TEXT: Scene: A lecture hall. Sheldon: Good evening. I'm your guest lecturer, Dr. Sheldon Cooper. I was expecting applause, but I suppose stunned silence is equally appropriate. I agreed to speak to you this evening, because I was told that you're the best and the brightest of this university's doctoral candidates. Hmm. Of course, that's like saying you are the most important electron in a hydrogen atom. 'Cause, you see, there's only one electron in a hydrogen atom. Best and brightest, my sweet patootie. All right, let's begin. Show of hands, who here is familiar with the concept of topological insulators? Don't kid yourselves. Scene: The apartment. Leonard: I found another tweet from a student at Sheldon's lecture. Dr. Cooper has taken a relatively boring subject and managed to make it completely insufferable. Plus, he looks like a giant insect. Howard: Look. Listen to this one. Does Einstein's theory explain why time flies when you're having fun, but when you're listening to Dr. Cooper, it falls out of the sky, dead? Raj: Ooh, somebody took pictures and uploaded them to their Flickr account. Leonard: Wow. How do you get an entire lecture hall to flip you off at the same time? Howard: Apparently, if you're Sheldon, all you need to do is turn your back. Penny: Hey, Leonard, is your wi-fi down? I can't get on. Leonard: Oh, Sheldon changed the password. It's now Penny is a freeloader. No spaces. Penny: Thanks. What are you guys doing? Leonard: Sheldon gave a lecture at the university tonight. We're reading the reviews. Penny: Oh. How'd he do? Howard: Well, picture the Hindenburg meets Chernobyl meets Three Mile Island meets Tron 2. Penny: That bad, huh? Leonard: Read this woman's tweet. Penny: Listening to Dr. Cooper has made me want to start cutting myself again Leonard: Yeah. Sheldon: Good evening, Leonard, Howard,
SUMMARY:
When Sheldon is unsuccessful as a lecturer due to his condescending personality, Amy suggests that he take acting lessons from Penny. Instead of using a professional script, he insists that they use a Star Trek fanfiction script which he wrote as a child. Penny plays the role of Spock as she feels that Sheldon needs to come out of his comfort zone, while Sheldon plays the dual role of himself and his mother. However while acting out the script, Sheldon immerses himself so deeply in the part that he is brought to tears, because he does not want to be taken away from his mother by Spock. Penny then calls his mother and gives the phone to Sheldon so that his mother can console him. Meanwhile, Raj becomes infatuated with Bernadette and fantasizes about them getting together.