The Perspiration Implementation

"The Perspiration Implementation" is the fifth episode of the ninth season of the sitcom The Big Bang Theory. The episode aired on Monday, October 19, 2015.

Summary
As the guys decide to become more active, they take up fencing, Amy and Sheldon start to consider dating other people. The girls are helping Stuart get more female interest in his business. Amy gets asked out by both Stuart and Kripke, but she turns them both down.

Extended Plot
Getting ready for lunch, Sheldon asks if he is working the prototype drive system for the high-G rover. Instead Howard has built a gadget  that adds mileage to his Fitbit and makes it appear that he has been jogging since Bernadette wants him to exercise more. The last exercise he got was when she tried to put it on him and he ran away. Sheldon tells them that according to a study, even thinking about exercise could have physical benefits. They don;t know if he is thinking about it right now. Is he? No he is going to do it tomorrow. Leonard admits that it wouldn't hurt if they all did get more exercise. Howard agress, so he turns up his gadget to work harder.

Sitting in Sheldon's apartment, Leonard the various sports clubs available at the university. Archery, rock climbing, flag football.... Sheldon comments that he had him a flags, but lost him at football. Penny agrees that they should get more active, but wonders if getting into a sport is the right choice. Leonard twisted his ankle while playing Scrabble. Barry Kripke is starting a fencing club. Sheldon sees a certain elegant appeal to sword fighting. It's indoors, no running, no throwing, no catchong and no gym shorts that get pulled down or up. Ouch!. And they get to use the word "Touché'" in a non-metaphorical sense.

The girls are invited to the comic book store by Stuart. More women are now interested in comic books and he want get more women into his store. He has been stocking more female-oriented titles, he added a triangle on the end of the toiler roll also added a nursing mother's area where they were sitting. In a comic book store? Don't worry he has an overhead camera to keep an eye on them for their protection to keep the pervs away. Penny looks uncomfortable and closes her blouse and legs. Amy thinks that he should change some of his artwork, like the woman in a dog collar on a leash. Stuart defends himself that she doesn't know her back story. Maybe she was jumping upon the couch too much.

The guys are taking their fencing lesson and they go crazy dueling whenever Kripke is distracted or takes a phone call.

Kripke learns about the Shamy breakup and shows interest in Amy which upsets Sheldon. Sheldon then challenges him to a duel, three years from now after he's learned the sport.

Amy tries to explain to Stuart why he may be having difficulty being alone and how she could relate to that to which Stuart assumes she is asking him out which she is not.

Back at Leonard and  Penny's, Amy receives a date invitation from Kripke. Penny wonders if she has ever imagined a naked Kripke. Amy already knows showing them the picture Kripke sent of himself naked.

The guys are drinking at a bar and urge Sheldon to move on by starting to date. He asks out an attractive blonde who turns him down and then the next woman who is the first woman's grandmother. The next woman looks like Emily which reminds Sheldon of a clown which is one of his phobias.

Coming up the stairs, Leonard and Sheldon run into Bernadette and Amy. Bernadette and Leonard quickly depart and leave Sheldon and Amy alone. Amy tells him that she turned Stuart and Kripke down, but is surprised and visibly upset when Sheldon mentions that he has been asking other women out.

Finally, Bernadette wonders how Howard could run over a hundred miles in one day.

Critics
To be entered.

Trivia

 * John Ross Bowie will return as Barry Kripke in this episode
 * Kripke and Stuart ask Amy out but she turns them both down.
 * Sheldon is deeply troubled by the idea of Kripke showing an interest in Amy (his jealousy was last seen in "The Comic Book Store Regeneration").
 * Amy clearly wants to reconcile with Sheldon (she turns down Stuart and Kripke and is hurt when she learns that the guys are trying to encourage Sheldon to move on).
 * The is the second episode in which Sheldon feels left out when Amy goes on a date. The first time being in The Flaming Spittoon Acquisition.
 * When asking out the woman in the bar, Sheldon makes a Pokemon reference (Ash choosing his companion, Pikachu).

Quotes

 * Sheldon: Can I stab on of my friends?
 * Barry Kripke: We don't call it a stab. We call it a touch.
 * Sheldon: Yes, but if i say i want to touch one of my friends I'll be called into human resources.


 * Leonard: Hey, Barry Kripke started a fencing club.
 * Sheldon: Interesting. Sword fighting does hold a certain elegant appeal. And I imagine it meets many of our personal criteria for a sport.
 * Leonard: It's indoors, so no sunscreen.
 * Sheldon: No throwing, no catching, no running.
 * Leonard: No gym shorts that can be yanked down.
 * Sheldon: Or worse, up.
 * Leonard: Preach.

Reference
Taping Report