The Scavenger Vortex
- Episode aired Oct 3, 2013
- TV-PG
- 21m
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8.7/10
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The gang get competitive when they are forced to take part in Raj's scavenger hunt.The gang get competitive when they are forced to take part in Raj's scavenger hunt.The gang get competitive when they are forced to take part in Raj's scavenger hunt.
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- TriviaWhile riding with Howard, Amy looks through his MP3 player and makes fun of him for listening to 'Weird Al' Yankovic. Contrarily, Mayim Bialik is actually a huge Weird Al fan. (This clip has been used during "Weird Al" concerts.)
- GoofsAfter choosing teams, Sheldon asks Penny if she knows what the odds are of picking her name out the hat. After she says "No", he replies "It's not hard, one in five." However that is the probability of choosing her name out of the hat, not the odds. Odds are the probability of an event occurring relative to them not occurring. In this case the odds would have been 1/4 or 0.25.
- Quotes
Bernadette Rostenkowski: How am I faster than you? I'm in heels, *and* I stopped to take a phone call!
Leonard Hofstadter: I have asthma. Back off!
- Crazy creditsCHUCK LORRE PRODUCTIONS, #423
Love is a Quantum Event
We experience it as an emotion, but the feeling of love, the desire to be close to the beloved, is actually an unconscious expression of the dynamic nature of sub-atomic particles eternally trying to regroup into the singularity that was their primordial state before the Big Bang blew them apart. While this knowledge helps to explain almost all human behavior, it is completely useless for writing song lyrics and Hallmark cards. Don't even think about it for marriage proposals.
- ConnectionsReferences Little House on the Prairie (1974)
- SoundtracksHistory of Everything
(uncredited)
Written by Barenaked Ladies
Performed by Barenaked Ladies
[Series theme song played during the opening titles]
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Not a good episode in my opinion (Because of Bernadette)
This is just my opinion. I do like the concept of the scavenger hunt in idea. But my main problem is how Bernadette was treated. Bernadette is an absolute idiot to Leonard. All she does is bully him, it's not funny, it's annoying. I just don't understand, why did the writers mess up her persona from being a mature, kind woman to a fierce, unapologetic and mean-spirited person? I may never know. And why would she say lies about Penny insulting Leonard to his face?!!! That is so cruel! Obviously, I feel like Barry Kripke should have been in Bernadette's place since he's the better candidate and have Bernadette help Raj supervise the hunt. Also, I hate the part when Penny treats Raj at the end. I mean, I know Raj made the hunt fun and give the guys the "it's not always about winning, but having fun" thing, but where's the respect she had for him before, that's just so cruel. Are you serious? Also, why couldn't Raj just tell them it was friendly competition from the start, but again, that's just me. For a few good parts, I laughed with Raj on the microphone, Leonard standing up to Bernadette calling her out (she deserved it) and Amy and Howard singing together which those parts did make me chuckle. So overall, not a good episode in my opinion. I know a lot of fans love this episode and that's fine, but for me, this is what I can call the most overrated episode of the show. And again, Bernadette's role should have gone to Kripke as how she was in this episode makes me really frustrated (At least S3-6 got Bernadette right). Sorry writers, but you could have done better than this one and this episode is one I don't consider re-watching again. 4/10.
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- erikthetrainman
- Feb 27, 2022
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