Big Bang Theory – The Spaghetti Catalyst
Penny’s checking her mail and Sheldon walks in. He makes it awkward because he’s not sure how to react to her now that that she and Leonard are no longer having “the coitus”. “Can’t you just say ‘since we’re not seeing each other anymore’?” But since they live in the same building, they see each other all the time, so the only difference remains the coitus. Penny tells Sheldon that the two of them are still friends, so they should treat each other the same. Sheldon thinks this is good, because he put a lot of effort into their relationship and he wouldn’t want to see that effort wasted. They start to have small talk as they walk up the stairs. Penny asks how he’s been. He goes into this strange Sheldon-only answer. She says, “You’re coitusing me, aren’t you?” “Bazinga!” Sheldon notices that Penny bought the same kind of spaghetti sauce that his mother does. He says that his mother likes making Italian, because it’s the same kind of food the Romans made Jesus eat. Penny says that she’ll have to have him over for dinner some night. Sheldon says that he’s hungry now. Penny says “o-kay” and to give her an hour. He asks if she’ll cut up hot dogs and put them into the sauce, like his mother does. She says that she doesn’t have any. He says that he’s got some and will bring them over. She’s now in for a real I-Talian treat!
When he walks into his apartment, Leonard asks him where he’s been and he says he’s been talking with Penny. Howard says that he’s not allowed to talk to the roommate’s ex. Leonard says it’s ok, he’s over it. Raj says “sure, that’s why he spent all day trying to invent that memory wiper thing from Men In Black.” Sheldon asks if he’s made any progress, because he’d like to erase Ben Affleck as Daredevil. Howard says so would Ben Affleck. Then Howard explains how in this kind of situation you have to pick sides – either Team Leonard or Team Penny. Sheldon asks which side picks last, because he’s usually on the team that picks last – unless there’s a kid in a wheelchair. When Leonard says he brought Sheldon his usual Tangerine Chicken, Sheldon says that of course he’s hungry and asks if they still have hot dogs. Why? No reason – go Team Leonard!
Raj finally asks the question we’ve all been dying to know. He asks Howard, “Do you think you’re going to Hell because you’re eating Sweet & Sour Pork?” “Jews don’t have Hell. We have acid reflux.” Sheldon eats everything to hide the fact that he’s going to Penny’s. Leonard wants to know if anyone wants to do anything tonight. Howard says he has to pick up his mom from water aerobics. Eighteen overweight women in a pool – it’s like the manatee tank at Sea World. When he asks Raj, he goes off on how now that he doesn’t have a girlfriend, suddenly Leonard wants to hang out with Raj again. If they were the Justice League, Raj feels he would be the last one to be called, just like Aquaman. Howard wishes he were Aquaman, so that he could go scoop his mom out of the Old Lady Tank. Sheldon makes weird references about having “refreshing beverages” to hide how he’s stuffing the hot dogs in his pants; then he wants to go and take a after dinner walk for the extra serotonin. Howard says he’ll walk out with him, but Sheldon keeps stopping along the way. When Howard thinks he smells raw hot dogs, Sheldon tells him that maybe he’s getting a brain tumor. Howard finally leaves, on his whopping 13 horsepower scooter. Just then a rottweiler shows up in front of Sheldon, smelling the hot dogs. He points in one direction and says “look a cat”, and runs in the other.
Penny’s then seen draining pasta when she hears Sheldon knocking on the door. She counts the knocks. She hears the first two, but there’s a long pause before the third knock and she gets concerned. But once she hears the third knock she’s ok and opens the door. Sheldon is out of breath and disheveled. He holds a single hot dog and says “here, I had to trade the others for my life.”
In the boys apartment, Leonard and Raj are watching tv. Raj tells Leonard that he hasn’t had sex in a year. Leonard wants to know where he’s going with this. “Don’t flatter yourself, dude.” Raj wants Leonard to go out with him to pick up chicks and be his wingman. Leonard isn’t ready to go out yet, and doesn’t see how his presence will help Raj. Raj thinks that next to Leonard looking so lonely and pathetic, he’ll look like a catch. When he still won’t go out, Raj asks if he can go into Leonard’s room and download Asian porn. Leonard tells him no, but that he believes that someday Raj will fall in love with a beautiful woman, who will then take his heart and grind it into a little, tiny pieces. “But I will have sex first, right?”
At Penny’s, she and Sheldon are eating, but Sheldon is obviously having trouble getting any more food down. He likes it. She wants to make sure that Leonard was ok with Sheldon coming over. He tells her this huge story about how ok with it he was, and how Leonard isn’t crying over her anymore. She says that she feels terrible (about how Leonard feels being implied). Sheldon asks if she has a stomach ache, too. “No. Why do you?” “No.” “Then why did you ask if I did, too?” “Just making polite dinner conversation. Your turn.” When she says she’s going to go and get the cheesecake out of the fridge, he starts to press on his chest and say, “Oh Lord, I’m in Jewish Hell.”
Raj is still at the boys’ apartment looking at internet porn. Leonard assures him that Martha Stewart never got naked in a roomful of Japanese guys. Raj is convinced that prison changes people. Sheldon walks in, and Leonard asks where he’s been. He’s sticking with the walking story, but says that he got lost to explain the hour and a half he’s been gone. Leonard points out that his phone has gps, so he can’t get lost. He says that the satellites were down due to solar flares. Raj says that there are no solar flares right now; he’s an astrophysicist, if there were any solar flares, he’d be all-up-in-it.
Sheldon says he’s sorry, he misspoken, he really meant his battery died. Raj blows it off and asks if Leonard thinks this next picture is really Hillary Clinton doing it with Oprah. Leonard tells him they really need to get him a girl.
Leonard is asleep, when Sheldon knocks on the door to wake him up. He does his standard three time, double knock, and Leonard just screams at him to just come in. He then tries to get Leonard to sit down, but he’s already in bed. Point taken, you might want to sit up. Leonard’s ready to kill. Sheldon then admits that he’s been seeing Penny behind his back. Leonard asks for clarification and gets a roundabout answer that involved a hellhound, five hot dogs, and Howard saying Bros before Hos. He tells Sheldon that it’s ok if he wants to remain friends with Penny. So the emotional turmoil that kept me from achieving REM sleep was unjustified? Yes. Well, as my Memaw would say we just butchered ourselves a pig and no one wanted any bacon.
Leonard and Penny run into each other in the laundry room. They agree to be neighborly and deal with each other. It’s still awkward. Leonard tells Penny that he’s ok with her hanging out with Sheldon. She thanks him, then tells him that his mother called her and asked her to take him out shopping for sheets and towels. Leonard says that he was going to do that. She says that he can take him for shoes. Turns out that he did. She says that all she knows is that his shoes hurt. He says that she can take him next Saturday. She says that won’t work, because a bunch of people from work are going to Disneyland that day and Sheldon wants to go with them. Leonard gets all huffy and says to let him know if they stuff him full of junk food – he doesn’t want to bring home a nice dinner for him and just have it go to waste. He also warns her not to let Goofy near him, he’ll have nightmares and Leonard will have to be the one to take care of him. What’s the problem with Goofy? Who knows – he’s fine with Pluto.
Leonard, Raj, and Howard are playing a board game when Sheldon and Penny walk in. Sheldon is wearing mouse ears, carrying Mickey gloves, and a giant lollypop. Leonard immediately digs in on the fact that it’s after 10 and they didn’t call – he had dinner waiting. Penny apologizes. Sheldon says he can eat. Penny says no, you already threw up once – go put on your pj’s and go to bed. Ok, but just don’t fight anymore. Leonard says they’re not fighting. “Aren’t you going to thank Penny for taking you to Disneyland?” Sheldon smiles, “Thank you, Penny,” and then walks to his room. Leonard invites Penny into the kitchen for coffee. Raj whispers into Howard’s ear, who then says, “Yeah, it’s a little twisted to me, too.”
Sheldon is asleep in bed with the ears still on. Penny and Leonard are looking on from the door and smiling. Penny says he’s such an angel when he’s sleeping. Leonard agrees and says it’s a shame he has to wake up. Penny says she thinks they can do it. Leonard says “smother Sheldon in his sleep? Wouldn’t that be wrong?” Instead they agree to be friends. He tries to add sex to the mix, but she doesn’t fall for it.
This episode was kinda cute – especially how it had Penny and Leonard acting as Sheldon’s divorced parents. But honestly, not one of my favorites.
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