The Hawking Excitation



The Hawking Excitation is the twenty-first episode of the fifth season of the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory. It is set to air on 5 April 2012.

Summary
When Howard gets the opportunity to work with Stephen Hawking, Sheldon will do whatever it takes to meet him.

Title Reference
The title is derived from the excitement that Sheldon feels when Howard gets to work with Stephen Hawking, opening up the opportunity for him to meet his idol.

Quotes
Sheldon: He's a famous physicist.

Penny: ''Hang on, I know. He's the wheelchair-dude who invented time.''

Sheldon: Close enough.

Raj: (to Howard) You can make him do anything you want.

Sheldon: (wearing a French maid costume) ''What are you all staring at? You haven't seen a man trying to get to meet Stephen Hawking before? ''

Trivia

 * This is the first episode to feature Stephen Hawking as a guest star.
 * Amy will not appear in this episode, making this the first time in Season 5 that Amy is not appearing for two episodes back to back.

Source

 * Taping report kindly provided by Roxanne