TEXT: Scene: The stairwell Raj: Hey, want to spend some time playing the new Star Wars game this weekend? Leonard: Oh, I don't know. I kind of promised myself I'd get off the computer, be more physically active. Get some exercise. Howard: You're about to walk up three flights of stairs. Leonard: Good point, I'm in. Raj: You know what would be great? Let's do it like the old days. Leonard: You mean, are you talking gaming marathon? Raj: Yeah. Start Saturday morning, go 48 hours, sleeping bags, junk food. Howard: Turn off our phones so our moms can't call. Leonard: It would be like our World Of Warcraft a few years ago when the neighbours called the cops on us. Howard: They called the cops because of the smell. They thought we were dead. Raj: We were badass back in the day. Leonard: All right, let's do it. Howard: 48 hours of Star Wars gaming. Raj: It's on like Alderaan. Leonard: Hey, Sheldon, clear your weekend. Starting Saturday morning, Star Wars<unk> marathon Raj: Woo-hoo! Sheldon: Movies or video games? Or board game? Or trading card games? Or Lego's? Or dress up? Or comic books? Or dramatic readings of novelizations? Yes to all! Leonard: We are going to play the online game. Sheldon: The online game? Bully! Amy: Gentlemen, as much as I'm sure Sheldon would enjoy playing intergalactic make-believe, he and I have other plans. We are attending my Aunt Flora's 93rd birthday party. Sheldon: Just tell her I can't come. Amy: She'll be disappointed if we don't show up. Sheldon: She's 93. She won't be disappointed for very long. Amy: No, hang on. I followed all the protocols set forth by you in the relationship agreement. I made a written record request 72 hours in advance. I checked the tyre pressure on the car. I even contacted the Centres For Disease Control to find out what shots they recommend for travel to Orange County. FYI, it'
SUMMARY:
Raj suggests that he and the guys spend the entire weekend together engaging in a gaming marathon in which they would play the new Star Wars online game. However Sheldon already promised Amy that he would attend her Aunt Flora's 93rd birthday party and meet her family during the weekend and reluctantly decides not to take part in the marathon, but still tries to convince Penny to make Amy change her mind, to no avail. Sheldon eventually decides to go with Amy, but also brings his laptop so that he can play with the guys remotely. Amy gets peeved at Sheldon and tells him to return to his apartment if playing with the guys is more important than honoring his commitment to her, which he does. Later Raj gets furious at Howard when he brings Bernadette to the marathon after being forced to include her. Meanwhile, Amy, having returned from her aunt's birthday party, confides her feelings about Sheldon to Penny, who then tells her to create a scene at her boyfriend's apartment. She does this, with Penny too admonishing Sheldon for being a bad boyfriend. At this, Raj goes ballistic and yells about how different the group was before Leonard, Howard and Sheldon got girlfriends, how he is the only one in their group who does not have a girlfriend and adds that even if he gets a girlfriend, he has to face the shame of being the guy who got a girlfriend after Sheldon. The girls immediately leave the apartment and the guys get back to their marathon. The next morning, the marathon ends when Howard's mother bangs on the apartment door demanding an explanation for Howard's weekend-long absence and forcing him to return home.