TEXT: Scene: Penny's apartment. Penny: Okay, now holding sides of hearth in position, lower mantelpiece assembly onto top tabs. Leonard: Look at that, I built a fireplace with my own two hands. Penny: You're so butch. Leonard: Aw, I got a little paper cut. Penny: Of course you did. Your hands are softer than veal. Leonard: Oh, before I forget, Saturday I'm planning a little Dungeons and Dragons night with the guys. Penny: Really? That's how you're gonna spend your Saturday night? Leonard: Oh, come on, I hardly ever get a chance to play anymore. Penny: Oh, you poor thing. Is having a real-life girlfriend who has s*x with you getting in the way of your board games? Leonard: Little bit, yeah. Scene: The apartment. Amy: Oh, great! I've always wanted to play Dungeons and Dragons. Sheldon: Yeah, oh, I'm sorry. I should've mentioned this earlier. You're not invited. Amy: Why not? Sheldon: Amy, from time to time, we men need to break free from the shackles of civility and get in touch with our primal animalistic selves. Amy: By rolling dice and playing make-believe with little figurines? Sheldon: Yeah, like a bunch of savages. Scene: Howard and Bernadette's apartment. Bernadette is on the webcam. Bernadette: Saturday night? But I've been working late all week. That was gonna be our night. Howard: But I have to go. We play as a group. If-if I'm not there, then everyone will blame you. They'll be all, Bernadette ruined everything. She's the worst. So, you see? I have to play Dungeons and Dragons for the marriage. Bernadette: You're an idiot. Howard: I'm your idiot. Forever. Scene: Raj's apartment. Raj: So, listen, I know we talked about getting a bite to eat in Silver Lake, and then seeing
SUMMARY:
The men and Stuart play Dungeons and Dragons without the women. Dungeon master Leonard sets up a Christmas theme where players must rescue Santa Claus from a gang of ogres, to Sheldon's chagrin as he hates Christmas. Raj's character dies early on, so he joins Penny, Bernadette and Amy for girls' night at a bar. They want to find Raj a partner. He is rejected by someone who just split with her partner; Raj laments remaining single despite otherwise being successful. The women sympathize, Amy even sharing her experiences of loneliness with him. This comforts him but also draws him to Amy, the only woman in the gang to whom he was not yet attracted. In the game, meanwhile, Sheldon paralyses Howard's and Stuart's characters in Santa's dungeon, berating Santa for not bringing Pop-Pop (Sheldon's maternal grandfather, the only family member to encourage his scientific pursuits) back to life, his childhood Santa wish. He abandons Santa to be eaten alive by the ogres. Sheldon later has a nightmare about Santa, who is sorry he can bring nobody back to life, but has a present for Sheldon. Anticipating a train set, he wakes in panic when Santa fires a cannon at him.