Can Sheldon and Amy survive a work collaboration?
Its been a while sinceThe Big Bang Theorywriters penned an episode with a bunch of science talk.
Things started out promising.
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Amy is eager to share.
Shes working on figuring out where and when awareness takes place.
Cut to Sheldon in the cafeteria.
Something remarkable has happened with a plastic spoon!
Unlike Howards guess that it sang Be Our Guest, Sheldon explains that he picked it up without thinking.
He somehow connects this moment to missing link in his own research.
Could Amy be onto something?
Hes never been interested in biology.
Its just grey, squishy stuff.
But pair it with physics and youve got a fiesta.
Sheldon grabs all of his white boards and encourages Amy to collaborate with him.
What do you get when you combine Amys knowledge in neuroscience and Sheldons math calculations?
Of course there need to be some ground rules.
Such as: You cant use your sexuality to get your way.
Sheldon has the final say.
Dr. Coopers name will appear first in all papers.
And he will speak first, too.
This is all normal protocol.
Amy throws the ground rules out the window and makes a new list.
This is not a competition.
There are no stupid ideas.
Sadly, the work is crap.
Sheldon no longer wants his name connected to this garbage.
He blames Amys loud breathing and she blames his sensitivity.
In the middle of the argument, Sheldon discovers a mistake in the math.
Fighting is the reason they are making progress.
Their hormones are sharpening their skills.
Ill give you one guess which one Sheldon chooses.
Leonard wonders why Raj gets to do dumb girly stuff with Penny.
Howard has a better question: Does Leonard really want to do the dumb girly stuff with Penny?
Bernadette suggests Leonard talk to both of them.
Penny calls him crazy and Raj chastises her for not making Leonard feel safe.
Leonard explodes, irritated that they are once again leaving him out of the conversation.
I could have redacted the entire Penny/Leonard/Raj storyline.
Lets go back to that plastic spoon and see if it will sing and dance.
THEORETICAL LAUGHTER
SHELDON: You tickled my intellectual fancy.
Which, unlike my body, is an okay place to tickle.
SHELDON: Biology and physics coming together.
Its like the peanut butter cup of the mind!
