The Septum Deviation

"The Septum Deviation" is the ninth episode of the eighth season of the  The Big Bang Theory. The episode will air on November 13, 2014.

Summary
Both Leonard and Sheldon end up in the hospital while Raj has to deal with the divorce of his parents.

Extended Plot
As Sheldon and Amy are playing a game, Sheldon has the word Tesla on his forehead, Leoanrd and Penny come in with the news that he needs surgery because he has a deviated septum. Sheldon is apalled and doesn't want Leonard to do it due to the dangers of surgery. and he has to get surgery. Sheldon tells Leonard that he can’t get the surgery. Leonard tells Sheldon that the surgery will fix his snoring. Sheldon says that his snoring wasn’t that bad.That night Sheldon is staring at Leonard in bed and pleads with him to not go through with it.

Raj is fretting over finding a gift for his parent’s 40th anniversary. He suggests that he give them drink coasters with his face on it. He holds up the coasters that he gave Howard and Bernadette.

Sheldon is in the apartment at his whiteboard writing down everything that could possibly go wrong with Leonard’s surgery. He tells Leonard that many people have died from just the anesthesia alone. Leonard tells Sheldon that he could die driving to the hospital. Sheldon says he wrote that down too. Sheldon keeps telling Leonard that he will die. Leonard tells Sheldon he’ll reconsider the surgery.

Howard knocks on Raj’s apartment door. Raj is on the phone and it looks serious. Raj tells Howard that his parents have just gotten a divorce and his father moved out. Raj looks really saddened by it and he cries to Howard saying he came from a broken home.

Leonard and Penny are in the waiting room getting checked in. Leonard tells Penny that he told Sheldon they were going swimming in the public pool. Scene cuts to Sheldon and Amy in the car. Sheldon is eating French toast sticks and he thanks Amy for letting him eat them in the car. Sheldon says if Leonard was really going swimming, he would have brought his swimming t- shirt. Amy admits that Leonard is getting the surgery as they speak. Sheldon has a very worried look on his face and he tells Amy to drive him over there now.

Sheldon and Amy arrive at the waiting room. Leonard has already gone into surgery. Penny is sitting in one of the chairs and Sheldon stares at Penny. Penny asks Amy why she told him. Amy says she had to and Sheldon was distracting her because he was wearing extra baby powder today. Sheldon is carrying a teddy bear and a balloon and Amy tells Penny that he stubbed his toe in a revolving door on the way here and she bought it for him.

Howard and Bernadette arrive at Raj’s office to cheer him up. Bernadette brings him some muffins. Raj still looks very sad and Howard and Bernadette aren’t helping very much.

Penny, Amy, and Sheldon are still in the waiting room. Suddenly, the whole room shakes. Sheldon gets startled. Penny and Amy aren’t really shocked by it. Then the room shakes again and the lights flicker. Sheldon worries that the earthquake will cause Leonard’s surgery to go wrong. He gets up quickly to check on him and heads for the door. He winds up running into the glass on the door and falling to the ground.

Howard and Bernadette are in the apartment and Howard asks Bernadette if there’s anything he doesn’t like about her. Howard says “You’re just too beautiful.”

Sheldon and Leonard are in their robes on the couch with bandages on their nose. Sheldon has a black eye. Leonard is teasing Sheldon telling him "You wuv me." Sheldon says he had to check if he was ok because of the earthquake. They are both talking nasally and Penny is making fun of them.

Howard and Bernadette are in the apartment sitting at the table talking more about marriage. Raj walks in and says that his mom has already started dating someone, but she was probably doing that while she was married.

Tag Scene – Sheldon is seated in his spot with a cardboard box on the table. He is still wearing a bandage on his nose. He opens up the box and takes out an engraved urn that would supposed to be Leonard's. Penny says it is morbid and his needs to return it. He takes out another urn with I’m with stupid written on it and says that urn was supposed to be his.

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