Do I really have to use a reference to an album by John Lennon and the Plastic Ono Band for this?
Yeah, I do, and it's worth it.
After spending the first third of Season 9 broken up with Amy, only to be nagged by an old Beach Boys song that he couldn't get out of his mind, Sheldon and his girlfriend are reunited as a couple. However prior to this, he and his friends pre-ordered movie tickets for the opening night of the latest Star Wars movie "The Force Awakens." Unfortunately, the movie premier is scheduled for Amy's birthday. When Penny makes him realize he should spend time with her for her birthday rather than for a movie that every other geek is anxious to see, he feel a bit conflicted. That night he has a dream where he's visited by the ghost of the late Professor Proton star Arthur Jeffries (Bob Newhart) dressed like Obi-Wan Kenobi, who convinces him he's better off with his girlfriend.
The next morning, he decides to give his ticket away to somebody he thinks is a worthy fan, and visits Penny and Bernadette for birthday gift advice. He tells them he has three potential gifts in mind. The first being a one-day invitation for her to play the harp with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, the second being a wool-related festival that he has no intention of attending due to his fear of sheep, and the third is to have sex with her. Penny's reaction may have been scripted, but it's still very easy to understand. Of course, we all know that Sheldon has been uncomfortable with the idea of touching anybody until sometime before this episode, and Amy has been anxious to be touched by the opposite sex before she ever met Sheldon. "Then it's settled. My birthday gift to Amy will be my genitals." Can you imagine a line that would normally be considered gross would be so heartwarming?
So who gets Sheldon's ticket? Why none other than Wil Wheaton who arrives dressed like Mr. Spock during the original version of Star Trek. Normally, that's like giving away Yankee Stadium to the New York Mets, or if you want to go way back, the former Brooklyn Dodgers or New York Giants baseball teams. Personally, I was never able to take sides regarding the Star Trek vs. Star Wars feud, but I'm not oblivious to it either.
Equally enjoyable is the subtle attempt by Penny and Bernadette to prepare Amy for her big night, and Bernadette's revealing motive for their suggested activities. The parallel dialogue between Sheldon and Amy in her bedroom and Wil Wheaton and Sheldon's friends is funny, but it has already been covered, so we won't go into that. But Wheaton does deliver some genuinely sage advice about the movie, which applies to a lot of others.
Also, Sheldon and Amy's first time, what little of it we see, turns out to be wonderful. And yet, this could've been much different, even for somebody their age. It could've been like Michael Biehn and Linda Hamilton in "The Terminator." Who wants that?
Yeah, I do, and it's worth it.
After spending the first third of Season 9 broken up with Amy, only to be nagged by an old Beach Boys song that he couldn't get out of his mind, Sheldon and his girlfriend are reunited as a couple. However prior to this, he and his friends pre-ordered movie tickets for the opening night of the latest Star Wars movie "The Force Awakens." Unfortunately, the movie premier is scheduled for Amy's birthday. When Penny makes him realize he should spend time with her for her birthday rather than for a movie that every other geek is anxious to see, he feel a bit conflicted. That night he has a dream where he's visited by the ghost of the late Professor Proton star Arthur Jeffries (Bob Newhart) dressed like Obi-Wan Kenobi, who convinces him he's better off with his girlfriend.
The next morning, he decides to give his ticket away to somebody he thinks is a worthy fan, and visits Penny and Bernadette for birthday gift advice. He tells them he has three potential gifts in mind. The first being a one-day invitation for her to play the harp with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, the second being a wool-related festival that he has no intention of attending due to his fear of sheep, and the third is to have sex with her. Penny's reaction may have been scripted, but it's still very easy to understand. Of course, we all know that Sheldon has been uncomfortable with the idea of touching anybody until sometime before this episode, and Amy has been anxious to be touched by the opposite sex before she ever met Sheldon. "Then it's settled. My birthday gift to Amy will be my genitals." Can you imagine a line that would normally be considered gross would be so heartwarming?
So who gets Sheldon's ticket? Why none other than Wil Wheaton who arrives dressed like Mr. Spock during the original version of Star Trek. Normally, that's like giving away Yankee Stadium to the New York Mets, or if you want to go way back, the former Brooklyn Dodgers or New York Giants baseball teams. Personally, I was never able to take sides regarding the Star Trek vs. Star Wars feud, but I'm not oblivious to it either.
Equally enjoyable is the subtle attempt by Penny and Bernadette to prepare Amy for her big night, and Bernadette's revealing motive for their suggested activities. The parallel dialogue between Sheldon and Amy in her bedroom and Wil Wheaton and Sheldon's friends is funny, but it has already been covered, so we won't go into that. But Wheaton does deliver some genuinely sage advice about the movie, which applies to a lot of others.
Also, Sheldon and Amy's first time, what little of it we see, turns out to be wonderful. And yet, this could've been much different, even for somebody their age. It could've been like Michael Biehn and Linda Hamilton in "The Terminator." Who wants that?