TEXT: Scene: Penny's apartment. Penny: You'll never believe what happened to me at work today. Leonard: Hmm? Penny: This old guy was choking on his food, and I saved his life. Leonard: You're kidding. Did you Heimlich him? Penny: No. I said, oh, my God, I think that old guy's choking, and then one of the busboys Heimlich'ed him. Leonard: You're a hero. Penny: Yeah, that was the point of the story. Leonard: Oh, yeah, speaking of work, do you know if you have Thursday night off? Penny: Um, I think so. Why? Leonard: What do you mean, why? It's Valentine's Day. Penny: Oh, right. Yeah, we can do something. Leonard: You could be a little more into it. Penny: No, I'm into it, I'm into it. Just, there's so much pressure to make the night special, and it never works out. Leonard: Okay, well, this time it's going to be different. Because I am like a romance ninja. You don't see it coming, and then bam, romance, watch out, hearts, kisses, love, ooh-ya! Penny: You know, sometimes I think I've made you so much cooler than you used to be, and then you go and do that. Scene: The stairwell. Sheldon: So, in conclusion, I believe the painful sensation felt after passing a meal of spicy chillies is proof that the rectum does possess the sense of taste. Amy: I concur, but you changed the subject. What are we doing for Valentine's Day? Sheldon: Oh, you caught that, did you? Credits sequence. Scene: The comic book store. Howard (on phone): Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay! Okay. Raj: Everything okay? Howard: Bernie's a little cranky since she's been working, like, 17 hours a day. And I've got a lot on my plate, too, because I've been busting my tail playing Assassin's Creed.
SUMMARY:
On Valentine's Day, Leonard & Penny share a dinner date with Howard & Bernadette, who are in a foul mood as she hid his Xbox when he played Assassin's Creed instead of doing the laundry. Leonard & Penny are happy until she sees an ex-boyfriend propose to a girlfriend, triggering an argument with Leonard who later confronts her for ruining their date: she tells Leonard that she's really happy with their relationship and fears he will one day propose before she is ready. He says he will not propose again and suggests that she propose to him when she is ready. Penny accepts this and they reconcile. Meanwhile, Sheldon has Alex buy a Valentine gift for Amy. Alex buys three: a harp-shaped music box with Amy's favorites; a map of The Canterbury Tales journeys; a signed print of a brain cell drawing by Santiago Ramon y Cajal. He picks the print but keeps it. Amy suggests celebrating as he'd wish: no romance or gifts; a pizza; a Star Trek or Star Wars DVD. Touched, he makes her his emergency contact. Her delight turns to annoyance at frequent work interruptions to tend his hypochondria. Elsewhere, Raj and Stuart, both without dates that day, throw a store party for fellow singles, where Raj orates that singles are not truly alone, having one other - but when guest Lucy praises his speech, he asks her out for coffee, derides singles, and leaves with her.