Leonard: How about that? But, until this matter is resolved, I would like you to wear this sweater. Lucy: Wow. Lucy: Any chance I can get a different waitress? Leonard is trying to walk a mile in my metaphorical shoes. Raj: So, how are you gonna return the DVD if the store went out of business? Leonard: Monday morning I'll go downtown, look up the owner's information and send him the DVD. Raj: No. Howard: Well, if I may, he has so little self-respect and is so desperate for the smallest crumb of affection, she could literally sleep with his own father in his own bed and post the video to YouTube, and he'd still buy her flowers and ask her to be his bride. Raj: He's right. Leonard: Oh, I'm just trying to find the stupid next of kin to this stupid video store owner so I can return the DVD and see the look on Sheldon's stupid face when he sees that I didn't let this get to me. Penny: Sheldon's not here. Leonard: What is that? Raj: Hello. Listen, I just wanted to apologize for breaking up with you in an e-mail. Lucy: Okay. Penny: There's a girl at the Cheesecake Factory I can set you up with. Sheldon: Leonard, I have something to tell you, but I want you to promise not to flip out. Sheldon: Seven years ago, I found out the DVD was late and I paid for it. Scene: Raj's apartment.
Plan: A: their closet; Q: Where did Leonard find the DVD he rented using Sheldon's card? A: seven years before; Q: How long ago should the DVD have been returned? A: an itchy sweater; Q: What does Sheldon make Leonard wear until the DVD issue is resolved? A: the DVD issue; Q: What is the issue that Leonard finds that Sheldon is trying to resolve? A: Sheldon's shoes; Q: What does Leonard wear to walk in? A: business; Q: What type of store was the DVD store that Leonard rented the DVD from long out of? A: the sweater; Q: What did Leonard wear that caused him to get a bad rash? A: the fine years; Q: What did Sheldon tell Leonard he had paid for the DVD? A: the lesson; Q: What did Sheldon want Leonard to learn? A: Amy's surprised and shocked look; Q: What was Amy's reaction to Sheldon's explanation of the DVD? A: her face; Q: What part of Amy's body did Sheldon tell Leonard he had paid the fine for the DVD? A: Penny; Q: Who is mad at Lucy for breaking up with Raj? A: Lucy; Q: Who is Raj's ex-girlfriend? A: the Cheesecake Factory; Q: Where does Penny meet Lucy? A: email; Q: How did Lucy break up with Raj? A: coffee; Q: What does Lucy offer Raj to apologize for breaking up with him? A: a date; Q: What does Penny set up Raj on with her friend Lizzy? Summary: While rummaging through their closet, Leonard finds a DVD he rented using Sheldon's card, that should have been returned seven years before. Leonard desperately asks Sheldon not to flip out, and he shockingly remains calm and agrees. He makes Leonard wear an itchy sweater until the DVD issue is resolved, so that Leonard can, metaphorically, walk in Sheldon's shoes. Leonard searches for the DVD store (long out of business), then for the owner (deceased), then the owner's (nonexistent) next-of-kin, all the while getting a bad rash from the sweater. Sheldon eventually tells Leonard he had discovered the DVD and paid the fine years before, and that he just wanted him to learn the lesson, much to Amy's surprised and shocked look on her face. Penny meets Lucy, Raj's ex-girlfriend, at the Cheesecake Factory and is mad at her for breaking up with him by email. Lucy calls Raj to have coffee to apologize. Raj hopes they can get back together, but Lucy reveals she is now dating someone else. Penny then sets up Raj on a date with her friend Lizzy, but Raj freaks out in front of her.