The Big Bang Theory (TV Series)

The Maternal Combustion (2015)

Kaley Cuoco: Penny

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• Mary Cooper : When your mom gets back, I'm gonna need to apologize for the way I spoke to her.

  Penny : Well, come on, she did kinda start it.

  Mary Cooper : Doesn't matter. A good Christian would have turned the other cheek. On the other hand, a good Texan would have shot her, so I'll just split the difference.

• Penny : Leonard, what time does your mom's plane get in?

  Leonard Hofstadter : I don't know. Sometime tomorrow morning.

  Penny : Don't you want to know for sure?

  Leonard Hofstadter : No need to. As soon as she flies into California airspace, I'll feel a disturbance in the Force.

• Penny : You know, your mom's never been too thrilled with our relationship. Maybe I should get her something so she warms up to me.

  Leonard Hofstadter : If you could run out and get a PhD, that might make her like you.

  Penny : Really? It didn't work for you.

• Leonard Hofstadter : Not once did my mother ever give me any love or affection for just being myself. I always had to earn it.

  Mary Cooper : Oh, Leonard, I'm sure she loves you very much. In her own cold godless way.

  Penny : Yeah, and you certainly don't have to earn my love.

  Leonard Hofstadter : Thank you.

  Penny : Of course you already knew that when you bought me this princess-cut drill bit.

• Dr. Beverly Hofstadter : Come to Mommy.

  Penny : It's okay. Go ahead.

  [Beverly hugs Leonard awkwardly] 

  Dr. Beverly Hofstadter : Oh, my son.

  Leonard Hofstadter : Oh, my mother.

  Penny : Oh, my God.