The Russian Rocket Reaction

The Russian Rocket Reaction is the fifth episode of the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory. It aired on 13 October 2011.

Summary
Howard is given an amazing "out of this world" job opportunity, but it doesn't go down well with Bernadette. Meanwhile, Sheldon takes offence when Leonard decides to attend a party held by Sheldon's mortal enemy, Wil Wheaton.

Trivia

 * Amy says Sheldon is a left-handed monkey wrench.
 * Leonard is a good negotiator.
 * Bernadette's father was a police officer and she always worried about his safety. (This is ironically similar to the situation in ABC sitcom, "Roseanne", where Roseanne was concerned for her sister, Jackie's safety when she became a cop. Coincidently, Laurie Metcalf, who played Jackie, guest stars in TBBT, as Sheldon's mother, Mary Cooper and co-creator, Chuck Lorre, was once a writer for "Roseanne").
 * When Howard tells Bernadette about his father leaving him when he was 11, she surprisingly had no sympathy.
 * Sheldon has a list of around 61 enemies, contained on an old floppy disc (he started the list at age 9).
 * Howard is now the first out of the four guys to kick a woman out of the house.
 * Bernadette says that Howard is like a baby bird; he once had an asthma attack from reading an old library book (Sheldon threw his back out handing it to him) and he also got seasick on the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disneyland.