TEXT: Scene: The apartment. The guys are playing Rock Band. Sheldon is on guitar, Howard drums and Raj singing. They are performing the Red Hot Chili Peppers "Under the Bridge". As Raj gets into the song, Penny enters and his singing turns into a squawk. Penny: Fellas, please. Howard: Penny, come on, we were just finding our sound. Penny: You found it. It's the sound of a cat being run over by a lawn mower. Leonard (entering on the phone): I'm really very busy. Is there any way that we can put this off until I have more time to prepare? Of course. But, uh, you understand my trepidation. Penny: What's that about? Howard: Not a clue. Leonard: Can't we just postpone it till the spring? Maybe next summer? Sheldon: This should be fairly easy to deduce. He's holding the phone to his left ear. Ears do not cross hemispheres, so he's using the analytical rather than the emotional side of the brain, suggesting that he has no personal relationship with the caller. Leonard: No, I didn't realize it had been so long. Sure, I guess there's no other choice but to just go ahead and do it. Sheldon: He's referring to an activity he has done before. It's unpleasant and needs to be repeated. This suggests some sort of invasive medical test, like perhaps a colonoscopy. Leonard: Aren't there any other options? There's not a lot of room, it's gonna be uncomfortable. Sheldon: Yes, yes. Yeah, I'm definitely going with colonoscopy. Leonard: Okay, bye. My mother's coming to visit. Howard: How about that, you were right. Credits sequence. Scene: The lobby. Penny finds a woman studying the lift. Penny: It's out of order. Woman: Yes, I can read the sign, I'm just pondering the implications. Penny: I think it implies that the elevator doesn't work. Woman: Again, I can read the sign. But the
SUMMARY:
Leonard becomes worried when he learns his mother, accomplished psychiatrist and neuroscientist Dr. Beverly Hofstadter, is coming to visit. On arriving, Beverly meets Penny; by the time they have climbed the stairs to Leonard's apartment, Penny is in tears after being psychoanalyzed over her childhood issues with her father. Sheldon, on the other hand, immediately develops a comfortable relationship with Beverly, who turns out to be as strict and logical as himself. Howard and Raj meet Beverly too, but after learning that Howard still lives with his mother and Raj cannot talk to women, she is quick to declare that they are in an "ersatz homosexual marriage". Leonard later goes to talk to Penny and they comfort each other by discussing their respective childhood issues with their parents. After becoming drunk, Penny and Leonard end up in bed together, but Leonard ruins the moment by invoking psychiatric theory, implying that he is effectively having sex with his mom and she with her dad. Horrified about this, Penny throws Leonard out of her apartment. She wants to talk about it the next day, but Leonard assures her she never has to talk to him ever again.