TEXT: Scene: The lobby. Sheldon: Penny, hello. Penny: Hey, Sheldon. Sheldon: What is shaking? Penny: I'm sorry? Sheldon: It's colloquial, a conversation opener. So, do you find the weather satisfying? Are you currently sharing in the triumph of some local sports team? Penny: What's wrong with you? you're freaking me out. Sheldon: I'm striking up a casual conversation with you. S'u'up? Penny: Please don't do that. Sheldon: All right, But I'm given to understand that when you have something awkward to discuss with someone, it's more palatable to preface it with banal chit chat. Penny: So, this wasn't the awkward part? Sheldon: No. Penny: Oh, all right. S'u'up? Sheldon: Oh, good, I used that right. Anyway, you're aware that Leonard has entered into a new romantic relationship which includes a sexual component? Penny: Okay, feeling the awkward now. Sheldon: Her name is Dr. Stephanie Barnett and she is a highly distinguished surgical resident at Freemont Memorial. Penny: Yeah, Leonard told me. Sheldon: Good. What he may have left out is how important this relationship is to me. Penny: To you? Sheldon: Yes, see, of the handful of women Leonard's been involved with, she's the only one I have ever found tolerable. Penny: Well, what about me? Sheldon: The statement stands for itself. Penny: Well, aren't you sweet? Sheldon: Anyway, should you have any interaction with her, it would be most helpful that she not see you as a sexual rival. Penny: Yeah, I think she's pretty safe. Sheldon: You say that now, but consider the following scenario, you're sitting in your apartment, it's late, you're alone, your hypothalamus is swimming in a soup of estrogen and progesterone and suddenly even Leonard seems like a viable sexual candidate, or a, uh, hookup as it's referred
SUMMARY:
Sheldon regards medical doctor Stephanie as the only "tolerable" girlfriend Leonard ever had, and also the ideal doctor for Sheldon's Enterprise crew, so he tries to help Leonard with his relationship, fearing Leonard will ruin it. However, Sheldon dismays Leonard by joining the couple when they have a romantic dinner and go to the movies. Believing that Leonard is losing Stephanie, Sheldon wants Leonard to open a recalcitrant jar of white asparagus in Stephanie's presence to emphasize his physical strength. However, Leonard accidentally shatters the jar, cutting himself. Stephanie gives him the necessary stitches at her hospital and later tells him she will not be sleeping with him that night as planned, as he needs rest. At home, Leonard finds Sheldon hacked his Facebook account and changed his status to "In a relationship" and yells at him for attempting to intervene in a relationship in which he has no experience. Howard says this, after only two weeks, makes Leonard appear desperate, but Raj then discovers Stephanie apparently changed her status to "Stephanie Barnett is in a relationship with Leonard Hofstadter". Sheldon, delighted at the improved developments in Leonard's and Stephanie's relationship at his intervention, proclaims "Dr. Sheldon Cooper for the win."