The Jerusalem Duality

"The Jerusalem Duality" is the twelfth episode of the first season of The Big Bang Theory. This episode first aired on April 14, 2008.

Summary
Dennis Kim, a child genius, is looking around the university and seems to have outstripped Sheldon in every way. Sheldon decides to give up his own work and focus on other tasks. It annoys the guys so much that they try to distract Dennis in order to get Sheldon back to normal.

Extended Plot
The episode opens with Sheldon trying to explain the problems of to Leonard. They are approached by Eric Gablehauser (Mark Harelik) who introduces them to Dennis Kim (Austin Lee), Gablehauser then explains that Dennis is a and they want him to finish his doctorate at their University. Dennis is extremely obnoxious and mocks Sheldon's research. Sheldon is enraged by this. To keep Dennis happy, the two of them take him on a tour around the university, but as soon as they approach Sheldon's office he retreats to the comfort of his office and abruptly ends his tour. Despite this, Dennis enters his office and start correcting his work. Soon, Dennis leaves and Leonard continued to give him a tour. Sheldon is very depressed because Dennis is only 15 years old yet he is smarter than Sheldon. Since Sheldon feels his work as a is useless with the presence of Dennis, he decides to explore the work of his friends in hopes of a kind of collaboration, which is poorly received by everyone. Leonard, Howard, and Raj can't take anymore of Sheldon's attempt at "collaboration" so they gang together and come up with an idea of introducing Dennis to a hot girl to derail his focus. Sheldon is now focusing on creating a of  in  when Gablehauser comes in to announce that they are going to throw a welcoming party for Dennis. At the welcoming party, the gang was successful in bringing a lot of hot young girls to the party. But they soon discover a problem; the child prodigy Dennis, like most extremely intelligent people, is socially awkward. As they try to think of a solution and battle repressed memories, they discover that Dennis has already scored with a girl named Emma (Emma Degerstedt). All the balance in Sheldon's "world" is restored once more. In the final scene, the gang spotted Dennis in the park with Emma, the gang sympathizes him as they have ruin his chances to achieve great things, but Sheldon says "Screw him. He was weak".

Quotes
Sheldon: 15 years old—Dennis Kim is 15 years old, and he's already correcting my work. Today I went from being Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to—you know—that other guy. Howard: . Sheldon: Oh, God, now even you're smarter than me.

Sheldon: Engineering—where the semi-skilled laborers execute the vision of those who think and dream. Hello Oompa-Loompas of science.

Critics
"I hope the producers can see the value of telling real stories and giving their characters developed personalities. Otherwise it is going to be a frustrating few years for viewers who crave something more. The show is good enough to survive and entertain but it could be even better. This is a typical effort, I hope one day it will be atypical."

Trivia

 * Eric Gablehauser: "And he’s (Dennis Kim) only fifteen years old." Sheldon: "Not bad, I myself started graduate school at fourteen." Dennis: "Well, I lost a year while my family was tunnelling out of ." Leonard: "Advantage Kim." Leonard's response does not make sense, as Dennis Kim would be 14 like Sheldon if he hadn't lost a year. Moreover, since Kim did lose a year, the advantage goes to Sheldon.
 * Dr. Gablehauser refers to Dennis Kim as a doctoral candidate to indicate that he is a potential Ph.D. student of the Caltech Physics Department. However, the term aforementioned applies only to admitted doctoral students who have completed all the formal coursework and comprehensive examinations required of the degree, but have yet to complete the doctoral dissertation. Hence, Dennis is merely a prospective doctoral student, as opposed to a doctoral candidate.
 * This is the first time we see the Caltech cafeteria.
 * This is the first time we see Sheldon's office.
 * Sheldon says, "If you’re concerned about sharing credit with me, your name can go first." In "The Cooper-Hofstadter Polarization", Sheldon was not so content with Leonard going first: "I let you think we went alphabetically to spare you the humiliation of dealing with the fact that it was my idea. Not to put too fine a point on it, but I was throwing you a bone. You're welcome." In "The Cooper-Nowitzki Theorem", he absolutely refuses to share credit.