- Bernadette confesses to Raj that she isn't sure if she's ready to be a mother, Penny accompanies Amy to a university mixer, and Sheldon goes to unusual extremes to assist Howard with his military project.
- With only two months to complete the contract for the Air Force, Howard, Leonard and Sheldon are working around the clock. Sheldon in particular is feeling sleep deprived as someone who doesn't drink coffee to stay awake. Feeling delirious, Sheldon, during one of the guys' working sessions, is lured to the dark side by the hallucination of one of his idols, the dark side being an energy drink. Sheldon is affected negatively by the experience, probably partly by the stimulants themselves, but also by the thought of what those chemicals are doing to his system. But what may be most negatively affecting Sheldon is the core reason why he is feeling so tired. With Howard at work, Bernadette is left to spend the day with Raj, who suggests they start preparing the baby's room. Slowly, Bernadette lets Raj know in no uncertain terms that she is concerned that her maternal instincts have not kicked in as she is less than excited about being pregnant. Unable to reassure her, Raj calls in who he believes is an expert in the field to help Bernadette deal with her emotions. And Penny volunteers to accompany Amy to a science department "party", the attendees being all Amy's scientist colleagues. Penny figures that even if she doesn't understand any of the conversations, she can always keep herself company with a glass of wine. Both Amy and Penny are surprised by how much fun they end up having at the gathering, that fun based on some revelations concerning Amy.—Huggo
- Howard, Leonard and Sheldon are working late to perfect their miniaturized gyroscope since Sheldon had promised it to Colonel Williams in 2 months. Sheldon is complaining about being tired, while the others tell him that they have to put in a lot of late nights.
The next morning, Sheldon and Leonard enter their living area with Sheldon still complaining to find Amy and Penny making them breakfast since they haven't been seeing them much due to their late hours. Sheldon was supposed to go to a university party with Amy that Sheldon had not planned to attend. Penny volunteers to go with her to the party. She'll have some wine and listen to crap she doesn't understand which is no different than everyday of her life.
Howard is getting ready to leave. He thanks her for the breakfast that Raj seems to have crashed since he hasn't gotten to see Howard. He knew their alarm code so he could get into their house. Howard leaves and Raj wants to know what she was planning that day and that he didn't have to spend his day off with her. Raj drops that he will be in the delivery room with her. Bernadette tells him that he will not.
Sheldon is found in the Caltech cafeteria sound asleep against a vending machine. He hears someone say "Psst, hey kid." Sheldon wakes up frightened and finds the Flash (Brandon Jones) standing next to him. The Flash tells him to have an energy drink and "Everybody is doing it". He adds that if Sheldon ever wants to feel like he has superpowers, he should try one. Sheldon wonders if superheroes take performance enhancing chemicals. Flash responds that The Hulk is so strong because of steroids. Batman wanders around at night getting into fights because of scotch. The Flash gives Sheldon his first one in the house.
Penny and Amy arrive at Bert's (Brian Posehn) apartment for the party. The geologist goes to put on some "rock" music. Looking around no one else was there even though they were an hour late.
Raj and Bernadette are trying to clear out Howard's old bedroom. She isn't very enthusiastic about the big job ahead of them. The first thing she finds is her old dollhouse that she wants to keep if it is a girl. Bernadette says that not every little kid dreams of being a mom. And then one day you wake up and you're pregnant even though your career is going great!
Howard wonders what was taking Sheldon so long to get a drink. Sheldon returns wide awake and ready to science the carp out of this project. He has just had his first energy drink and is ready to work...or wrestle.
At the party, Penny asks Amy if they should talk to each other or mingle. Amy doesn't know where everyone is. Bert tells them that he's going to start cleaning up. Bert asks Amy not to spread rumors about the bust of a party since she is the coolest girl on campus, a fact that surprises both of them. Amy figures that it's because she is dating Sheldon. Bert reverses it saying that Amy makes Sheldon cool. Penny exclaims that since Sheldon is now popular, she has no idea what was happening.
Howard is tired and wants to break for lunch. Sheldon is holding his head suffering from withdrawal. His head hurts and he's more tired than ever. Howard tells him to go home, but Sheldon claims that all he needs is another energy drink. Now he thinks he is addicted. At Leonard's request he agrees to pull it together, but then starts getting physical tics and twitches from his caffeine withdrawal.
Having tea in the kitchen, Bernadette apologizes for lashing out at Raj and blames it on hormones. Raj figures that she was just mean before she got pregnant. She doesn't care what color the room will be and she storms out. Then she yells back at him that she is clearly upset and that he should follow her.
Bert is visiting with Penny and Amy and tells a story that when Amy developed a laboratory cleaning solution, everybody started using it. Penny then asks about Leonard. Bert figures that he is okay since he tricked some hot girl into marrying him. Penny identifies herself as that hot girl and that he didn't trick her, he wore her down. Penny compares Caltech to her high school. Amy reminds her that everyone at the university is extremely smart. Penny calls Amy a hot girl that is also mean.
Leonard wants to go get some coffee and Sheldon complains that they are going to do that in front of him when he is trying to get his life back on track. Leonard suggests that he throw himself into his work to forget about his problem that Leonard denied that he had.
Bernadette is now driving Raj around with no real destination. Raj is sure that she will be an amazing mother. Bernadette tells him that one time she was babysitting her brothers and sisters; a neighbor found them in the backyard naked and eating crickets. Raj figures that they were at least happy and well-fed.
Neither Howard nor Leonard want to talk to Sheldon about his fake caffeine addiction. There is no caffeine patch, but he did find a mind boosting caffeine suppository. Leonard yells that they have an impossible deadline to make due to him so he doesn't care how he deals with it. Sheldon then admits that he can't figure out the math they need because he has been racking his brain for days. Leonard sympathizes with him saying that they will figure it out. Sheldon puts his head on Leonard's chest and falls to sleep.
As they are leaving, Amy tells Bert that the party was great. Bert calls them nice people, to which Penny agrees. She will never take him for "granite". He tells them that they need to leave because he is in love with both of them now.
Still driving, Raj tells her to pull over. Bernadette is worried that he is calling Howard about her erratic behavior. Raj is calling his OBGYN father Dr. V.M. Koothrappali (Brian George) to help her. Raj introduces Bernadette, who his father is happy to talk to. Dr. K listens and then explains that some people are or aren't baby people. That doesn't mean that she won't love her own baby. Mrs. K was excited about being pregnant with Raj, doted on him constantly and then he broke her heart by moving away and dating poor white women. Bernadette thanks him and feels better. Raj now feels worse.
Howard, Sheldon and Leonard go to see Colonel Williams to tell them that they can't meet the two-month deadline. They need maybe two years. It doesn't bother him because they are not the first government contractor who didn't deliver on time.
Title reference: Sheldon trying to beat his perceived caffeine addiction.
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