The Sales Call Sublimation

"The Sales Call Sublimation" is the twelfth episode of the ninth season of the sitcom The Big Bang Theory. The episode will air in January, 2016.

Summary
Leonard visits a psychiatrist so Penny can make a sales call on her and they learn some things about their interactions and marital issues. Stuart moves out of the Wolowitz House. Sheldon works with Raj looking for extra-solar planets.

Extended Plot
Amy is away for the weekend at a neurobiology conference and is Skyping with Sheldon. He inquires about her hotel room. In the banter back and forth, they talk about Best Buys and that Sheldon isn't there because her weekend is about neurobiology. Sheldon has time on his hands and wants to know what others are doing. Howard and Bernadette are cleaning their house. Not interested. Raj is using the telescope to look for new planets, which Sheldon finds interesting. He asks what Leonard is doing and he's having a "Sheld-off" weekend.

Penny comes home complaining that Dr. Gallo, the psychiatrist, won't let her pitch her drugs to her. Howard suggests that Leonard might visit her as a patient though he argues that he doesn't have any problems. The guys mention several which prompts Leonard to go visit her.

Howard and Bernadette are in bed au natural. Stuart knocks and they decide to let him in. He's moving out and he thanks them for everything. Creepily he also says that it's the first he's been in their bedroom when they were awake.

Leonard visits Dr. Gallo who is familiar with his mother's books. She doesn't agree with Beverly's mention of raising children which makes Leonard happy. Leonard used to send her mother a card and gift on his birthday because his birth was her accomplishment.

While Raj is working on the telescope, Sheldon is bored. When Sheldon was taken to work with his father, Sheldon saw him take money out of the register and got his father fired. Sheldon got a fudgsicle for turning him in. Raj sits in front of a numerical database to look for anomalies that might indicate a new planet. Sheldon immediately finds a pattern and then suggests that he get a fudgsicle.

Howard and Bernadette are helping Stuart pack his car. Howard mentions that they could now get romantic in any room in the house. As Stuart drives off he sees Howard now down to his underwear posing for Bernadette.

Leonard returns home with the revelation that his feeling do matter. Penny feels that nobody cares about that. She does like that Dr. Gallo was now willing to see her and now she feel that Leonard is the best husband ever.

Back in the telescope lab, Raj combines all their photographic images and discover that Sheldon found a new small asteroid. First Sheldon calls the discovery "Chicken fingers" until they both admit that they like chicken fingers. Now they get to come up with a name for their new asteroid.

Howard and Bernadette are cleaning out Stuart's old room and start to wonder if they are going to miss him. First they deny it and then Bernadette realizes that they are. "Ewww, we are missing him!"

Penny finishes her pill pitch and asks Dr. Gallo if she has any questions. She wants to know why she sent Leonard to her. Then she asks why a woman like would her marry a guy like Leonard. Penny replies that she used to wear a lot of tank tops.

Raj and Sheldon return to his apartment and are talking about naming their discovery. Sheldon suggest "Koo" from Koothrapoli and "per' from Cooper for Kooper. Raj adds that at least he would know what the K stood for. Leonard suggests that they name it after their girlfriends. Sheldon suggest "AM" for Amy and "Y" for Emily or Amy. Raj is not impressed.

Penny is now on the couch with Dr. Gallo who points out that she just being another mother for Leonard. Penny wonders how she could not be like that due to all Leonard's toys around them. Penny also brings up the man-child Sheldon whom Dr. Gallo didn't even thought existed. Penny seemed to enjoy talking to Dr. Gallo, who still thought Penny had some anxiety issues. She suggested Penny take some, but she did not want to use her company's product since she might go into fits of homicidal rage.

Sheldon is again Skyping with Amy. He misses her and indicates that they are naming the asteroid Amy. She thinks that that is romantic but know they have to name all their children Raj, even the girls.

Finally, Howard and Bernadette are asleep as Stuart is staring at them in the darkness. He claims to miss this.

Thanks to Monique for her report.

Critics
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Trivia

 * Jane Kaczmarek (best known as mom, Lois, in Malcolm in the Middle) will play a guest role in this show.
 * Stuart finally moves out of the Wolowitz's house.
 * Sheldon and Amy discuss the possibility of having children. It was last brought up in "The Colonization Application" (S8E17).

Quotes
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