LoneHaranguer

If she was going to go that route, it would have made more sense for her to buy a replacement coat at the Salvation Army store before putting the remainder of the money in the kettle. Then she'd have a coat for winter, and the SA would still have all of the cash the girl got for the new coat. BTW, how'd she do that? It seems unlikely her parents both paid cash for the coat and gave her the receipt.

He has before, but not without going to extreme effort; remember Toby Loobenfeld aka "Cousin Leopold" in the first season? Sheldon probably would have blabbed as soon as he felt he had something to brag about.

Not published, but available to anyone with sufficient security clearance, including Kripke apparently, since the guys had no problem bringing him in, and he had a contact at the DOD to do an end-run. If the guys hadn't put in a special effort to one-up Sheldon on his idea for an offshoot of the prior work, someone at the DOD or another university might have.

Matt hasn't always followed proper sanitary procedures, so maybe he doesn't belong there either. I know he's no different from many other chefs, but he's got cameras recording him.

The shirt probably isn't his and is intended to cover whatever he showed up wearing. That could be something with a brand name, recognizable logo, or rude message the producers didn't consider acceptable.

No, but there hasn't been much centered around her. Being friends with Beverly was an exception. For some reason, Raj and Howard seem to have been in the forefront a lot.

According to Sheldon on TBBT, his father started pushing football on him when he was five and he hated that. But that means by nine he should have been able to get somewhere with the jocks if he had bothered to show off his knowledge. And football strategy would carry over into other games Sheldon would play later. Sheldon never appreciated what his father was doing, and that's gotta suck for George.

Technological developments are almost always based on what others have already done. Saying that Sheldon stole their work is like saying that the creators of the first laser printer stole the work of those who developed lasers, It would have been nice if he had invited the guys to be part of his new project, but he didn't need them and the military didn't want them.

Clearly his only exposure to comics prior to this was to ones targeted to kids and he assumed they were all like that.

He didn't. He came up with an idea for a communications system using the same scientific principles. I'm reminded of the scene where the guys were ready to blow off schmoozing the tenure committee when Kripke walked in and Leonard said something like "we can't lose to that jerk". They should have gotten a written agreement like they did with Sheldon (who can also be quite a jerk). According to the company's web site, they sell it through amazon.com

I liked it too, but it's hard to ignore some pieces of pretty bad writing and acting in what I would otherwise consider a first-rate season. Thank you. That's the word that just wouldn't come to me.

To hold his copy of the script?

I like Hector Elizondo in "A Case of Immunity" because his character is so certain his political connections and diplomatic immunity will protect him.

The advantage of the abbreviation is that the D can stand for something derogatory (e.g. dumbass) and people can figure from the context what you mean, so you don't have to spell it out.

When you're being pretentious, it can be hard to know when you get something wrong.

None of the prison stuff was done well. Nobody would have been fooled by the patsy with the fresh tattoos. Or let Kai play dress-up and walk out; it was supposed to be a maximum security prison. What kind of prison has its pay phones outside where you can see traffic pass by? Are big tough inmates really going to follow a guy who wants to lock pinkies? Not just surface level, but at a straw-man representation, like the writers were cribbing from the late-night comics.

The food looks unremarkable. The menu itself has been sprinkled with words and phrases intended to impress (e.g. the mashed potatoes are "pommes puree"). Under the king salmon, is "seasame" a typo? Google thinks so. Based on what I saw, I'm willing to give her the benefit of the doubt in that I think she asked and Matt hadn't decided yet. But that doesn't excuse her from copping an attitude about it in front of the guests. Isn't that what the producers wanted? Kate probably can't fire her (or anyone else she's been unhappy with). That would explain Kate's attitude, and Jen's.

I don't see much chance of an ending in which the bodies aren't found and hauled away by authorities, so Ivy's will get buried. Ally could be visiting to gloat.

Belts generally have softer leather than shoes, so it sounds like he doesn't want a strong taste.

The first line on the gravestone, in big letters, is "IVY". The letters are a little scrunched, but recognizable when you consider the limited possibilities.

In fairness, some cars are streamlined in a way that makes it impossible to see any part of the front end while seated in the car. There's something you can attach to the bumper that has a plastic rod that sticks up, but I've only seen one person install one. Too low-tech I guess, when you can get cameras or a self-parking feature.

He's probably too lazy to walk the extra distance, or to go to the effort of parallel parking when he can have a car that'll do it by itself.

Maybe Jen thought she was just getting an acting role and there would be behind-the-scenes staff that would do the real work (there are for some of the things on board).

I don't think I've ever heard anyone say that an MD is an "academic", and that's kind of the point. Those that say "PhD" stands for "Phony Doctor" appreciate more someone whose effort was aimed at doing something of practical value. That isn't to say you can't respect anyone who puts in a lot of effort to reach a goal, but that can apply just as much to winning a marathon.

There was a reality competition called Scream Queens in which prospective actresses competed for a part in a SAW movie. One of the episodes included some quick instruction in how to cry on cue. It's not an indicator of talent.