The Opening Night Excitation
- Episode aired Dec 17, 2015
- TV-14
- 21m
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Leonard, Howard and Raj have to decide who will take their extra Star Wars movie ticket, while Sheldon plans something special for Amy's birthday.Leonard, Howard and Raj have to decide who will take their extra Star Wars movie ticket, while Sheldon plans something special for Amy's birthday.Leonard, Howard and Raj have to decide who will take their extra Star Wars movie ticket, while Sheldon plans something special for Amy's birthday.
Jeff Witzke
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- TriviaThe only episode where the episode title is shown on-screen.
- GoofsWhile Sheldon calls Amy on the phone, both their cell phone screen lights are on when close to the ears, though they must be off due to the inbuilt proximity sensors.
- Quotes
Penny Hofstadter: Okay. Well, what's the third option?
Sheldon Cooper: That I have coitus with her.
- Crazy creditsThis past year I was inspired by the transgender movement which, to me, appears to be an effort to synchronize one's outward sexual identity with one's internal sexual experience. I couldn't help but notice that, in many cases, the people who do this appear to be extremely happy. Which got me thinking. I want to be extremely happy. Maybe it's time for me to make a change. But then I realized my discomfort is not with having a male human body. It's with having any human body. With that in mind, my next step was obvious. I started looking for a reputable surgeon who would help me become the first member of the trans-species movement. My hope was to become a porpoise, or a hawk. (I'm a big fan of hawks, with all the gliding and swooping.) After a long, exhausting search, I found a highly-regarded doctor in Pyongyang who was more than willing to do the operation if I could sneak him into Seoul. Which I did. But then, minutes before the procedure was to begin, I was told that once again my Writers Guild insurance wouldn't pay. Filled with frustration, I decided to lose my troublesome body altogether and become trans-human. With a few odds and ends purchased from Fry's, I created a device which uploaded my entire personality, including thoughts, memories and emotions, onto the internet. As the kids like to say, I achieved singularity. If you can spare a moment, please come visit me at:
chucklorre.com/holidaycard
- ConnectionsFeatured in WatchMojo: Top 20 TV Moments We Waited Years to See (2020)
- SoundtracksRebel Blockade Runner
(uncredited)
Composed by John Williams
[Played during the episode's cold opening]
Featured review
And not even Star Wars can save BBT from Amy
I'm writing this review in 2022, after watching this episode of BBT. While I'm not particularly crazy about Star Wars like the guys in this show (neither about Star Trek, just for the record), I did went to cinema to see every Star Wars movie and spin-off in the last seven years. And I do remember the worldwide craze in December, 2015 when the 7th episode was released. But somehow, the writers of this show managed to overshadow even that, with the character Amy, and what she's doing to Sheldon.
Amy is the most homely, nasty, and audience-repelling character I've ever seen. She's simply unbelievable. And the change in Sheldon's characters are most unacceptable. The writers didn't even try to ease it. They just made him a different person out of nowhere, completely ignoring the character that they've been building in the first four seasons.
If you haven't seen this episode, don't let its rating fool you. That's for Star Wars. But if Sheldon wasn't enough to save this show from Amy, neither can Star Wars.
Amy is the most homely, nasty, and audience-repelling character I've ever seen. She's simply unbelievable. And the change in Sheldon's characters are most unacceptable. The writers didn't even try to ease it. They just made him a different person out of nowhere, completely ignoring the character that they've been building in the first four seasons.
If you haven't seen this episode, don't let its rating fool you. That's for Star Wars. But if Sheldon wasn't enough to save this show from Amy, neither can Star Wars.
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