The Big Bang Theory (Season 8)

时长:00:20:05 / 首播:2014-09-22
Sheldon is allowed to keep his job at the university and study what he wants in exchange for becoming a junior professor and teaching a class. Sheldon is not happy with the arrangement as he feels the students will not be smart enough to teach. Nobody signs up for Sheldon's class because of his reputation, but Howard decides to take it and earn his doctorate much to the surprise of Leonard and Raj. Despite Leonard telling Sheldon he is insecure and feels threatened by someone being on his intellectual level, Sheldon decides to focus on areas of physics that Howard does not understand. Howard gets him back by being a horrible student, launching a spitball that goes into Sheldon's mouth, and dropping the class. Howard then tries to make Sheldon feel inferior with difficult engineering questions, and succeeds. The guys eventually heal their relationship by inventing a quiz game featuring scientific topics.

Meanwhile, Bernadette feels Penny should start studying for her pharmaceutical job but Penny feels she can put it off and wait for them to train her. This leads to tension as Bernadette feels she is not taking the job seriously and Penny feels Bernadette is pushing too hard. Amy loves being in the middle, pretending to agree with both of them so she can spend time with each one alone and increase her bond of friendship by talking trash about the other woman. But her good times are short-lived when Bernadette and Penny apologize to each other. Bernadette helps Penny prepare for the job at her apartment, and the two decide to invite Amy for a girl's night out; Amy, who had been secretly eavesdropping outside Penny's door, rushes down the stairs to take Penny's call.

Recurring character: Regina King as Mrs. Davis

Title reference: The solution that allows Sheldon to keep working at the university if he becomes a Junior Professor.