"The Occupation Recalibration" is an episode of The Big Bang Theory that first aired on January 9, 2014. Directed by Mark Cendrowski. Teleplay by Steven Molaro, Jim Reynolds and Steve Holland, based on a story by Eric Kaplan, Maria Ferrari and Tara Hernandez.
Penny quits her job at the Cheesecake Factory to focus on her acting career and Leonard pretends to support her in that decision, but Penny easily sees through him.
Sheldon is not happy that he's being forced to take his unused vacation days, and winds up doing yoga with Penny.
Amy discovers that she has a gentleman admirer, Bert Kibbler (Brian Posehn), introduced in the previous season episode "The Contractual Obligation Implementation".
Tropes
- Continuity Nod: Howard and Raj rattle off the names of females who rejected them; on Howard's list is Marci Grossman, presumably the same Marci he made the subject of a My Girl song parody mentioned in The Killer Robot Instability.
- Cursed with Awesome: Sheldon does not enjoy his enforced vacation.
- Hopeless Suitor: Bert from the Geology Department has a crush on Amy.
- Waiting for a Break: Subverted in this episode; Penny decides to quit her job to pursue acting full time.
