The Big Bang Theory (TV Series)

The Terminator Decoupling (2009)

Johnny Galecki: Leonard Hofstadter

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• Penny : Have a good flight.

  Leonard Hofstadter : Yean, I wish.

  Sheldon Cooper : We're not flying; we're taking the train.

  Penny : Oh, cool.

  Howard Wolowitz : Yeah, cool. Seven times as long as flying and costs almost twice as much.

  Penny : Well then, why are you doing it?

  Leonard Hofstadter : Well, we had a vote. Three of us voted for airplane; Sheldon voted for train; so, we're taking the train.

• Leonard Hofstadter : Well, it seems once again you're caught between a rock and a crazy place.

  Sheldon Cooper : Oh, I hate when that happens!

• Sheldon Cooper : Of course, if SkyNet actually did exist in the future, a perfect way to infiltrate and destroy mankind would be to send Terminators back posing as actors who have played Terminators in popular films and television series, lulling us into a false sense of security, i.e., that's Summer Glau from The Sarah Connor Chronicles. No, Summer, don't kill me! I'm pro-robot! Ahh!

  Leonard Hofstadter : At least he's off the train crap.

  Sheldon Cooper : Whee!

  Howard Wolowitz : Sheldon, I owe you an apology. Taking the train was a stroke of brilliance! I've actually got a shot at a Terminator.

  Rajesh Koothrappali : Oh, please.When it comes to Terminators, you've got a better shot of scoring with Arnold Schwarzenegger.

  Howard Wolowitz : You're overlooking something. I have 11 hours with her in a confined space. Unless she's willing to jump off a moving train, tuck and roll down the side of a hill, she will eventually succumb to the acquired taste that is Howard Wolowitz.

  Leonard Hofstadter : My money's on tuck and roll.

• Leonard Hofstadter : This conference is kind of a big thing. The keynote address is being delivered by George Smoot.

  Penny : Oh, my God! *The* George Smoot?

  Leonard Hofstadter : Ah, you've heard of him?

  Penny : Of course I haven't.

  Sheldon Cooper : George Smoot is a Nobel Prize-winning physicist, one of the great minds of our time. His work in black body form and anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background radiation cemented our understanding of the origin of the universe.

  Penny : It's kind of a funny name, though. "Smoot".

  Sheldon Cooper : [to the others]  It's like talking to chimp.

• Sheldon Cooper : I forgot my flash drive!

  Leonard Hofstadter : So?

  Sheldon Cooper : So we have to go back!

  Leonard Hofstadter : Ok, Sheldon, I'm gonna say "why?" and your answer cannot be "because I forgot my flash drive".

• Sheldon Cooper : It's Sheldon.

  Penny : Oh, hey, Sheldon! How is San Francisco?

  Sheldon Cooper : I'm not in San Francisco. I'm on a train. Were you even listening to me?

  Penny : Uh, no, I was talking to my friend, but what's up?

  Sheldon Cooper : What's up? I'll tell you what's up. I'm in a crisis situation, and I need you to marshal your powers of concentration, limited as they may be...

  Leonard Hofstadter : Give me the phone. Hi, Penny. It's Leonard.

  Penny : Hey, Leonard. What's going on with Dr. Wackadoodle?

  Leonard Hofstadter : He's calling to ask you a favor. You might be confused because he didn't use the words, Penny, Sheldon, please or favor.

• Sheldon Cooper : [after forgetting his flash drive]  Oh, this is an unmitigated disaster!

  Leonard Hofstadter : There's nothing you can do about it, so relax. Sit back, enjoy the clickety-clack of the steel wheels on the polished rails!

  Sheldon Cooper : [in rhythm with the wheels]  You-forgot-your-flash-drive, you-forgot-your-flash-drive, you-forgot-your-flash-drive, you-forgot-your-flash-drive, you-forgot-your-flash-drive...

  Leonard Hofstadter : [looking at his watch]  Only 10 hours, 55 minutes to go.

• [first lines] 

  Howard Wolowitz : Okay, Raj, hand me the number six Torx screwdriver.

  Sheldon Cooper : Stop! We can't do this; it's not right.

  Rajesh Koothrappali : Sheldon, you have two choices; either you let him put a bigger hard drive in the TiVo, or you delete stuff before we go out of town.

  Sheldon Cooper : But once you open the box, you've voided the warranty. The warranty is a sacred covenant we've entered into with the manufacturer; he offers to stand by his equipment, and we in return agree not to violate the integrity of the internal hardware. This little orange sticker is all that stands between us and anarchy.

  Leonard Hofstadter : Okay, then we won't touch the hard drive; we'll just erase the first season of 'Battlestar'.

  Sheldon Cooper : [Tears off orange seal]  There, we're outlaws.

• Leonard Hofstadter : Hi, Penny, it's Leonard.

  Penny : Hey, Leonard. What's going on with Doctor Wackadoodle?

  Leonard Hofstadter : He's calling to ask you a favor. You might be confused because he didn't use the words "Penny", "Sheldon", "please", or "favor".