Sheldon was not a happy scientist tonight on The Big Bang Theory season 7, episode 10. Check out our recap and share your thoughts on “The Discovery Dissipation”!

The Big Bang Theory season 7, episode 10, “The Discovery Dissipation,” begins with Sheldon giving an interview about his new stable, super-heavy element discovery to Ira Flatow. Flatow is awed by the accidental discovery, but his enthusiasm insults Sheldon, who storms out.

Sheldon resents the attention, but Amy says he needs to grin and bear it, as publicizing his accomplishment will help the university. Depressed at his accidental discovery, Sheldon plays with trains, so Amy brings Wil Wheaton to comfort him. Wil talks about living in the shadow of Wesley Crusher, and dealing with people’s dislike of him. Sheldon somehow relates to this, but proves bad at sharing his trains.

Raj and his dog come to stay at Bernadette and Howard’s for a week. Bernadette is apprehensive, but Raj starts to pamper Bernadette with wine and listening. He does the dishes, gets coffee, and knows about her life. Howard is upset that Raj is a better husband to Bernadette than he is. Raj pumps him up and licks his hair.

Cheered, Sheldon reassures the university president that he will face the publicity with aplomb… but then Leonard comes in and tells him that he disproved the discovery. He thought the discovery would make Sheldon happy, as all of the unwanted attention will go away. But Sheldon is now furious at the loss of the discovery and the attention. (Penny gets it.) He insists that Leonard must publish his information, but remains angry at him for doing so.

Leonard posts his findings, and Sheldon retracts his paper. He’s humiliated, which is made worse when Barry Kripke comes in and rubs Sheldon’s face in his retraction. Sheldon makes fun of Kripke’s lisp, which Kripke says is out of line. Sheldon is ashamed and takes it back… which gives Kripke more ammunition to make fun of him.

Bernadette and Howard fight over being worse spouses than Raj is until they realize they appreciate each other. Bernadette says that they were fine half-assing their marriage until he came along. They kick him out to Sheldon and Leonard’s, where he continues to give Sheldon and Amy relationship advice. It doesn’t go well.

Sheldon and Leonard go back onto Ira Flatow’s show to discuss the disproval of Sheldon’s theory. Sheldon refuses to let Leonard tell the story and yodels, which drives a listening Amy to the bottle.