- Penny struggles with Leonard's confession that he kissed another woman as they prepare to get married in Las Vegas. Meanwhile, Sheldon doesn't know what to do after Amy pushes pause on their relationship.
- Amy has broken up with Sheldon because she can no longer tolerate his insensitivity to her needs, while Leonard and Penny have moved in the other direction, Penny who can overlook Leonard's admission to making out with another woman in a drunken stupor enough so that they are still proceeding with their Las Vegas elopement. But while Sheldon turns to Leonard for advice and Penny talks to Amy about the break-up, the resulting discussions could affect both the break-up and the wedding. With Leonard and Penny out of town, Amy and Sheldon also turn to others for advice and support - Amy who has been invited to watch a special on-line streamed video with Howard and Bernadette - while Sheldon and Amy have differing perspectives of the phrase "need a little time". Meanwhile, Stuart has the want to do something a little inappropriate.—Huggo
- Leonard (Johnny Galecki) and Penny (Kaley Cuoco) are at a Las Vegas wedding chapel and are picking out their wedding package. Leonard finds one that has music, flowers and streams the ceremony on the Internet. Sheldon (Jim Parsons) then calls Leonard to tell him to not get married because women are the worst. Amy has broken up with him. Leonard tells Penny. Penny calls Amy and asks if she is okay. Penny admits that she is in Vegas getting married. Amy is shocked that she didn't invite her and that she will try and catch the bouquet from where she is (sarcastically). Sheldon hears Penny talking to Amy & he wants her to know that he doesn't care. Penny explains that Amy is upset and that they'll have a great wedding. Sheldon wants Amy upset so he tells them to go ahead and get married.
Amy is locking her apartment door, turns around and is scared by Sheldon standing in the hallway. Sheldon reminds her that she wanted time and she replies that it's only been eleven hours. Sheldon wonders if she has found someone else. Amy is heading over to Howard (Simon Helberg) and Bernadette's (Melissa Rauch) to watch the wedding online. Sheldon wonders why he wasn't invited.
Leonard realizes that it may not be the wedding Penny envisioned, but she is fine with it. Leonard also wants her to promise that she is okay with everything brought up in the car. Penny doesn't want Leonard to keep bringing it up. He quips that they have the rest of their lives to drag things up from the past and fight about it.
Amy thanked them for having her over. Bernadette asks how she is feeling, and she doesn't know since they were together for so long. Bernadette gasps when she sees Sheldon standing outside the window. Sheldon is outside because he was told that he would make everyone feel uncomfortable. Howard closes the drapes. Bernadette reopens them and tells Sheldon that him being there might not be making things better. Sheldon asks why everyone was invited, but him. Amy counters this by pointing out that Bernadette invited her and Stuart (Kevin Sussman) lived there already; however, her claim is quickly proved false when Raj (Kunal Nayyar) enters a second later with hot cinnamon rolls.
Leonard and Penny are receiving final instructions from the Minister. They strongly reiterate that everything is fine since they just want to get married. "This is it," remarks Leonard. Penny agrees and they tell each other that they love each other.
Sheldon is now watching the television in the living room and he explains to Raj why he must be wondering why he and Amy are not showing any affection. Sheldon tells him that Amy broke up with him. Amy corrects him that she wanted time to think.
The Minister (Jim Meskimen) asks Leonard and Penny if they had prepared vows. Penny is surprised that Leonard has. He tells Penny that they are made from atomic particles that have existed since the moment the universe began. He feels like these atoms have traveled over 14 billion years to create them so they could come together and make them whole. She says sweetly that he is the love of her life and her best friend and starts quoting the lyrics to "You've Got a Friend In Me" from the Disney film "Toy Story". The minister asks if that was from "Toy Story", Penny says it was and that Leonard loves it. Leonard gets misty-eyed and confirms that he does.
Bernadette remarks that the vows were beautiful, though she agrees with Howard that theirs were better. Sheldon is now anxious to know if they are broken up or not. Amy needs time to think. Sheldon retorts that she better think fast since men can sire children their entire lives and women's eggs have a "sell-by" date. Amy calls him immature and selfish which he has just proven by insulting her to her face. She doesn't need any more time; they are now officially broken up. Suddenly the wedding broadcast comes to a conclusion as Leonard and Penny are pronounced man and wife...
Leonard opens their hotel room as Penny starts to enter. Leonard insists on carrying her across the threshold which surprises Penny. Penny tells him that it was nicely done. Leonard is happy that there is finally one Mrs. Hofstadter (Penny finally has a surname) that is not disappointed in him. Penny can't help but think about Leonard kissing the girl on the boat. The kissing wasn't that sexy especially since they were drunk, she tasted like an ashtray and he also chipped her tooth. Leonard jokingly says that he does not feel guilty because the girl had dental insurance. Leonard then says more seriously that he does feel guilty especially when he sees her every day at work. Penny is now really shocked that he never told her this fact. Leonard would have told her, but in the car she told him to stop talking about it.
Sheldon is in his apartment on the phone to his mother Mary (Laurie Metcalf). He regretfully informs her that Amy broke up with him and that he would like to send the engagement ring (which is an old family heirloom, it belonged to his great-grandmother) back to Texas. His mother tells him to keep it since his sister Missy is already married and she's not going to let it be given to the whore his brother is dating.
Amy is talking to Howard and Bernadette as they try to console her telling her that everything is going to get better.
Later, the newlyweds are fighting as they walk up the stairs of the apartment building. Apparently, she is not okay with it, snapped Penny as she heads for her apartment. On entering the apartment, Sheldon tells Leonard that he is glowing and marriage suits him. Leonard explains that he is not glowing, he is upset.
Penny is also upset, so Sheldon brings her a hot beverage. Each of them are sorry about their current relationship situations. Penny mentions the girl in question. Sheldon knows Mandy Chow (Melissa Tang) and that Penny doesn't have to worry about her. She is brilliant and attractive and can do much better than Leonard. She then comments on how she can't believe Amy actually went through with breaking up with Sheldon, causing him to realize that Penny knew Amy was going to do it. Shocked, Sheldon asked why Penny didn't try to stop Amy. Sheldon angrily comments that Amy was already happy since she plays the harp and her car is paid off. Penny tells him that it's not her fault that Amy thinks he's a lousy boyfriend. This greatly upsets Sheldon, who takes the hot beverage from Penny's hands as well as his own and leaves.
At the Wolowitz's, Howard learns that the Hofstadters went home to their separate apartments after a big fight. Finally, Sheldon and Leonard are at their place. Sheldon is listing reasons why men are better than women. Sheldon tells Leonard that he would never kiss him, tell him he loved him and then break up. Men are the champagne of genders. Leonard says that he is a man and he messed up with Penny. Sheldon says that Madame Curie is the exception since she had a penis made of science.
Title reference: The events that are set in motion by Leonard and Penny eloping.
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