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[S2E11] The Bath Item Gift Hypothesis


Sheldon (Jim Parsons) who disdains Christmas as a pagan ritual is disconcerted when Penny (Kaley Cuoco) brings him a Christmas gift. He now feels obligated to buy her a gift that matches the value of her gift to him, and enlists Wolowitz (Simon Helberg) and Koothrappali (Kunal Nayyar) to help him with this task which they reluctantly agree to. After deciding on a basket of bath items he discovers a large selection, so not knowing what Penny will get him, he buys the entire range to cover all contingencies. Penny's gift to Sheldon is a napkin both autographed and used by Leonard Nimoy. Sheldon, overwhelmed since he now possesses Nimoy's DNA and can grow his own Leonard Nimoy, gives Penny all the gift baskets and also a rare "Sheldon" hug.




[S2E11] The Bath Item Gift Hypothesis


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Sheldon's shopping does not go well in a bath & body shop which is a "cacophonous assault of eucalyptus, bayberry, cinnamon, and vanilla." To be fair, though, it is less scary than the Build-a-Bear shop next door. Howard picks a gift basket to purchase, but Sheldon stops him. He has no knowledge of what size gift basket to get. He experiments by "giving" the gift basket to the sales clerk. Since she acts just like Penny, Howard claims that they'll take it.


After Penny reveals that her gift is a napkin used and signed by Leonard Nemoy, the original Spock from Star Trek, Sheldon showers Penny with every backup gift that he has for her. Since all the gifts are lavish baskets of bath accessories, this leads to a comical entrance of Sheldon barely able to hold all the gifts as he tosses all of them at Penny. Jim Parsons' fantastic performance in this scene is truly what makes it special. He melts away his strict facade of Sheldon and allows the character to delight with glee as he overjoys at the gift that his new friend has given him. It's the childlike wonder combined with the comedic meltdown that makes this scene so hilarious and so memorable.


Leonard is unhappy when Penny develops feelings for a gorgeous physicist at the university. Meanwhile, Sheldon is stumped as to what to get Penny for Christmas, so he goes above and beyond the duty of friendship. She ends up getting him a pretty terrific gift and Sheldon can barely handle his excitement. You can preview the episode and watch his reaction in the scene embedded above.


Sheldon orders Howard and Raj to take him to the mall. At a bath item gift shop, Sheldon pesters the cashier, Charlotte (Michael Hyatt), with a series of questions she doesn't understand and which make her uncomfortable. Since Sheldon has that same effect on Penny, according to Howard, Sheldon should buy Penny the basket he was asking Charlotte about.


  • Tropes Always Someone Better: Dave Underhill to Leonard. Not only is he smarter and more accomplished, he's also tall and handsome. Subverted when Leonard finds out from Penny that he tried to take nude photos of her, and is married on top of that.

  • Armor-Piercing Question: Played for laughs. Leonard finally vents his frustrations and goes on at length to Penny about her dating Dave. In response, Penny (who, as we would then learn, is dealing with the aftermath of breaking up with Dave) meekly whimpers, "Why are you yelling at me?" Leonard immediately caves.

  • Also played straight in the same scene when Penny asks Leonard why he's so jealous, despite claiming to be fine with just being friends. Leonard won't answer the question, preferring to focus on Dave cheating on his wife with Penny.

  • Blatant Lies: Leonard saying he's absolutely fine with the way things currently are with Penny.

  • Christmas Episode: The first in the series. It establishes that Sheldon doesn't celebrate Christmas.

  • Green-Eyed Monster: Leonard is clearly jealous of Prof. Underhill for dating Penny.

  • Hypocrite: Leonard is dismissive of Dave, but gushes at him asking to work with him, even giving him all the phone numbers he needs to reach him like a lovestruck girl. Lampshaded immediately afterwards.Leonard: What? You've never seen a hypocrite before?

  • When finally venting his frustrations about Penny going out with Dave, Leonard accuses her of this. As Leonard notes, she says she wouldn't date him because she felt intimidated by how smart he is, only to start dating a guy substantially smarter than he is.

  • Out-of-Character Moment: Sheldon is so excited at getting a napkin signed by Leonard Nimoy that he gives Penny a hug (albeit a very awkward one).

  • Serious Business: Sheldon hates getting gifts because then he feels obligated to give one of equal value in return, which he finds difficult and time consuming.

  • Skewed Priorities: In a roundabout way, Penny says she learned Dave was already married because he had nude photos of the woman on his cellphone while trying to take nude photos of her.Leonard: He tried to take nude photos of you? Penny: That's what you took from that?! The guy is married!

  • Tempting Fate: When Sheldon explains to an increasingly irritated and confused Penny how he now has to get her a gift of equal value in return, Raj whispers to Howard. They both think it's Actually Pretty Funny when this kind of thing happens to someone else. Then Sheldon tells them he'll need a ride to the mall, at which point Howard realizes it's now happening to them, too.

  • Title Drop: At the bath item gift shop, Sheldon says the episode's title exactly. Howard: Come on, bath stuff, it's perfect! You got a scented candle, a cleansing buff, spearmint and green tea scented bath oil, it promotes relaxation. Sheldon: That presupposes Penny is tense. Raj: She knows you. She's tense. We all are. Buy a basket! Howard: Excuse me, we're ready. Sheldon: No, we're not. Let's say for a moment that I accept the bath item gift hypothesis, I now lay the following conundrum at your feet, which size? Howard: This one. Let's go.

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