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10.05 : The Hot Tub Contamination



Leonard and Penny must separate a quarreling Sheldon and Amy when their cohabitation does not go as planned, and Sheldon threatens to break off their relationship when Amy refuses to adhere to the bathroom schedule. Also, Howard and Bernadette find unexpected guests at their house when they decide to stay home from a planned vacation

Sneak Peak, Pics and Promo

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Thanks Suzanne, almost time

SargeantFuzzyBoots

Great episode! I'm loving all these more vulnerable moments from Sheldon about his past and reasons for his idiosyncrasies.

Yay for Raj being single again!

soundsgood

The part with the hot tub was fun. Raj is single, ready to hang out with Stuart again?
Nice to see Amy and Leonard going well together

FileXxX

Good episode. The hot tub part weirded me out a little.

Captain Riterra Smith

I definitely loved how Leonard and Penny helped walk Amy and Sheldon through this experiment in the interest of seeing them make it work.
Howie, Bernie, you should've suspected as the ones with the hot tub, your friends might sneak in once in a while.

Sheldon is the winner of my "Oh poor baby" award tonight for catching both of his parents the act with other people. Any other episode with Stuart, he usually takes it but he befouled the hot tub so...

Definitely worth the trouble I went to catching it on my break.

Whimsical Elf

Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god! THAT HUG!!! I'm still screaming! Best Shamy hug ever!


So many people needing a hug in tonight's episode. So pleased that poor Raj is no longer trying to date two women - it's not him. Poor Stuart. You've gotta feel for Bernadette. Such a sad revelation from Sheldon. Poor little Shelly - that could explain an awful lot.

Laughed out loud at all Sheldon's comments about wanting to see other women.
Howard is so weird sometimes.

Loved Leonard giving Amy advice and encouraging her to achieve more progress with Sheldon than he ever did. Aw.

And thanks for the thread!

Fez

I'm at work so it's another 8-9 hours until I see the episode. A Shamy hug? A great Shamy hug? Looking Forward to it.

Whimsical Elf

You won't be disappointed!

And here's the J. Radloff article.
*The Big Bang Theory* "The Hot Tub Contamination" Recap: One of Sheldon's Biggest Quirks Is Finally Explained | Glamour

I still think Sheldon's habit is an example of his OCD, it's just now we know how it originated.

smoguntia

Aw Shelly that was a sad story. And being afraid of, he would turn out like his fater is even sadder.

loved the episode, we got a lot of insights from Lenny and from Shamy. The Hot Tub storyline was great too. It was sweet that Howard tried to spend some time with Bernadette and that he didn't care about her morning sickness (talking about bathroom sounds... )

The Hot Tub storyline was a bit creepy, but also hilarious

So Raj is single now (do his girlfriends know that too?), it's a relief to hear.

IcyBerry

Just watched the episode! Liked it a lot and laughed quite a bit

It really is a sad story for Sheldon It was interesting to learn why he always knocks 3 times. I wonder if there will ever be a time where he talks to Mary about it.

Loved Leonard and Penny stepping in to help Shamy. They gave great advice! Especially liked Penny's line about thinking about the pain he's causing Amy now and Leonard listing all the things Amy got Sheldon to do

OMG, that entire tag scene is just:


The hot tub stuff was pretty meh but it was amusing at times.

Ugh Raj

soundsgood

I think also it's OCD
The writers forgot Sheldon hadn't the habit of knocking 3 times at the beginning. I don't remember when it started, season 2? It doesn't stick with the story he told

smoguntia

If I remember correctly the first time "his knock" sorf of appeared was in the 1x10 Loobenfeld episode (but it was 4 times instead of 3). But I think it didn't start earlier because Sheldon didn''t have his OCD back than but because the writers hadn't a full characterization of Sheldon in Season 1.

I don't know much about OCD and what are the reasons it causes them but could it be possible that a moment like this could be a trigger for his OCDs. Or at least one of the triggers from the many incidents in his childhood?
Or that what once was a habit when he was younger became a OCD later on?

Captain Riterra Smith

The writers have forgotten so many things I can't even keep count of it all.

meka3000

To be fair he stated what its origin was. He didn't state when he started getting in to the habit of doing it more and more.