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Season 4  "The Robotic Manipulation"  4x1

Aired 15 years ago - Sep 23, 2010

Penny tags along on Sheldon's first ever date; Wolowitz finds a new use for a robotic arm.

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Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 4 Episode 1 (S04E01) - 1
The trick is to carry it out to your car like you own it.
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Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 4 Episode 1 (S04E01) - 3
"L-O-L."
 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 4 Episode 1 (S04E01) - 4
How did they meet?
 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 4 Episode 1 (S04E01) - 5
Yes, I have a friend named Amy Farrah Fowler.
 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 4 Episode 1 (S04E01) - 6
of our having a child together.
 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 4 Episode 1 (S04E01) - 7
Amy pointed out that between the two of us,
 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 4 Episode 1 (S04E01) - 8
this opportunity to kill Sheldon.
 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 4 Episode 1 (S04E01) - 9
You know, when your private parts started growing?
 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 4 Episode 1 (S04E01) - 10
Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 4 Episode 1 (S04E01) - 11
Is your womb available for rental?
 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 4 Episode 1 (S04E01) - 12
She's not my girlfriend.
 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 4 Episode 1 (S04E01) - 13
the required intimacy via text messaging?
 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 4 Episode 1 (S04E01) - 14
waiting for you to finish knocking three times.
 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 4 Episode 1 (S04E01) - 15
I've decided to take your advice and have arranged
 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 4 Episode 1 (S04E01) - 16
Actually, I'm paraphrasing.
 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 4 Episode 1 (S04E01) - 17
Sheldon, did it ever occur to you
 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 4 Episode 1 (S04E01) - 18
Let me get my... cockamamy keys.
 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 4 Episode 1 (S04E01) - 19
MRS. WOLOWITZ Howard, dinner's ready!
 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 4 Episode 1 (S04E01) - 20
Hmm.
 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 4 Episode 1 (S04E01) - 21
I just don't want to be yet another flip-flop fatality.
 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 4 Episode 1 (S04E01) - 22
That depends.
 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 4 Episode 1 (S04E01) - 23
I have a master's degree and two doctorates.
 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 4 Episode 1 (S04E01) - 24
and you have nothing better to do than drive me to it?
 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 4 Episode 1 (S04E01) - 25
What would a toilet look like in Atlantis?
 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 4 Episode 1 (S04E01) - 26
Hold on. Howard, Howard, slow down.
 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 4 Episode 1 (S04E01) - 27
Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 4 Episode 1 (S04E01) - 28
Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 4 Episode 1 (S04E01) - 29
Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 4 Episode 1 (S04E01) - 30
Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 4 Episode 1 (S04E01) - 31
what it was like for you growing up in Texas?
 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 4 Episode 1 (S04E01) - 32
No.
 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 4 Episode 1 (S04E01) - 33
I don't know.
 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 4 Episode 1 (S04E01) - 34
Yes.
 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 4 Episode 1 (S04E01) - 35
Really? A robot hand's got a death grip on your junk, dude.
 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 4 Episode 1 (S04E01) - 36
Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 4 Episode 1 (S04E01) - 37
All right, uh, forget pulling.
 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 4 Episode 1 (S04E01) - 38
Well, then what do you want us to do?
 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 4 Episode 1 (S04E01) - 39
Yes, but that's not the point!
 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 4 Episode 1 (S04E01) - 40
Hey, here's another possible topic of conversation.
 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 4 Episode 1 (S04E01) - 41
Thank you.
 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 4 Episode 1 (S04E01) - 42
Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 4 Episode 1 (S04E01) - 43
Uh, yeah, I wouldn't say many.
 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 4 Episode 1 (S04E01) - 44
Simple extrapolation.
 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 4 Episode 1 (S04E01) - 45
Fourteen.
 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 4 Episode 1 (S04E01) - 46
Did you have sexual intercourse with all of these men?
 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 4 Episode 1 (S04E01) - 47
minus 21 men before the loss of virginity--
 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 4 Episode 1 (S04E01) - 48
That is not even close to the real number.
 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 4 Episode 1 (S04E01) - 49
This is an interesting topic.
 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 4 Episode 1 (S04E01) - 50
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Don't tug. No tugging.

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Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 4 Episode 1 (S04E01) - 2 #2 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 4 Episode 1 (S04E01) - 3
"L-O-L."
#3 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 4 Episode 1 (S04E01) - 4
How did they meet?
#4 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 4 Episode 1 (S04E01) - 5
Yes, I have a friend named Amy Farrah Fowler.
#5 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 4 Episode 1 (S04E01) - 6
of our having a child together.
#6 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 4 Episode 1 (S04E01) - 7
Amy pointed out that between the two of us,
#7 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 4 Episode 1 (S04E01) - 8
this opportunity to kill Sheldon.
#8 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 4 Episode 1 (S04E01) - 9
You know, when your private parts started growing?
#9 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 4 Episode 1 (S04E01) - 10 #10 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 4 Episode 1 (S04E01) - 11
Is your womb available for rental?
#11 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 4 Episode 1 (S04E01) - 12
She's not my girlfriend.
#12 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 4 Episode 1 (S04E01) - 13
the required intimacy via text messaging?
#13 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 4 Episode 1 (S04E01) - 14
waiting for you to finish knocking three times.
#14 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 4 Episode 1 (S04E01) - 15
I've decided to take your advice and have arranged
#15 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 4 Episode 1 (S04E01) - 16
Actually, I'm paraphrasing.
#16 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 4 Episode 1 (S04E01) - 17
Sheldon, did it ever occur to you
#17 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 4 Episode 1 (S04E01) - 18
Let me get my... cockamamy keys.
#18 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 4 Episode 1 (S04E01) - 19
MRS. WOLOWITZ Howard, dinner's ready!
#19 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 4 Episode 1 (S04E01) - 20
Hmm.
#20 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 4 Episode 1 (S04E01) - 21
I just don't want to be yet another flip-flop fatality.
#21 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 4 Episode 1 (S04E01) - 22
That depends.
#22 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 4 Episode 1 (S04E01) - 23
I have a master's degree and two doctorates.
#23 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 4 Episode 1 (S04E01) - 24
and you have nothing better to do than drive me to it?
#24 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 4 Episode 1 (S04E01) - 25
What would a toilet look like in Atlantis?
#25 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 4 Episode 1 (S04E01) - 26
Hold on. Howard, Howard, slow down.
#26 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 4 Episode 1 (S04E01) - 27 #27 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 4 Episode 1 (S04E01) - 28 #28 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 4 Episode 1 (S04E01) - 29 #29 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 4 Episode 1 (S04E01) - 30 #30 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 4 Episode 1 (S04E01) - 31
what it was like for you growing up in Texas?
#31 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 4 Episode 1 (S04E01) - 32
No.
#32 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 4 Episode 1 (S04E01) - 33
I don't know.
#33 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 4 Episode 1 (S04E01) - 34
Yes.
#34 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 4 Episode 1 (S04E01) - 35
Really? A robot hand's got a death grip on your junk, dude.
#35 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 4 Episode 1 (S04E01) - 36 #36 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 4 Episode 1 (S04E01) - 37
All right, uh, forget pulling.
#37 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 4 Episode 1 (S04E01) - 38
Well, then what do you want us to do?
#38 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 4 Episode 1 (S04E01) - 39
Yes, but that's not the point!
#39 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 4 Episode 1 (S04E01) - 40
Hey, here's another possible topic of conversation.
#40 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 4 Episode 1 (S04E01) - 41
Thank you.
#41 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 4 Episode 1 (S04E01) - 42 #42 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 4 Episode 1 (S04E01) - 43
Uh, yeah, I wouldn't say many.
#43 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 4 Episode 1 (S04E01) - 44
Simple extrapolation.
#44 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 4 Episode 1 (S04E01) - 45
Fourteen.
#45 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 4 Episode 1 (S04E01) - 46
Did you have sexual intercourse with all of these men?
#46 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 4 Episode 1 (S04E01) - 47
minus 21 men before the loss of virginity--
#47 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 4 Episode 1 (S04E01) - 48
That is not even close to the real number.
#48 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 4 Episode 1 (S04E01) - 49
This is an interesting topic.
#49 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 4 Episode 1 (S04E01) - 50 #50 Recap of The Big Bang Theory Season 4 Episode 1 (S04E01) - 51
Don't tug. No tugging.
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