TEXT: Scene: The apartment. Sheldon is on the phone. Sheldon: Buona sera, Luigi's Pizza. Buona sera. It means good evening in Italian. May I say, having to explain that to you calls into question the authenticity of your ristorante? Leonard: Okay, I'm out of here. Sheldon: Un momento. Oh, for heaven's sake, now you're being deliberately stupid. (to Leonard) Where are you going? Leonard: I'm having dinner with Priya at Raj's. I think Howard's going to be there. You want to join us? Sheldon: But tonight's Thursday. On Thursdays, everybody comes over here and has pizza. Or a reasonable facsimile prepared by someone claiming to be Luigi, but who sounds suspiciously like Jackie Chan. Leonard: Can't we make a one-time exception for tonight? Sheldon: We could. We could also stop using the letter M, but I think that idea is isguided and oronic. Leonard: Just come with me to Raj's. Sheldon: Well, I don't want to go to a party. Leonard: It's not a party. It's the same group of people who hang out here, hanging out over there. Sheldon: I'm sorry, but five people eating and chatting is a party. Leonard: How come it's not a party when we do it here? Sheldon: Because we don't throw parties. Leonard: I don't know what to tell you, Sheldon. I'm going to see Priya. Everyone's over there. You coming or not? Sheldon: Well, no, sir, and do you know why? In a word, tradition. Every Thursday night for the last eight years, you and I and our friends have gathered here in this very spot to break bread covered with cheese and sauce, discuss the issues of the day, and yes, share a laugh or two. But I guess our rich heritage means nothing to you. Leonard: I guess you're right. See you later. Sheldon: Wait! Leonard! Wait! What am I going to do for dinner? Leonard: Come with me to Raj's and
SUMMARY:
Now Leonard and Priya are dating and since she lives with Raj, Leonard and Howard decide to have dinner there instead of the normal venue which disturbs Sheldon. Sheldon stops by the Cheesecake Factory where Penny tells him he has to accept that the gang will be hanging out at Raj's place more often. Amy tells him that Leonard is the nucleus of their social group and not Sheldon. As a result, he sets up a new group consisting of Kripke, Stuart, Zack and LeVar Burton (whom he tweeted) with him as the nucleus. Sheldon's plans are dismissed by the others in favor of Zack's dating stories and getting drunk and singing karaoke. Naturally, Sheldon does not like that very much, so he decides to go back to his old friends, who, in the meantime, realized that they actually missed Sheldon. In the end, LeVar Burton finally does show up at Sheldon's place, but when he sees Kripke, Stuart and Zack singing karaoke together, he leaves immediately. Meanwhile, Bernadette and Amy want to take Penny out dancing to get her mind off of Leonard and Priya. As she changes clothes, she tells the girls that it is the first time in her life she is satisfied with being single and does not want to have sex with a random guy to make up for it, however when Amy finds the encased snowflake that Leonard gave to her after his expedition, she changes her mind as her feelings for Leonard come back to the surface again.