Episode 23 – The Monopolar Expedition (223)
Sheldon wins a National Science Foundation grant to pay for a three-month expedition to the North Magnetic Pole. His plan is to detect the magnetic monopoles in a way that would prove the validity of string theory. After some hesitation, he decides to go, and wants his three friends to join him. Howard is the most reluctant, as it means three months with Sheldon. Raj believes three months with Sheldon will earn him a better reincarnation life per his Hindu beliefs stating that three months with Sheldon means he will become a “well-hung billionaire… with wings”. Leonard wants to go because he believes it will be a worthwhile experience. To prepare for the trip, the guys spend some time in the freezer at the Cheesecake Factory. When Penny learns about Leonard’s trip, she is seemingly upset. She gives Leonard a Snuggie, or blanket with sleeves, as a gift saying she’ll miss him and gives him a hug that Leonard feels lasts a long time. When, on the morning of his departure, Leonard asks Penny about what the long hug and the blanket mean, she tells him it only means she is going to miss him and wishes him a safe trip. However, after she closes the door, Penny whispers to herself “It means I wish you weren’t going.” Finally, the group departs to the Arctic, and there Wolowitz comically constructs a crossbow to shoot Sheldon but then remarks “There’s no time for a crossbow; find me an icicle.”
Directed by Mark Cendrowski.
Written by Eric Kaplan & Richard Rosenstock.
Originally aired on May 11, 2009.
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