Leonard felt bad after Sheldon returned with engagement ring in hand. The following morning, Leonard got up early and made Sheldon breakfast.
Amy sat at the kitchen counter and as she sipped her coffee, she turned to him, "Aren't you worried you're making French toast on oatmeal day?"
He stepped over to the stove, "Oh? Well, what's this? A pot of oatmeal? Or thanks to you, what I will now call "gloatmeal"? He chuckled as he turned back to the counter.
She shook her head, "Oh, I don't want credit for that."
Suddenly Sheldon came out of his room all cheerful and smiling, "Dr. and Mrs. Hofstadter, lovely to see you this fine morning."
Leonard poured himself a cup of coffee, "You're in a good mood this morning."
"I am indeed, I've decided, instead of wallowing in sadness about Amy, it is time that I find myself a new female companion."
Penny chuckled, "Ah, good for you, what brought this on?"
"I realized something. When Amy was in my life, I was hyper-focused on my work and ignored her."
Penny nodded, "And you don't want to make the same mistake with the next woman?"
"No, I need a new woman in my life to ignore, so I can hyper-focus on my work again."
Later that evening Sheldon invited Raj and Howard over. He knew they were the two who set things up in the first place for him to meet Amy. He sat down, "Thanks for coming over. Now that I'm looking for my next girlfriend, it seemed only logical that I employ your services once again."
Howard smiled at him, "You sure you're up for that? She did hurt you."
"Oh, no, it's all right. I think of my time with Amy as a stick of Fruit-Stripe gum. Sweet and enjoyable at first, but ultimately a flavorless lump of sadness."
Raj added, "You're not wrong about Fruit-Stripe, I was always a Hubba-Bubba man."
Howard sat forward "What are you looking for?"
"All I'm looking for is an educated, intelligent woman who shares my interests, while retaining her own unique point of view. She should be kind, patient, and most important, unable to imagine life without me by 10 o'clock tonight."
Howard's jaw dropped, "Isn't that a little unreasonable?"
"Ah, fine, she doesn't need her own point of view, now chop, chop!"
While this was going on, Penny and Bernadette were drinking wine in her apartment. Amy was changing into her dress for her date with the tall blonde guy.
Penny took a seat and yelled to her, "Come in, Amy, show us the dress!"
She was a little hesitant, "Okay, but I'm really stepping outside of my comfort zone here." She came out with a flowing dress that nearly covered her entire body. It was fashionable, nothing like she normally wore, but no exceptionally sexy.
Penny looked at it, "Uh, I don't think any of your comfort zones are showing."
Bernie stared at her, "It's your third date, maybe you could go more sexy."
She threw up her arms, "Well, some people think the sexiest organ is the brain."
Penny scoffed, "No one ever brought me drinks at a bar because my brains just popped out of my shirt."
She reached down and removed one of her shoes, "Do you have any heels higher than this? He's pretty tall."
Bernie squealed, "Ooh, tall! Finally some details about this mystery man."
Penny hopped up, "Yeah, come on, tell us more"
"Well, I told you his name and that he's tall. What more do you need?"
Bernie gave her a sly smile, "Did you kiss him yet?"
She cleared her throat, "Just a little peck on the lips."
The both squealed in delight. Penny hopped up and down, "Well, we're your best friends. Give us one more detail and we promise we'll leave you alone."
Amy rolled her eyes, "Fine, um, he's British!"
They both squealed again and slapped the sofa several times.
Amy chuckled, "All right, that is a juicy one!"
"All right, where's "Tall British Dave" taking you?"
"He's taking me to that new Italian place on Walnut. I'm gonna go look for other shoes."
Penny shook her head, "Oh, good luck, I threw out all my tall ones when I married Leonard."
After she left the room, Bernie turned to Penny, "Hey, you wanna swing by that place tonight and get a look at this guy?"
Penny leaned over and whispered, "We don't even know what time they're gonna be there."
Bernie gave her a sly smile, "I'll just call the restaurant; pretend I'm Amy and check the reservation."
Penny nodded, "Damn, you're sneaky!"
She threw her head back, "Yeah, but I'm little, so it's adorable. You should have seen me last week with Howard and my dad. You were right; having them both at the same time was very, very hot."
Back at Sheldon's, Howard took Sheldon's laptop to the desk, "I think the quickest way to find you a new girlfriend is just to get you on every dating website out there."
Sheldon wasn't interested in dating website.
Raj came over to the desk, "You know Howard, if we present him as a prize, maybe the women would.
Howard looked up at him. "Well Sheldon is smart, he is a respected scientist."
Sheldon cut in, "And I have the soulful eyes of a cow."
Howard had an idea, "What if we put a post on Craigslist that says, "World-class Caltech physicist seeking girlfriend. If interested, solve the following puzzles for a chance to meet him."
Sheldon loved that idea, "Oh, we'll make the puzzles extremely challenging to eliminate unworthy candidates."
Raj added, "Oh, we can set it up like a scavenger hunt. Where the last puzzle gives the winner Sheldon's contact information."
Howard nodded, "This is actually an interesting social experiment. "
Raj stepped closer, "I'm a little jealous of the people who get to do it."
Howard chuckled, "Me, too, and we've seen the prize!" He pointed to Sheldon and shook his head.
Penny persuaded Leonard to take her to the movies. She was dressed in a loose fitting silky blouse and tailored black slacks. They were headed down the stairs and Leonard was confused, "I don't understand why we're leaving so early for the movies?"
"Oh, I forgot to tell you, we're gonna meet up with Bernadette to spy on Amy and her date."