TEXT: Scene: The Comic Book Store Howard: Oh, hey, Stuart, I got you a little souvenir from my trip to space. Stuart: Well, Howard, that's very nice of you. Leonard: Yeah, maybe. Open it first. Howard: It's my official NASA portrait. Stuart: To Stuart, your comic book store is out of this world. Just like the guy in this picture was." Sheldon: For the record, he also thinks the Walgreens and the dry cleaners are out of this world. Howard: That's not true. At the Walgreens I was over the moon for their store-brand antacids. Raj: Hey, Stuart, I see you're getting ready for your Halloween party. Stuart: Yeah, it's my annual attempt to meet women. Ninth time's the charm. Raj: Would you like me to help? I do have a certain je ne sais quois when it comes to soirees. Stuart: Thanks, but I can't afford je ne sais quois. How much for just quois? Raj: You know, you don't worry about money. I'll take care of everything. Stuart: Really? Raj: Yeah, you'll love it. Ain't no party like a Koothra-party. Howard: But you know what wasn't a party? That hotel in Kazakhstan they put you up in before the launch. I mean, it's your last night on Earth. You'd think you'd get one p0rn channel. Leonard: Have you noticed that Howard can take any topic and use it to remind you that he went to space? Sheldon: Interesting hypothesis. Let's apply the scientific method, perform an experiment. Leonard: Okay. Hey, Howard, any thoughts on where we should get dinner? Howard: Anywhere but the Space Station. On a good day, dinner was a bag full of meat loaf. But, hey, you don't go there for the food, you go there for the view. Sheldon: It's fascinating. Let me see if I can duplicate the result. Howard, I've always thought the lemon was an underrated fruit. Care to weigh in? Howard: Not really. Sheldon: Oh
SUMMARY:
Stuart and Raj organize a Halloween costume party at the comic book store. Amy and Bernadette will go with their partners, but Penny dislikes parties at the store. Amy and Bernadette then persuade her to show interest in Leonard's activities just as he shows interest in hers despite not liking them. Taking their advice, she visits Leonard's lab, is fascinated by his work, is turned on, and has sex with him there - and whenever she visits his lab or he shows how smart he is, as at the party. Meanwhile, Sheldon and Amy argue over pair costumes, compromising between Amy's preferred Raggedy Ann & Andy and Sheldon's R2-D2 & C-3PO to go as Raggedy Ann and Raggedy C-3PO. Elsewhere, Howard talks endlessly about his space mission, boring his friends. Before sex, Bernadette forbids all space talk, so he boycotts the party. She drags him along anyway; he lashes out at Raj for having him silenced. Bernadette confronts Howard, who reveals that without space he is "just...Howard Wolowitz". She says she fell in love with "just...Howard Wolowitz"; they kiss. Raj later sends him a video of Buzz Aldrin boring children by endlessly mentioning his Moon trip, and Howard finally realizes his mistake.