(Reading) We're having a texting date? Amy: Hmm. Amy: Hooky? Amy: Oh, I want to be Cinderella, too. Amy: Sheldon, all Snow White needs is one little kiss to wake up. Bernadette: Joke? Bernadette: Okay, so, you pick your princess, Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, Cinderella, they give you hair, makeup, the works. Encouraging more women to pursue a career in the sciences. Howard: Maybe I could call my old middle school, see if we can talk to some of the female students. I played hooky with the girls, then we all went to Disneyland and got... What are you doing? Leonard and Howard (together): No! Leonard: Yeah, well, it's in our contract to serve on a university committee. Lucy (by text): Sorry. Penny: Unless you want to be Cinderella. Penny: Yeah, but you just have to remember, that ride is shorter than you think and they take a picture of you at the end, so make sure you got your clothes back on. Raj (by text): My dad's a gynaecologist in India, so if you're over there and need a check up, as he likes to say, he's at your cervix. Raj: I am a man who can't talk to women, trying to figure out how to go on a romantic date with a girl who suffers from such crippling social anxiety she can't be around other people. Raj: I'm counting that as foreplay. Scene: Howard and Bernadette's apartment. Scene: The library. Sheldon: Exactly. Sheldon: Smart. We don't want any problems. While I was listening to my colleagues waste your time, it occurred to me that it might be much more meaningful to hear about women in science from actual women in science, and, uh, I happen to know two brilliant examples who have agreed to speak to you on the phone right now.
Plan: A: Caltech; Q: What university do Leonard, Sheldon, and Howard work at? A: Sheldon; Q: Who suggests focusing on middle school girls? A: a committee; Q: What must Leonard, Sheldon, and Howard serve on? A: young women; Q: Who does the committee promote science to? A: Neither Sheldon; Q: Who is not interested in the committee? A: Leonard's cajoling; Q: What did Sheldon need to do to get Leonard to agree to the committee? A: their ideas; Q: What do Sheldon, Leonard, and Howard implement at Howard's old middle school? A: Bernadette; Q: Who planned the trip to Disneyland? A: Disney princesses; Q: What do Amy and Bernadette dress up as? A: Cinderella; Q: Who does Bernadette want to be? A: Aurora; Q: Who is Penny dressed as? A: Beauty and Amy is Snow White; Q: Who is Amy dressed as? A: their partners; Q: Bernadette's and Penny's costumes turn on whom? A: Raj; Q: Who does Lucy want to kiss? A: the library; Q: Where did Raj and Lucy have their date? A: their social problems; Q: What do Raj and Lucy use texting to avoid? Summary: As part of their Caltech contracts, Leonard, Sheldon and Howard must serve on a committee that promotes science among young women. Neither Sheldon nor Howard are interested, but on Leonard's cajoling, Sheldon suggests focusing on middle school girls and inspiring them to pursue science after completing school. They implement their ideas at Howard's old middle school but cannot enthuse the girls for science, so Sheldon calls Amy and Bernadette, both scientists, to talk to the class by phone about careers in science. The women have meanwhile skipped work to go to Disneyland and be made up as Disney princesses. All want to be Cinderella, but Bernadette insists she be Cinderella since she planned the trip and drove them there, so Penny is Aurora from Sleeping Beauty and Amy is Snow White. Back home, Bernadette's and Penny's costumes turn on their partners. Amy, still in her Snow White costume, wants Sheldon to awaken her with a kiss, but he is tired and uninterested. Elsewhere, Raj and Lucy have a "texting date" in the library: they interact by texting to circumvent their social problems. At the end of their date Lucy wants to kiss Raj, but gets shy before doing so. Raj is impressed, counting it as foreplay.