The Big Bang Theory – The Conjugal Configuration

By: Sammi Turano

The episode opens with Sheldon (Jim Parsons) and Amy (Mayim Bialik)waking up together as a married couple. They can’t believe they are married and Sheldon quips that they should hang the bedsheets so the villagers know they consummated. Amy says it is inappropriate. They are spending their honeymoon in Legoland. Sheldon compares it to marriage; two pieces coming together in a satisfying snap. She realizes that is the sound he was making. He tells her he ordered room service, which turns out to be Legos in the shape of breakfast foods.

Raj (Kunal Nayyar), Penny (Kaley Cuoco), Howard (Simon Helberg) and Bernadette (Melissa Rauch) go to the apartment to hang out. Raj is going to be on the news to discuss the meteor shower. Howard says that is how Neil deGrasse Tyson got his start and now he ruins people’s movies on Twitter. They hear someone in Sheldon and Amy’s apartment. They think it’s being robbed, but it turns out it is Amy’s dad (Teller). He lies and says he is there to water plants before leaving quickly. As the gang goes into the apartment, Mr. Fowler goes back into Sheldon and Amy’s.

Back in New York, Sheldon tells the bellhop they are celebrating their honeymoon and having coitus. Amy is shocked he wants to do it again, which in turn shocks Sheldon.

At the apartment, Leonard has the news on. Penny wonders why they show that, yet cancelled “The Vampire Diaries,” where they have hunky guys fighting over a woman. 

Mrs. Folwer (Kathy Bates) knocks on the door, looking for her husband. She goes next door to find him, only to have Leonard tell her he isn’t there. She makes them look in the other apartment to find him. Leonard insists he isn’t there, but Mrs. Fowler thinks otherwise because she smells his Axe body spray. Leonard says he also wears it, causing Penny to snark that he smells like Amy’s dad.

Howard and Bernadette are watching Raj on TV. He keeps making fun of Neil deGrasse Tyson, making himself look bad. This makes the host decide to cut the segment short. 

Sheldon wants to have sex, but keep in on a schedule. Amy wants to mix it up a little, so Sheldon storms off to shower. Amy says they can have sex later. He agrees, but wants to still shower.

Leonard and Penny are in Amy and Sheldon’s apartment with Amy’s parents. Mrs. Fowler is mad he ran away from her and decides to stay in the apartment. Mrs. Fowler decides to stay with him, causing Penny and Leonard to leave. Mrs. Fowler doesn’t think the two of them (Leonard and Penny) will make it.

Penny and Leonard talk about how they feel sorry for Mr. Fowler. Penny thinks he’s so sweet and she is a ball buster. She adds they have nothing in common, but Leonard thinks opposites attract. Penny thinks Leonard is comparing them to the Fowlers and walks away.

Raj is at Howard and Bernadette’s when he discovers Neil is making fun of him on Twitter. Raj says it is on as Neil is Katy [Perry] and he is T-Swift.

Amy and Sheldon are doing a Tesla themed tour. Sheldon thinks he should correct the guide when Amy tells him no, causing him to call her testy and sexually frustrated. They have their first married fight and she storms off, leaving Sheldon to wonder what he should do.

At the apartment, Penny and Leonard are still fighting. Penny is worried they will end up like the Fowlers. Leonard doesn’t find her scary, but he flinches when she makes sudden moves because of his childhood.

Raj is still in his Twitter feud with Neil. Howard and Bernadette think he should stop, but Raj disagrees. 

Mrs. Fowler and Penny have coffee together. It turns out Mr. Fowler thinks she is overbearing. Penny says she isn’t and the two bond. Penny later tells Mr. Fowler to leave the apartment.

Sheldon gets Amy hot dogs and they talk about his scheduling obsession. He is afraid he will forget and make her become distant. They agree he will make a schedule but not tell her. They go to the hotel to have coitus.

The show ends with Raj getting a call from Neil deGrasse Tyson (appearing as himself), who tells him he isn’t funny. He wants to arrange a face to face meeting, but Raj declines. Neil tells him that he kicked Pluto out of the solar system so he can basically kick Raj’s butt, too. 

Neil then calls Bill Nye the Science Guy (as himself) to give him a “deGrasse kicking.”