Amy: And with Leonard out of the picture, we all know what that would mean. Amy: And? Amy: It's hard to say, my life would be so different. Amy: That's fine, she's dead. Amy: You make jokes about Sheldon, but if it weren't for him, I don't think any of us would be sitting in this room right now. Bernadette: Well... Fantasy sequence in the Cheesecake Factory. Fantasy sequence in Penny's apartment. Fat Leonard and Raj: Stuart! He has literally been crying his entire life. Howard: I lived with her to save money. Howard: Well, things would be a little different. If Leonard wasn't with Penny, she never would have set you up. Leonard: And last night. Leonard: He made you his screensaver. Leonard: I'm telling you, Sheldon cares for you more than you think. Leonard: Is someone sick? My sister's uterus came down with a baby. Not being born? Penny: Come on, Sheldon. Raj: At least Leonard, Howard and I would have always been friends. Raj: Come on, Leonard, dinner. Raj: If you were having Sheldon's baby would you really want him in the room? Sheldon: No, she chose to have a home birth because she wants to live in the Stone Age and a cave wasn't available. Sheldon: Or instead of me. Sheldon: Texas. Sheldon: To what? Stuart: I just wanted to be in anyone's story. That is not the way they usually look. Why would I be fat? Without Sheldon, most of us would have never met, but Penny would still live across from him. Zack: Better. [SCENE_BREAK]
Fantasy scene in Raj's apartment. with another video game injury.
Plan: A: Sheldon; Q: Who would have preferred Amy to be in Texas with him? A: his sister's home birth; Q: What does Sheldon travel to Texas to help with? A: his sister's discomfort; Q: What does Sheldon not care about during his sister's home birth? A: video calls; Q: What do Sheldon's friends use to talk to him? A: his friends; Q: Who wonders what their lives would be like if they had never met Sheldon? A: Bernadette; Q: Who thinks Penny would not be with Howard because of his strange friendship with Raj? A: Howard; Q: Who thinks he would be caring for his mother even after her death? A: Leonard speculates Penny; Q: Who thinks Penny would be living with Zack? A: money; Q: What does Zack trade for useless items? A: beans; Q: What does Leonard think Penny would trade for money if she had never met Sheldon? A: Leonard's absence; Q: What does Amy think Penny would have tried to seduce Sheldon in? A: Psycho; Q: What movie did Howard compare his mother's death to? A: Raj and Leonard; Q: Who thinks they would be obese flatmates if they had never met Sheldon? A: his newborn nephew; Q: What does Amy encourage Sheldon to be with? A: Sheldon's screensaver; Q: Where is Amy's picture on the show? A: an extremely cool Stuart; Q: Who does Penny reveal she is dating in the final Cheesecake Factory scene? A: The scene; Q: What changes to reveal Penny is dating Stuart? A: Stuart's fantasy; Q: What is the scene where Penny is dating Stuart revealed to be? Summary: Sheldon travels to Texas to help with his sister's home birth, but is as usual totally self-absorbed and unsympathetic to his sister's discomfort, and no help at all. Between video calls, his friends wonder how their lives would be had they never met him (as in It's a Wonderful Life). Penny notes Leonard would have been too afraid to date her, Bernadette thinks she would not be with Howard because of his strange friendship with Raj, and Leonard speculates Penny would be living with Zack, who would trade money for useless items such as beans. Amy suggests that if Leonard had not moved in, Penny would have tried to seduce Sheldon in Leonard's absence, while Howard notes he would be caring for his mother even after her death (as in Psycho), and Raj and Leonard suggest they would be obese flatmates owing to Raj's cooking and Leonard's loneliness. Amy thinks she would be sad and alone. After Amy encourages Sheldon to be with his newborn nephew, Raj observes that Amy has significantly influenced Sheldon, and Leonard shows her her picture on Sheldon's screensaver, among the other scientists Sheldon admires the most. On returning home, Sheldon tells Amy he would have preferred her to have been in Texas with him (or instead of him). In a final Cheesecake Factory scene with Howard and the obese Raj and Leonard, Leonard asks Penny out; she turns him down to reveal she is dating an extremely cool Stuart. The scene changes to reveal this as Stuart's fantasy while sitting alone in the restaurant.