(Bird flies in window) Bird in the apartment! (Leonard takes off blazer and heads back to his room. (Opens window. (Reveals nest with an egg in it.) (Sees the bird sitting in his place) No! (They enter. A blue jay. All right. All right. Amy: Sheldon, the only way to get past this fear is to interact with it. And remember, he's more afraid of you than you are of him. Bernadette: Oh, it's just like my grandma with her parrot. I'm going to be a mommy. It's just a man and a woman hanging out, and not having s*x at the end of the night. Its about a guy whose roommate is having s*x and tells him go to a bar and work on his screenplay. Leonard: Can't argue with that. Leonard: I'm going to the movies with Penny. Leonard: Laura. Leonard: See? Leonard: That's kind of between me and...
Woman: Laura. Leonard: The bird's still there? Lovey-Dovey sleeps in his very own nest, which I'm going to get off the windowsill and put in my room. Make it good enough to go on a mug, a mouse pad, and a calendar. Nice to meet you. Penny (to Kevin): So it is an amazing documentary. Penny: No, I was talking to the bird. Penny: Okay, but the Jennifer Aniston movie has Jennifer Aniston, and she's not building a dam. Penny: To get s*x.
Leonard: Exactly. Scene: The apartment.Sheldon is trying to scare the bird away making cat noises. Sheldon draws a picture of a cats face and returns to making cat noises at the window.) Sheldon has the bird on his arm. Sheldon: That doesn't help. Sheldon: There's a bird outside the window, and he won't go away. Shoo! They need the electricity from the dam, but at the same time they want to preserve the environment. We're out as friends.
Plan: A: Leonard and Penny; Q: Who decides to go to the movies as friends? A: friends; Q: What do Leonard and Penny decide to go to the movies as? A: the familiar deference; Q: What does Leonard refuse to exhibit to Penny? A: a Jennifer Aniston movie; Q: What kind of movie does Leonard refuse to see? A: Leonard's behavior; Q: What irritated Penny? A: a geeky; Q: What kind of screenwriter is Kevin? A: Laura; Q: Who does Leonard flirt with? A: a fight; Q: What happens between Leonard and Penny? A: his usual deference; Q: What does Leonard default to after Penny tells him she liked his new-found confidence? A: Sheldon; Q: Who is afraid of birds? A: ornithophobia; Q: What is Sheldon's fear? A: a large Black-throated magpie-jay; Q: What kind of bird did Sheldon find in his apartment? A: his apartment windowsill; Q: Where did Sheldon find the bird's nest? A: a cat's meow; Q: What does Sheldon mimic to scare away the bird? A: an ultrasonic machine; Q: What does Howard design to scare away the bird? A: a broom; Q: What does Sheldon use to shoo the bird away? A: the window; Q: What does Sheldon open to shift the bird's nest to his apartment? A: A terrified Sheldon; Q: Who is terrified of the bird? A: "Lovey-Dovey; Q: What does Sheldon name the bird? A: an egg; Q: What did Sheldon find in the bird's nest? A: a mommy; Q: What does Sheldon want to become? Summary: Leonard and Penny decide to go to the movies as friends. However Leonard refuses to exhibit the familiar deference to her that he formerly displayed to her as her boyfriend to make her amenable to sex, insisting that they see a documentary on dams instead of a Jennifer Aniston movie and making her pay for her ticket and food. Irritated by Leonard's behavior, Penny begins to flirt with Kevin, a geeky screenwriter. Leonard retaliates by flirting with a woman named Laura. Penny then sabotages Leonard's meeting with Laura, leading to a fight between Leonard and Penny before they decide to return home. Outside the apartment, they apologise to each other and Penny tells Leonard that she actually liked his new-found confidence, but he misses the opportunity to get back together with her by defaulting to his usual deference. Meanwhile, Sheldon, who suffers from ornithophobia, is afraid and upset when he sees that a large Black-throated magpie-jay (incorrectly identified as a blue jay) has made a nest in his apartment windowsill. He tries all means to get rid of the bird, including mimicking a cat's meow and making Howard design an ultrasonic machine to scare away the bird, all of which fail. Eventually he decides to shoo the bird away using a broom, but when he opens the window, the bird enters the apartment and lands on his spot on the couch. A terrified Sheldon then asks Amy and Bernadette to get rid of the bird, but instead they help him overcome his fear by encouraging him to touch the bird. Sheldon soon grows fond of it, calling it "Lovey-Dovey" and decides to keep it as a pet. However, when Sheldon opens the window to shift the bird's nest to his apartment, the bird flies away, to his dismay. The episode ends with Sheldon revealing to Leonard that he found an egg in the nest and expressing his intention to become "a mommy" by incubating the egg.