Sheldon: How about Penny's depressing acting career? Penny: Well, I'll have you guys know I turned down a part in a movie last week. Sheldon: She does. Raj: If she did, it would be amazing. Sheldon: In any event, that began a decade-long progression of insults, pranks and unwanted magazine subscriptions. Howard: Anyway, I got invited to do a little talk at NASA in Houston this weekend. You want to come with me? Is this a prank where we land in Houston and you've made up wanted posters that have my face with a moustache and a Spanish name and then I get arrested and deported to South America? Amy: Oh, she's cute. Raj: And judging by her lack of Adam's apple, she's been female her entire life. Raj: But I'm always on Howard's team. I can't afford a new one, I have no job, and now I can't drive to auditions. I called them. She completely understood. Amy: No. Scene: Bernadette's car. Sheldon: Oh, very much so. Sheldon: I have to go to the bathroom. Sheldon: Why are you getting annoyed? Howard: I'm trying to be a better friend, but you constantly say and do irritating things. How about in the car? Leonard: So humiliating? Am I driving you to the Cheesecake Factory...? As a counterpoint, here he is, uninvited and visibly sweaty. Emily: Hello. Emily: I'm leaving. Announcement: The captain has turned off the fasten seat belt sign.
Plan: A: Penny; Q: Who tells the group she turned down a role in the sequel to the bad horror movie? A: "Serial Apeist; Q: What movie did Penny star in? A: Penny's car; Q: What breaks down, leaving Penny no way to get to auditions? A: her Cheesecake Factory job; Q: What job did Penny consider resuming when her car broke down? A: a new car; Q: What does Leonard surprise Penny with? A: her acting career; Q: What does Leonard want Penny to pursue? A: Bernadette; Q: Who asks Sheldon why he insults Howard? A: abuse; Q: What does Sheldon detail about a decade of pranks and what? A: a better friend; Q: What does Howard want to be? A: a weekend; Q: How long does Howard invite Sheldon to NASA? A: a speaking engagement; Q: What does Howard have to do at NASA? A: his mother; Q: Who does Sheldon visit in Houston? A: clear-air turbulence; Q: What is Sheldon and Howard afraid of on the flight? A: life; Q: What would be empty without Sheldon and Howard? A: Raj; Q: Who interrupts Amy and Emily's tea? A: Amy; Q: Who does Raj ask to reply to Emily? A: his dating website; Q: Where did Emily contact Raj? A: tea; Q: What do Amy and Raj enjoy together? A: friendship; Q: What does Raj ruin with Amy and Emily? Summary: Penny informs the group she has turned down a role in the sequel to the bad horror movie she starred in - "Serial Apeist". Later, Penny's car breaks down leaving her no way to get to auditions, so she considers resuming her Cheesecake Factory job. Leonard surprises her with a new car, so she can further pursue her acting career. Sheldon insults Howard, and Bernadette wants to know why he always does so. Sheldon details a decade of pranks and abuse. Howard wants to be a better friend and invites Sheldon to a weekend at NASA in Houston where Howard has a speaking engagement and Sheldon can visit his mother later. On the flight, both are frightened by clear-air turbulence and each admits respecting the other as a friend without whom life would be empty. Raj asks Amy to reply to Emily who contacted his dating website. Raj thus appears too passive, turning her off. She and Amy have much in common and enjoy tea together until Raj shows up uninvited and interrupts them, putting off Emily and ruining any chance of friendship with either.