TEXT: [ The apartment ] Amy: This is an easy one. You love this guy. Sheldon: Me. Amy: Come on, he's an under-appreciated genius. Sheldon: Still think it's me. Amy: It's not you. Now think, there's a car named after him. Sheldon: Of course there is. The Mini Cooper, 'cause it's me. Amy: How about this, he's a poor man's Sheldon Cooper. Sheldon: Oh, Tesla. Penny: Hi. Amy: Hello. Sheldon: Hey, how did it go? Leonard: Oh, not fun. The doctor shoved a camera up into my sinuses. Penny: Yeah, I watched. It was like the scary boat tunnel in Willy Wonka. Amy: Did they figure out what's wrong? Leonard: Yeah. It's a deviated septum. The surgery to correct it is simple. He's gonna do it next week. Sheldon: Why would you have surgery? Leonard: Because I can't breathe. I snore, I get sinus infections. Penny: Yeah, back off, he's all mine. Sheldon: But you don't have a life-threatening condition. Why would you take the risk of surgery? Amy: Sheldon, it's a routine procedure, I've heard you complain about his snoring. Sheldon: Yes, for the first five or six years, but I've gotten used to it. It helps me sleep. He's like my mucus-powered white noise machine. Leonard: Sheldon, I'm gonna get the surgery, it's no big deal. End of story. Sheldon: Very well. I'm done talking about it. Leonard: Thank you. Sheldon: I believe it was your turn in the game. Amy: Okay. Sheldon: Let's see. Oh, this person is most famous for never having gotten his nose mutilated with elective surgery and never living the rest of his life in the shadows as a hideous, disfigured freak. Leonard: I think you could give a better
SUMMARY:
Leonard announces that he needs deviated septum surgery in one week. Sheldon, appalled, describes every imaginable risk of the surgery, so Leonard says he'll reconsider. However, he secretly goes to the hospital with Penny for a last-minute earlier appointment, though Amy eventually spills the beans. Sheldon shows up in the waiting room and the hospital experiences a mild earthquake. Sheldon, worried about Leonard, runs toward the operating room but hits the glass door. The next day Leonard and Sheldon are home with bandaged noses. Leonard teases that Sheldon only did what he did because he really loves him. Later, Sheldon unpacks engraved urns he ordered for Leonard and himself. However, he had them engraved with morbid messages and thus cannot return them. Raj frets over finding a gift for his parents' 40th wedding anniversary until he learns that his parents are getting divorced and his father has moved out. Raj says little things caused mutual resentment to grow over the years. Bernadette and Howard cheer him up, but Bernadette fears the same fate for her marriage too. Howard and Bernadette try to say positive things about each other, but descend into sarcastic bickering.