The Clean Room Infiltration
- Episode aired Dec 11, 2014
- TV-PG
- 19m
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
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Amy hosts a traditional Victorian Christmas Eve dinner as Raj's father comes to visit, while the guys try to shoo out a bird they let into the university clean room.Amy hosts a traditional Victorian Christmas Eve dinner as Raj's father comes to visit, while the guys try to shoo out a bird they let into the university clean room.Amy hosts a traditional Victorian Christmas Eve dinner as Raj's father comes to visit, while the guys try to shoo out a bird they let into the university clean room.
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It all starts when Amy decides to throw a Victorian Christmas party. Raj's father is in the States and goes to the party, which proves to be as dull as one could imagine. Ii tired fast of the efforts to get birds out of the clean room which pulls people away from the party. I wanted to be over as soon as possible.
I'll start with this season. To enjoy this season, you need to expect dull moments, poor writing and annoying acting. This episode may be worth a high rating for this season, but for the series, it isn't that much. To balance out of expectations and overall feel of the show, I give it a 4.8, which rounds to 5 on IMDb. Now onto the episode, Sheldon was completely out of character (usual for this season). I would say he was about as dumb (or smart) as your average person. I suppose they forgot he is (was?) the smartest person in the world/show. Penny was being her typical- to-recent-seasons jerk. Leonard again is clueless. Raj and Howard still can't get along. Bernadette is continuing her caricature extremes. Amy was decent, but overall bore.
10ycare591
People have been saying that The Big Bang Theory has been declining. But this episode proves that people are wrong and that the show is still fun to watch. This was an amazing and funny episode. All the characters were good. We were even able to meet a new character. Jim Parsons was amazing as always. I hope there are more episodes like this. A pretty fun episode. This show is still not dead. This episode of the big bang theory was a 10/10. I hope the following episodes will be just as good. It was probably as good as last years episode of the Thanksgiving one. And that's all I have to say. Nothing more, nothing less.
As others have said in their own reviews - this is not a bad episode by Series Eight standards where the form of the show has varied hugely.
It seems that we get one nice decent plot and then one absolutely stinker of a plot to go with it.
In its own way I suppose the Sheldon/Amy plot is the better of the two, but even that has some mean-spirited elements to it. I'd take that over any plot involving Howard and Bernadette by this stage though.
The plot with the bird in the clean room is rubbish quite simply. A waste of the talented cast members left trying to elevate woefully poor material.
As for Penny - what a nice Jennifer Aniston impression Kaley Cucco does...
It seems that we get one nice decent plot and then one absolutely stinker of a plot to go with it.
In its own way I suppose the Sheldon/Amy plot is the better of the two, but even that has some mean-spirited elements to it. I'd take that over any plot involving Howard and Bernadette by this stage though.
The plot with the bird in the clean room is rubbish quite simply. A waste of the talented cast members left trying to elevate woefully poor material.
As for Penny - what a nice Jennifer Aniston impression Kaley Cucco does...
So this is where the once great show of the Big Bang Theory has ended up, stupid plots (Amy plans a big Christmas party, so of course the boys go into work on that day, and Bernadette, who's driving Sheldon to the party gets talked into spending hours at the mall, WHILE DRIVING TO THE PARTY to find a gift to make Amy FEEL BAD) and child molestation jokes from the once brilliant and beautiful mind of Sheldon Cooper. Sigh.
It was bad enough watching them turn Sheldon turn into a three year old (complete with sticky fingers) and having Amy get off on it (saying she thought "He's like a sexy Toddler", and using the child molestation grooming guidebook to get him to like her), but the having The Powers That Be have Sheldon (The epitome of innocence) joke about his Uncle being a drunk child molester, but it's o.k. since its legal in Oklahoma is disturbing on so many levels. (although it might explain why he doesn't want anyone in his room and screams Danger, Danger when being woken up).
Knowing Moreno spent time at Nickelodeon making kids shows makes me wonder why he feels the need to put a predator/prey relationship and molestation jokes into this show. If this is the really the kind of stuff he thinks is o.k., maybe the Los Angeles Police Department should take a look into his computers.
It was bad enough watching them turn Sheldon turn into a three year old (complete with sticky fingers) and having Amy get off on it (saying she thought "He's like a sexy Toddler", and using the child molestation grooming guidebook to get him to like her), but the having The Powers That Be have Sheldon (The epitome of innocence) joke about his Uncle being a drunk child molester, but it's o.k. since its legal in Oklahoma is disturbing on so many levels. (although it might explain why he doesn't want anyone in his room and screams Danger, Danger when being woken up).
Knowing Moreno spent time at Nickelodeon making kids shows makes me wonder why he feels the need to put a predator/prey relationship and molestation jokes into this show. If this is the really the kind of stuff he thinks is o.k., maybe the Los Angeles Police Department should take a look into his computers.
Did you know
- TriviaAlthough having made several prior appearances on the show, this is the first time that Brian George as Raj's father appears on screen with the other characters and not via web cam.
- GoofsBesides not being properly dressed for the clean room (no masks, gloves), there is a problem with the clean room. Clean rooms are overpressurized. The air pressure in the room is slightly greater than outside because it helps keep the dust out. You can't overpressurize a room if hanging plastic/vinyl slats acts as your door. And you need to pass through an air shower, after you are suited up, to enter a clean room. You open a door, walk in, the door closes, the shower starts and when it is finished the opposite door opens allowing entry to the clean room. Exiting happens in reverse. The 2 doors are never open at the same time. So, even if a dock door was left open, there is no possible way for a bird (or 2) to fly into a clean room.
- Quotes
Leonard Hofstadter: How do we catch it?
Howard Wolowitz: What if we turn off all the lights except for one and it'll come to it?
Leonard Hofstadter: It's not a moth!
- Crazy creditsCHUCK LORRE PRODUCTIONS, #477
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- ConnectionsReferences Star Trek (1966)
- SoundtracksHistory of Everything
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Written by Barenaked Ladies
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