TEXT: Scene: The cafeteria. Raj: So, anyway, last night on video chat, I spent, like, twenty minutes just staring into Lucy's eyes. Leonard: Oh, that sounds romantic. Raj: It was until I realized the screen had frozen. Still one of my top three datesof all time. Leonard: So, are we ever gonna hang out with this girl? Raj: I'd love that, but she's not really comfortable around people. Sheldon: Yeah, I used to be uncomfortable around people, but then I learned a trick. I pretend everyone I meet is a beloved character from Star Trek. Leonard: How's that been working for you? Sheldon: Oh, like a charm, unnamed crewman in a red shirt. Howard: Leonard, I may have gotten you a job. Leonard: I have a job. Sheldon: Yes, he does. He caters to my every whim. Howard: No, in a couple of weeks, Stephen Hawking's team is sending an expedition to the North Sea to test hydrodynamic simulations of black holes. One of their experimental physicists dropped out, and I recommended you. Leonard: Well, do you really think I have a shot? Howard: Yeah, I've worked with Hawking. I talked you up. He knows your research. I think this could happen. Leonard: He knows, wow. Sheldon: Well, now, but do you think that's a good idea? Uh, you know Star Trek. Should a guy with no name and a red shirt really go on an expedition? Raj: Hey, don't discourage him. This is a fantastic opportunity. Sheldon: No one asked you, Uhura. Scene: Leonard's car. Sheldon: Would you like to hear a classic Sheldon Cooper factoid? Leonard: What do you think? Sheldon: Great. I've been doing some reading about vehicular safety. Did you know that the highest number of drowning accidents happen on or around boats? Leonard: Interesting that you would bring that up when I might go work on a boat. Sheldon: Well, that's the thing about factoids, they're interesting. Leonard: I
SUMMARY:
Stephen Hawking plans a North Sea expedition to find the hydrodynamic equivalent of Unruh radiation. The team's experimental physicist backs out so Howard proposes Leonard in his place. Though he is reluctant to leave Penny for four months. She encourages Leonard since it is a great career opportunity, whereas Sheldon, jealous of Leonard's career move and afraid of extended solitude, vainly tries to dissuade him. On Penny's advice, Sheldon overcomes his jealousy, later toasting Leonard supportively at his bon voyage party. Meanwhile the gang wants to meet Lucy, who hates meeting new people, so Raj suggests she first meet just one of them. The honor falls to Amy, the newest of the group. Amy handles Lucy well, but when Raj demands to know the status of their relationship, Lucy escapes to the bathroom. Later, Lucy reluctantly agrees to go to Leonard's party, but instead texts Raj there to break up with him, reducing him to tears. Later, after driving Leonard to the airport, Penny visits Raj to console him. When he says he is unlovable, Penny says the alcohol is talking - yet Raj has been sober since Lucy broke up with him. Both are amazed and happy to realize Raj has finally overcome his selective mutism. The episode ends with Raj annoying the women by talking non-stop about Lucy.