The Big Bang Theory (TV Series)

The Russian Rocket Reaction (2011)

Melissa Rauch: Bernadette Rostenkowski

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• Bernadette Rostenkowski : I took our love and threw it under his bus-sized mother.

• Bernadette Rostenkowski : NASA doesn't have a shuttle anymore. How are you gonna get up there?

  Howard Wolowitz : Oh, it's really cool. You fly to Moscow, they take you to Kazakhstan. Then you get in a Russian Soyuz rocket which shoots you into a low earth orbit. Or it just sits on the launch pad because the Kazakhi mafia sold the rocket fuel on the black market, heh.

  Bernadette Rostenkowski : Are those Russian rockets safe?

  Howard Wolowitz : Safe as it can be when it was built by the folks who brought you Chernobyl.

• Howard Wolowitz : You know, there's a saying we have at NASA: What makes the right stuff so right is that it always comes home.

  Bernadette Rostenkowski : Just stop talking, Howard!

  Howard Wolowitz : This isn't the reaction I expected when I told you I was gonna be an astronaut.

  Bernadette Rostenkowski : What did you think was gonna happen?

  Howard Wolowitz : Honestly? Sex, heh... Do you realize what a big deal this is? What an honor it is to be chosen to go into space?

  Bernadette Rostenkowski : Yeah, I get it. I just wish you included me in the decision. We're supposed to be partners. We're supposed to be a team.

  Howard Wolowitz : I'm sorry. You're right. Uh, okay, let's try this again. Bernadette, an opportunity has come up that impacts both of us and I'd like to discuss it... Heh, I've been offered a chance to go up to the International Space Station for three weeks. What are your thoughts on that?

  Bernadette Rostenkowski : Well, first of all, thank you for including me in the decision making process.

  Howard Wolowitz : Hey, we're a team. Heh. So, what do you think?

  Bernadette Rostenkowski : No!

• Bernadette Rostenkowski : Do you guys think it was a mistake? Am I the bad guy in this?

  Amy Farrah Fowler : It's not for us to judge. We're here to provide comfort and support while you come to grips with what a despicable thing you've done.

  Bernadette Rostenkowski : Oh, God, you're right. I took our love and threw it under his bus-sized mother.

• Penny : Are you a hundred percent positive that you love and want to marry Howard Wolowitz?

  Bernadette Rostenkowski : I do. With all my heart.

  Penny : Got it. Just had to check.

• Bernadette Rostenkowski : I had no choice! I had to tell his mother! He can't go to space! He's like a baby bird! Did you know he once got an asthma attack from reading an old library book?

  Amy Farrah Fowler : You're kidding.

  Penny : No, I was there that day. Sheldon threw his back out handing him that book.

• Bernadette Rostenkowski : Howard?

  Howard Wolowitz : Change you mind about sex? I'm still mad, but I'll do it.