- Sheldon believes that Leonard will wreck his relationship with Stephanie, so he decides to take matters into his own hands.
- Leonard and Stephanie's budding romance has an unlikely supporter: Sheldon. Being a highly respected physician, Stephanie is the first of Leonard's few girlfriends who meets Sheldon's criteria of someone who he can more than tolerate. To ensure that Leonard doesn't screw it up, Sheldon not only insists on accompanying them on any date, but vows to take control of anything Leonard does to advance the relationship. He feels he needs to based on Leonard's poor track record with women. He even asks Penny, Raj and Howard for advice. Sheldon's actions don't quite have the desired effect.—Huggo
- In an effort to make sure that things go smoothly, Sheldon begins meddling in Leonard's relationship with Stephanie due to Leonard's poor history with women and his understanding of biology during the courting process. All of his efforts nearly drive Leonard insane, but never-the-less endear him to Stephanie.—Jerry Roberts
- Sheldon regards medical doctor Stephanie as the only "tolerable" girlfriend Leonard ever had, and also the ideal doctor for Sheldon's Enterprise crew (Leonard is Kirk, Sheldon is Spock, Howard is Scotty, Raj is the guy who always gets killed and Stephanie could be McCoy), so he tries to help Leonard with his relationship, fearing Leonard will ruin it as usual. he even asks Penny to dial down her moves on Leonard so that Stephanie does not see her as a sexual rival. He even tries to time Penny's ovulation cycle, since that would release pheromones and attract Leonard towards her (which would make Penny a distraction).
However, Sheldon dismays Leonard by joining the couple when they have a romantic dinner (Sheldon feels Leonard is dropping the conversational ball with Stephanie, while Leonard was only feeling very awkward due to Sheldon's presence during his intimate dinner with Stephanie). Sheldon also joins the couple at the movies (Leonard hadn't told Sheldon when and where and had only had left a note saying "Going to the movies".. Sheldon went through Leonard's web search history to figure out which movie he was watching with Stephanie). Sheldon tries to find the acoustic sweet spot by making weird noises all over the theatre. Believing that Leonard is losing Stephanie (Her Facebook page still has her status as single and she is sending digital sheep to a guy named Mike), he seeks Penny's help to figure why she didn't go out with Leonard, including if he was inadequate in the bedroom. Penny kicks him out after insisting that she and Leonard never got to the bedroom.
Sheldon wants Leonard to open a recalcitrant jar of white asparagus in Stephanie's presence to emphasize his physical strength and establish his presence as the Alpha male. However, Leonard is not able to open the jar (even though it was pre-loosened) and accidentally shatters the jar (when he bangs it against the counter in a bid to open it up), cutting himself (& vomiting when Stephanie tells him that he will need stitches.. Sheldon was defrosting a stake in the sink where Leonard vomited). Stephanie gives him the necessary stitches at her hospital and later tells him she will not be sleeping with him that night as planned, as he needs rest (Leonard had cried during the process of getting the stitches, although he insists that his eyes only watered up as someone was driving a needle into his flesh).
At home, Leonard finds Sheldon hacked his Facebook account and changed his status to "In a relationship" and yells at him for attempting to intervene in a relationship in which he has no experience.
Howard says this, after only two weeks, makes Leonard appear desperate, but Raj then discovers Stephanie apparently changed her status to "Stephanie Barnett is in a relationship with Leonard Hofstadter". Sheldon, delighted at the improved developments in Leonard's and Stephanie's relationship at his intervention, proclaims "Dr. Sheldon Cooper for the win."
Title reference: The content of the jar that Leonard breaks, and the relationship triangle (Leonard-Stephanie-Sheldon) that features prominently.
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