The Gates Excitation

"The Gates Excitation" is the eighteenth episode of the eleventh season of the sitcom The Big Bang Theory. The episode aired on Thursday, March 29, 2018.

Summary
Everyone gets excited when  Bill Gates visits Penny at work. Amy gets tired of Bernadette continually talking about her.

Extended Plot
While having in apartment 4A, the guys are discussing Batman and whether he was now in lieu of use of the  in 2018. The girls want to put a stop to it so Penny goes over and announces that she is escorting Bill Gates around her company. His company wants to develop affordable. Sheldon figures that since he arrives on, Penny is playing a on him. She just goes along with him.

As they clean up the {{w|apartment}], Leonard is really impressed with Penny showing around. She hopes that if she does a good job, she can get a job that was opening up. Leonard wants to come along since he can talk to Bill Gates about his work. Penny plans to just tell him that his work is interesting and will ask him to tell her more to avoid having to understand it. Also Penny says that his visit is not a which Leonard understands. He met him years before through his mother back in New Jersey. Leonard was so happy that he burst into tears in front of Bill Gates.

At Howard and Bernadette’s house, Stuart is taking both kids off to the as Amy arrives to go to lunch with Bernadette. Stuart is practicing his meager understating of Spanish on Amy. Bernadette offers Amy a or (ba)-naers while they are watching "" which she is really into. Amy wants them to head out to lunch, though Bernie wants to watch Bob.

Penny finds Sheldon in the laundry room thinking that he is folding her . The big is not Penny’s making this the worst day of Sheldon’s life. Sheldon still thinks that the Bill Gates' visit is a prank, so he asks Penny about it directly. She admits that the  is really coming which frustrates Sheldon since he doesn’t know what to believe.

While at lunch Bernadette feels like her is turning to. She then talks about a of her kids, a  she is reading that also floats in the bathtub. The book when you squeeze it which makes Michael . She tries to find the video to show Amy.

While playing a video game, Penny is heading to the to prepare for her visit with Bill Gates. Both Howard and Raj also want to meet him. Penny shows Leonard his to prove that he has no time to meet him. After she leaves, Leonard is excited that he knows which he is at and when he gets there. Off the guys head to meet him.

In a modern hotel {{w|lobby, The guys discuss the Gates {{w|wealth. Howard would build a working Ironman suit. Leonard admits that he feels bad about sneaking around Penny’s back. Bill Gates walks in and Leonard approaches the man. Leonard tells him about when they previously met and how much he influenced his life as Leonard breaks into {{w|tears. The crying incident is what Bill remembers about Leonard and he asks if Leonard wants a {{w|tissue. Leonard wants a {{w|hug, but Bill only wants to give him a tissue.

Returning from lunch, Bernadette apologizes about continually talking about her kids. Amy didn’t mind except when she cut up her {{w|meat. Bernie wants to know what happened to that smart, {{w|educated, successful {{w|woman. Amy tries to make her feel better telling that new {{w|mothers are more sensitive to danger, better at {{w|multitasking, finding {{w|food and seeking out {{w|nonverbal cues.

Sheldon returns to the apartment building and doesn’t hold the door for Leonard. Heading up the stairs Leonard tells him about meeting Bill Gates. Sheldon still figures that is an elaborate April Fool’s prank. Leonard shows him a {{w|picture of them together. Sheldon wants to meet him so Leonard tells him the name of a hotel as Sheldon gets pranked and runs off to the wrong place.

Finding Penny at home, she lies that he was just hanging out with the fellows. Penny calls him a good {{w|husband. Leonard replies that since she said it, that she was probably right. Penny has good {{w|news that he can come to the private {{w|reception the next night to meet the man. Leonard gets all worried and insists that it will only be his second time.

While preparing a {{w|snack Howard hears Bernadette talking to the kids about some {{w|technobabble equations on the {{w|baby monitor. She comes down and tells Howard that due to her new found {{w|cognitive abilities, she has been wasting her time making up {{w|nursery rhymes. She wants to learn all kinds of new things. She saw a problem and fixed it. Howard compares her to Bob the Builder and {{w|giraffe {{w|cage. Bernadette gets mad that she hadn’t seen that one.

At the comic book store, Leonard talks about how screwed he is when he runs again in Bill Gates. Sheldon comes into the store to complain about Leonard’s {{w|wild goose chase to the wrong hotel. Howard sends Sheldon off to {{w|Long Beach to another wrong hotel.

As Penny gets ready for the reception, Leonard complains about being {{w|sick. Penny feels really bad though she does say that he looks pale and {{w|clammy. After Penny leaves, Leonard checks himself out and he sees only his usual pale and clammy.

At dinner, Bernie can’t stop talking about all the new things she is learning. Bored Amy says that she’ll have the {{w|chicken. Bernadette quickly spells chicken backwards and declares that she has a “Mom Brain”. Then Amy orders a whole bottle of {{w|wine.

While Leonard is playing a game, he gets a {{w|Skype call from Penny. She has a surprise for him and she introduces Bill Gates. Bill waves and then claims that he knows Leonard. They met in the hotel and he cried all over him ruining his {{w|tie. Penny wants to know what Gates is talking about. Leonard claims that it must be a {{w|joke and hangs up.

Sheldon is climbing the stairs complaining about his stupid trip and finds an "I’m sorry" sign on apartment 4A's {{w|door. Thinking that Leonard is {{w|apologizing to him, he goes in and finds Leonard with a big apology for Penny. He runs in and gives Leonard a big hug and says that he can’t stay mad with him.

Finally Stuart is back in the park trying to speak to the Spanish speaking {{w|nannies. They wonder in Spanish what is wrong with him and who would let him watch their kids. Next they wonder if he stole the kids and whether they should talk to the {{w|cops.

Credits

 * Guest starring:
 * Bill Gates as Himself
 * Kevin Sussman as Stuart
 * Teleplay: Steve Holland, Tara Hernandez & Jeremy Howe
 * Story: Eric Kaplan, Maria Ferrari & Andy Gordon

Critics
To be entered.

Trivia

 * The computer billionaire Bill Gates made his first TBBT episode appearance.
 * Previously Sheldon reported that he has a restraining order against him from Bill Gates. Howard also mentioned that Gates once punched Sheldon for an offensive remark during his visit to Cal Tech.
 * Most nerds hate Bill Gates and the software problems his products have.

Quotes

 * Leonard: Uh, M-Mr. Gates, I'm-I'm Dr. Leonard Hofstadter. We've actually met before. 
 * Bill Gates: Sorry, I don't remember.
 * Leonard: You were so nice, a-and it was really special to me because you've been such a big influence on my life. I mean, ever since I was a little kid, I've looked up to you like-like a hero. (sobbing) 
 * Bill Gates: Oh, now I remember. Would you like a tissue? 
 * Leonard: How about a hug? 
 * Bill Gates: How-how about a tissue?