They’re all among the many who’ve been the butt of a Sheldon slight, too, and even care packages of cookies don’t bring them back around. Making the situation extra personally painful, Shamy came up with their project in the moments leading up to their wedding, convincing them that it is their destiny to be linked personally and professionally by super asymmetry.Ĭaltech president Siebert is also invested in Shamy’s Nobel pursuit, and in an effort to sway support among the scientific community their way, he hosts a special reception to which Nobel laureates Kip Thorne, George Smoot, and Frances Arnold are invited. Those two, in fact, can’t even explain the idea (hence the diversion of the wannabe Weird Als and their poor parody tunes).
They know Pemberton and Campbell’s connection to super asymmetry is accidental. This is, of course, particularly irksome to the couple. The hucksters’ ploy to charm the public is working (hence the appearance on Ellen), and when it turns out that Sheldon has previously alienated many of his fellow scientists by, well, by being Sheldon, Shamy’s chances of nabbing the Nobel for themselves are looking slimmer and slimmer.
Her guests: Sheldon and Amy’s wily Nobel Prize rivals Pemberton (Sean Astin) and Campbell (Kal Penn), who are waging a publicity campaign by making up spoof songs (Olivia Newton-John’s “Physical” becomes an ode to “Physicists”) and singing them in viral videos. In a guest star-packed episode, Ellen DeGeneres appears in a faux installment of her daytime talk show. But also, more surprisingly, it’s might not be Sheldon’s fault.
After nearly a monthlong hiatus for March Madness business, The Big Bang Theory returns, and, prepare your groans, so does that damn super-asymmetry plot.Įxcept, wait, there’s actually some movement in the story line, though it might not be a positive development for Sheldon and Amy.