The Big Bang Theory (Season 7)

时长:00:20:49 / 首播:2013-10-24
Sheldon calculates how to synthesize a new, stable superheavy element, but then realizes that his discovery was only due to a serendipitous mistake, which spoils his achievement making him feel like a fraud. When his friends, co-workers and the scientific community heap lavish praise on him, Sheldon wants everyone to stop the adulation. Amy finally tells him he is not deserving of the attention, which Sheldon surprisingly notes is the most romantic thing Amy could ever tell him. At the end of the episode, Amy daydreams that Sheldon made the mistake because he was distracted by wanting to kiss her.
Howard gets everyone to join him in performing a song he wrote for Bernadette, to commemorate the anniversary of their first date. Bernadette has a lab accident handling a raccoon virus and is placed in quarantine. Howard and the gang go to the hospital and sing the song for her. Seeing this, Penny tries to do something romantic for Leonard, after he says that she never does anything like that. As she becomes more frustrated and asks Raj for help, she realizes that she has always been a recipient of romantic gestures and does not know how to do them for another. When she tells Leonard that she wishes she could be as romantic as he is, she produces a box with dozens of mementos – examples of romantic things Leonard has done during their time together. Leonard is shocked, and thinks that the mere fact that Penny has kept all these things is incredibly romantic. The two then share a long embrace.
Title reference: The very different ways that the three couples express romance are examined.
Note: A day after it aired, the song that was performed by Howard, Simon Helberg's character, and the gang, “If I Didn’t Have You (Bernadette’s Song)", was released on iTunes.