering asking that busboy
 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 3 Episode 11 (S03E11) - 43
If a little is good, more must be better.
 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 3 Episode 11 (S03E11) - 44
The one from whom I live across the hall... from.
 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 3 Episode 11 (S03E11) - 45
Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 3 Episode 11 (S03E11) - 46
embarrassed about the relationship
 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 3 Episode 11 (S03E11) - 47
into that busboy's back pocket,
 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 3 Episode 11 (S03E11) - 48
What the hell is going on?
 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 3 Episode 11 (S03E11) - 49
Yeah, not bad, not bad.
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Oh, thank you. You're welcome.

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Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 3 Episode 11 (S03E11) - 2
No. Isaac goes at the top of the tree.
#2 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 3 Episode 11 (S03E11) - 3
What?
#3 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 3 Episode 11 (S03E11) - 4
that his mother won't approve of you as his mate.
#4 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 3 Episode 11 (S03E11) - 5
that it's doubtful that his mother will be overly impressed
#5 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 3 Episode 11 (S03E11) - 6
And those specials-- they change every day.
#6 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 3 Episode 11 (S03E11) - 7
Why not?
#7 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 3 Episode 11 (S03E11) - 8
I drove, Mother.
#8 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 3 Episode 11 (S03E11) - 9
of how electric dipoles in the brain's water molecules
#9 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 3 Episode 11 (S03E11) - 10
I don't really like flowers.
#10 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 3 Episode 11 (S03E11) - 11
why he knows more about your life than I do.
#11 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 3 Episode 11 (S03E11) - 12
We discussed it at length during our last video chat.
#12 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 3 Episode 11 (S03E11) - 13
Now I'm less fine.
#13 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 3 Episode 11 (S03E11) - 14
and a two-time Olympic bronze medalist.
#14 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 3 Episode 11 (S03E11) - 15
to Isaac Newton v. Gottfried Leibniz?
#15 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 3 Episode 11 (S03E11) - 16
that accompanied your learning to masturbate.
#16 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 3 Episode 11 (S03E11) - 17
toward one another?
#17 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 3 Episode 11 (S03E11) - 18
No, really.
#18 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 3 Episode 11 (S03E11) - 19
Leonard, tell her I have a girlfriend.
#19 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 3 Episode 11 (S03E11) - 20 #20 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 3 Episode 11 (S03E11) - 21
I'll get you a plate.
#21 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 3 Episode 11 (S03E11) - 22
so I'm going to say no.
#22 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 3 Episode 11 (S03E11) - 23
Yes. He was cheating on me.
#23 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 3 Episode 11 (S03E11) - 24
Mmm, well, let's see.
#24 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 3 Episode 11 (S03E11) - 25
Why am I the last to know?!
#25 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 3 Episode 11 (S03E11) - 26
So, Penny, what's new in your life?
#26 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 3 Episode 11 (S03E11) - 27
but he seemed a bit emotionally unstable
#27 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 3 Episode 11 (S03E11) - 28
So, uh, you must be devastated about your divorce.
#28 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 3 Episode 11 (S03E11) - 29
Well, initially I felt something akin to grief and perhaps anger,
#29 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 3 Episode 11 (S03E11) - 30
Oh, that's nothing.
#30 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 3 Episode 11 (S03E11) - 31
That's exactly what I say during orgasms: "Yikes."
#31 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 3 Episode 11 (S03E11) - 32 #32 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 3 Episode 11 (S03E11) - 33
That's a lousy conversation starter.
#33 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 3 Episode 11 (S03E11) - 34
I want that too.
#34 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 3 Episode 11 (S03E11) - 35
Leonard, what you're experiencing
#35 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 3 Episode 11 (S03E11) - 36
It's not?
#36 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 3 Episode 11 (S03E11) - 37
to a hypothetical, idealized world.
#37 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 3 Episode 11 (S03E11) - 38
has failed you, you always have me, your surrogate family.
#38 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 3 Episode 11 (S03E11) - 39 #39 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 3 Episode 11 (S03E11) - 40
I've been responsible for my own buzz since 2003.
#40 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 3 Episode 11 (S03E11) - 41 #41 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 3 Episode 11 (S03E11) - 42
I'm seriously considering asking that busboy
#42 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 3 Episode 11 (S03E11) - 43
If a little is good, more must be better.
#43 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 3 Episode 11 (S03E11) - 44
The one from whom I live across the hall... from.
#44 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 3 Episode 11 (S03E11) - 45 #45 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 3 Episode 11 (S03E11) - 46
embarrassed about the relationship
#46 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 3 Episode 11 (S03E11) - 47
into that busboy's back pocket,
#47 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 3 Episode 11 (S03E11) - 48
What the hell is going on?
#48 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 3 Episode 11 (S03E11) - 49
Yeah, not bad, not bad.
#49 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 3 Episode 11 (S03E11) - 50
Oh, thank you. You're welcome.
#50