TEXT: Leonard: Oh, thank God we're home. Howard: I can't believe we spent three months in that frozen hell. Raj: It was like a snowy nightmare from which there was no awakening. Sheldon: I don't know what Arctic expedition you guys were on, but I thought it was a hoot and a half. Scene: The apartment door. Sheldon is on the phone. Sheldon: Oh, hi mom. No, I told you I'd call you when I got home, I'm not home yet. (Walks through door) Alright, I'm home. The Arctic expedition was a remarkable success, I'm all but certain there's a Nobel Prize in my future. Actually, I shouldn't say that. I'm entirely certain. No, mother, I could not feel your church group praying for my safety. The fact that I'm home safe is not proof that it worked, that logic is Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc. No, I'm not sassing you in Eskimo talk. Leonard: I'm going to go let Penny know we're back. Sheldon: Mother, I have to go. Yeah, love you. Bye. (To his spot) Hello, old friend. (Sits) Daddy's home. Scene: Penny's door. Penny: Leonard, you're back. Leonard: Yeah, I just stopped by to say... (she grabs him and kisses him) Yeah, so, hi! Penny: Hi! (They stumble, kissing, into her apartment and slam the door shut) Howard: Dammit, I should have gone over and told her we were back. Raj: Yeah, it was first come, first served. Credits sequence. Scene: A moment later. Sheldon: I just want you both to know, when I publish my findings, I won't forget your contributions. Howard: Great. Raj: Thanks. Sheldon: Of course, I can't mention you in my Nobel acceptance speech, but when I get round to writing my memoirs you can expect a very effusive footnote, and perhaps a signed copy. Raj: We have to tell him. Sheldon: Tell me
SUMMARY:
When the men return home from their expedition at the Magnetic North Pole, Penny reveals her feelings for Leonard and kisses him when he visits her. Both are interrupted when Sheldon is humiliated on learning that Leonard, Howard and Raj tampered with one of his experiments, and retreats to his mother's home in Galveston, Texas. When Leonard arrives in Texas, it is Mary who convinces Sheldon to forgive him by disagreeing with his views on evolution. Leonard and Penny then finally have sex, but concede that things are now weird between them.