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Sheldon is concerned that Stephanie is the only girl Leonard has dated that he “finds tolerable”. He tries to force himself into conversations with “urban slang” to “help” Leonard in the relationship with Stephanie, as “history suggests” he will fail (“You’re [Leonard is] Kirk, I’m [Sheldon is] Spock, Wolowitz is Scottie, Koothrappali is the guy that always gets killed…and now we’ve got McCoy [Stephanie]“). Leonard attempts to get away from Sheldon by going to the movies with Stephanie, but Sheldon is able to follow them despite Leonard only leaving a note. (“If you were trying to make it impossible to locate you, you couldn’t have done a better job.” “Oh, clearly I could have.”) After believing that Leonard is losing Stephanie, he runs to Penny for advice. Penny, however, is no help, so Sheldon runs to Wolowitz and Koothrappali, but all they give is, in Sheldon’s words, either “apocalyptic genocide” or “go easy on the cologne”. Sheldon once again runs to Penny, but she refuses to talk. Afterwards, Sheldon attempts to prove Leonard’s physical superiority to Stephanie by having him open a jar of white asparagus. However, Leonard shatters the jar by accident and has to get stitches. Wondering why Leonard can’t supposedly keep a date, Sheldon remarks, “You seem like a perfectly pleasant person. I can’t understand why women have such a hard time loving you.”

Following the trip to the hospital, Leonard finds his Facebook status has been changed to “In a relationship”. Leonard also finds the cause: Sheldon hacked his account. Leonard forbids him to speak until Stephanie changes her Facebook status to “In a relationship” to match Leonard. Sheldon closes the episode by stating “If I am permitted to speak again, Dr. Sheldon Cooper for the win.”

The title refers to the content of the jar that Leonard breaks, as well as to the dysfunctional relationship “triangle” (Leonard-Stephanie-Sheldon) that features prominently throughout the episode.

Directed by Mark Cendrowski.
Written by Stephen Engel & Richard Rosenstock based on a story by David Goetsch & Steven Molaro.
Originally aired on November 24, 2008.

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