The Big Bang Theory recap: The 5 best moments from The D & D Vortex

This week on The Big Bang Theory, Leonard gets invited to the craziest game of Dungeons and Dragons. Here are the five best moments from the episode!

The last episode of The Big Bang Theory brought back the dilemma involving Leonard donating his swimmers to Zack and his wife. In the episode, we learn that Penny had more issues with Leonard giving up a child than she originally thought.

She even got a pep talk from her father about what she would be missing out on if she did not have kids. The end of the episode had Leonard backing out of his agreement with Zack and also left things open-ended on whether Leonard and Penny will try to have kids.

This week’s episode brings back Will Wheaton as well as many other guests celebrities. This time Will causes controversy among the group by inviting Stuart to a high profile game of Dungeons and Dragons. It’s one of the funniest episodes of the season so far, so let’s dive into the episode!

Here are the five best moments from the latest episode of The Big Bang Theory!

1. A Shatner catastrophe

Kicking off this weeks episode, Will Wheaton has Sheldon and Amy on his show Professor Proton to discuss their new discovery that may be worth a Nobel Prize. As always, the reality of Sheldon explaining anything to kids is a hilarious combination of serious moments and misunderstood sarcasm.  When the doorbell rings to announce someone entering the set, Sheldon refuses to answer the door and tells the kids that they should never answer the door for strangers and should instead “hide under the bed and think up their superhero names for when they have to avenge their parents’ deaths.”

When Amy goes to answer the door, as a special surprise for Sheldon, Will Wheaton invites William Shatner to surprise Sheldon as a special guest. As per usual, nothing goes according to plan. Sheldon automatically starts off on the wrong foot with Shatner when he insists that he be called Science Officer Cooper and insists on calling him, Captain. When Sheldon goes to shake his hand in greeting, he throws up all over Shatner, letting his nerves get the best of him.

2. A Stuart secret

After the disastrous throw-up incident on the Professor Proton show, Sheldon goes over to Will Wheaton’s house to apologize and see if he can get another chance to bond with Shatner. Even though his friends have insisted this is not a possibility, Sheldon insists Wheaton will give him another chance because “Will loves me.” Imagine his surprise when Will is less than enthusiastic about his efforts.

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When Will goes to shut the door in his face, Sheldon hears Shatner and other voices in the background playing an intense game of Dungeons and Dragons. When he goes home to tell the guys about his discovery, they make it their mission to discover who is on this celebrity guest list.

They get online to check Will’s Twitter to see what they can deduce and who do they see in a shadowy photo of the D and D game? Stuart.

When they confront him when he gets home late that night, he stumbles over himself trying not to say the wrong thing, and in the process says everything wrong. He quickly calls Will Wheaton to explain he can’t play anymore because the game “is too much pressure” and when Wheaton asks what he means, poor Stuart blurts out the embarrassing truth all over again.

3. Leonard gets a celebrity overload

After Stuart uncontrollably confesses about the game, Will removes him from the D&D circle leaving an open spot. Moments after, Leonard gets a phone call from Will and to his surprise, he invites Leonard to fill the seat. That said, he does so on the condition that Leonard says nothing about the invite or who is at the game.

Leonard agrees but he has no idea what he is in for at all. Once he gets to the game, he is seen with Kevin Smith, William Shatner, Joe Manganiello, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. This makes Leonard so giddy and excited that he can barely speak or play the game,

Then we cut to Leonard coming home with nothing but smiles on his face. He keeps wanting to tell Penny about who was there but she does not seem to care, plus he is sworn to secrecy. However, Leonard gets so excited that he eventually cracks and tells her Joe Manganiello was there. Her response, “Joe Manganiello from Magic Mike?” Leonard pays for confessing this later in the episode.