"The Isolation Permutation" is an episode of The Big Bang Theory that first aired on November 3, 2011. Directed by Mark Cendrowski. Teleplay by Bill Prady, Steven Molaro and Steve Holland, based on a story by Chuck Lorre, Eric Kaplan and Tara Hernandez.
Amy becomes disheartened when Bernadette and Penny go shopping for wedding dresses without her. Much to his dismay, Sheldon ends up getting dragged into the situation when Amy needs comfort.
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- Black Comedy: For Bernadette's wedding, Amy suggests they use the dresses for her cousin's wedding, which went unused because she and her bridesmaids died of carbon monoxide poisoning.
- Skewed Priorities: When Amy suggests her dead cousin's dresses.Bernadette: I don't know. Dead people's dresses?
Penny: Yeah, and cap sleeves? Ugh! - Stating the Simple Solution:Sheldon: I can't seem to get in touch with Amy! I tried e-mail, video chat, tweeting her, posting on her Facebook wall, texting her... Nothing!
Leonard: D'you try calling her on the telephone?
Sheldon: The telephone! Y'know, Leonard, in your simple way, you may be the wisest of us all. - Vomit Discretion Shot: Amy compares herself to the tumor in the brain she's dissecting. When Bernadette tells Penny to give her some words of encouragement, Penny is at the garbage can puking.
