The Tenant Disassociation

"The Tenant Disassociation" is the nineteenth episode of the eleventh season of the sitcom The Big Bang Theory. The episode aired on Thursday, April 5, 2018.

Summary
When Leonard learns Sheldon is the {{w|president of the tenants' association, he decides to run against him. Also, Bernadette encourages Wolowitz and Koothrappali to find the owner of a {{w|drone after they find it in the {{w|backyard.

Extended Plot
During {{w|dinner in Leonard and Penny’s apartment, Leonard is teasing Raj about being scratched by his tiny {{w|dog Cinnamon. Penny returns from work with a {{w|sandwich she grabbed from the {{w|lunch truck downstairs. Sheldon objects that it was Friday is they should be eating {{w|Chinese]] food. Amy says that the Chinese invented the sandwich. Howard leaves to go get a sandwich. Sheldon and Amy start to argue about the {{w|invention of the sandwich and that he talks in his {{w|sleep. Sheldon insists that they will talk about it when he asleep. Leonard signals everyone and they leave not wanting to hear about Shamy’s sleeping habits. Sheldon folds his {{w|Moo Sho into a sandwich telling Amy that she might be right. Amy looks around and sees that no one heard Sheldon’s last admission that Amy was right. .

Back in their apartment, the smell of the lunch truck was driving Sheldon crazy. He doesn’t think that he can work with the desire to have a sandwich. And he can’t have one because it goes against his need for a rigid schedule. Amy then leaves clutching some money denying that she had any alternative motives.

Raj and Howard are enjoying the {{w|hot tub, though Howard is uncomfortable with his friend wearing his {{w|swim trunks. Raj notices a {{w|crashed {{w|drone in the {{w|bushes next to the {{w|porch. Howard thinks he can fix it, but is reluctant to look for its {{w|owner.

Penny comes in complaining that the lunch truck had moved because someone complained to the tenants association. It is not allowed to part on their {{w|street anymore. Leonard first wonders who might do it and then they are at Sheldon’s {{w|front door. Sheldon concurs that he made the {{w|complaint. Penny then emails the tenant’s association as Sheldon’s {{w|phone rings. Sheldon is the {{w|president and the entire association. And he tells Penny to {{w|spellcheck her {{w|emails.

Howard finishes his {{w|repairs to the drone as Raj complements his job. Re-syncing the drone to his controls, they get it to {{w|hover. Raj wants to play {{w|William Tell with a {{w|bowl up on his {{w|head. Bernie appears and doesn’t want them to break her bowl. Then she worries about who the owner might be and tells them to check the {{w|video card. Howard tells her that that is a great {{w|idea very unenthusiastically.

Sheldon verifies that he is the association, its president and it’s harshest {{w|critic. The Hofstadter’s realize that all the fines they have been getting from the tenant’s association were Sheldon’s doing. Amy returns and acknowledges that even she didn’t know about Sheldon’s building shenanigans. Penny calls an {{w|emergency meeting to vote Sheldon out. Amy reads the minutes of the last meeting. Leonard calls for a vote of {{w|no confidence. Penny agrees passing two to one. Sheldon wants to hear from Amy, his {{w|fiancée. Penny then calls Amy her {{w|best friend. Amy doesn’t wants to get involved until Sheldon invites her to the next meeting in his {{w|shower. Amy votes for Sheldon. It’s a tie. No confidence vote defeated.

Back in their {{w|apartment, Penny and Sheldon can’t believe that Amy voted against them. She comes in to explain herself. Leonard wonders why she sided with him when he was being that {{w|crazy. Amy thinks that he is like that all the time. She doesn’t want to go against Sheldon over a {{w|pastrami sandwich. She adds that all they need to do is get one other {{w|tenant to vote with them. Penny admits that that is a good plan which Amy denies ever coming up with. She announces that she was never here and proceeds to take some of their {{w|food because Sheldon thinks she went {{w|shopping. After leaving Leonard admits how weird she is, but then next to Sheldon who could tell.

Howard is checking out the video card om the drone which briefly shows a cute {{w|girl holding it. Raj insists that have to find her because she is cute and appears to have {{w|money. Bernadette looks over the image and notes that she is wearing a {{w|pin from Stuart’s comic book store.

Leonard and Penny start to visit the other residents. One is not interested because they didn’t come to his house warming party and that he had bought a lot of party food. The next tenant isn’t going to vote against Sheldon because Sheldon has a restraining order against him. He locked Sheldon out while he was up on the roof more than once. Mrs. Petrescu, who attended Sheldon's brunch, doesn't understand that she should vote for Leonard.

At the comic book store, Howard wants Stuart to identify the woman on the video. Her name is Cynthia and Stuart hasn’t seen her in a while. He had tried a creepy new {{w|smile on her as a way to flirt which drove her away. Stuart looks up her address on his {{w|mailing list.

Amy returns home and finds Sheldon wanting to make Leonard and Penny’s lives a living hell using his power as president of the tenant’s association. He is setting a {{w|minimum height requirement for use of the laundry room. He doesn’t think that leaders should step aside just because of the consent of the governed. Amy calls that {{w|democracy.

Raj walks up to Cynthia’s door. She recognizes her drone and finds Raj sweet and charming. She gives him her {{w|phone number for a {{w|reward and wants him to contact her later.

While Shamy is eating dinner, the Hofstadters walk in with a copy of their {{w|lease. Amy is the sole signee on that apartment and Sheldon is no longer on their lease for apartment 4A. Amy denies knowing anything about it. Since he can’t be president, Leonard nominates himself and Penny seconds it. Amy abstains, but notes that it is bureaucratically impossible for Sheldon to run. Sheldon agrees though states that under California law, he is still a resident after thirty days. Amy then votes for Leonard because she doesn’t think that Sheldon can handle the power, i.e laundry room height requirements. Sheldon decides to pass on the {{w|office}}, but also plans to be the vocal {{w|opposition}} of new president. Leonard wonders if he has made a mistake.

Finally Cynthia is reviews the video on her drone and sees Raj demanding her to have his {{w|babies}}. She is shocked and then closes up her {{w|laptop.

Credits

 * Guest starring:
 * Kevin Sussman as Stuart
 * Michelle Arthur as Mrs. Petrescu
 * Parvesh Cheena as Marcus
 * Bob Stephenson as Wendell
 * Megan McGown as Cynthia
 * Teleplay: Dave Goetsch, Eric Kaplan & Maria Ferrari
 * Story: Steve Holland, Jeremy Howe & Trevor Alper

Critics
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Trivia

 * Raj gets the phone number of a crashed drone's owner.
 * Sheldon elects himself President of the Tenants Association even without a quorum of resident's present; a violation of parliamentary rules.
 * Amy uses a Spider-Man reference that doesn't get her fiancée Sheldon to react to positively. Leonard used an Antman reference that he identifies properly, so Sheldon does act on it. Amy gets annoyed.

Quotes
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