Cats, however, refuse to wear sporting apparel. Everyone is watching football. He is really smart. Howard! I'm going to Penny's on Saturday to watch a game with her friends and I don't want to look like an idiot. Leonard: How was your football party? Leonard: Sacks, sacks...
Sheldon: It's football nomenclature for when a quarterback is tackled behind the line of scrimmage. Leonard: Yeah, no, I'm trying to fit in, not get laughed at. Penny: You know, Leonard, honey, I wouldn't mind if you wanted to go fly kites with Sheldon. Raj: Leonard just realized that Penny's been hiding him from her friends because he's a tiny, little man who flies kites. Scene: The stairwell. Sheldon: Nothing.
Plan: A: Penny; Q: Who feels bad for Leonard when he refuses to fly kites with Sheldon? A: Penny's football-loving friends; Q: Who does Leonard try to fit in with? A: a large amount; Q: How much football knowledge does Sheldon surprise Leonard with? A: his father; Q: Who forced Sheldon to learn football? A: Penny's football party; Q: Where does Leonard bring his football knowledge? A: a normal childhood; Q: What does Leonard want to experience that he never got to experience? A: Howard upsets; Q: Who does Raj feel is abandoning him to pursue women? A: activities; Q: What does Howard abandon Raj during to pursue women? Summary: Leonard attempts to fit in with Penny's football-loving friends, despite initially knowing nothing about the game. However, it is Sheldon who surprises him with a large amount of football knowledge (forced on him by his father in his childhood), which Leonard later brings to Penny's football party. When Leonard refuses to fly kites with Sheldon, upsetting him as he never got to experience a normal childhood, Penny feels bad and allows Leonard to go, especially after pointing out how he is boring everyone at the party. Howard upsets Raj by repeatedly abandoning him during activities to pursue women.