TEXT: Scene: The Cheesecake Factory Raj: So, couldn't help but notice none of you RSVP'd to my murder mystery dinner party. Leonard: Oh, yeah. We were meaning to do that. Raj: No, you weren't because it was a week ago and nobody came. So, if you want to solve the mystery of who stabbed Koothrappali in the back with the weapon of indifference, it was all of you. Sheldon: I don't think thatqualifies as a mystery, we all knew what we were doing. Amy: We're sorry, Rajesh. Bernadette: Maybe we can do it next week. Howard: Whoa, whoa, we're not that sorry. Raj: Don't worry, I can take a hint. No more murder mystery parties. Leonard: Great. Sheldon: Thank you. Howard: Hallelujah. Raj: Because I've got something even better planned. Leonard: Aw. Howard: Why? Sheldon: Come on. Raj: Just hear me out. I'm going to make you guys a scavenger hunt like they have at M.I.T. Howard: Oh, I loved those. I did them every year there. Leonard: We did them at Princeton, too. Howard: Oh, that's cute. Like it's a real college. Sheldon: That's amusing, I was going to say that about M.I.T., but it works for Princeton, too. Amy: Scavenger hunts at Harvard were really tough. I always got stuck on the first challenge, trying to find someone to be on a team with me. I guess that story's more sad than funny. Penny: I love scavenger hunts. My friends and I had them all the time. Leonard: Oh, these are a little different. There's a tradition at elite universities... Howard: And Princeton. Leonard: A tradition of hunts full of puzzles that rely on logic and obscure knowledge, science. Penny: Oh, in ours we would just run around town looking for a store that would sell us beer. Raj: So, uh, who's in? Leonard: I think it sounds
SUMMARY:
After the gang blows off Raj's murder-mystery party, he creates a scavenger hunt with ten clues to guide the winner to the location of a gold coin. They first propose making each couple a team, but Leonard suggests picking names out of a hat instead. Penny gets angry, assuming Leonard proposed this to avoid being stuck with her. The teams are Sheldon and Penny, Howard and Amy, and Leonard and Bernadette. Penny and Sheldon both do well figuring out clues as they race around Pasadena. Bernadette is very competitive, while Leonard is more worried that Penny is mad at him. Amy and Howard, who have not been alone before, bond over a mutual love of Neil Diamond music. During the final stretch, Leonard, Bernadette and Penny realize that the coin is in Sheldon's spot and races upstairs while hindering the others. Finally, Raj reveals he slipped a gold coin into everyone's pocket so that all would win: his goal was to teach the value of friendship. To his dismay, Leonard, Penny and Bernadette are angry there is no clear winner despite all their efforts, and chase him out of the apartment. Howard and Amy abandon the hunt and sing Neil Diamond songs in The Cheesecake Factory.