TEXT: Scene: The apartment. A robotic arm is extracting some Chinese takeaway from a bag controlled by Howard. Howard: And now the kung pao chicken. Leonard: Alright. Raj: Smooth. Howard: And finally, my moo shu pork. Raj: Whoo-hoo! Howard: Ah, there you have it, gentlemen. Our entire dinner unpacked by robot. Raj: And it only took 28 minutes. Sheldon: Impressive, but we must be cautious. Howard: Why? Sheldon: Today, it's a Chinese food retrieval robot. Tomorrow, it travels back in time and tries to kill Sarah Connor. Leonard: I don't think that's going to happen, Sheldon. Sheldon: No one ever does. That's why it happens. Penny (arriving): Hey. Is the food here? Ooh. What's that? Howard: That, dear lady, is the Wolowitz Programmable Hand, designed for extravehicular repairs on the International Space Station. Penny: Ah, cool. Howard: Ask me to pass the soy sauce. Penny: Oh, does that come up much on the space station? Howard: Mostly with Asian and Jewish astronauts. Penny: All right. Pass the soy sauce. Howard: Coming up. (Starts typing rapidly) Leonard: So how's work? Penny: Oh, it's not bad. Kind of hungry. Leonard: Yeah, we all are. Howard: Just wait. Sheldon: You realize, Penny, that the technology that went into this arm will one day make unskilled food servers such as yourself obsolete. Penny: Really? They're going to make a robot that spits on your hamburger? Sheldon: I thought you broke up with her. Why is she here? Howard: Okay, here we go. Passing the soy sauce. Put out your hand. Penny: Oh ha-ha, oh. That's amazing. Sheldon: I wouldn't say amazing. At best, it's a modest leap forward from the basic technology that gave us Country Bear Jamboree. Howard: Hey, Sheldon? Sheldon: Yes? (Howard types
SUMMARY:
Howard uses a robotic hand for masturbation, but has to go to a hospital when it malfunctions. Penny learns about Amy, and Sheldon's plan to conceive a child with her by in vitro fertilisation. Penny then urges him to become intimate with Amy first. She accompanies them on their first date, but the conversation quickly turns to a statistical analysis of Penny's sexual history. Afterwards, Sheldon is still intent on having a child, but cancels the plan when Penny threatens to tell his mother.