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Dr. Lorvis (Creator/BillyBobThornton), one of Penny's doctor clients, misinterprets her flirting as her being interested in him and tracks her down and brings flowers. He learns that she's engaged to Leonard and it saddens him, so Sheldon offers him a hot beverage, and the guys listen to his celebrity medical stories until Penny comes home.
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Dr. Lorvis (Creator/BillyBobThornton), one of Penny's doctor clients, misinterprets her flirting as her being interested in him and tracks her down and brings flowers. He flowers, unannounced, to Apartment 4B.
The somehow unmarried doctor learns thatshe's Penny's engaged to Leonard Leonard, and it saddens him, so him. So, Sheldon offers him Lorvis a hot beverage, beverage at Apartment 4A, and the guys listen to his celebrity medical stories stories, name-dropping several famous patients, until Penny comes home.
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Penny pulls Leonard aside and explains that as a sales representative, she can't socialize with clients. Leonard must get rid of Lorvis. Lorvis invites Howard, Raj and Sheldon to his home to show off his collectibles. Leonard asks if he can come along, Lorvis says yes. This is not what Penny meant by "get rid of him," but Leonard counts it as such.
Howard, Leonard, Raj and Sheldon are really enjoying themselves at Lorvis's rec room, until Leonard notices that the bad doctor has disappeared and they're locked in. Lorvis is back at Apartment 4A trying to woo Penny. When Penny gets a call from Leonard, she demands Lorvis release Leonard and his friends.
Meanwhile, Bernadette is excited to appear in a magazine article about sexy women scientists, until Amy points out that it's sexist and degrading. Even so, Bernadette's disappointed when the photo shoot is canceled. Amy wrote "a scathing letter" to the magazine's editor, who then agreed the article was in bad taste.[[note]]In real life, Creator/MelissaRauch, who plays Bernadette, had already appeared on ''Maxim'' when this episode first aired.[[/note]]
The somehow unmarried doctor learns that
Penny pulls Leonard aside and explains that as a sales representative, she can't socialize with clients. Leonard must get rid of Lorvis. Lorvis invites Howard, Raj and Sheldon to his home to show off his collectibles. Leonard asks if he can come along, Lorvis says yes. This is not what Penny meant by "get rid of him," but Leonard counts it as such.
Howard, Leonard, Raj and Sheldon are really enjoying themselves at Lorvis's rec room, until Leonard notices that the bad doctor has disappeared and they're locked in. Lorvis is back at Apartment 4A trying to woo Penny. When Penny gets a call from Leonard, she demands Lorvis release Leonard and his friends.
Meanwhile, Bernadette is excited to appear in a magazine article about sexy women scientists, until Amy points out that it's sexist and degrading. Even so, Bernadette's disappointed when the photo shoot is canceled. Amy wrote "a scathing letter" to the magazine's editor, who then agreed the article was in bad taste.[[note]]In real life, Creator/MelissaRauch, who plays Bernadette, had already appeared on ''Maxim'' when this episode first aired.[[/note]]
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that's not Artistic License Medicine, that's just a doctor violating confidentiality, something that does happen in real life
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Dr. Lorvis is violating all kinds of doctor/patient confidentiality laws by bragging about his clients. But as Thornton's a one-off guest star, we never learn whether Lorvis suffers any consequences for his casual attitude with patient information.
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* ArtisticLicenseMedicine: Dr. Lorvis is violating all kinds of doctor/patient confidentiality laws by bragging about his clients.
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linking Billy Bob Thornton
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One of Penny's doctor clients misinterprets her flirting as her being interested in him and tracks her down and brings flowers. He learns that she's engaged to Leonard and it saddens him, so Sheldon offers him a hot beverage, and the guys listen to his celebrity medical stories until Penny comes home.
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Dr. Lorvis (Creator/BillyBobThornton), one of Penny's doctor
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Hot Scientist is no longer a trope
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* HotScientist: Bernadette is offered to appear in a magazine promoting beautiful scientists. It goes south when Amy's complaining to the magazine over the sexist overtones gets the article pulled. Which makes Bernadette mad enough to insult Amy over her looks. But both forget about it when they have to rescue the guys from Dr. Lorvis.
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* PassThePopcorn: While Leonard confronts Dr. Lorvis about trying to date Penny, Sheldon, Howard and Rajesh stand by the doorway, Chinese take-out in hand.
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* StalkerwithACrush: Dr. Lorvis. He's shown to be a very shallow person who doggedly stalks any woman who makes physical contact with him. Indeed, the girls find him extremely creepy, and when they learn he's locked the boys in his game room, the girls forcefully march him back to free the boys.
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* StalkerwithACrush: StalkerWithACrush: Dr. Lorvis. He's shown to be a very shallow person who doggedly stalks any woman who makes physical contact with him. Indeed, the girls find him extremely creepy, and when they learn he's locked the boys in his game room, the girls forcefully march him back to free the boys.
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* StalkerwithACrush: Dr. Lorvis. He's shown to be a very shallow person who doggedly stalks any woman who makes physical contact with him. Indeed, the girls find him extremely creepy, and when they learn he's locked the boys in his game room, the girls forcefully march him back to free the boys.
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* HypocriticalHumor: Howard making jokes about Dr. Lorvis still living with his mother. Raj is not amused.
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* SpecialGuest: Creator/BillyBobThorton as Dr. Lorvis.
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* SpecialGuest: Creator/BillyBobThorton Creator/BillyBobThornton as Dr. Lorvis.
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* SpecialGuestStar: Creator/BillyBobThorton as Dr. Lorvis.
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* SpecialGuestStar: SpecialGuest: Creator/BillyBobThorton as Dr. Lorvis.
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* BrickJoke: Bernadette rants about the double standard of a hot female scientists, noting that "no one would want to see Creator/NeilDeGrasseTyson in a wet T-shirt bending over a Porsche!" The Chuck Lorre Productions VanityCard at the end shows just such a picture.
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* BrickJoke: Bernadette rants about the double standard of a hot female scientists, noting that "no one would want to see Creator/NeilDeGrasseTyson UsefulNotes/NeilDeGrasseTyson in a wet T-shirt bending over a Porsche!" The Chuck Lorre Productions VanityCard VanityPlate at the end shows just such a picture.
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One of Penny's doctor clients misinterprets her flirting as her being interested in him and tracks her down and brings flowers. He learns that she's engaged to Leonard and it saddens him, so Sheldon offers him a hot beverage, and the guys listen to his celebrity medical stories untilPenny comes home.
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One of Penny's doctor clients misinterprets her flirting as her being interested in him and tracks her down and brings flowers. He learns that she's engaged to Leonard and it saddens him, so Sheldon offers him a hot beverage, and the guys listen to his celebrity medical stories untilPenny until Penny comes home.
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* ShoutOut: The doctor talks about his celebrity patients and the shows they give him props from, including Sigourney Weaver and Tobey Maguire.
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* ArtisticLicenseMedicine: Dr. Lorvis is violating all kinds of doctor/patient confidentiality laws by bragging about his clients.
* BrickJoke: Bernadette rants about the double standard of a hot female scientists, noting that "no one would want to see Creator/NeilDeGrasseTyson in a wet T-shirt bending over a Porsche!" The Chuck Lorre Productions VanityCard at the end shows just such a picture.
* HopelessSuitor: Deconstructed with Dr. Lorvis, who tries to woo Penny after confusing her sales tactics for affection and later does the same with Amy.
* HotScientist: Bernadette is offered to appear in a magazine promoting beautiful scientists. It goes south when Amy's complaining to the magazine over the sexist overtones gets the article pulled. Which makes Bernadette mad enough to insult Amy over her looks. But both forget about it when they have to rescue the guys from Dr. Lorvis.
* LockedInARoom: Dr. Lorvis locks the guys in his rec room while he tries to go out with Penny. Only they don't mind since they're too busy playing ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong''.
* MyEyesAreUpHere: After learning the photo shoot was canceled, Amy tells Bernadette that she wants people focusing on her achievements instead of her breasts. And then Bernadette catches her staring at them.
-->'''Bernadette:''' Hey! Up here!\\
'''Amy:''' Sorry, we just... were talking about them.
* ShoutOut: The doctor talks about his celebrity patients and the shows they give him props from, includingSigourney Weaver Creator/SigourneyWeaver and Tobey Maguire.Creator/TobeyMaguire.
* SpecialGuestStar: Creator/BillyBobThorton as Dr. Lorvis.
* BrickJoke: Bernadette rants about the double standard of a hot female scientists, noting that "no one would want to see Creator/NeilDeGrasseTyson in a wet T-shirt bending over a Porsche!" The Chuck Lorre Productions VanityCard at the end shows just such a picture.
* HopelessSuitor: Deconstructed with Dr. Lorvis, who tries to woo Penny after confusing her sales tactics for affection and later does the same with Amy.
* HotScientist: Bernadette is offered to appear in a magazine promoting beautiful scientists. It goes south when Amy's complaining to the magazine over the sexist overtones gets the article pulled. Which makes Bernadette mad enough to insult Amy over her looks. But both forget about it when they have to rescue the guys from Dr. Lorvis.
* LockedInARoom: Dr. Lorvis locks the guys in his rec room while he tries to go out with Penny. Only they don't mind since they're too busy playing ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong''.
* MyEyesAreUpHere: After learning the photo shoot was canceled, Amy tells Bernadette that she wants people focusing on her achievements instead of her breasts. And then Bernadette catches her staring at them.
-->'''Bernadette:''' Hey! Up here!\\
'''Amy:''' Sorry, we just... were talking about them.
* ShoutOut: The doctor talks about his celebrity patients and the shows they give him props from, including
* SpecialGuestStar: Creator/BillyBobThorton as Dr. Lorvis.
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One of Penny's doctor clients misinterprets her flirting as her being interested in him and tracks her down and brings flowers. He learns that she's engaged to Leonard and it saddens him, so Sheldon offers him a hot beverage, and the guys listen to his celebrity medical stories untilPenny comes home.
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* ShoutOut: The doctor talks about his celebrity patients and the shows they give him props from, including Sigourney Weaver and Tobey Maguire.
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* ShoutOut: The doctor talks about his celebrity patients and the shows they give him props from, including Sigourney Weaver and Tobey Maguire.
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