The Engagement Reaction

The Engagement Reaction is the twenty third episode of the fourth season of The Big Bang Theory.

Plot Summary
Howard tells his mother  about his engagement to Bernadette, meanwhile Leonard’s  ex-girlfriend Penny  is getting along with his current girlfriend Priya.

Extended Plot
The gang (except Amy ) is at the Cheesecake Factory. Penny asks Bernadette  to take a table for her at the Cheesecake Factory, because she doesn’t want to bump into Priya. At the table Sheldon is drinking water only to be informed that it was already drank by Leonard. Sheldon then announces he will be dead because of the pathogens that reside inside Leonard  and the person Leonard  has kissed (Priya )’s mouth. Bernadette comes by to take their order and Sheldon  rhetorically asks for medicines as he thinks he will die. Next, Sheldon heads to the bar as he claims the alcohol can sterilize his mouth.

Bernadette comes back with everyone’s order; Priya  asks if they have started planning their wedding. After Howard and Bernadette  tell her their plans Priya  asks if they have told Howard’s Mother. Bernadette says he is waiting for the right time, which Howard  clarify to be sometime after his mother’s  death. Sheldon returns to the table after accidently swallowing tequila in attempt to gargle it.

The boys are playing Mystic Warlords of Ka’ah and Raj is annoyingly commenting on every card played, Howard  gets a text informing him that his mother  has arrived at the Delhi for a “get to know” lunch with Bernadette. After Sheldon drinks some water, Raj tells him it is his(Raj’s ) water and Sheldon  starts to panic and dashes to the toilet to search for the Mouthwash that Raj  has hidden. Leonard then points out that the drink Raj  claimed was his is actually Sheldon’s, Raj  tells Leonard he knows that.

Howard comes back home and search for his mother  who is in the restroom. Howard then asks her through the door of the restroom how It went with Bernadette, his mother says it went well and that Bernadette  is “a lovely girl, cute as a button”. Howard then announces to her that he is getting married to Bernadette. His mother doesn’t respond and suddenly he hears a thud as if someone has fallen of a seat.

Penny bumps into Sheldon at the Laundry room, as Sheldon  talks to her she giggles and when inquired she explains she is amused at his Jibber Jabber as she has been keeping her distance from the gang because of Leonard  and Priya. Leonard then barges in and urged they go to the hospital in compliance with the text he received. Sheldon initially disagree because he is a germaphobe  but then agrees after Penny  points out that he has no characteristic of a hero despite his liking in them.

At the hospital, Howard explains that he carried his mother out of the bathroom, put her in his car and drove like mad men to the emergency room. Howard suspects it is heart-related and explains that his family has a deep heart disease history. Sheldon Is very heightened because of all the germ that he suspects is around the hospital. Bernadette then figures out that Mrs. Wolowitz may have got a heart attack after hearing that Howard  is getting married to her.

Priya praises Penny for being there for Howard, Penny  finds it weird that she acknowledges Howard  as a friend, Priya  also tells that Raj  has a bunch of friends at New Delhi who dresses up in Leotard and call themselves the New Delhi Power Ranger, immediately Penny  and Priya felt a connection and continue talking. Leonard is nervous about this potential relationship, Raj  points out that Penny  might tell her the reason she broke up with Leonard  which could results in Priya  breaking up with Leonard. The doctor comes in and announces it wasn’t a heart attack, and tells that Mrs. Wolowitz asked to see Bernadette first.

Sheldon who went to the bathroom is on his way back to the waiting room, when he sees a man coughing severely. In order to escape the coughs, Sheldon ducks into a room. Suddenly he realizes it is a Biohazard Isolation Room and he cannot leave the room because he has been exposed. Penny and Priya  are having a good time comparing how Leonard  perform at sexual intercourse.

Bernadette comes out and scolds Howard, she explains that his mother  got food poisoning and thought Bernadette  was a wonderful girl and Howard  was lucky to have her. Bernadette is angry because Howard  led her to believe she was the reason of his mother’s  heart attack (which didn’t happened). Bernadette scream at him with a voice similar to his mother  and storms off, Howard  thinks her new voice is sexy.

In the final scene, Leonard, Howard and Raj  are wearing Hazmat Suits and are playing Mystic Warlords of Ka’ah with Sheldon  who is under quarantine because he was exposed to a deadly virus.

Trivia

 * Sheldon is afraid of Steak Knives that can be plunged into his thorax.
 * Leonard dubs himself the King Of Foreplay because he likes to perform lengthy foreplay.
 * Howard claims if a cross touches his mother it will burn her.