Author's note: The series continues with this season 7, episode 8. The series doesn't reset, but follows the show's story sequence.
Author's second note: There wasn't anything exceptional going on in episode 8, but the following is a summary of what occurred:
The episode begins with Penny staring at the dartboard. She asks Leonard if they ever played with the dartboard and he told her they did, but not before breaking the window at the other end of the living room.
Sheldon asks Leonard if he knows where his Skee-Ball tickets are. He looks in their junk box he pulled from their closet. In that junk box he found a DVD he promised Sheldon he would return in that box. He was supposed to return the DVD seven years ago.
Leonard asks Sheldon not to flip out, and Sheldon agrees, but to make him feel the way he does, he asks Leonard to wear the itchy sweater until he returns the DVD. He told Leonard wearing the itchy sweater he would realize how he feels when things are not resolved. Leonard agrees, but finds out the DVD store went out of business, the owner is dead and there isn't any living next-of-kin. While all of this is happening, Leonard gets a severe rash that covers his chest and back.
Sheldon eventually tells Leonard he had discovered the DVD and paid the fine years before, and that he just wanted him to learn the lesson.
Penny stumbles upon Lucy while bartending at the Cheesecake Factory and confronts her about breaking up with him through an e-mail.
Lucy calls Raj to have coffee to apologize. Raj hopes they can get back together, but Lucy reveals she is now dating someone else.
Penny feels sorry for creating the problem and sets Raj up with one of her girlfriends. At the date, Raj once again goes bananas and the date ends up bad.
The episode ended with Penny berating Raj after getting the same from her girlfriend.
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A couple days later, Leonard, Penny, Sheldon and Raj are in his apartment. Leonard stares at Sheldon's white board and turned to Penny, "All of the math is there, it's not real."
Penny nods her head, "Yes, it is!"
Sheldon points to the diagram on the board, "Look, it is scientifically impossible for a person to tip a cow." She turned to Raj and shook her head. Sheldon added, "Even you, with your stocky build and lumberjack shoulders, you couldn't do it."
Penny gave Sheldon a disgusted look and Raj turned towards her, "It's horrible. Why would you push a cow over? They're sacred."
She was getting pissed off, "Oh, stop it! I've seen you eat, like, a million hamburgers."
"Hey, an animal can be both sacred and delicious."
She looked to Leonard, "Look, I'm telling you I've done it, okay? I clearly remember the cow standing up and then the cow was on its side."
Leonard chuckled, "Were you drunk?"
"I was sixteen in Nebraska. What do you think?"
He nodded, "I think you're the one who fell over."
She scoffed, "That would explain why the sky was also on its side."
Howard came into the apartment, "Hey!"
She turned to him, "Howard, cow tipping: real or not?"
"I'm going to say...not! That's just based on me trying to roll my mom over when she's snoring. Speaking of that big side of beef, she's invited all of you to Thanksgiving at her house."
Sheldon turned away from his whiteboard, "Mmmm, you know, I've been told that a bald refusal of an invitation is rude and one must instead offer up a polite excuse, so...I'd love to go, but, unfortunately, that sounds awful."
"Come on, it'll be fun."
Penny stands up, "We were actually going to do it here."
"Please? Bernadette's bringing her dad, because her mom's out of town, and I never have anything to say to that guy."
Sheldon chuckled, "Since you put it that way, I'd love to go, but that sounds even more awful."
Leonard chimed in, "It'd actually be nice to not hear Sheldon complain about my cooking all day." He turned to Penny, "I want to go."
She came sat on the arm of his chair, "Yeah, me too."
Raj added, "I'm in."
Howard looked up, "Sheldon?"
He groans, "Fine, I'll go. But if her food is delicious, Thanksgiving is ruined, and it's on you!" He points towards Leonard.
Thanksgiving morning arrives and Leonard and Sheldon are dressed in shirts, ties and jackets, while Amy and Penny have on fashionable dresses. Even Amy's turquoise flowered dress isn't ugly for once. It's of a silky, flowing material and the full skirt shows off her legs nicely.
Penny is wearing a black patterned dress with short sleeves and the skirt, just like Amy's is full, but ends higher on her legs, showing off her knees and shapely calves. Her blonde hair is pulled back in a high, tight bun, exposing the delicate neck.
The four of them are eating hor d'oeuvres before headed over to Howard's mother's house. As always, Sheldon is complaining, "Do we have to go to Mrs. Wolowitz's house?"
Amy walked over to him, "We do, and I expect you to be on your best behavior." She sat down beside him.
"Now I know how the African slaves felt; being dragged from their homes to labor under the yoke of the white man."
She let out a disgusted breath of air, "Are you honestly comparing Thanksgiving dinner at Wolowitz's mom's with one of the greatest tragedies in the history of mankind?"
He pouted and replied, "Yes!"
Penny and Leonard were still in the kitchen and she yelled out to him, "Sheldon, you can have a nice Thanksgiving anywhere. I spent one in Vegas."
Leonard looked to her, "You did?"
"Yeah, it was back when I was dating Zack. It was actually more fun than I thought. We gambled; we went to one of those cheesy wedding chapels; we had a really good turkey dinner. Which was surprising, since we were at a strip club."
She sat down in the living room and Leonard joined her, "Wait, you went to a chapel?"
She giggled, "Yeah."
"Why?"
She continued to chuckle, "We had one of those silly fake weddings."
Leonard, Sheldon and Amy looked at her with concern. Finally Leonard spoke out, "Penny, you know those are real, right?"
She scoffed, "No, they're not!" She burst out laughing.
"Yeah, they are!"
She looked up at him, now with concern and in a questionable tone added, "No, they're not?"
He nodded, "Yeah, they are."
Sheldon added, "He's right."
Amy chuckled, "They're real!"
She was suddenly somber, "But it...didn't seem real."
Sheldon raised a finger, "Let me ask you a question. At any point, was Las Vegas on its side?" He tipped his head and she sat there silent and her jaw hit the floor.
At Mrs. Wolowitz's house, Bernadette answered the door. She looked amazing her long blonde hair was curled and wavy, draped over her shoulders and resting on the upper levels of her large breasts. She was wearing a bright red patterned dress buttoned from the waist to the vee-neck. Her skirt, just like Amy and Penny's was full, showing off her shapely legs too. She was smiling brightly as she greeted her guest, "Hi Dad!"
"Um, hi honey!" He gave her a kiss and walked in carrying two six packs of beer.
"Oh, you brought beer for everybody."
He looked at them, "Okay, yeah, it's for everybody. I really just wanted to have a nice, quiet day at home and watch the game."
She looked up at him, "You can have a quiet day and watch the game here."
From upstairs came Mrs. Wolowitz's voice, "Howard, the medicine's not working!"
Howard yelled back, "You just took it. At least let it reach your first stomach!" He came down the stairs, "Hey, Mike, let me help you out, there!" He grabbed the beers from Mike."
"Thanks, what's wrong with your mom?"
