S08E24 - The Commitment Determination

No: 183  |  Season: 8   Episode: 24  |  Air Date: 2015-05-07  |  Runtime: mins

Penny: Yeah, you've been going out for years. You haven't even slept together. Sheldon: That's right. It's called foreplay.

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Summary

As Sheldon presses Leonard and Penny to set a wedding date, he encounters major changes in his relationship with Amy. Meanwhile, Raj wonders if he should break up with Emily, and Howard and Bernadette struggle to ask Stuart to move out.

Director and Writers

Director: Mark Cendrowski
Writers: Story by: Chuck Lorre & Jim Reynolds & Maria Ferrari / Teleplay by: Steven Molaro & Steve Holland & Eric Kaplan

Script

Script: S08E24 - The Commitment Determination

Quotes

Bernadette: Did you eat all my yogurt?
Howard: You mean the one that lets ladies do the thing ladies pretend they don't do even though they do?

Sheldon: What happened?
Penny: Your little buddy got mugged by a bunch of baby farm animals.
Sheldon: Been there.

Howard: When he comes home, I'm dropping the hammer.
Bernadette: Ooh, I like when you take charge.
Howard: Oh, I'm not taking charge. You're the hammer.

Penny: Hey, I don't think she's wrong about you going too slow in the relationship.
Sheldon: Too slow?
Penny: Yeah, you've been going out for years. You haven't even slept together.
Sheldon: That's right. It's called foreplay.

Amy: Can you believe it's been five years since our first date?
Sheldon: I know. Do you think I should start watching The Flash TV show?
Amy: That's what you're thinking about?
Sheldon: Well, one of the things.
Amy: Are any of them me?
Sheldon: Yes. I thought, I can't decide if I should watch The Flash TV show. I know, I'll ask Amy. Anyway.
Amy: What are you doing?
Sheldon: You're right, you did kind of kill the mood.
Amy: I didn't kill anything. You did, talking about your stupid TV show.
Sheldon: Excuse me. Starting to watch a television show that might run for years isn't a decision to take lightly. I'm wrestling with a big commitment issue here.
Amy: Really? That's the commitment issue you're wrestling with? Sheldon, do you understand the irony of your fixation on a man with super speed, while after five years all I can get out of you is a distracted make-out session on a couch?
Sheldon: Irony's not really my strong suit. But I have been getting better with sarcasm, if you want to give that a try.
Amy: (sarcastically) Oh, sure, I'd love to.
Sheldon: Whenever you're ready.

Leonard: That was really intense.
Penny: Well, now we know, next time we go to the farmers' market, the order is petting zoo first, then buy vegetables.

Sheldon: But I have been getting better with sarcasm, if you want to give that a try.
Amy: (sarcastic) Oh, sure, I'd love to.
Sheldon: Whenever you're ready.

Leonard: I'm going to guess that your main concern is the time commitment of watching an entire season of a new show.
Sheldon: Oh, no, not just a season. If I'm in, I'm in for the whole run, even if the quality declines.
Leonard: I get it. Smallville almost wrecked you.
Sheldon: Exactly. You know, I waited ten years to see a guy everyone knows can fly, fly.

Bernadette: Maybe it's time we tell him he needs to move out.
Howard: We should have done it months ago.
Bernadette: I know, but his store was reopening, and then there were the holidays, and then he was sick.
Howard: Yeah, right, sick. He didn't have jaundice. He just looks like that.

Amy: Sheldon, do you understand the irony of your fixation on a man with super speed, while after five years all I can get out of you is a distracted make-out session on a couch?
Sheldon: Irony's not really my strong suit.

Sheldon: Amy's mad at me and I'm not sure why.
Penny: Okay, were you talking before she got mad?
Sheldon: Yes.
Penny: Well, that's probably it.

Emily: You aren't scared, are you?
Raj: Of ghosts, no. Of you, little bit.

Raj: Look, I care about you a lot, but we are very different people.
Emily: Are you breaking up with me?
Raj: No, no, I'm just pointing out that you're dark on the inside and I'm dark on the outside.

Leonard: It's not just the date. We haven't talked about anything. Big wedding, small wedding, indoor, outdoor...
Sheldon: Outdoor? Oh. I can RSVP no right now.

Raj: You've been complaining about Stuart living here for the past year. I don't see you showing him the door.
Howard: It's not the same thing. Emily's a person. Stuart's more like an infestation. Something you spray for.

Penny: Wait, what is wrong with you two? He was talking about television during their date night.
Sheldon: Oh, not just date night. Our 5th anniversary.
Penny: Okay, see, that's even dumber than you wondering if being bitten by a goat would give you the powers of a goat.
Sheldon: If that happens, don't make me wait ten years to watch you eat a tin can.

Penny: Still haven't heard from her?
Sheldon: No, and I'm confused. It's been nearly 24 hours. Amy should have figured out she's wrong by now.

(Sheldon and Amy are Skyping)
Sheldon: I've been thinking a lot about relationships and how difficult they can be, and I think...
Amy: I've been thinking about them, too, Sheldon. Being your girlfriend is so challenging. Emotionally, physically. I've been incredibly patient for years.
Sheldon: Strongly disagree. Go on.
Amy: Okay, well... this isn't easy to say, because I love you, but... I need some time to take a step back and reevaluate our situation.
Sheldon: Oh.
Amy: I hope you understand.
Sheldon: Okay.
Amy: Bye, Sheldon.
(Skype session ends and Sheldon looks at a statue of Gollum)
Sheldon: Well, Gollum, you're an expert on rings.
(Sheldon takes out an engagement ring from his desk drawer)
Sheldon: What do I do with this one?

Notes and Trivia

Raj talks about going with Emily to see the new Avengers movie. This would have been the second Avengers movie, Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015).

Sheldon wonders if he should start watching The Flash. On that show, one of the characters, Cisco, is seen wearing a Bazinga t-shirt in at least one episode.

This is the second episode that doesn't end with laughter, since it ends on a serious note without a punchline. The first one was The Comic Book Store Regeneration (2015).

Goofs

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