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Nov 4, 2010 · The Apology Insufficiency: Directed by Mark Cendrowski. With Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg. An FBI agent interviews the guys when Howard needs to obtain a security clearance.
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- Comedy, Romance
- Mark Cendrowski
- 2010-11-04
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"The Apology Insufficiency" is the seventh episode of the fourth season of the American sitcom The Big Bang Theory. This episode first aired on Thursday, November 4, 2010.
Howard is trying to get top secret government security clearance, and in order to clear him, an F.B.I. agent interviews his friends about his past and any secrets he may have. This leads to Sheldon putting Howard's career in jeopardy.
Leonard decides that to attract women he has to exude confidence. Sheldon wants to talk about capybara rodents. When Leonard demonstrates his new act, Raj is impressed and Sheldon wants to talk about rodents. Howard walks in to tell about his new project with the Department of Defense which requires him to have a top level security clearance. He used the three of them as references and the F.B.I. Raj is naturally scared, as he has it could be a one-way trip back to Gandhi-ville.
Raj is at home reading "New Moon" and is interrupted by F.B.I. Special Agent Angela Page, a beautiful and formidable woman. The conversation starts out a bit muted until Raj liquors up with some rum cake. Raj has known Howard for seven years, never committed a felony, and his only known foreign contact is Raj. Suddenly Raj becomes completely paranoid that she will have him deported back to India. He goes on how he loves America to the confusion of Agent Page.
Next Leonard is visited by Agent Page who decides to come on to her with his new confidence act whipping off his eyeglasses. He was glad to get Scully instead of Mulder; however, Agent Page does not know the "X-Files" series. Leonard tells her that she pops, sparkles, and buzzes electric and that he'll pick her up at 8. She agrees and asks if she can bring along her 6' 2" Navy SEAL husband. He missed seeing her wedding ring or anything without his glasses on.
When she visits Sheldon, he naturally doesn't trust her, despite Agent Page showing her badge. Sheldon has a Justice League ID card, but it doesn't mean he knows Batman. Finally he asks her the F.B.I. motto (fidelity, bravery, integrity) which convinces Sheldon. Agent Page asks if he considers Howard responsible. Sheldon shows her his 9-disc Blu-Ray edition of “The Lord of the Rings”, in which Howard accidentally damaged one of the plastic retention hubs and didn't tell him. He also changed one of his World of Warcraft characters from "Sheldor" to "Smelldor", insisted Sheldon go see the third "Matrix" movie, crashed the Mars rover to impress a woman, .... Oops! Agent Page made note of that comment. Sheldon wants to retract it since it didn't involve him.
Another day, Howard confronts the gang because he didn't get his security clearance and can't work on the DoD project. Raj confesses he was drunk on rum cake and Leonard admitted to hitting on her. Sheldon doesn't say a thing, but is clearly upset. During the night he is discussing the topic with Leonard who tells him directly that this experience must be a dream. There is a Star Trek Gorn creature sitting in his spot who waves to him. Sheldon wakes up abruptly.
Sheldon tries to talk to Agent Page, but she refuses to change her findings and the matter is closed. Sheldon starts to read a poem he wrote praising Howard. (H is for ...) She stops him making him frustrated and he starts to talk about Leonard almost giving away rocket secrets to a North Korean spy. She starts taking notes and asks if that's Leonard Hofstadter. Sheldon leaves after telling her, “No, this was a different Leonard, Chinese, red hair, six fingers...”
•Guest starring:
•Eliza Dushku as FBI Agent Angela Page
•Neil deGrasse Tyson as Himself
•Michael Shawn McCracken as Gorn
•Teleplay: Bill Prady, Steven Molaro & Steve Holland
•Story: Chuck Lorre, Lee Aronsohn & Maria Ferrari
•The TV Critic: "Sheldon's decision to offer Howard his spot on the couch is another victory for continuity. The writing has so consistently made that spot a core component of Sheldon's character that the offer to Howard came across as a genuinely meaningful sacrifice on Sheldon's part...The scenes with Sheldon confronting Agent Page and then chatting to Penny suffered because they had little purpose. They were attempts to exploit Sheldon's ability to get laughs but they failed. Sheldon works at his best when he organically interacts with the outside world as he did in the original interview."
•The A.V. Club gave this episode a B- rating.
•Title Reference: The title refers to Sheldon's first apology to Howard about his comments to the F.B.I. that he considered insufficient.
•Chuck Lorre's vanity card.
•This episode was watched by 14.00 million people with a rating of 4.7 (adults 18–49).
•This episode aired in Canada on November 4, 2010, with 3.408 million viewers and a weekly ranking of #1.
•In the United Kingdom, this episode aired on December 16, 2010, with 0.832 million total viewers and a weekly ranking of #13.
•In Australia, it aired on February 16, 2011, with 0.964 million viewers.
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