The Thanksgiving Decoupling

"The Thanksgiving Decoupling" is the ninth episode of the seventh season of the  The Big Bang Theory. The episode will air on November 21, 2013.

Summary
Sheldon protests when the gang drags him to Mrs. Wolowitz's house for Thanksgiving. Meanwhile, Penny and Leonard must deal with a mistake from her past.

Extended Plot
Mrs. Wolowitz has invited everyone over for Thanksgiving. Sheldon is not interested; he wants Leonard's traditional meal that he hates and criticizes. Leonard and Penny are going. Bernadette's dad is also going to be there since his wife is out of town.

A pre-dinner brunch is being served at apartment 4A. Sheldon still doesn't want to go. When the subject of Thanksgiving comes up, Penny mentions a trip taken on Thanksgiving a few years ago to Vegas with Zack Johnson. They went gambling, drinking and had a fake wedding ceremony at one of those (according to Penny) fake wedding chapels. Leonard tells her that the chapels are real.

At the Wolowitz house, the Mrs. isn't well and Raj is volunteered to cook the dinner. Mr. R. shows up will stocked with beer wanting to stay home and watch football.

Shamy and Lenny are driving to Mrs. W's house. Leonard tells Penny that she has to fix this and she is in total agreement. Amy is looking up grounds for annulment including lack of understanding of the ceremony which fits Penny.

While Raj is fitting dinner, Bernadette sends her husband who just wants to hang out to visit with her dad.

Living room: Howard is trying to talk to Mike about his wife's trip to Arizona. The guys show up. Sheldon isn't happy to be there. Penny is quiet and then after her predicament is described, grabs the wine back from Howard.

Kitchen: Raj, Amy and Bernadette are preparing dinner. Raj is surprised at Penny's news and Bernadette keeps stuffing marshmallows in her mouth.

Living room: Howard trying to talk football with Mike. Sheldon knows a lot about football, bonds with Mike and gets a beer from him. Howard is told to be quiet. Leonard downloads annulment papers and irritates Penny insisting that she fixes it immediately. She calls Zack to come over to sign them which irritates Leonard.

Howard wanders into the kitchen complaining about Mike and Sheldon bonding together. The girls are talking about how they can't believe that Penny married Zack though they are appreciative of his looks. After Zack arrives, the girls leave Howard alone in the kitchen.

Zack arrives to sign the annulment papers and appears to be as dense as ever and wondering whether he should do this to their kids.

Bernadette runs into the living room with Howard screaming at Sheldon and her Dad for continually insulting him. Amy does likewise and ends up getting hit on the rear by an appreciative and drunk Sheldon which Amy doesn't seem to mind getting some sexual attention from Sheldon.

Finally the whole gang including Zack sit around the Thanksgiving table with Mrs. W yelling from the basement.

Critics
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Trivia

 * Penny is officially "Penny Johnson", no known maiden name.
 * Penny and Zack did not know that the Las Vegasa wedding chapels were real.

Quotes
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