Alex: Oh, I'm gonna go see Kip Thorne give a lecture on subatomic space-time. That's his take on John Wheeler's quantum foam. Leonard: Ah, I'd love to, but I'm supposed to hang out with Penny. Alex: Well, bring her. Well, if you want to hear about the lecture, I can tell you all about it at work, or, you know, over dinner sometime. Leonard: Sheldon's assistant asked me on a date last night. Raj: I say you tell Alex your heart belongs to Penny, I provide her a shoulder to cry on, and then roughly half a year later I give it to her good. Penny: What is happening? Uh, to protect those involved, I'll be changing their names. Penny: Wait, what the hell's going on with Leonard and Alex? Amy: She's right. Bernadette: Sheldon, you need to talk to Alex right away. Sheldon: Talk to her? Alex: Is there a problem? To Sheldon) Did you say something to Penny about Alex? That was the Human Resources Department at the university. Leonard is playing his cello outside. Leonard (singing): I'm sorry Alex hit on me, hit on me, hit on me. Penny: Because, she is pretty and smart, and when you talk about work, she doesn't have to go home and look up words in the dictionary to understand what you said. Are you feeling insecure? Scene: Howard and Bernadette's kitchen. Howard: Wait, you got called in, too? Janine: Fine. Sheldon: But I came to file a complaint. Sheldon: Yeah, additionally, you should know that the university has mandated that I take an online sexual harassment seminar so this sort of thing doesn't happen in the future. Leonard: Glasses?
Plan: A: Leonard; Q: Who plays the cello to apologize to Penny? A: quantum foam; Q: What topic does Kip Thorne lecture on? A: a date; Q: What did Leonard have with Penny that day? A: dinner; Q: What does Alex offer to talk about the lecture over? A: attention; Q: What does Leonard like about being hit on by two women at once? A: two; Q: How many attractive women does Leonard get attention from at once? A: Sheldon; Q: Who is unhappy that Alex is hitting on Leonard? A: his assistant; Q: Who is Alex? A: her time; Q: What does Sheldon want Alex to devote to him? A: advise; Q: What does Sheldon ask Amy, Penny and Bernadette for? A: their identity; Q: What does Sheldon want to protect? A: The women; Q: Who deduced the real situation? A: his sexually inappropriate language; Q: What caused Alex to file a sexual harassment complaint? A: the HR Department; Q: Where did Alex file a sexual harassment complaint? A: the Afro-American HR Admin Janine Davis; Q: Who does Sheldon inadvertently infuriate with unintentional racist and misogynistic remarks? A: unintentionally racist and misogynistic remarks; Q: What did Sheldon say to Janine Davis that upset her? A: the university; Q: Where did Sheldon try to prove he hadn't done the worst things? A: an online sexual harassment seminar; Q: What does Sheldon have to take to prove he is not guilty of the sexual harassment complaint? A: feelings; Q: What does Leonard deny he has for Alex? A: her insecurities; Q: What does Penny say she can now cope with? A: a scientist; Q: What does Penny wear thick-rimmed glasses to look like? Summary: Alex invites Leonard to accompany her to Kip Thorne's lecture on quantum foam. He declines, having a date with Penny that day, so Alex offers to talk about the lecture "over dinner". Realizing Alex is hitting on him, he is flattered at attention from two attractive women at once despite his commitment to Penny. When Sheldon finds out, he is unhappy: his assistant Alex should devote her time to him. Sheldon asks advise from Amy, Penny and Bernadette describing to them what happened while replacing Leonard and Alex's name to "protect their identity". The women quickly deduced the real situation, infuriating Penny upon knowing that Leonard liked being hit on. On Bernadette's advice, Sheldon talks to Alex about the issue, but his sexually inappropriate language leads her to file a sexual harassment complaint with the HR Department. Sheldon inadvertently infuriates the Afro-American HR Admin Janine Davis with unintentionally racist and misogynistic remarks. To prove that he hasn't done the worst things at the university, Sheldon implicates Leonard, Howard and Raj in other misdemeanours; she calls them in too. Sheldon must take an online sexual harassment seminar but, unwilling to waste time on such "nonsense", has Alex complete it. Meanwhile, Leonard plays his cello to apologize to Penny and denies feelings for Alex, reassuring Penny he is committed to her. Later she says she can now cope with her insecurities: she dons thick-rimmed glasses to look like a scientist, turning Leonard on like crazy.