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Original air date 1-19-09

tofu

I actually wish they had turned this into a flashback episode. I'd like to see Leonard's roommate interview with Shelden

moviefan19125

tonight was the first time i watched this show and its pretty funny.

pridesticks06

Pretty solid episode. The actual friend algorithm was my favorite part and the LOA haha.

Ayre

Sheldon was waaaay over the top with the facial ticks and the bit went on forever. This was a weak episode. A five minute episode in 21 minutes. Howard in small doses steals the show.

dolphinboy

not enough penny.

Double_Oh_7

You can never have enough Penny.

tcoursen

They should have had some of Penny's answers to the questions. Those could have been funny.

Doug Heffernan

My fav. line was when Howard said to Penny "I'm not looking so bad now" - and Penny's reaction.

marty888

Even the not-the-best episodes (and this was, for me, one of them) are still better than most other sitcoms.

fumanstan

I loved the actual algorithm and Howard accounting for the infinite loop, as well as his comment at the end. Other then that, the rest of the episode wasn't as great as the others this season.

blued888

Yet still fun to watch compared to other shows, IMO.

WallyOPD

I've already applied Sheldon's algorithm and made a new friend today!

dfmaverick2

You went to the zoo and met a cockatoo?

Hopefully not a girl at a book store.

blued888

That was quite fast. You didn't have to go through the pending stage?

What was your LOA to get out of the infinite loop?

Crazy lines on that episode!

Barings

That was one of my favorite parts also. What did LOA stand for? Least objectionable activity? I tried looking it up, but I don't have to do a lot of flowcharting.

What was scary to me was that I actually got the gist of the asymptote joke, but Chuck Lorre actually explained it in depth in this episode's vanity card.

blued888

Yep.

Spicollidriver1

I did think this episode had some funny parts, but I think they are trying to hard with Sheldon the show is better when it is not all about Sheldon, and feels less forced.

PhantomStranger

Some very funny lines but this episode just did not do it for me. I agree that Penny should have played a bigger role.

jonw9

That look like a legitimate reaction.

The episode was Ok, but after 2 episodes, I am tired of Bawwy and hope he nevaw comes back.

fujishig

Did I miss an episode where Leonard broke up with his girlfriend, or is Sara Rue coming back later?

dfmaverick2

It happened a bout 4 episodes ago in "The Vartabedian Conundrum".

Leaonard was afraid the ralationship was moving to fast and when he wanted to slow it down, Sara Rue's character went a bit nuts. The relationship essentially ended there. She could always reappear, but I doubt it.

I think Leaonard ended it via text.

fumanstan

Me too. I guess his accent was supposed to be funny but it was more of "jeez, that's going to be annoying." I wouldn't mind seeing him pop way down the line like the way Sara Gilbert's character did, but I don't care to see him over and over again.

fujishig

didn't they hook up right after that text, though? I took it to mean they were just going to go a bit slower, but I guess I may have misinterpreted.

I actually disagree with Lorre's vanity card, reading the explanation made it even less funny to me. There were funnier jokes than the asymptote one...

Spicollidriver1

I still like the little jokes and I think the only useful part of Barry is his last name which made me think right away of Terminator 3 not sure if it was intended but that's what I thought