Episode 8.3 Recap 

Rover Throws The Ball – The Big Bang Theory – Season 8 Episode 3 – “The First Pitch Insufficiency” – Recap

This week on The Big Bang Theory, we get to see Howard in his 15 minutes of fame. NASA has asked him to throw out the first pitch at an L.A. Angels baseball game and he is more that excited to do it. Nervous about being athletic enough, he sets out with Bernadette and Raj to prepare for the momentous occasion.

Sheldon and Amy invite Leonard and Penny to go on a double date with them. Sheldon decides on a pub and they all settle in for a discussion on who has the best relationship in the gang. Sheldon goes off about how he and Amy are of course the best of the group and they rated an 8.2 out of 10 on the test he took on their relationship. Leonard gets offended and is willing to take the test, but Penny doesn’t want to do it. She is already nervous that they don’t have very much in common.

Howard ends up with a sore arm after his first round of practicing for the big game, but he insists on moving forward. Bernadette and Raj take him out to practice some more and Bernadette finds herself frustrated when Howard gets to intense about the process. Howard later asks an astronaut that he knows if he should do it and the guy shoots him down insulting his throwing abilities and tops it off with and insult about how he ended up with such a good looking wife. With little to no self esteem left, Howard decides to go through with it anyways.

Back at the pub, Leonard and Penny discuss their relationship away from Amy and Sheldon. Leonard makes Penny feel much better about the status of their relationship and says they have things in common, one of the things they can both agree on is that Leonard is not funny. She softens up a bit and feels better. Back at the table, Amy hears Leonard talk about how committed he is to Penny and she gets jealous. Sheldon jumps in and tells her “we got an 8.2 trust me you’re happy”.

They all head out to the ball game to support Howard on his big day. Howard and Bernadette are on the field and getting ready for the first pitch. The gang sits patiently awaiting the results and looking forward to the game, except for Sheldon. He would much rather watch the first pitch and then head out to Disneyland for the day. Amy bribes him to stay and they continue to watch the spectacle that is their friend, out on the field. Instead of throwing the ball out traditionally, Howard has decided to have the Mars Rover do it for him. Clever idea of course, but it doesn’t quite go the way he had planned. The ball doesn’t get thrown properly and it ends up taking more time than the anxious crowd is prepared to wait. They start booing him and Sheldon decides it might be best for them to go to Disneyland and “come back later to see the end of the pitch.”

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Rover Throws The Ball – The Big Bang Theory – Season 8 Episode 3 – “The First Pitch Insufficiency” – Recap was last modified: September 30th, 2014 by

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