- While being interviewed for a documentary about Spock from Star Trek (1966), Sheldon struggles to suppress his emotions about his recent break-up from Amy. Meanwhile, Howard and Bernadette butt heads over renovating his mother's house.
- Sheldon is excited to learn through his friend Wil Wheaton that Adam Nimoy, the son of Leonard Nimoy, Sheldon's hero, is making a documentary on the character of Mr. Spock, and wants to interview him, as a fan, for the documentary. Sheldon is to talk about how the character of Mr. Spock has influenced his life. Elsewhere, Bernadette wants to renovate the house to make it feel more like her and Howard's home, and not the Wolowitz home. Howard would rather the house remain as it is, the way he remembers it in all his memories, good and bad, especially of his recently deceased mother. Bernadette and Howard each bring in reinforcements to support their side. With both the documentary and the redecorating, certain other issues come to light which change the focus of the tasks at hand.—Huggo
- Leonard, Penny and Raj are having takeout in 4A. Leonard mentions a study done on people who were cool and popular at thirteen found success hard when the grew up. Sheldon enters the living area and tells Leonard and Penny that Wil Wheaton has asked him to be in a documentary about Spock and its cultural impact that Wil is making with Leonard Nimoy's son, Adam.
Howard is in his living room busy with a video game, while Bernadette comes in and wants to talk. Bernadette wants to start redecorating, while Howard wants to leave the house like it was when he grew up. Bernadette doesn't feel like it's her house. Bernadette says that she is redecorating. The furniture, the carpet, the walls...everything that depresses her.
Sheldon calls Amy and leaves her a message telling her about the documentary and saying she might want to watch it, even though they are broken up. Wil introduces Adam. Sheldon remarks that he really admired his father's work and that it is not often that he meet someone who started their life's journey in his hero's scrotum.
Bernadette finds Howard in the kitchen making a bologna sandwich like his mother did after his father left and before she died. She suggests a compromise on doing one room which he considers reasonable. Kitchen? No, because that is the room he most associates with his mother. Bathroom? No, he wants to change his answer. Dining room? His family didn't use that very often, that is after his father left. Bernadette goes off to find some paint samples.
Sheldon is sitting in his spot while Adam sets up and tries to make him comfortable. Leonard asks Wil if he is trying to get back at Adam by having him talk to Sheldon. Sheldon first saw Spock in "The Galileo Seven" episode. His brother came in and then sat on his head and told him to "Eat farts". Why does Spock appeal to him? Sheldon figures that it's the same for everyone, the dream of a cold rational world entirely without human emotion. Sheldon describes how everything is logical like when your brother is hitting you and one replies that that is not true since I am hitting myself and you are moving my arm. Then they start to discuss collectibles. Sheldon mentions the autographed napkin that Penny gave him.
Sheldon then retrieves it from a wall safe that Leonard didn't know they even had. He put in the wall safe after he filled the floor safe. The floor safe came after a security camera was installed in the Aquaman statue. Leonard didn't know about any of this, which distresses him and Penny since they did things on the couch that Sheldon says he knows about.
Raj is at Howard's house to help back him up since Bernadette and her father Mike (Casey Sander) are considering improvements to the dining room. They are thinking about taking down the wall between the dining room and the living room. Howard wonders if it is a load bearing wall and whether it can be removed. Raj tells them to go under the house and check.
Sheldon brings out a locked box that contains his most prized possessions. The napkin has a Leonard Nimoy signature and since he wiped his mouth on it, they were in the presence of Leonard Nimoy's DNA. Next is a miniature Wil Wheaton action figure, his passport and then another Will (Last Will and Testament). Penny then asks about the ring box. Out comes the ring and Sheldon very calmly tells everyone that he was going to propose to his girlfriend. Sheldon says the ring was a family heirloom going back many generations. Penny wants to know if Amy knows about the ring. Sheldon states "No, she broke up with him before he could ask her". Sheldon claims everything turned out for the best and he's fine - Penny doubts this, which causes Sheldon to snap at her.
Discussing his childhood, when Sheldon came to a dilemma, he would ask himself what Jesus would do. He changed his philosophy to what Spock would do. Did he find that helpful? Three years ago he found that Penny was eating his Pop Tart so instead of getting vindictive, he bought a floor safe. When he was eight years old a kid cornered him on the school play yard, so as Spock would he gave the kid his first Vulcan nerve pinch. Then the kid broke his collarbone. Like Spock he would rise above human emotions which Sheldon says that he has mastered. Penny gives him a raspberry. She feels that he is missing the whole point of Spock. He was half-human like Sheldon. He has feelings just like everybody else. Sheldon insists that he doesn't and that even though Amy broke up with him, he doesn't feel a thing. Penny says that he is yelling. Sheldon only does that when people don't believe him that he has put all this Amy nonsense behind him.
Howard and Mike crawl under the house to look over the wall structure. Howard feels like an archaeologist. Indiana Jones and the Single-family Dwelling. While under the den, Mike thinks that it would make a great nursery. He also wants to know why Howard doesn't want kids. Howard denies it and figures that Bernie must have lied to him. Raj and Bernadette both hear the conversation from under the floor. She gets nervous, jumps up and down on the floor yelling "Earthquake!"
Penny and Leonard are alone and she can't believe that Sheldon planned to propose. Sheldon returns saying that he feels better. They also conclude that his outburst will be in the film. Sheldon thinks that it's ridiculous to get that upset over the Amy situation. To resolve it, he's going to find her and propose so that they can continue their relationship.
Bernadette tries to explain herself saying that she didn't want to disappoint him. Her Dad doesn't want her to miss the most rewarding experience of his life, but Bernie says that he did nothing around the house. Raj thinks it's interesting that neither her father nor Howard help around the house. Howard is like the child she is afraid to have. Howard proposes to work harder and to be a good father unlike his own who left. Bernadette says that she'll seriously think about having a baby.
Sheldon is walking up to Amy's apartment building, and in the distance he sees Amy saying commonly used goodnight to David Gibbs. There is a quick kiss. Sheldon is devastated and leaves.
Finally, Sheldon is watching an old TV Star Trek episode with Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock talking about Vulcans being unemotional. Sheldon says it's all a lie.
Title reference: Sheldon oscillating between his love for the unemotional Spock and his love for Amy.
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