- Penny: Are you OK?
- Raj Koothrappali: No.
- Penny: I'm so sorry.
- Raj Koothrappali: No... it's my fault. I finally found somebody who's right for me and I, I drove her away.
- Penny: Oh, Raj.
- Raj Koothrappali: Penny, I... I miss her already.
- Penny: I known how you feel. I miss Leonard too.
- Raj Koothrappali: What's... What is wrong with me? Why, why can't I ever have love?
- Penny: You *will*.
- Raj Koothrappali: No, I, I won't. I'm, I'm unlovable.
- Penny: Oh, that's just the booze talking.
- Raj Koothrappali: No, it's not; I haven't had a drink since last night.
- [Both realize what he's said and look shocked]
- Penny: You're talking to me.
- Raj Koothrappali: I am.
- Penny: Ahhh.
- Raj Koothrappali: And now I'm crying for a whole different reason.
- Leonard Hofstadter: So, listen, Do you remember when I said the similarities of the equations of General Relativity and Hydrodynamics suggest you could find the equivalent of Unruh radiation in a large body of water?
- Penny: I thought I said that to you.
- Leonard Hofstadter: Anyway, Stephen Hawking's team is looking into that, and I've been invited to join them.
- Penny: Wow! Hawking, good for you!
- Leonard Hofstadter: Well, it is. Just, you know, I'd be gone for a while.
- Penny: For how long?
- Leonard Hofstadter: Three - four months.
- Penny: Whoa. When would you leave?
- Leonard Hofstadter: Couple weeks.
- Penny: Wow. OK. Well, I'll just come visit you.
- Leonard Hofstadter: That's the thing. You can't. I'll be on a ship in the North Sea.
- Penny: On a ship? Aren't they afraid Hawking'll just roll overboard?
- Leonard Hofstadter: He's not going to be there. He's just sending a team to research his theory.
- Penny: Oh sure. Like when you send me to kill spiders in your bathtub. Well, OK. Four months.
- Leonard Hofstadter: Yeah. And... I'm a little worried, because things between us have been *so* great, and I'd hate to do anything that screws that up.
- Penny: Well, sweetie, if you're going to screw things up it's going to be while you're here, not while you're away.
- Penny: Well, here we are.
- Leonard Hofstadter: Yep. Really going to miss you.
- Penny: Going to miss you too.
- Sheldon Cooper: Penny, we're in the red zone. The white zone is for loading and unloading. We're breaking the law.
- Penny: Yeah, there's no space in the white zone, so...
- Leonard Hofstadter: Anyway. We can email and I, I think the phone connections are pretty good.
- Sheldon Cooper: [quickly] All right, you have to get out of the car right now. I'm not going to jail for you.
- Sheldon Cooper: Would you just relax?
- Leonard Hofstadter: Oh, I see a space in the white zone. Quick, circle the airport!
- Penny: Did you bring enough inhalers?
- Leonard Hofstadter: Yeah.
- Penny: And extra Dramamine? You remember what happened on "It's a Small World."
- Leonard Hofstadter: Yeah, I'm covered.
- Penny: OK.
- Sheldon Cooper: Oh, dear Lord, a police officer's glancing in our direction. We've been made.
- Leonard Hofstadter: Calm down, I'm getting out. Something I want to give you.
- Penny: Oh, Leonard.
- Sheldon Cooper: [very quickly] It's just a heart shaped locket with a picture of Leonard's face in it he got at the mall on clearance. Now move, move, move.
- Penny: I love you.
- Leonard Hofstadter: I love you too.
- [They kiss and embrace]
- Leonard Hofstadter: Don't worry officer. They just love each other. We're not smuggling drugs.
- Amy Farrah Fowler: So after I started dating Sheldon, I met Leonard and then everybody else and they've all been so wonderful to me.
- Lucy: That's really nice to hear.
- Amy Farrah Fowler: Maybe next week we could all get together.
- Raj Koothrappali: Lucy, you don't have to answer that. Don't put her on the spot; She hates that. Am I right? Tell her that you hate being put on the spot. Go ahead. Tell her.
- Amy Farrah Fowler: Ignore him. He's a little nervous because he doesn't think I understand the severity of your social anxiety.
- Raj Koothrappali: Quit it. Are you crazy? You can't talk about social anxiety to someone who has social anxiety. It makes them socially anxious.
- Amy Farrah Fowler: Excuse me, but I'm a neurobiologist. I think I'm a little more qualified than you to understand what's not working in your girlfriend's brain.
- Raj Koothrappali: Don't call her my girlfriend. We haven't discussed whether I'm with girlfriend or boyfriend yet. Now that it's out there... are you my girlfriend? By the way if you say no, I'll never be happy again. Not to put you on the spot.
- Lucy: I think I have to go to the bathroom.
- [She leaves]
- Raj Koothrappali: [to Amy] You might as well start now. She's not coming back anytime soon.
- Leonard Hofstadter: Anyway, Stephen Hawking's team is looking into that and I've been invited to join them.
- Penny: Wow Hawking, good for you!
- Leonard Hofstadter: Well it is. Just... you know I'd be gone for a while.
- Penny: For how long.
- Leonard Hofstadter: Three - four months.
- Penny: Whoa. When would you leave?
- Leonard Hofstadter: A couple weeks.
- Penny: Wow. OK. Well, I'll just come visit you.
- Leonard Hofstadter: That's the thing. You can't. I'll be on a ship in the North Sea.
- Penny: On a ship? Aren't they afraid Hawking will just roll overboard?
- Leonard Hofstadter: He's not going to be there. He's just sending a team to research his theory.
- Penny: Oh sure. Like when you send me to kill spiders in your bathtub. Well, OK. Four months.
- Leonard Hofstadter: Yeah, I'm a little worried because things between us have been so great. And I'd hate to do anything to screw that up.
- Penny: Oh, sweetie. If you're going to do anything to screw things up, it's going to be while you're here, not while you're away.
- Leonard Hofstadter: Look, I appreciate your signature blend of concern for me and incredible selfishness. If I get the chance to do this, there is nothing you can say that's going to stop me.
- Sheldon Cooper: Very well.
- [long pause]
- Sheldon Cooper: Things between you and Penny have never been better. I hope four months apart doesn't change anything.
- [Leonard stops the car and stares at him]
- Sheldon Cooper: I should have opened with that, huh?
- Leonard Hofstadter: I do have to ask you one favor.
- Penny: Sure.
- Leonard Hofstadter: Sheldon's nervous about me leaving; just keep an eye on him while I'm gone.
- Penny: Mm, I don't know. Remember what happened when I took care of your goldfish?
- Leonard Hofstadter: Well, flush Sheldon down the toilet and get me a new one.
- Sheldon Cooper: If Hawking's theories are correct, all he'd prove is where the universe came from, why everything exists and what its ultimate end will be. Me, I'm interested in the big questions.
- [first lines]
- Raj Koothrappali: So anyway, last night on video-chat I spent like twenty minutes just staring into Lucy's eyes.
- Leonard Hofstadter: Sounds romantic.
- Raj Koothrappali: It was until I realized the screen had frozen. Still one of my top three dates of all time.
- Leonard Hofstadter: Are we ever going to hang out with this girl?
- Raj Koothrappali: I'd love that, but she's not really comfortable around people.
- Sheldon Cooper: Yeah, I used to be uncomfortable around people, but then I learned a trick; I pretend everyone I meet is a beloved character from Star Trek.
- Leonard Hofstadter: How's that working for you?
- Sheldon Cooper: Oh, like a charm, Unnamed Crewman in a Red Shirt.
- Penny: Oh, my God. Sheldon the genius is actually jealous of Leonard.
- Sheldon Cooper: I am not jealous. I'm just upset that good things are happening for him and are not happening to me.
- Bernadette Rostenkowski: So have you been on a boat before?
- Leonard Hofstadter: Yeah.
- Bernadette Rostenkowski: Did you mean the time we were stuck on the It's a Small World ride at Disneyland?
- Leonard Hofstadter: Yeah.
- Howard Wolowitz: It must have been tough for you saying that about Leonard.
- Sheldon Cooper: It was.
- Howard Wolowitz: It must have killed you when I went to space.
- Sheldon Cooper: I'm not afraid to be alone. On land. On the sea, it would be terrifying. Because of all the drowning.
- Penny: You know, maybe she'd be more comfortable meeting a girl first.
- Raj Koothrappali: Good idea. Bernadette...
- Penny: What the hell?
- Raj Koothrappali: Well, you're very pretty. That could be intimidating to another woman.
- Penny: Oh, yeah.
- Bernadette Rostenkowski: Hey! You don't think I'm pretty enough to scare your girlfriend?
- Bernadette Rostenkowski: You know, one of the things that helped me get through Howard being in space for so long was getting married before he left.
- Penny: [Leonard looks at Penny] Bernadette, sweetie, shut up.
- Penny: Oh, sweetie. If you're going to do anything to screw things up, it's going to be while you're here, not while you're away.
- Raj Koothrappali: No.
- Penny: I'm so sorry.
- Raj Koothrappali: No, it's my fault. I finally find somebody who is right for me and I drove her away.
- Penny: Oh. Raj.
- Raj Koothrappali: Penny, I miss her already.
- Penny: I known how you feel. I miss Leonard too.
- Raj Koothrappali: What is wrong with me? Why can't I ever have love?
- Penny: You will.
- Raj Koothrappali: No. I'm unlovable.
- Penny: That's just the booze talking.
- Raj Koothrappali: No, no. I haven't had a drink since last night.
- Penny: [Both realized what he said and look shocked] You're talking to me.
- Raj Koothrappali: I am.
- Penny: Ahh!
- Raj Koothrappali: Now I'm crying for a whole different reason.