TEXT: Scene: Lobby of the apartment building, Howard, Raj, Sheldon and Leonard enter in combat gear, covered in blue paint. Raj: Okay, if no-one else will say it, I will. We really suck at paintball. Howard: That was absolutely humiliating. Leonard: Oh, come on, some battles you win, some battles you lose. Howard: Yes, but you don't have to lose to Kyle Bernstein's Bar-Mitzvah party. Leonard: I think we have to acknowledge, those were some fairly savage pre-adolescent Jews. Sheldon: You know, we were annihilated by our own incompetence and the inability of some people to follow the chain of command. Leonard: Sheldon, let it go. Sheldon: No, I want to talk about the fact that Wolowitz shot me in the back. Howard: I shot you for good reason, you were leading us into disaster. Sheldon: I was giving clear, concise orders. Leonard: You hid behind a tree yelling "get the kid in the yarmulkah, get the kid in the yarmulkah." Penny (arriving): Oh, hey guys. Leonard: Hello Penny. Howard: Morning ma'am. Penny: So, how was paintball, did you have fun? Sheldon: Sure, if you consider being fragged by your own troops fun. (To Howard) You clear space on your calendar, there will be an enquiry. Penny: Okay, um, oh hey, I'm having a party on Saturday so if you guys are around you should come by. Leonard: A party? Penny: Yeah. Howard: A boy-girl party? Penny: Well, there will be boys, and there will be girls, and it is a party. So, it'll just be a bunch of my friends, we'll have some beer, do a little dancing... Sheldon: Dancing? Leonard: Yeah, I don't know, Penny... Sheldon: The thing is, we're not.... Leonard: We're really more.... Sheldon: No. Leonard: But thanks, thanks for thinking
SUMMARY:
Penny invites the guys to her Halloween party. They at first decline as they do not dance, but accept when costumes are mentioned. At the party they have problems socializing: Sheldon is unable to explain his Doppler effect costume since none of Penny's friends are physicists or smart enough to understand it; Raj (dressed as Thor) cannot speak to women; Howard as Robin Hood is mistaken for Peter Pan; and Leonard (dressed as Frodo Baggins from The Lord of the Rings) is insecure. Penny's ex-boyfriend Kurt (underdressed as a very tall, muscular caveman) later shows up and aggressively confronts Leonard, causing him (and later Penny) to leave. Penny goes to check on Leonard and apologizes for Kurt's behavior. She is very upset, but Leonard tells her she is perfect, and they kiss, though Penny confesses she is drunk. They kiss again, in sight of Kurt, Leonard saying "That's how we roll at the Shire!" before locking his apartment door in panic. Meanwhile, Howard cannot find Raj, who is at home sleeping with a girl who finds him to be a "very good listener".