TEXT: Scene: The stairwell. Leonard: So you see, what you're eating is not technically yoghurt, because it doesn't have enough live acidophilus cultures. It's really just iced milk with carragenin added for thickness. Penny: Oh, that's very interesting. Leonard: It's also not pink and has no berries. Penny: Yeah, but it doesn't really answer my question. Leonard: What was your question again? Penny: Do you want some. Leonard: Oh, right, no, I'm lactose intolerant. Penny: Right. Leonard: So, gas. Penny: Got it. Leonard: Well, good night. (They kiss. Camera cuts away to a wall mounted security cam above the lift. Leonard spots its movement and shuffles Penny away.) Penny: What are you doing? Leonard: There was a draft. Penny: I didn't feel a draft. Leonard: Why don't we just go into your.... Penny: Oh, yeah, you know what, maybe we should just slow things down a little. Leonard: No, no, I didn't mean to go into your apartment to... go fast. Penny: No, I know, I... I know what you meant, it's just... it's only our first date. Leonard: Yeah, okay, sure, no problem, why don't we just figure out where we're going, and when we want to get there, and then rate of speed equals distance over time. Solve for R. Penny: Or we could just wing it. Leonard: That might work too. Penny: Goodnight Leonard. Leonard: Goodnight. (He throws the camera a dirty look.) Cut to inside the apartment. Raj: He's coming. Screen saver. Howard: Oh, hey, Leonard, how was your date? Leonard: Bite me. Sheldon, how could you just sit there and let them spy on me? Sheldon: They were clever, Leonard. They exploited my complete lack of interest in what you were doing. Howard: You should thank us. When future generations try to determine why your relationship with Penny crashed and burned, this right here is the black box. Leonard
SUMMARY:
Following the Season 1 finale, Leonard and Penny return from their first date while Howard and Raj spy on them using a webcam in the hall between their apartments. Leonard, spotting the camera, suggests going over to her apartment, but she misunderstands him and tells him to "slow things down". The guys try to convince Leonard that the date went badly, which he denies. Penny later tells Sheldon that she lied to Leonard about graduating from community college, feeling he would not want to date a woman who is not smart, and makes Sheldon promise not to tell him. Sheldon cannot easily keep secrets, and moves out of the apartment to escape his inner conflict. He first stays with Raj, but after Sheldon criticizes Aishwarya Rai, comparing her unfavorably to Madhuri Dixit, Raj leaves him at Howard's house. Sheldon talks instead of sleeping, so Howard gives him Valium, which fails to work, and finally takes him back to the apartment. The drugged Sheldon tells Leonard the secret. The next morning, Leonard suggests Penny should join Pasadena City College, but after she asks, says he does not mind dating someone who is not smart, at which she slams her door in his face.