TEXT: Scene: The apartment. Leonard is sorting out Chinese food. Leonard: Let's see, Raj was the Kung Palo Chicken. Penny: I'm the dumplings. Howard: Yes, you are. Penny: Creepy, Howard. Howard: Creepy good or creepy bad? Leonard: Who was the Shrimp with Lobster Sauce? Howard: That would be me. Come to Poppa, you un-kosher delight. (To Penny) I'm not necessarily talking to the food. Penny: Sit over there. Sheldon (entering, to Penny who is in his spot): Sit over there. Baby wipe? Penny: What do you have.... Leonard and Howard together: Don't! Don't! Don't! Sheldon: I'll tell you why. Leonard and Howard: O-o-o-oh! Sheldon: I had to sanitize my hands because the university replaced the paper towels in the rest rooms with hot air blowers. Penny: I thought the blowers were more sanitary? Leonard and Howard: Why? Don't! Sheldon: Hot air blowers are incubators and spewers of bacteria and pestilence. Frankly it would be more hygienic if they just had a plague infested gibbon sneeze my hands dry. Raj (entering excitedly): Hey guys, I just got the most amazing new... (spots Penny) ew-ew-ew Penny: Gosh, Raj, do you think you'll ever be able to talk in front of me without being drunk? (Shakes head.) Okay, well, I'll just, um, go eat by myself. Leonard: Penny, you don't have to do that. Penny: No, it's okay, between (indicates Raj) him not talking, (indicates Sheldon) him talking and... (indicates Howard) him, I'm better off alone, so, (to Raj) goodbye you poor strange little man (gives him a kiss and exits.) Raj: She's so considerate. Howard: So what's your news? Raj
SUMMARY:
Raj is included in People magazine's "30 Visionaries Under 30 Years Old to Watch" list for his discovery of the trans-Neptunian object 2008 NQ17, making his friends jealous, though Leonard finds that they should be happy for him. Raj becomes arrogant after receiving star treatment from Dr. Gablehauser and being given an assistant, so all the guys ditch him, and he invites Penny to his People reception. After the party, a very intoxicated Raj returns home with Penny, and via webcam he introduces her to his parents as his girlfriend. His parents object that she is not Indian, though his father likes Penny's resolute nature. She denies being Raj's girlfriend, and escapes after he becomes sick from overdrinking. The following morning, a sober and shy Raj attempts to give Penny a written apology, but she forces him to utter a barely audible "sorry" before forgiving him.