History Recap / TheBigBangTheoryS1E12TheJerusalemDuality

'''Leonard:''' Howard, that's racist, any fifteen-year-old girl will do the trick. ''[Penny slams her door shut]''\\

* DidntThinkThisThrough: Sheldon insists that his plan to relocate Israelis to the Sonoran Desert and christen it as New Israel is pure genius and flawless. Though he didn't consider the fact that the Israelis don't ''want'' to relocate. In real life, most Israelis claim that their holy land was granted to them by God himself. Also, did Sheldon consider just how big of a budget is required to transport all Israelis into the desert by boat or plane and create new homes and synagogues? Also, the Sonoran Desert is virtually too hot for human settlement. In real life, civilians in Mexico who have tried to illegally immigrate into the United States through this desert died because of the heat.

Dennis Kim (Creator/AustinLee) is a 15-year-old physics prodigy who escaped from UsefulNotes/NorthKorea. The boy seems to be even more of a genius than Sheldon. And Dennis is definitely as arrogant as Sheldon: Dennis calls Sheldon's research a dead end.

Howard, Leonard and Raj decide to help Sheldon out by finding a pretty 15-year-old girl to distract Dennis. Department Chair Gablehauser (Creator/MarkHarelik) announces a reception for Dennis. Somehow the event falls on Take Your Daughter to Work Day. At the reception, Dennis hooks up with Emma (Creator/EmmaDegerstedt), they leave the reception to go to the mall.

** Though we only see a 10 second glimpse at the end of the episode with him hanging out with friends and having a drink, most likely he still does his studying and everything, he's just developed a better social lige than the main group had at that age.

* ItsXIHateX: Dennis notices that Sheldon is doing work in quantum loop corrections. He then states, "You see where I went wrong, don't you?"

'''The Jerusalem Duality''' is the twelfth episode from Season 1 of ''Series/TheBigBangTheory''. The episode centers on Dennis Kim (Creator/AustinLee), a teenaged North Korean refugee who comes in and takes over Sheldon's job and purpose in life. Sheldon works desperately to find a new career to pursue.

'''The Jerusalem Duality''' is the twelfth episode from Season 1 of ''Series/TheBigBangTheory''. The episode centers on a North Korean refugee teenager named Dennis Kim who comes in and takes over Sheldon's job and purpose in life. Sheldon works desperately to find a new career to pursue.

-->'''Dennis Kim:''' The string theory research being done here is nothing but a dead end.
-->(''Gablehauser has Dennis sit with Leonard and Sheldon for lunch, then leaves'')
-->'''Sheldon:''' (''angrily'') What the ''hell'' do you mean dead end?
-->'''Dennis Kim:''' I mean the whole landscape of false vacuums in string theory could be as large as 10 to the 500th power. In addition.. ooh, look! [[TheSnackIsMoreInteresting Chocolate milk]]! (''walks away'')

* DemotedToExtra: Penny only has a minor role here.
* DidntThinkThisThrough:
** Sheldon insists that his plan to relocate Israelis to the Sonoran Desert and christen it as New Israel is pure genius and flawless. Though he didn't consider the fact that the Israelis don't ''want'' to relocate. In real life, most Israelis claim that their holy land was granted to them by God himself. Also, did Sheldon consider just how big of a budget is required to transport all Israelis into the desert by boat or plane and create new homes and synagogues?
** The Sonoran Desert is virtually too hot for human settlement. In real life, civilians in Mexico who have tried to illegally immigrate into the United States through this desert died because of the heat.

-->'''Howard:''' Sheldon.
-->'''Sheldon:''' Yes?
-->'''Howard:''' ''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis GO. AWAY.]]''
-->'''Sheldon:''' Did Leonard tell you to say that?
-->'''Howard:''' [[SarcasmMode No, I thought of it all by myself.]]
-->'''Sheldon:''' [[SarcasmBlind Huh. It can’t be a coincidence.]]

* {{Manchild}}: 26-year old Howard complains to his mother on the phone for forgetting to put a Hostess Ding Dong (a chocolate cake with creme filling) in his lunch bag. His mom tries to calm him down by promising 2 Ding Dongs tomorrow, but Howard still whines he still has zero today.

'''Leonard:''' [imitating Yoda] A bad feeling I have about this, hmm.

-->'''Sheldon:''' You think I haven't considered it?! You really think I haven't considered it?!
-->'''Dennis:''' Have you considered it?
-->'''Sheldon:''' ({{beat}}) Get him out, Leonard!

-->'''Sheldon:''' Screw him, he was weak.

* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Dennis, who is very well-liked by Dr. Gablehauser, became the most recent youngest person to win the Stevenson Award, and has beaten Sheldon in every physicist achievement. Gablehauser foists Dennis on Leonard and Sheldon for a tour around [=CalTech=], making the two listen to insults and gloating from Dennis all day.
* WhatHaveIDone: Leonard is crippled with guilt over having ruined Dennis's life just to stop Sheldon from being slightly more annoying than usual.

* WhatHaveIDone: Leonard is crippled with guilt over having ruined Dennis's life just to stop Sheldon from being slightly more annoying than usual.
* WouldHurtAChild: The things Leonard will do to at least slightly hinder Sheldon's irritability.
-->'''Leonard:''' (''to Raj and Howard'') Hang on, are we talking about ''murdering'' Dennis Kim?! ({{beat}}) I'm not saying no.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Dennis gives one to Sheldon for working on string theory research, which is on course for a dead end. Plus, Sheldon made errors in quantum loop corrections and is no longer the youngest person to win the Stevenson Award.

* TakeYourChildToWorkDayPlot: The gang sets one of these up to get rid of Dennis. "Take Your Teenage Daughter To Work Day" is timed to coincide with the kid getting an award.

* BittersweetEnding: While Sheldon gets a great ending, Leonard, Howard and Raj while they were successful in stopping Dennis Kim from ruining their lives by making Sheldon more annoying than usual are consumed with guilt over the fact that they just paired Dennis up with a girlfriend who influenced him to drink alcohol in public and give up studying and work all for sex. There's also the issue of Dennis's grandfather still stranded in Pyongyang, North Korea and Dennis gave up working to raise enough money to smuggle him into the United States.[[note]]Also for North Korean citizens, if you defect and escape from North Korea into any foreign country, your family members could be arrested and thrown into a detention camp or even executed.[[/note]]

** Sheldon insists that his plan to relocate Israelis to the Sonoran Desert and christen it as New Israel is pure genius and flawless. Though he didn't consider what if the Israelis don't ''want'' to relocate. In real life, most Israelis claim that their holy land was granted to them by God himself. Also, did Sheldon consider just how big of a budget is required to transport all Israelis into the desert by boat or plane and create new homes and synagogues?

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Dennis gives one to Sheldon for working on string theory research which is on course for a dead end plus Sheldon made errors in quantum loop corrections and no longer is the youngest person to win the Stevenson Award.
** Dennis also gives a "The Reason [=CalTech=] Sucks" speech complaining [=CalTech=] lacks an open-science grid computer and an free-electron laser which makes Dr. Gablehauser plead him to give [=CalTech=] one more chance that they're still updating their equipment.
** And also he points out Leonard should stop ending sentences with prepositions.

* TheThingThatWouldNotLeave:

* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Dennis can get easily distracted, which Leonard discovers is [[WeaksauceWeakness his weakness and ultimately uses that against him]].

* {{Hypocrite}}: Sheldon keeps ordering Dennis to leave his office disturbing his work, but he hesitates to leave when Leonard, Howard and Raj do so when he also disturbs their work.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Probably not intended at the time, but Dennis' comment that string theory is a dead end foreshadows Sheldon abandoning his work on it on season seven.

* BittersweetEnding: While Sheldon gets a great ending, Leonard, Howard and Raj while they were successful in stopping Dennis Kim from ruining their lives by making Sheldon more annoying than usual are consumed with guilt over the fact that they just paired Dennis up with a girlfriend who influenced him to drink alcohol in public and give up studying and work all for sex. There's also the issue of Dennis's grandfather still stranded in Pyongyang, North Korea and Dennis gave up working to raise enough money to smuggle him into the United States.[[note]]Also for North Korean citizens, if you defect and escape from North Korea into any foreign country, your family members could be arrested and thrown into a detention camp or even executed since the hermit kingdom strictly prohibits defection.[[/note]]

* BittersweetEnding: While Sheldon gets a great ending, Leonard, Howard and Raj while they were successful in stopping Dennis Kim from ruining their lives by making Sheldon more annoying than usual are consumed with guilt over the fact that they just paired Dennis up with a girlfriend who influenced him to drink alcohol in public and give up studying and work all for sex. There's also the issue of Dennis's grandfather still stranded in Pyongyang, North Korea and Dennis gave up working to raise enough money to smuggle him into the United States.[[note]]Also for North Korean citizens, if you defect and escape from North Korea into any foreign country, your family members could be arrested and thrown into a detention camp or even executed since the hermit kingdom's dictatorship strictly prohibits defection.[[/note]]

* KickTheDog: Dennis is hostile towards Leonard almost as immediately as when they first meet. [[TheDogBitesBack Leonard kills his career and future as payback]].
* LesserOfTwoEvils: Leonard at first cheers/roots for Dennis to win because of the former's contempt for Sheldon. Though seeing just what effect Dennis has on Sheldon, Leonard schemes with Howard and Raj to destroy Dennis (be it literally or just career-wise).

* DidntThinkThisThrough: Sheldon insists that his plan to relocate Israelis to Mexico and christen it as New Israel is pure genius and flawless. Though he didn't consider what if the Israelis don't ''want'' to relocate. In real life, most Israelis claim that their holy land was granted to them by God himself. Also, did Sheldon consider just how big of a budget is required to transport all Israelis into Mexico by boat or plane and create new homes and synagogues?

* TeenGenius: Dennis Kim is fifteen and already a candidate for a doctorate.

* BittersweetEnding: While Sheldon gets a great ending, Leonard, Howard and Raj while they were successful in stopping Dennis Kim from ruining their lives by making Sheldon more annoying than usual are consumed with guilt over the fact that they just paired Dennis up with a girlfriend who influenced him to drink alcohol in public and give up studying and work all for sex. There's also the issue of Dennis's grandfather still stranded in Pyongyang, North Korea and Dennis gave up working to raise enough money to smuggle him into the United States.[[note]]Also for North Korean citizens, if one or more of your family escapes from North Korea into a foreign country, you could be arrested and thrown into a detention camp or even executed since the hermit kingdom's dictatorship strictly prohibits defection.[[/note]]

* BittersweetEnding: While Sheldon gets a great ending, Leonard, Howard and Raj while they were successful in stopping Dennis Kim from ruining their lives by making Sheldon more annoying than usual are consumed with guilt over the fact that they just paired Dennis up with a girlfriend who influenced him to drink alcohol in public and give up studying and work all for sex. There's also the issue of Dennis's grandfather still stranded in Pyongyang, North Korea and Dennis gave up working to raise enough money to smuggle him into the United States.