The Big Bang Theory (TV Series)

The Friendship Turbulence (2014)

Johnny Galecki: Leonard Hofstadter

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• Penny : Now that girl's gonna get discovered and become famous and go on Letterman and talk about how she got her big break on some stupid monkey movie all because some dumb girl thought it was beneath her.

  Leonard Hofstadter : At least you got mentioned on Letterman.

• Penny : This isn't your car.

  Leonard Hofstadter : I know. I thought we'd take yours.

  Penny : I don't understand.

  Leonard Hofstadter : It's nothing fancy but it'll get you to auditions and at least for now you don't have to go back to waitressing.

  Penny : I don't know what to say.

  Leonard Hofstadter : Don't say anything.

  Penny : Oh my God!

  Leonard Hofstadter : I mean you could say thank you. I did just buy you a car.

• Leonard Hofstadter : You sure you want to do this?

  Penny : Yeah. Why wouldn't I want to get my old job back? It'll be fun to see everyone. I haven't talked to them since I said, "I quit! See you at the Oscars, bitches."

• Penny : Well, I'll have you guys know that I turned down a part in a movie last week.

  Leonard Hofstadter : Why would you do that?

  Penny : Because it was crap. It was a sequel to that awful killer gorilla movie.

  Bernadette Rostenkowski : Serial Ape-ist? I thought you died in that.

  Sheldon Cooper : She does, 42 minutes in.

  Raj Koothrappali : While showering topless, 16 minutes after a brief side butt during a pillow fight with her sorority sisters.

  Sheldon Cooper : I have an eidetic memory. I don't know what his problem is.

  Penny : Okay, well, there are no shower scenes in this one. They just try to clone me from my corpse, but my DNA gets mixed with the ape's DNA and I end up running around with giant gorilla hands and feet.

  Sheldon Cooper : Am I missing something, or isn't that the part she was born to play?

• Leonard Hofstadter : Don't a lot of famous actors get their start doing bad movies?

  Penny : Okay, I don't think Meryl Streep ever had to say, "Must keep gorilla hands from killing again."

  Raj Koothrappali : If she did, it would be amazing. That woman can do no wrong.

• Raj Koothrappali : Can we please talk about something other than my depressing love life.

  Sheldon Cooper : How about Penny's depressing acting career?

  Leonard Hofstadter : Hey. I mean, it's been a little tough, but Penny's following her dreams and in my book that's not depressing.

  Penny : Thank you.

• Leonard Hofstadter : Are we playing individuals or teams?

  Raj Koothrappali : Teams are fun.

  Sheldon Cooper : Oh, in that case I'd like to be partnered with my good friend Howard.

  Raj Koothrappali : But I'm always on Howard's team! We're best friends. The kind that finish each other's...

  Howard Wolowitz : We don't really do that.

  Raj Koothrappali : [Interrupting]  ... do that! See?