ennaxor

The Prestidigitation Approximation

Leonard must choose between new girlfriend Priya and his friendship with Penny. Meanwhile, Howard drives Sheldon crazy with a magic trick.

Guest Stars: Aarti Mankad as Priya
Writers: Bill Prady (Story), Steve Holland (Story), Eddie Gorodetsky (Story), Chuck Lorre (Teleplay), Steven Molaro (Teleplay), Eric Kaplan (Teleplay)
Director: Mark Cendrowski

WeBuiltThePyramids

So excited for this ep! (And 100% not because I think Leonard will choose Penny - I don't think he will and honestly at this point I don't want him to.) I think it sounds hilarious! And I really need a laugh right now.

AisicsRule

Whoo hoo I get to watch this one new! Watched the promo on CBS's site and was cracking up. Highly looking forward to seeing Sheldon be stumped by a card trick.

WeBuiltThePyramids

So am I! Him mumbling what Howard said = Are you gonna be on Twitter during it?

AisicsRule

Yeah I'm on Twitter too right now. Man I so almost fell asleep by accident and missed the ep :S Cafe mocha you were supposed to keep me awake!! >_<

Hey we know Raj's birthday! But why did Leonard *just* decide to get contacts and why are they blurry? (I missed the first 2 min so forgive me one of those were answered already.)

Edit:
I'm loving the clothes Priya got Leonard. But this 'Leonard not being able to see with his new contacts' is so not making any sense to me. Even after I let go of my old expectations of this show o_O WHAT ARE YOU DOING SHOW?

fantomette

woah. this is totally wrong I know but...I kinda like Priya.

Funny episode!!! Like Sheldon getting mad at the trick...but I miss Amy! I would have love it if she would have helped him with the trick.

WeBuiltThePyramids

Amber-Priya asked him if he'd consider getting them. Plus I think he doesn't put them in right because it's something to get used to, so vision is blurry.

AisicsRule

I like Priya too, Stef. Not like "I want to keep her around forever" but I don't cringe/yell when she's on screen

I guess. But it feels like he'd figure out how to use them faster. Unless he simply can't wear contacts because of the structure of his eye or something. And maybe he didn't go back to the doctor cause he was trying to be stubborn and stick them out for Priya? I don't know but I'm going to use that reasoning for it cause otherwise it's going to continue to bug me :/

Outside of the contacts and feeling like there should've been a little more Penny-Priya-Leonard in previous eps to build up to tonight's story, I really enjoyed the episode. Absolutely adored Sheldon trying to figure out Howard's magic trick and everyone helping to keep Sheldon in the dark! It was soooo funny. And it felt a lot like a season 1 story which made it even better for me.

ennaxor

I've been using similar reasoning - just for some personal reason contacts don't work for him. I was actually just googling why some people can't wear contacts, and it can be because of eye shape, dry eyes, allergies to the lenses or the solution...

And I've gotta say, possibly my favorite line of the episode - "I'm saying believe in magic, you Muggle!"

WeBuiltThePyramids

I guess he's stubborn!

I really liked everything about the episode. I don't want Priya around forever either, but I certianly don't hate her.

AisicsRule

Yes I totally meant to comment on that line, Roxanne! That was awesome!! And I definitely thought of you right after Howard said it

I like that they're letting the Priya-Leonard-Penny story play out into at least the next episode. I'm curious to see how well Penny and Leonard avoid each other in future eps (and how long that's actually going to last).

carl1970

I loved the magic trick storyline. I was glad to see Howard get one over Sheldon. I thought Johnny was excellent with his acting.

WeBuiltThePyramids

I really do like where they're going (where I think they're going) with this arc. It's not flawless, but I think they're handling it well.

And I don't hate Priya either. But she isn't wecomed by me forever.

AisicsRule

Okay I have to ask, did a lot of Penny's stuff tonight feel like she was channeling Rachel from Friends? Or was that just my mind messing with me because I've seen a lot of Friends recently?

ennaxor

I thought she felt slightly OOC when she was talking to Leonard and Priya at the restaurant, but I wasn't specifically reminded of Rachel.