‘The Junior Professor Solution’
For science
The gang eats dinner together and talks about human-animal hybrids. Penny is starting her job next week; tension is already growing between her and Bernadette, who wants her to do more preparation than Penny is interested in.
The next day, Penny and Amy do lunch, but Penny is annoyed at Bernadette and hasn’t invited her. Amy is uncomfortable with the situation, but invites Penny to unload to her about Bernadette.
For science.
Those who can’t, teach
At the university, Sheldon visits Mrs. Davis to work on changing his field of study. He can stop researching string theory if he becomes a junior professor. But that would require him to teach a class, which Sheldon refuses to do.
Sheldon complains to the group about his dilemma, though they point out that he is well suited to it. Later, he finds that no one has signed up for his class; Howard volunteers to take it, as he’s looking to get his PhD.
Sheldon thinks Howard is too stupid to take his class, and quizzes him on physics. Howard does very well, but Sheldon doesn’t budge.
Spitty
Sheldon plots at how to bamboozle Howard with physics. Leonard suggests that he is threatened by the idea that Howard might be as smart as he is, which Sheldon vaguely acknowledges as a valid theory.
Arriving for his first class, Howard makes it clear he isn’t interested in being played with. The class starts off well, but when Sheldon belittles Howard, he decides to act like the world’s worst student. He whacks a spitball into Sheldon’s mouth, traumatizing him.
Between friends
After lunch, Bernadette invites Amy for a drink — but not with Penny. Bernadette complains that Penny’s poor performance could reflect on her, and Amy is all ears for complaining. Later, Amy regales Sheldon with her new status as Queen Bee between Amy and Bernadette.
Amy tries to continue her lucky run between Penny and Bernadette, but the two have made up and have plans to study. After studying, Penny and Bernadette invite Amy for a drink, and they don’t realize that she has been listening at Penny’s door for updates.
Smarties
Sheldon freaks out over having Howard’s spit in his mouth; Howard freaks out that Sheldon reported him to HR. Howard tries to turn the tables by quizzing Sheldon on engineering, which Sheldon handles, and spits up the spitball.
But in the end, Sheldon, Leonard, Howard, and Raj settle down to quiz each other on science and eat chocolate, so it’s all good.
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