- When the guys can't get hold of any Comic-Con tickets, Sheldon tries to hold his own convention and ends up spending a wild night with James Earl Jones. Meanwhile, the girls try to feel more mature by going to a fancy hotel for tea.
- Despite doing whatever humanly and technically possible, the guys are unable to obtain tickets to this year's Comic-Con through legitimate means as the tickets are all sold out. Leonard, Howard and Raj decide that they will get tickets from a scalper, which Sheldon refuses to do as if they are caught, they will be banned from Comic-Con for life. Leonard, Howard and Raj have to decide if this little seed of information is enough to scare them off from doing what bad boys would do and proceed to buy the tickets through a scalper. Sheldon's plan is instead to start his own comic book convention. He goes on a search for at least one science fiction celebrity who would appear as a headliner at his convention, barring those who have restraining orders against him already. Sheldon's celebrity stalking doesn't turn out quite the way he expected. Meanwhile, Penny, Amy and Bernadette go on a quest to do something that makes them feel grown-up that they would like and not just something that makes them feel like they're pretending to be grown up.—Huggo
- When Sheldon found the place James Eral Jones was he went over to see him. Meanwhile the rest of the guys are trying to get tickets to Comic-Con. The Girls are are at a bar. Meanwhile Sheldon is having a blast with James and end up Ding Dong Diching Carrie Fisher.—dannygeorge-54675
- Sheldon, Leonard, Howard and Raj are in apartment 4A waiting to the San Diego Comic-Con ticket website to open. As the clock ticks down to zero, Raj needs to pee and Leonard whips out his inhaler. When the site opens, the guys keep hitting their "refresh" keys to get in.
Ten minutes later, the guys are getting tired of hitting their refresh keys when Leonard gets on-line. Leonard is number 50,211 in line and only Tuesday and Sunday tickets are left. Then Tuesday tickets are sold out. Sheldon complains that Sunday is the worst day, no good panels and the only T-shirt sizes left are small and XXXXL. Then Sunday fills up. Everything is sold out and the guys can't believe they're not going to Comic-Con.
At the Caltech cafeteria, Sheldon announces that he is going to start up his own comic book convention. Howard, Raj and Leonard are just going to get tickets from scalpers. Sheldon will have nothing to do with it because not only is it wrong, but you get banned from ComicCon for life. Even Comic-Con was started by one lone dreamer like Sheldon whose idea he plans to rip off.
Sheldon is at his computer speaking with Robert Downey, Jr.'s representative on the phone to get him to be on a panel at the Sheldon comic convention. Sheldon tells him that since he sat through Iron Man 2, Robert Downey, Jr. owes him two hours of his time. Even Wil Wheaton turned Sheldon down because he had to wash his beard that day. Sheldon needs Leonard to call Stan Lee, Leonard Nimoy and Bill Nye since legally he can't contact them due to his restraining orders. He adds Carrie Fisher to that list because she can be somewhat nuts.
Penny's Posse is hanging out at in apartment 4B. Penny can't believe that Leonard's spending hundreds to get into ComicCon. Howard is getting a big advance on his allowance. Amy first claims that Sheldon starting his own convention sounded more sensible until she realizes how silly that sounded. The girls want to do something grown-up. Penny is against going to a museum, while Bernadette suggests a local hotel that serves afternoon tea.
Since Sheldon is not going with them, the remaining nerds need a three-person group costume idea. One idea is The Fantastic Four with Susan Storm, the Invisible Girl staying invisible. Sheldon enters saying that he is planning to ask James Earl Jones, the voice of Darth Vader, to appear at his convention. Through his Twitter and some Internet research, he knows that James Earl Jones will be having sushi at his favorite restaurant. Sheldon insists that they are going to get into trouble being banned from Comic-Con and charged with petty theft.
Later at the apartment, Howard tells them that his scalper is on the way over. Then Raj wonders if this guy wants to steal their money, their kidneys or their very skin, backing up this reasoning by saying that his dark skin doesn't show stains. Leonard says that they should have met him at a neutral place. Howard figures that Leonard's apartment is a neutral place.
At their afternoon tea, the girls are dressed up, Amy in her tiara, and are surrounded by mothers with their young daughters all having tea. They are not feeling very grown up especially since the waiter thought Bernadette was Penny's daughter.
As James Earl Jones looks over his menu, he sees Sheldon smiling down at him. He asks if Sheldon likes the Star Wars movies and Sheldon nods. He has made other movies, but James figures that Sheldon doesn't like them. Finally Mr. Jones admits that he likes Star Wars too and invites Sheldon to join him.
While waiting for the scalper, Raj verifies that what Sheldon said about being charged with petty theft. First Leonard thinks that it might be a bad idea and then decides that they should try and be bad asses.
At dinner, Mr. Jones was telling how when he thought Darth Vader was lying about him being Luke's father when he first read the script. Sheldon agrees with him. Then JEJ wants them to make a night of it since he has a Lion King residual check burning a hole in his pocket and his wife is out of town.
The girls are at the hotel bar lamenting how their afternoon tea was a bust though the little girls were jealous of Amy's tiara. Then they start to question when they first really felt grown up. Even though Bernadette is married, she still feels like she is pretending (she still wear clothes from Gap Kids). Amy doesn't feel that way since she has never had sex. Bernie then quips that if that were true, Penny would be the oldest one there.
Howard notified Leonard and Raj that their contact is on the way up. They wonder what the worst thing that could happen to them, but then mention getting research grants and Raj possibly trying to get American citizenship. They would have to disclose any criminal convictions. Howard then agrees to handle it; he shuts off the lights and tells everybody to be quiet.
Sheldon and James are having ice cream and Sheldon keeps asking him questions beginning with "Is it true..." JEJ keeps acknowledging Sheldon's trivia and Sheldon tells him that he could listen to his sequence of stories all night.
While adding up the check, Penny wants to know what is so great about being grown up. Car insurance, mortgages, leaving notes when you hit a parked car. Though they think the guys are having more fun, they are all huddled in the kitchen while their scalper bangs on the apartment door.
Sheldon and James are on top of a Ferris Wheel at a carnival, Sheldon holding a big stuffed bear. Sheldon calls out that he is with James Earl Jones who is nicer than one would ever think. Then, they are approaching Carrie Fisher's house, Princess Leia from the Star Wars movies. They ring her doorbell and run because she is a little crazy. Carrie Fisher runs out with a baseball bat yelling that it is not funny anymore and that she knows it is James Earl Jones. Finally, they are in a sauna talking about their trip to a strip club. Sheldon wanted to know how much it would cost to get the girl off his lap. When Sheldon discussed about a convention, James Earl Jones offers to take all the guys as his guests to Comic-Con. In the end, he is telling a story involving Beau Bridges, Jeff Bridges, Marlon Brando and Angie Dickinson. Sheldon wakes up wondering who Angie Dickinson was.
Title reference: The conundrum of how to get tickets to the Comic-Con convention or Sheldon's problem of finding a guest for his convention.
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