- Amy doesn't have time to work with Sheldon on super asymmetry, so he goes to great lengths to ensure she's available. Koothrappali doesn't want Wolowitz to join him in hosting a show at the planetarium.
- Amy doesn't have time to work on super-asymmetry, so Sheldon goes to great lengths to ensure she's available to work with him even it if means accidentally sabotaging her career in the process. Also, Koothrappali doesn't want Wolowitz to join him in hosting a show at the planetarium.
- Both Sheldon and Amy like working together on their super asymmetry project, but Sheldon feels that ever since they've returned from their honeymoon, Amy has been sidetracked on her own neurobiology work to devote any substantial time to their joint project. Sheldon, doing what he believes is good for the project and for Amy, embarks to right what he sees as the wrong without telling Amy what he's up to. When Amy discovers what he's done, she may have a different view of it than her husband and scientific partner. Meanwhile, when Raj's friends attend the latest of his talks at the planetarium, Raj's boss learns that Raj's friend Howard is an astronaut. As such, she suggests that Howard be a co-presenter at one of Raj's upcoming talks, an idea Raj quickly shuts down. While Raj feels insecure in Howard possibly stealing the limelight in his arena, Howard feels upset that his best friend would not want to work side-by-side with him for something about which Howard himself is proud. Raj and Howard will have to find some way to overcome this issue to maintain their friendship.—Huggo
- Raj is finishing up his lecture on the moons of Jupiter at the Griffith Planetarium as Sheldon and Amy pass notes back and forth. Penny finds out that the Coopers were working on Sheldon's Super-Asymmetry String Theory project. Howard goes up to Raj to congratulate him on the show even though he slept through it. He gets to meet the director of the planetarium who learns that Howard is an astronaut and then invites him to join Raj doing one of the shows. Raj does not like that idea.
Amy has a student volunteer whom she is checking his sensory reactions while his head is isolated in a box. Sheldon comes in and asks if she is busy talking about string theory. Amy says that she is really excited about their paper, but she is in the middle of her experiment. He just gives her one clue, "Lambda calculus" and then touches her nose saying, "poop."
In the Wolwotiz bedroom, Bernadette is trying to start sex with Howard who is distracted that Raj is mad at him. Howard thinks that it would be fun, but Bernadette feels that he wouldn't want some sexy astronaut sharing the stage with him. How sexy? Thor is sexy and then Bernadette gets what she wants.
Sheldon is explaining his string theory to Penny!?! Leonard comes in and immediately decides to leave. Penny calls him back and is proud that Sheldon came to discuss science with her. Leonard reminds Sheldon that he's not supposed to bore other people's wives. Sheldon then complains about how little time Amy has been able to work with him on super-asymmetry. He finds her work with the brain so boring. Penny then leaves so that Sheldon can continue to talk science with Leonard and she can get away.
Howard goes to talk to Raj in his office, to discuss them working together. Howard feels that that would be like doing karaoke with a rock star. Raj doesn't have to feel intimidated. Raj replies that he is also very accomplished in his field. And even though he has fears, one of them is not sharing the spotlight with an astronaut.
Sheldon goes to see President Siebert (Joshua Malina), who may be a physicist, but Sheldon doesn't think he knows anything. He has a Doctorate from Indiana University which causes Sheldon to go very slowly. He explains that Amy was helping him and is distracted by her own work. And she was helping him conceptualize the differences between symmetry and asymmetry. After throwing in a comment about their sex life, President Siebert says that he does not enjoy their little conversations.
Amy enters her lab and finds her colleague Dr. Park going through her research. He explains to the unaware Amy that he was taking over her project while she was on a sabbatical doing other work. Sheldon runs in with the exciting news that they will be working together full-time. Amy is not happy. He learned that Amy was very difficult to replace. Amy is incensed since she has spent years on her projects and that Sheldon had no right to request her removal.
In Apartment 4A, Raj comes in with Chinese food to talk about Howard. Raj agreed to let Howard join him and he is afraid that Howard will make it all about himself. Penny tells him to cancel, but Raj doesn't want to look insecure. Leonard tells him that he is insecure and that he walked up three flights of stairs for nothing. Penny insists that it is four flights since they are on the fourth floor and leaves to check it out.
Sheldon and Amy both go in to see President Siebert. Amy says that he had no right to reassign her project which Sheldon agrees with. Didn't Sheldon ask him to do it? Amy tells her husband that it is his fault. The President tells Amy that it's not that easy to move her back to her project due to manpower considerations. Sheldon tries to interrupt that and ends with giving Amy a "boop" on the nose.
Back at the planetarium, Penny and Bernadette are waiting for the show. She asks Bernie when he last saw Howard in his astronaut uniform. A week ago during Date Night sex where she is a sexy Russian cosmonaut who is an expert on physics and sex. Penny doesn't want to hear any more about Howard's sex life. Raj starts the show and introduces astronaut Howard Wolowitz. Instead of topping each other, they spend the time overly complimenting each other and finally embracing declaring their love for each other. Now Bernadette looks worried while Leonard is moved to tears.
Sheldon and Amy are asleep in Apartment 4B, as Sheldon dreams about another encounter with his Jedi mentor, the spirit of Professor Proton (Bob Newhart). They are in a deli on the Star Wars planet of Dagobah. Professor Proton does not recommend the Rueben. Sheldon wants advice after having upset Amy and he wants to make it better. Sheldon knows the advice is coming from his own self-consciousness; however, it sounds better from someone older and who is glowing. Professor Proton: Rule number 1: Never go to bed angry. Rule number 2: If you don't recognize the shoes under the bed, they are not your shoes. Sheldon thinks that they are her shoes, so the Jedi master tells him just go with rule number one.
Sheldon wakes up and then gets Amy to wake up too. Sheldon doesn't want them to go to bed angry; while Amy wants him to go back to sleep. She turns over and he goes, "Amy, Amy, Amy!" She doesn't want to talk now! "Fine," says Sheldon. He just wants her to know that he wasn't doing anything malicious. Amy defines it as selfish, like not letting her sleep. Finally Amy joins him and admits that she enjoys working with him, but she finds it scary and that "she" doesn't want to get lost in the "we" of their relationship. When Sheldon had her take off her own project, she felt that her fear was coming true. Sheldon doesn't want her to feel lost. They make up and turn over to go back to sleep, but not before he checks under the bed for strange shoes. Sheldon feels that when your favorite ghost tells you to do something, you must do it.
Title reference: Howard colliding with Raj's job at the planetarium.
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