The Monetary Insufficiency

"The Monetary Insufficiency" is the twenty-second episode of the eleventh season of the sitcom The Big Bang Theory. The episode aired April 26, 2018.

Summary
Sheldon goes to to win  for. Also, Penny and Bernadette take Amy shopping, but her terrible choice entangles them in a web of.

Extended Plot
Leonard and Sheldon are playing a driving video game where Sheldon keeps stopping at even though he his driving a   with a dead  in the. Raj and Howard return from the faculty mixer. Sheldon considers it a waste of since he would rather have them fund a  of his new formulas on  decrease due to. Raj tells him that to prove it; one must create a that could destroy the. Sheldon is fine with that as long as he is proven right. Leonard suggests creating a contained -black hole.

Amy and Penny are lolling through magazines where Penny asks is she wants a dress that is simple an elegant or whether to have a. Sheldon comes in thinking they are discussing his kind of train. Then Sheldon asks them what he should where to the when he asks for funding for his project. He needs $500 million to construct an to help prove his latest string theory assertion. He needs 2148 high powered s focused on 20 micrograms of to generate a microscopic-black hole. Amy understands the problem because she wanted for a project to make  grow younger, which she can’t really do. Sheldon then considers getting it in installments. Penny tells him to start asking for $20 million. Amy explains it to Sheldon that he should take something big and advance with it slowly even if it take eight long trying to not refer to her relationship with Sheldon.

Sheldon is now explaining his scientific approach to the Caltech President Siebert. He is impressed and then asks how much funding her needs. Sheldon asks for $20 million and then add $50 million and then must, and again, and again. The president looks exasperated and Sheldon asks if they have a deal.

Back in apartment 4A, his friends commiserate with him. Higgs of the took fifty years to prove his. Sheldon wants to play with his theory now. Sheldon decides to try and raise the money now.

Penny and Bernadette are enjoying the service while helping Amy with her wedding dress choice. Amy feels in the first  she tries on. Penny tells her not to buy the first one she tries on. It’s like the first man she ever….scratch that. She brings out another one that Bernadette thinks she looks beautiful in. Penny adds that when Sheldon sees her in it, he take if off of her, carefully put it way and then ravish her. Finally she has one with long lacy and way too many  that she loves. All the girls can say is “WOW!”

Sheldon comes into to bother Leonard to help him shoot a video. Sheldon wants to raise some seed money to help attract some major s. He is willing to offer to create a customized schedule, design a  for your  or  or come over and tell one what is wrong with them. All within Sheldon’s. .

At the Bernie’s, the girls talk about that Amy found a dress that she likes until they finally admit that it is awful. Penny thought that she wanted their honest. Bernie says that no one wants that she mentions Penny’s dumb. Was that fun? They both agree to tell her gently. And together. Later Penny tells Amy that she doesn’t like her dress. Bernadette calls it beautiful.

At the comic book store Sheldon bring in some of his to sell to raise his money. He doesn’t sound like he wants to sell the, but advancing is more important to him. He then quickly leaves when Stuart starts to open them.

Penny is mad a Bernadette for throwing her. Bernadette admits that it makes her look bad, but she wonders if it’s the first day that Penny has been a.

Now Sheldon is eating his own  because per his mother wouldn’t wouldn’t ship them from Up until. Up until know Sheldon has raised $65,000. Raj suggests that he goes to. Sheldon doesn’t think it’s a bad idea. Leonard does. Sheldon mentions that and  have beaten them all the time.

Penny goes to see Amy who asks if she should change first. She apologizes and says that all that matters is that she feels beautiful. "Thank you," Amy replies. Amy is still not okay because all she’ll think about is that Penny hates it. She’s the coolest, best dressed person she knows. Penny adds that it’s just not a dress that she would buy. They are different. Penny is going to may sure that the wedding is just about her. Amy calls her a good. Then Bernadette calls and says that she doesn’t like the dress either. Penny calls Bernadette the worst.

Sheldon is now in Las Vegas studying the wheel. An skw| asks if he can help Sheldon and he explains exactly what he was doing. The reports the code word “” and Sheldon is  from the.

Back in apartment 4B, Amy is wearing her wedding dress. Sheldon comes in describing his adventure in Vegas, is surprised and tells her that she looks beautiful. She looks like a pile of. He can’t wait to marry her.

Credits

 * Guest starring:
 * Joshua Malina as President Siebert
 * Mark Berry as Pit Boss
 * Evan Charest as Croupier
 * D'Kia Anderson as Hostess
 * Seth Coltan as Earl
 * Teleplay: Steve Holland, Eric Kaplan & Jeremy Howe
 * Story: Dave Goetsch, Maria Ferrari & Tara Hernandez

Critics

 * IMDb user reviews

Trivia

 * Bernadette and Penny lie to Amy about her wedding dress choices.
 * Vegas! Vegas! Vegas! Vegas!!!
 * Sheldon needs $500 million for his string theory research to generate a micro-blackhole.
 * Penny decides to be a good maid of honor over a good friend.

Quotes

 * Leonard: (to Sheldon) You're in a stolen cop car with a dead hooker in the trunk; you don't need to be obeying traffic laws.


 * Sheldon: We'll all go to the grave knowing I was right.


 * Penny: Boy, you know, when Sheldon sees you in that dress, he's gonna want to methodically take it off, fold it up, carefully place it in a storage box, label it, and then ravish you.


 * Sheldon: Wow! You look beautiful.
 * Amy: Really? 'Cause I was gonna return it.
 * Sheldon: Why would you return it? You look like a pile of swans.


 * Penny: Do you even know who Lady Gaga is?
 * Sheldon: Presumably, the wife of Lord Gaga.


 * Amy: Sheldon, you know, Penny's got a point. Sometimes when you want something big from someone, you-you got to be careful not to scare them away, you know? You got to start small and-and build up slowly, even if it takes eight years. Eight long years.
 * Sheldon: That's oddly specific. Have you ever done that?
 * Amy: Nope.