The Big Bang Theory

“After over five years of dating, we felt the time was right for Sheldon and Amy to finally consummate their relationship, and we’re so excited for the audience to see the journey over the next several episodes”, Molaro said of the plot for the anticipated episode on “Big Bang Theory” Season 9. Even with our over-reliance on smartphone calendars, the birthday of a significant other – especially one you’ve significantly other-ed for many years – is something that should be on instant recall. Penny knows he was born in May, but not the exact day, and Leonard takes glee in reeling off all the things he does know about her, from her favorite ‘N Sync-er (Justin, duh) to the fact that she didn’t like the fancy orange underthings he bought her for Valentine’s Day.

Now, it seems that fate has brought Sheldon and Amy together again and this time they’ll finally get to do it.

Caught red handed, he offers to read her excerpts from his online journal.

Meanwhile, Bernadette (Melissa Rauch), Raj (Kunal Nayyar) and Emily (Laura Spencer) are in the holiday spirit and ask a reluctant Howard (Simon Helberg) to volunteer at a soup kitchen – SpaceX CEO Elon Musk will be making a cameo. Looks like everyone got to see Leonard in lingerie after all. Sheldon comes in and tries to convince one of his friends to join him in his annual tradition of going to the aquarium cafeteria for Thanksgiving. Sheldon had that ring handy right when Amy said she needed time alone.

The emotional center of “The Platonic Permutation” lies in Sheldon and Amy’s definitely-not-dating Thanksgiving trip to the aquarium.

Penny and Leonard’s storyline doesn’t pan out much better. Has she had “coitus” with any of them?

Amy says she understands, as she swallows hard and chokes back tears. She calls him before Thanksgiving dinner and offers to be his girlfriend again. His response crushes her. Amy and Sheldon’s sex is momentum moment in his character as what other reporters say, Sheldon is going to places “where no Sheldon Cooper has gone before”. “But getting over you wasn’t one of them”.

The episode also features the return of “Big Bang” Emmy victor Bob Newhart, who will reprise his role as Arthur Jeffries and reappear as a ghostly Jedi in Sheldon’s dreams in a bid to help him sort out his feelings and make what was billed as a “very important” decision. “I can’t think that far ahead”, he told THR in April.