The Benefactor Factor
- Episode aired Feb 10, 2011
- TV-PG
- 20m
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To secure needed funding for the university, Sheldon convinces Leonard to get friendly with a wealthy benefactor.To secure needed funding for the university, Sheldon convinces Leonard to get friendly with a wealthy benefactor.To secure needed funding for the university, Sheldon convinces Leonard to get friendly with a wealthy benefactor.
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Did you know
- TriviaWhen Sheldon says, "Oh, the humanities!", it is a play on Herb Morrison's 1937 radio account of the destruction of the airship Hindenburg. Part of Morrison's report included the phrase, "Oh, the humanity!"
- GoofsIncorrectly regarded as a goof - Leonard added CoffeeMate to his coffee. CoffeeMate is a non-dairy, lactose free creamer, so Leonard would have no problem consuming it.
- Quotes
Sheldon Cooper: I'm so proud of you! You sold yourself out like a common streetwalker!
Leonard Hofstadter: No, I didn't do it for the money.
Sheldon Cooper: She stiffed you?
Penny: I believe that's what your roommate did to *her*.
Sheldon Cooper: What?
Penny: Again, read the book we gave you!
- Crazy creditsCHUCK LORRE PRODUCTIONS, #328
They weren't not in love. It's just that the subject, as such, never really came up. It kind of loomed over them like a blissfully stupid cloud. The love cloud.
Guaranteed to rain on your brain, 'til you're moanin' with seratonin.
Maybe what was happening was that they were in love with the idea of being in love. But that's still love, right? Instead of loving each other, they loved an idea. An aspiration. A wish. The other person was more or less of an afterthought. Somewhat expendable, or at the very least, interchangeable.
I love that you make me feel like I'm in love. You, on the other hand, I can take or leave.
Of course, it was just a matter of time before the truth of each other, the hard fact of their unique selfness, their one-of-a-kind snow-flakiness, became unavoidable.
I may be a broken toy, but you are a Chinese crib factory that uses lead paint.
Saying goodbye in these circumstances is always very awkward.
"I just had your car towed."
"That's okay, those Flip videos I said I erased are now on the internet."
- ConnectionsFeatured in The 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards (2011)
- SoundtracksHistory of Everything
(uncredited)
Written by Barenaked Ladies
Performed by Barenaked Ladies
[Series theme song played during the opening titles]
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The Benefactor Factor
It's taken four years, but I FINALLY feel like this show is finding its feet and working out what exactly it wants to be and what stories it is wanting to tell. It's starting to use its ever growing and developing characters a bit more fully, and it's all very pleasing to see.
This plotline though is one that Chuck Lorre and co have adapted from a 'Two and a Half Men' episode. Take out Alan, add in Leonard and replace Charlie with Sheldon and you've pretty much got the same thing. Obviously that show was a bit darker and sexual with its humour, so the outcome was different, but by and large this is the same plot copy and pasted.
So progress, but not complete.
This plotline though is one that Chuck Lorre and co have adapted from a 'Two and a Half Men' episode. Take out Alan, add in Leonard and replace Charlie with Sheldon and you've pretty much got the same thing. Obviously that show was a bit darker and sexual with its humour, so the outcome was different, but by and large this is the same plot copy and pasted.
So progress, but not complete.
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