TEXT: Scene: The apartment. Sheldon is stood in the middle of the room. His whiteboard is behind him. Every few moments he turns round suddently. Penny: Whatcha doing? Sheldon: I'm attempting to view my work as a fleeting peripheral image so as to engage the superior colliculus of my brain. Penny: Interesting. I usually just have coffee. You've been up all night? Sheldon: Is it morning? Penny: Yes. Sheldon: Then I've been up all night. Penny: And you're stuck? Sheldon: Why else would a person try to engage their superior colliculus? Penny: Oh, sorry, sweetie, I can't help you till I've had my coffee. Leonard: Penny, I told you if you don't put him in his crate at night he just runs around the apartment. Penny: What is he doing now? Leonard: Mmm, he's either isolating the terms of his formula and examining them individually, or looking for the alligator that swallowed his hand after Peter Pan cut it off. Sheldon: Captain Hook's hand was eaten by a crocodile, not an alligator. If you're going to mock me, at least get your facts straight. Leonard: Aye, aye, Captain. Sheldon: I can't see it! It just won't coalesce. Leonard: Maybe you need a fresh start. Sheldon: You're right. (Takes whiteboard to window and throws it out. Picks up a new one) It's a great idea, Leonard. Thank you. Credits sequence. Scene: The cafeteria. Sheldon: Electrons move through graphene, act as if they have no mass... Howard: How long has he been stuck? Leonard: Intellectually about 30 hours. Emotionally about 29 years. Sheldon: Unit cell contains two carbon atoms. Interior angle of a hexagon is 120 degrees. Howard: Have you tried rebooting him? Leonard: No, I think it's a firmware problem. Raj (arriving): Hey,
SUMMARY:
After becoming obsessed with a physics problem, Sheldon decides to take a menial job, comparing himself to Albert Einstein, who conceived his theory of relativity while working at the Swiss patent office. Meanwhile, Raj feels left out when Leonard, Penny, Howard and Bernadette go on a double-date at a roller skating rink.