Shamy/Penny and Leonard plot:
The episode begins with the guys about to plan with a board game. They discuss on which color they want to be but Leonard steals Sheldon's color piece, which annoys him. However, he negotiates with him that he'll be blue and yellow since they make green. The girls arrive at the apartment about to leave to go out but the guys already ordered lunch, which disappoint the women. This causes a fight between them because they do not want to play a game. Amy is about to leave but Penny stands up to Leonard and want's him to do something they wanted for once. They now want to be in charge of what they want to do for their social outing.
The four of them still can't decide what to do but Amy gives a suggestion on being to see Beethoven but Sheldon takes it literally because he only knows him as the Saint Bernard. I love that reference that he gave between that and the composer. After hours of deliberation, they all agree to go SHOPPING (which was surprisingly Sheldon's idea) but Penny's afraid he'll take the fun out of it.
Later, the guys are not comfortable at the clothes shop. Things could not get worse because Leonard's phone has no service and Sheldon gets no luck either. He wants to call their corporate office but guess what? No service. To kill time, they play an invisible game of dice. Leonard is surprised to see maturity in Sheldon but that doesn't last long because he makes compromises for him all the time. For example, Sheldon kept his mouth shut when there was lettuce in Leonard' tooth at lunch time. He doesn't believe it's a compromise because he has to drive him around to his lack of enthusiasm of getting a driver's license. Amy taught him to drive but he doesn't want to get it because he is scary. He thinks that him driving to work because that gives him a purpose in life.
The girls are trying out clothes in the dressing room. Penny asks an honest question to Amy, "Do I force things that you don't want to?" Amy admits she does but she is okay because that she was once told by someone that if she ever had friends that she was to go with the flow. But Penny feels bad because she wants her to choose what she wants to do for the social outing.
While the ladies are having fun, the guys keep arguing about compromise. Leonard has finally had enough because he admits that Sheldon is an inconvenience to him to live with. He admits to him that he does not live with Penny because of him but he defends himself because he is mean to him for rolling his eyes at him. Leonard apologizes to him for offending him. Then, Sheldon tells him that he needs to move in with her if he wants to. However, Sheldon starts to cry because he is imagining himself without him. This causes Leonard to cry, too. The girls are done with their shopping but catch them crying. Then, the guys come up with a deal that Leonard will live with Penny one night a week to see how everything goes.
Raj & Howard/Bernadette plot:
Meanwhile, Raj is stressing out because of the spacecraft he worked on. 9 years ago, he was part of a team where the spacecraft was launched to collect data about Pluto. He continues to get nervous as he tries to wait on how the result is for the spacecraft he made. Howard tries to cheer him up about his space story but he makes it more stressful for him. Bernadette can only offer to him that worrying will not help the situation much. Then, Raj comes up with this idea to see if he can use a basket shot to throw into the trash can successfully, he hopes the probe will arrived in perfect working order. He makes the shot but Howard thinks this is crazy and tries to calm him down.
Howard keeps Raj calm by joining him in driving into a Hindu Temple but he is worried that someone will rip his hard out like in "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom". However, he tells him it was just in the movies. Howard's known him for ten years and he's surprise to learn about him that he has not talked about religion much but he wants to keep it personal.
The guys are now at the temple but Howard still wants Raj to be honest due to the things he's been hiding before going in. During the conversation, a guy dents his car and gets real fiesty with him. Raj finally gets his feelings out to the guy that accidentally damaged his car with no remorse. In a reversal of fortune, Howard shows him that he got a text because the space probe went off successfully. This cheers him up and he is now less mad at the guy.
Ending:
It ends with Shamy, Penny and Leonard being at the place that Amy wanted: The Crafts Festival Museum. Leonard doesn't think it's that bad but Penny tells him to watch what he says or else they'll be here every Sunday. Sheldon seems to have a lot of fun there though. That same night, Sheldon can't sleep because of Leonard and Penny having too much fun.
Observations:
- I'm so proud that Sheldon is taking a step to maturity by letting Leonard spend the night with Penny once a week.
- It was about time that Leonard told how exactly he felt about Sheldon after holding it in for so long.
- I understand that Raj likes to keep things personal but I agree with Howard that it's weird that Raj did not share every single thing with him despite whispering stuff to him a lot. I miss him doing that.
- Amy is very tolerant to anything and a laid-back person. She likes to go with the flow but good for Penny to allow her to speak what social events she wants to do.
- Sheldon is very smart and it would've been hilarious if he had to make ridiculous predictions on why there is not much cell phone service. Knowing his knowledge, I would have thought he would have figured out on why sometimes there is no phone service in some areas.
- After the past two episodes were forgettable, this one was really good. In the beginning, the storyline of Shamy, Leonard, and Penny did drag on a little bit too much but they cut to the chase well and everything worked out as a great episode.
