
TV Info
Episode Premiere
October 13, 2011Distributor
CBSGenre
ComedyShow Period
2007 - nowProduction Company
CBS, Warner Bros. TV
Cast and Crew
Director
Mark CendrowskiScreenwriter
Chuck Lorre, Eric Kaplan, Maria FerrariMain Cast
- Jim Parsons as Sheldon Cooper
- Johnny Galecki as Leonard Hofstadter
- Kaley Cuoco as Penny
- Simon Helberg as Howard Wolowitz
- Kunal Nayyar as Raj Koothrappali
- Mayim Bialik as Amy Farrah Fowler
- Melissa Rauch as Bernadette Rostenkowski
- Kevin Sussman
Additional Cast
Synopsis
Sheldon and Leonard run into Wil Wheaton at the comic book store. Wil invites them to a housewarming party. Leonard says he's actually thinking of going. Sheldon tells Leonard he would be betraying his trust and friendship if he went because Wil Wheaton is one of Sheldon's mortal enemies. Sheldon further explains that, until Leonard makes a decision about the party, Sheldon is simultaneously his friend and NOT his friend. Sheldon calls this phenomenon, "Schrodinger's Friendship." Wolowitz shows up at Leonard and Sheldon's apartment with big news: He's going to be an astronaut! Well, sort of. NASA picked his team's design for a piece of equipment that will be installed on the International Space Station. Someone has to go up with the equipment as a Mission Specialist and as it stands, Wolowitz is the standby backup. Bernadette expresses her concern – going into space is dangerous, plus Wolowitz would have to take an old Russian, Soyuz rocket to get to the space station. Later, Wolowitz is upset that he doesn’t have Bernadette’s support for his big dream. Once the guys get to Wil Wheaton’s party, Wil has a surprise for Sheldon. He gives him an autographed, one sixty-fourth scale mint-in-package Wesley Crusher action figure. He even wrote, "To Sheldon, sorry this took so long. Your friend, Wil Wheaton." Sheldon is so excited that he shows the box to Brent Spiner. Unfortunately for Sheldon, Brent Spiner rips the package open. This immediately lands Brent on Sheldon's list of mortal enemies.




