- Sheldon and Amy pick their best-man and maid of honor by experimenting on the gang. Meanwhile, Leonard's self-confidence is still badly damaged after reading his brother's Christmas letter.
- Driving over to Wolowitz's, Amy asks Sheldon not to discuss their wedding plans since Amy hasn't decided on a maid of honor. They decide on code words to use in case they want to direct the topic of discussion away from their wedding. Sheldon has catamaran while Amy chooses pretzels.
At Howard's and Bernadette's Howard and Raj are installing a baby gate while they are baby proofing his house. Penny wonders why they didn't baby proof the liquor cabinet. Howard tells Amy that Bernadette would be glad to be her maid of honor to return the favor. Amy then asks Sheldon to tell his pretzel story. Sheldon keeps messing it up and then tries to leave, but can't because the front door was baby proofed.
Amy walks into their apartment with an arm load of bridal magazines that Bernadette gave her, making her maid of honor decision even harder. Sheldon's mother wants Sheldon to use his brother George as his best man. He doesn't want to disappoint her again since he rejected her savior and her LinkedIn invitation. Amy wants to know how to make these decisions without hurting her friends. Sheldon suggests that they take the emotional component out of the process and let their data make the decisions. Amy describes it as hurting each other's friends without taking responsibility. "Me Likey," she exclaims. They plan on breaking down the wedding party jobs into specific functions and test their friends as to who does them best.
Later in apartment 4A, Leonard announces that he is writing a book. It is about a brilliant physicist who solves crimes using science. No, it's not about Sheldon. Their dinner contained the wrong type of rice that Howard called about thus getting his points for handling a catering crisis. Next Sheldon asks for a toast and then asks for someone to make one waiting patiently.
Later Penny walks in on Shamy to bring a sewing kit they asked for, very promptly getting high marks. They claim to need the kit since Sheldon split his pants bending over. Penny tells him he'll be sore tomorrow as she leaves. Penny got fifteen points, while Bernadette is shipping them a sewing kit through Amazon. Then Sheldon suggests that they do not specify the roles by gender and test everyone for every job. So they might have a best woman and a gentleman of honor.
Loyalty test: Amy tries to confide in a secret to Raj about Howard who will have nothing to do with it. Sheldon is bringing a meal to bedridden Bernadette and tells her a secret that she can't tell anyone including Howard. She agrees. Sheldon can control Leonard's thermostat with his phone.
Getting to the church on time: Sheldon rushes to see Leonard and wants to immediately go to the train store in Arcadia, California. Leonard tells him to see a doctor. How well do out friends know us?: Amy talks to Penny about her favorite aunt who Penny does seem to know about. How do they deal with cold feet? Howard gets tested by Sheldon on whether he should buy a Swamp Thing statue.
Penny walks in on Leonard who is working on a brain teaser using a seating chart arrangement which he finds fun. Penny received the same puzzle from Amy and threw it away. Raj and Howard come in arguing about the same puzzle. Raj also had to drive Sheldon all the way to the Arcadia train store and he didn't even go in. All four of them were given plastic rings that they were told to hold onto.
Sheldon and Amy are tallying up results when the gang breaks in on them demanding to know if they are testing them to be in their wedding. "Yes/No!" Leonard tells him that he didn't even want to be his best man. Howard admits that he figured out that they were being tested and he gets extra points for it.
Sheldon enters the comic book store as Stuart offers to sell him a cappuccino which someone had left. Sheldon mentions that no one wants to be his best man and that it might have to use his stupid brother. Stuart offers to do it and Sheldon accepts.
In the cafeteria, Leonard is still working on the seating puzzle. Sheldon comes over to apologize saying that he violated their trust. He tells them that Stuart is his best man and they are still all invited to the bachelor party at Costco. Leonard tells him that it's his wedding and he should pick whoever he wants and not to worry about anyone else. Sheldon has been training for this all his life.
Leonard comes in finding Penny fixing Mac and nothing since she spelled the cheese packet. He tells Penny about Sheldon's apology and that he is now Sheldon's best man. He adds that Amy is her best friend and that she'll also get chosen. Penny objects that they aren't twelve anymore even though they talk all the time, see each other all the time and Amy is always there for her-OMG, she realizes that Amy IS her best friend. Then she gets angry that her best friend didn't ask her to be her maid of honor.
Howard is telling Amy that despite what she did was wrong and cruel, Bernadette finds it oddly appealing. If Amy calls her, she'll do anything in the wedding party, maid of honor, hit woman.... Penny comes storming in saying that as her best friend she should be her maid of honor. Amy rushes over to hug Penny ecstatically shouting, "BESTIE!!"
At Wolowitz's, Sheldon apologizes to Stuart, but he was best man for two whole days. Sheldon offers him the job of flower girl until they remind him that they have Halley. Howard hasn't yet told Bernadette that she isn't going to be maid of honor. Amy volunteers which is fine with Penny. Amy reminds Penny that as maid of honor, she should try and make the bride's life easier. Penny begrudgingly says "Fine", but first wants Howard to unlock the liquor cabinet.
Title reference: Sheldon and Amy scoring their friends for roles in the wedding.
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