- The gang get competitive when they are forced to take part in Raj's scavenger hunt.
- The gang, after rebuking Raj's attempt of a social gathering in the form of a murder mystery dinner party, are surprised that they actually like Raj's latest idea: an intellectual scavenger hunt based on those held at post-secondary institutions. Even Penny likes the idea, but no one, including Leonard, seems to like the idea of being partnered with her, who they see as the liability among the group. Randomly drawing names, Sheldon and Penny are partnered, Leonard and Bernadette are partnered, and Howard and Amy are partnered. In their "hunt", Sheldon and Penny continue their intellectual versus gut instinct approaches to deciphering the clues. Leonard remains focused on how he will make it up to Penny for not wanting to be her partner, while Bernadette shows her killer instinct in game playing. And Howard and Amy, who have not spent much time alone together, try to find if there is anything to their friendship beyond their indirect association through the others in the group. Meanwhile, Raj, the scavenger hunt developer, may have the last laugh in the game.—Huggo
- At the Cheesecake Factory, Raj complains that no one attended his Mystery dinner (a dinner and solving a murder mystery). He then tells them that he has something even better planned; an M.I.T.-like scavenger hunt. Amy says the scavenger hunts were really hard at Harvard. The first challenge was really hard for Amy: trying to find someone to be on a team with her. Penny tells them that she used to be in scavenger hunts where they would run around town trying to find a store that would sell them beer.
Sheldon has a backpack containing all the items he needs to win the scavenger hunt, including a bowling ball. Raj announces the start of the hunt with an oscillating Bass amplifier and some pyrotechnics. He has hidden a golden coin in the city of Pasadena and they must solve ten puzzles to find it. Bernadette and Leonard agree that the teams be the couples. Then, Leonard suggests to picking names out of a hat. Penny gets mad that it seems like Leonard doesn't want her on his team because she isn't smart enough. Penny asks Amy if she wants her as her partner. Amy quickly agrees that names should be pulled out of a hat. The teams are: Sheldon and Penny, Howard and Amy, Leonard and Bernadette.
Penny and Sheldon go into her apartment to assemble the puzzle that is the first clue. Sheldon is pouting that he picked Penny. Amy and Howard are in the living room getting ready to open the first puzzle. Leonard and Bernadette dump it on Leonard's bedroom floor. Penny is putting together pieces that fit while Sheldon insists that they start at the edges. Amy shows that she is really good with puzzles because she did a lot when she was growing up. Bernadette starts yelling at Leonard to keep working on the puzzle. Penny figures out that it's the comic book store, while Sheldon wants to complete the puzzle. He thinks that there might be another message in the puzzle to go to the train store. Howard figures out the comic book store answer and he runs off with Amy. Bernadette yells at Leonard that it is the comic book store and to "Come along, numb nuts." Penny and Sheldon leave last after he finishes the puzzle.
Leonard is driving along with Bernadette worried that Penny is mad at him. Bernie tells him that she probably got competitive because she had five brothers and sisters and then she yells at him to speed up. Amy tells Howard that this time is the first time she was alone in a car with him. When asked Amy says that she likes harps, Little House on the Prairie, medieval poetry, medieval literature... Howard then tells her to find some music. She finds The Beatles, Eminem, Weird Al Yankovic, and Neil Diamond. They both love the latter. Finally they are seen singing "Sweet Caroline" (Bum...bum...bum!) driving down the street.
At the comic book store. Amy and Howard come in and Raj congratulated them for being first. The puzzle is a riddle offered by Batman's nemesis, The Riddler. Leonard comes running in being yelled at by Bernadette. Howard reads the riddle while Sheldon and Penny run in last. Sheldon says that he had got it and leaves with Penny. (Hey, Princeton, look at that. Team community college-night school is in the lead.) Howard and Amy whisper to each other and leave. (To the Neil-mobile!) Leonard figures it out again making Bernadette mad.
In the Caltech geology lab, Sheldon and Penny find a riddle telling them to leave no stone unexplored. As they search under the rocks, Penny has Sheldon tell her how he solved the riddle. Then Penny notices the Rolling Stone poster on the door and finds the next clue, a latitude and longitude, under the poster. Sheldon doesn't want to know how she figured it out. Amy and Howard are singing Neil Diamond's "America", (...they're coming to America...) Bernadette is wildly driving Leonard's car, but he accuses her of flying it. Leonard is still worried about Penny and wants to text her that he is quitting. Bernadette tells him that that is the worse thing he could do since Penny sometimes calls him a pussy. Sheldon directs Penny to a bowling alley. Sheldon exclaims that his brain is better than everybody's since he knew to bring the bowling ball. Amy and Howard are searching the geology lab singing "(Neil Diamond song) Love on the Rocks."
In the broken elevator shaft, Leonard is sliding down the cable mad at Penny from calling him a pussy. Penny and Sheldon jump into their car heading to the planetarium. (Let's go!) Leonard and Bernadette jump into their car to head to the La Brea Tar Pitts. (Let's go!) Amy finds a Neil Diamond concert next month. (Let's go!)
Penny and Sheldon run into the laundry room and find three bags of laundry as they realize that they're first ones to arrive. Leonard and Bernadette show up and they are all searching their pile of laundry. Penny says that the clue must be in the bag. Leonard repeats her statement. They find one of Sheldon's shirts with a spot on it. That's the clue. They all head upstairs to Sheldon's spot while Sheldon stays to pre-soak his shirts.
Penny, Leonard and Bernadette are climbing over each other as they reach the fourth floor. Penny is the first in the apartment. They all tear apart the couch and none of them find the coin. Raj walks in wearing a smoking jacket and carrying a pipe. Where is it? He tells them to check their pockets. Everyone has a gold coin. Raj makes the point that when they're having fun together they are already winners. Raj has a coin and says that even he is a winner. Penny says that it's the stupidest thing she has ever heard.
Bernadette tells him that he really sucks...so hard. Raj explained that he didn't want anyone to feel bad. Some of the puzzles were really hard and he didn't know who was going to get Penny. Penny then tells him to run to India. Raj then runs past Sheldon on the stairs. Sheldon finds the coin in his pocket and tells the others that he won.
Amy and Howard blow off finishing the scavenger hunt and go to The Cheesecake Factory to do Neil Diamond karaoke.
Title reference: Raj sets up a scavenger hunt for the group after they refused to attend his murder-mystery party.
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