Season 1, Episode 4 - The Luminous Fish Effect (First Aired on October 15, 2007)



Sheldon's mother is called to intervene when he delves into numerous obsessions after being fired for being disrespectful to his new boss.

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Canon Facts:

• This is the first time we see Sheldon and Penny in her VW Golf Cabriolet 
  
• Sheldon's last name (Cooper) is revealed
  
• This is the first appearance of Mary Cooper.
  
• This is the first appearance of Dr. Gablehauser
  
• This is the first time the CalTech is shown
  
• Sheldon's mother calls him Snickerdoodle
  

 

Penny: I always say that when one door closes, another one opens.
Sheldon: No it doesn't. Not unless the two doors are connected by relays or there are motion sensors involved. Or if the first door closing creates a change of air pressure that acts upon the second door.
Penny: Never mind.

Mary (to Raj): I made chicken. I hope it's not one of the animals that you people think is magic.

Season 1, Episode 8 - The Grasshopper Experiment (First Aired on November 12, 2007)


When Raj's parents set him up on a blind date, he finds he can talk to women with the aid of alcohol.

Canon Facts:

• During Raj's video call with his parents it is revealed that he is 26 years old.
  
• This is the first appearance of Raj's parents.
  
• Penny makes her first appearance as a bartender
  
• This is the first time Raj speaks to Penny.
  
• This is the first episode in which Comic Con is mentioned
  
• This is the first episode where Sheldon is drunk in the series.
  
• This episode was watched by 9.32 million people with a rating of 3.8 (adults 18-49).
  

After watching this episode again, I'm really not fond of it. Although there were a few really funny moments, they were overpowered with Raj only being able to speak to women with alcohol (making him a complete douche in the process) instead of letting him BE the womanizer of the group without ever saying a word. Plus, Penny getting Sheldon drunk isn't nearly as amusing after watching it again knowing his father was an alcoholic. My grade, one 

Favorite Scenes/Quotes:




Raj Koothrappali: [to Sheldon] If you do not stop hitting on my lady, you will feel the full extent of my wrath!
Leonard: I'm not hitting on her!
Lalita: And I am not your lady!
Wolowitz: And you have no wrath.

Penny: I need some guinea pigs.
Sheldon: O-kay, there's a lab animal supply company in Reseda you could try. But if your research is going to have human applications, may I suggest white mice instead; their brain chemistry is far closer to ours.
Penny: I swear to God, Sheldon, one day I'm going to get the hang of talking to you.

Airs : December 7, 2017

"Sheldon and Amy try to eliminate stress from wedding planning by applying math to the process. Also, Koothrappali “breaks up” with Wolowitz after realizing his best friend is actually hurting his confidence."

Well... don't look at the promo pictures if you don't want to see Shamy wedding pics. They seem to be either play-acting their wedding so Sheldon doesn't have an aneurysm when on the day he actually has to marry Amy, or eloping.  

It's not a pretty sight my friends but promo shots are here.

Of course the real HORROR of all this, is we'll have to endure this spectacle TWICE. Sheldon mock-marries his captor and then marries his captor. Gahhhh!!