- Sheldon gets mad at Amy for ruining one of his favorite movies, Raj and Stuart try to make their online dating profiles more appealing, and Leonard tries to play the sympathy card with Penny.
- For her Psychology class, Penny has on the recommended reading list one of Leonard's mother's books. Leonard doesn't want Penny to read it, and all about his troubled childhood. Penny does whatever she can, including having sex, to help Leonard overcome his feelings about her reading the book. Although Leonard's depressed feeling about Penny reading the book and about his childhood are short lived, Leonard decides to continue the ruse to get favors out of Penny. Meanwhile, Amy is indulging Sheldon's latest want, that to watch one of his favorite movies with him, namely Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981). Although she does not intend to do so, Amy ends up ruining the movie for Sheldon by pointing out that the character of Indiana Jones really is incidental to the movie's outcome, i.e. that the outcome would have happened with or without Indy. Sheldon goes to great lengths to ruin one of Amy's favorite arts/entertainment titles for her, which isn't as easy as he would like. And Raj and Stuart decide to try on-line dating.—Huggo
- After watching "Raiders of the Lost Ark", Sheldon asks Amy what she thought. She found the movie very entertaining except for the large plot-hole. Sheldon tells her that it was made by two of the most gifted film makers of our time, Steven Spielberg and George Lucas. Sheldon has watched it 36 times. Sheldon defies her to find a plot hole to make his jaw drop. Amy explains that if Indiana Jones were not in the movie the Nazis would still find the Ark of the Covenant, would still have taken it to the island, then opened it up, and all would have died. Sheldon does open his mouth with his jaw hanging.
Leonard and Penny run into each other in the lobby. Leonard asks Penny how night school is going and she shows him her new book, The Disappointing Child by Dr. Beverly Hofstadter which was on the recommended reading list for her psychology class. Leonard is "thrilled" since it details every horrible story from his childhood and his masturbation period. Penny then mentions his breast feeding crisis. It seems that Leonard preferred the left side and his mother got a little lopsided. Penny then exclaims, "Oh my God. You still go left!"
At the cafeteria, Raj asks which celebrity he looks the most like. Halle Berry. Raj and Stuart are putting together dating web sites and that is one of the questions. Sheldon joins them busily reading Pride and Prejudice, one of Amy's favorite novels. Since Amy ruined Raiders, he wants to find something beloved to her and ruin it. Raj asks how one can ruin Raiders. Sheldon tells them what Amy said and they all groan now that Raiders is ruined. Howard tells the guys that it was Indiana Jones who dug in the right place after the Nazis were digging in the wrong place, Leonard corrects him that if Indiana didn't take the head piece, they would have dug in the right place and found it.
Penny and Leonard are making dinner in her apartment. She wants to know why a five year old put on his mother's makeup and underwear. Leonard was pretending to be The Hulk using green make up and a bra to keep his muscles from sagging. Leonard explains that he was always mad at his mother and as The Hulk he wanted to smash his way out of the house because how was always the subject of his mother's little experiments. One Easter she wanted to know how long he would keep looking for Easter eggs when she put none out. The answer was June. Penny goes to hug him because she is so sorry and that she wished that she could do something to make him and whispers in his ear. He brightens up and tells her that he's not going to argue with a check plus student as Penny smiles.
Raj is applying makeup to Stuart to take his dating site photograph. Stuart's one word describing him is "unobjectionable" though he thought that that sounded too cocky. Raj put down as his best feature, his parents' money. Stuart put not applicable. Raj told him that he is a great artist and that he owns his own business. Then Raj asked if they can imply that he is well endowed. Stuart agrees since one of his balls is extra long.
In apartment 4A, Sheldon tells Leonard that "Pride and Prejudice" is a "flawless masterpiece". Now he is looking at her favorite comic strip, Marmaduke. Sheldon claims that he is such a large and undisciplined dog, so why do they keep him. Leonard points out that they may have loved him since he was a puppy. Sheldon then picks up the newspaper and says that Amy is also a fan of Garfield. He reads it, looks disappointed and then says that now he is a fan of it too.
Leonard wanders into Penny's apartment not looking too happy asking his girlfriend if she is ready to go to football match. He wonders if they even have to go. Penny wonders what's wrong. Penny tells him that they don't have to go if he doesn't want them to. Leonard immediately switches to that his mood is totally about his mother. Penny feels sorry for him and says that they can stay home and watch the game here.
Howard knocks on the door of Leonard's lab. A nervous Leonard shouts telling him to wait a second. When he opens the door, Penny is in their buttoning up her blouse. Howard's eyes pop open, impressed that he was getting sex at work. He explains that whenever he talks about how awful his mom was, Penny will do anything to make him feel better.
Sheldon is Skyping with Amy, who wants to know why he is having an unscheduled video-chat. Sheldon is inviting Amy over to a spontaneous date night where they can watch "Little House on the Prairie" together.
At Howard and Bernadette's Apartment, she asks why he was so quiet that evening. Howard replies that he was thinking about his mom and how sad his childhood was. Now he can do the dishes while she takes a bath. Howard suggests that they take a bath together. Howard asks if he is going to get some comforting. Bernadette then asks that what is up with him. Howard replies that he is sharing his pain, which Bernadette is not buying. Finally Howard admits that Leonard told him that this works with Penny so that they can have sex and watch Monty Python.
Raj and Stuart count down and then launch their dating profiles onto the Internet. Raj's site gets a viewing from Jenny309. He hopes that that is not her waist size.
Amy is looking at the case and says that she loves "Little House". First Sheldon tells her that they were illegally squatting on Indian land. Then Sheldon adds that he feels that what they did to the Native Americans was wrong. Then he mentions that little Laura Ingalls is eating a peanut butter sandwich which can't be right because it hadn't been invented yet. Amy has lost her smile. Amy switches it off and tells him that she knows he's trying to get back at her for her comments about Raiders. Sheldon then tells her that not only did she ruin Raiders, she ruined the whole franchise. Amy apologized and then asked if he felt better. Sheldon accepted her comment. He then told her that Garfield can't hate Mondays that much since he doesn't have a job.
Leonard walks into Penny's apartment and finds her scantily dressed in a nightie on her couch. She tells him that she knows how badly he feels about his mom so she planned something real special. Leonard starts to get undressed. Penny turns her laptop around and Leonard finds his mother on it. She greets him and says that she understands that he has been whining about her parenting in order to emotionally manipulate his girlfriend. Penny adds that Bernadette told her everything and that he isn't getting the left one or the right one (breasts).
Raj and Stuart find lots of women checking out their site, but no one is leaving messages. They find that they have never been so rejected. They decide to go to a bar and get rejected old school. At a bar Raj says hi to a girl who replies, "Not interested." Then they agree that this situation is worse.
The episode ends with the guys watching Raiders trying to find a response to Amy's point. Howard says that if it wasn't for Indy, the ark would not have ended up in the warehouse. Everyone is happy until Leonard mentions that he was actually supposed to take it to a museum in the first place and couldn't even manage that, causing them to again groan.
Title reference: Amy pointing out a flaw in Raiders of the Lost Ark and ruining it for Sheldon.
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