The Big Bang Theory 5.11 “The Speckerman Recurrence” (**) — Leonard finds himself being forced to face his longstanding fears after he is contacted by a former high school peer who used to torment him, as he must now come face-to-face with the one-time bully years later as an adult. The Big Bang Theory is a CBS comedy, and with that comes a ton of formulaic setup and formulaic follow through and a formulaic laugh track. But oh, it does it so well.
“You know the holidays are around the corner. Maybe he wants to see if he can lodge the other testicle up.” — Sheldon
“I told you, it’s a different guy.” — Leonard
“That’s too bad. Could’ve spent New Year’s Eve waiting for the ball to drop — Penny
“What’s wrong, Leonard? Did you have a bad clam?” — Sheldon
“I didn’t have clams.” — Leonard
“I don’t watch you 24 hours a day. I don’t know what you do.” — Sheldon
“I was not a bully.” — Penny
“Kind of sounds like you were. And maybe a felon.” — Bernadette
“Shh. That’s how you wind up in a cornfield.” — Amy
“You’re here to see if I can get my underwear pulled over my head.” — Leonard
“You wore underwear? You fool!” — Howard
“We were practically a comedy team.” — Jimmy
“Like the Black Death and Europe.” — Howard
“I’m really sorry I made fun of your stutter in high school. Uh huh…O God! Just finish the sentence!” — Penny
“As a symbolic gesture to all the bullies who’ve tormented us for years, we’ve open our homes to Jimmy and once he’s asleep, we kill him…I said it would be nice. I didn’t say we should do it.” — Sheldon
“You really know your way around the kitchen, Nancy.” — Jimmy
“I’m not going to say I told you so, but we could’ve killed him.” — Sheldon
