(Text message tone) I have an audition for Sharknado 2. Are you prepared to feed her, wash her and take her to the toilet? Bernadette: We set it up in Howie's old room. Director: Isn't she too hot for you? Emily: One on my shoulder, one not on my shoulder and one really not on my shoulder. Howard: Sounds like a job for a loving person. Howard: The doctor says you need to get exercise. I finally said yes just to get it over with. Instead of desperately clinging to any woman who will go out with me, I need to work on my fear of being alone. Leonard: And you were so good in the TV commercial. Leonard: Cool. Leonard: Why? Leonard: You know I want to marry you, but you're only doing this because you got fired and you're feeling sorry for yourself. Mrs Wolowitz (off): I don't need a treadmill. Penny: Life? Penny: Okay, it may look that way, but getting fired from that movie was the best thing that could have happened to me, okay? Penny: Well, I care. Penny: You know, the only thing worse than doing a movie where they glue monkey hair to your ass is getting fired from a movie where they glue monkey hair to your ass. Raj: Eleven. Raj: Hey. Raj: No. Raj: So the movie's not as bad as you thought? Raj: Thanks for skipping the movie. Raj: To be truthful, Emily and I haven't dated that long, and we never agreed to be exclusive to each other. Raj: What? Scene: A bar. Scene: Mrs Wolowitz's house. Scene: The movie set. She liked Howard better. Sheldon, this is Emily. The guy I was with did my last tattoo, and he's been asking me out for months. Wil: Hey.
Plan: A: Howard; Q: Who's old room is the treadmill moved into? A: her doctor; Q: Who says Howard's mother needs more exercise? A: the stairs; Q: What did the treadmill slide down? A: Howard's mother's leg; Q: What did the treadmill break? A: a newborn baby; Q: Howard and Bernadette struggle to care for Howard's mother as if she were what? A: a live-in nurse; Q: What do Howard and Bernadette hire to help care for Howard's mother? A: Leonard; Q: Who visits the movie set of "Serial Ape-ist 2 A: the director; Q: Who does Penny contradict on the movie set? A: Wil; Q: Who takes Penny's side when she is fired? A: a bar; Q: Where do Leonard, Penny, and Wil commiserate? A: Sharknado 2; Q: What movie does Wil audition for? A: better life decisions; Q: What does Penny say she needs to make? A: only Leonard; Q: Who does Penny say she needs to be happy? A: fame; Q: What does Penny say she doesn't need? A: a ring; Q: What does Leonard take out of his wallet? A: the movies; Q: Where do Sheldon and Raj run into Emily? A: Sheldon; Q: Who suggests Raj has to overcome his fear of being alone? A: another man; Q: Who did Emily date? A: months; Q: How long did the other guy ask Emily out? A: her three tattoos; Q: What does Emily invite Raj to inspect? Summary: Howard, Bernadette, and Raj move a treadmill up to Howard's old room at his mother's house as her doctor says she needs more exercise. The treadmill slides back down the stairs, breaking Howard's mother's leg. The couple later struggle to care for her, as if for a newborn baby, but finally hire a live-in nurse. Leonard visits the movie set of "Serial Ape-ist 2: Monkey See, Monkey Kill" where Penny contradicts the director on repeating a take. He insults Penny and fires her. Wil takes her side and gets fired too. They and Leonard commiserate at a bar until Wil is called to audition for Sharknado 2. At home, Penny tells Leonard she must make better life decisions and suggests they marry. He wants assuring this isn't just because she was fired and feels sorry for herself. Penny says that getting fired from the movie is the best thing that happened to her and she realized in order to be happy she needs only Leonard, not fame. Taking out a ring from his wallet, he formally proposes and she happily accepts. At the movies, Sheldon and Raj run into Emily dating another man. Raj and Sheldon later discuss why women don't like Raj. Sheldon suggests Raj has to overcome his fear of being alone. Emily later explains to Raj that the other guy did her last tattoo and asked her out for months; she gave in to get the date over with. She invites Raj to inspect her three tattoos "on my shoulder; not on my shoulder; definitely not on my shoulder" and spends the night with him.