Teleplay byРІР‚Р‰: Steven Molaro & Eric Kaplan

Title reference: Sheldon stating that the Renaissance Fair was just an excuse to wear a codpiece. Sheldon then comforts Leonard with the fact that it is only nine months until Comic-Con. Leslie expects Leonard to back her beliefs, but when he supports Sheldon, Leslie dumps Leonard, to Sheldon's relief. Almost immediately, however, Sheldon deliberately provokes an argument with Leslie over the validity of loop quantum gravity, which Leslie supports, and string theory, which Sheldon favors. Sheldon tells Penny he is uncomfortable with Leonard dating his arch enemy Leslie, but on Penny's advice he accepts the relationship. Penny dumps Eric after unsuccessfully using him to make Leonard jealous (including a competitive make-out session between Penny and Eric and Leonard and Leslie Leslie helping Leonard make his point). As she has grown out of one-night stands she suggests they take it slowly and get to know each other first. Title reference: Howard calling Leonard a 'bad fish' in his relationship with Penny.Р”Р„fter the guys return from a Renaissance fair and see Penny with her new boyfriend Eric, Leonard is approached in the Caltech canteen by Leslie Winkle, who proposes renewing their one-time 'relationship'. The next morning, Leonard suggests Penny should join Pasadena City College, but after she asks, says he does not mind dating someone who is not smart, at which she slams her door in his face. The drugged Sheldon tells Leonard the secret. Sheldon talks instead of sleeping, so Howard gives him Valium, which fails to work, and finally takes him back to the apartment. He first stays with Raj, but after Sheldon criticizes Aishwarya Rai, comparing her unfavorably to Madhuri Dixit, Raj leaves him at Howard's house. Sheldon cannot easily keep secrets, and moves out of the apartment to escape his inner conflict. Teleplay byРІР‚Р‰: Dave Goetsch & Steven MolaroР”Р„fter Leonard and Penny return home from their first date, Penny admits to Sheldon that she lied to Leonard about graduating from community college, feeling he would not want to date a woman who is not smart, and makes Sheldon promise not to tell him.

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