"The Prestidigitation Approximation" is an episode of The Big Bang Theory that first aired on March 10, 2011. Directed by Mark Cendrowski. Teleplay by Chuck Lorre, Steven Molaro and Eric Kaplan, based on a story by Bill Prady, Steve Holland and Eddie Gorodetsky.
Priya (Aarti Mann) feels threatened by Leonard hanging out with his ex-girlfriend Penny all the time and tells Leonard that he has to cut the cord with her. Meanwhile, Sheldon attempts to figure out Howard's magic trick.
Tropes
- The Glasses Gotta Go: Priya convinces Leonard to switch to contacts. They don't really work for him.
- Impossibly Awesome Magic Trick: Played with. Howard repeatedly performs a card trick that has Sheldon completely stumped. At the end of the episode, it's revealed to the audience — but not Sheldon — that he's not actually finding anyone's card; they're all just playing along in order to drive Sheldon crazy.
- Noodle Incident: Sheldon mentions the time he hacked into a government computer as a kid to get uranium. This is later shown on Young Sheldon (see 'Rockets, Communists, and the Dewey Decimal System').Sheldon: Apparently, you can't hack into a government super computer and then try to buy uranium without the Department of Homeland Security tattling on your mother.
