TEXT: Scene: The apartment. Sheldon: Oh, dear. Penny, have you been recording shows on our DVR again? Penny: No. Sheldon: Answer honestly. This is not a trial. That'll come later. Penny: Absolutely not. Help me out here, I can't afford another demerit. Leonard: Yeah. Uh, maybe we were hacked. You know, the Chinese have been hacking everything lately. Sheldon: Why would the Chinese make our DVR record Paul Blart: Mall Cop? Leonard: I don't know. It's a fat guy on a Segway. That's funny everywhere. Sheldon: I'm deleting it. Penny: Well, hang on. Maybe the Chinese haven't finished watching it yet. Leonard: You know, if you're trying to make space on the DVR, why don't you just get rid of some of the stuff you've already watched? Like, um, Alphas. Sheldon: No, that's the season two finale. That was quite the cliffhanger. I'm going to re-watch it before season three starts. Leonard: There is no season three. They cancelled that show. Sheldon: Well, they can't cancel it. It ended on a cliffhanger. Leonard: They did. Penny: Uh, Sheldon, there are two dumplings left. Do you want them? Sheldon: Dumplings? Don't you understand what's going on here? Penny: As a rule, no. Sheldon: That show ended with all the residents of New York either dead or unconscious. Oh, now I'll never know what happened. Penny: Well, why don't you make up your own ending? Sheldon: Oh, sure, what a wonderful idea. And after that, I'll make up my own rules of oral hygiene. You know, instead of flossing, I'll rub pudding on my gums. I'm going to get the number of the SyFy Channel and give them what for. Leonard: Oh, please, don't do that. Sheldon: No. They can't just cancel a show like Alphas.
SUMMARY:
Sheldon is upset when the SyFy television series Alphas is cancelled on a cliffhanger, and he unsuccessfully calls the SyFy network to get it back on air. Amy decides to teach him to overcome his "closure" obsession: she forcefully stops him finishing various tasks just before the end. He hides his fury and pretends to be cured, but once Amy leaves, he completes each task she interrupted. Sheldon later calls the creator of Alphas to ask him how the series would have ended; after hearing it described to him, Sheldon says that the proposed ending sucks and is now glad the show was cancelled. Meanwhile Leonard, hoping to find one common interest with Penny, asks her to watch Buffy The Vampire Slayer with him. She pretends to enjoy it to avoid hurting his feelings. Penny reveals to Bernadette that, unlike Leonard, she has no passions, but hopes to change this. During dinner with Leonard, she realizes she is passionate about him and his friends, even Sheldon. Elsewhere, Raj is upset that Lucy's blog post about their date describes him as "a little feminine". Howard confirms Raj is effeminate, but says this could be to his advantage with Lucy. Raj rejects his advice: when he cooks at home on a date with Lucy he tries to be more masculine, but just creeps her out. Just as she is about to walk out, he explains he read her blog. She says he is feminine in a "good way", being sweet, thoughtful, with a "skin like caramel".