- Sheldon takes the guys to a cabin in the middle of nowhere to meet a reclusive scientist; Penny and Bernadette improvise Amy's bachelorette party.
- The guys and the girls are having their own individual gatherings this weekend. Penny is organizing Amy's bachelorette party. Amy is expecting it to be a wild and crazy time both because it is a bachelorette party and because Penny, the party animal of the group, is organizing it. What ends up happening is Amy's dream crazy time, at least in her own belief. Meanwhile, Sheldon is spending the weekend with topologist Dr. Robert Wolcott in his remote cabin. Despite being brilliant or because of it, Dr. Wolcott was thought to have gone crazy leading to his paranoid attitude in living off the grid. Sheldon and Dr. Wolcott have been corresponding, with Sheldon believing that Dr. Wolcott may have some insight into his work in string theory. Because of Dr. Wolcott's reputation, the girls want the guys to stay with Sheldon for the weekend just in case Dr. Wolcott does end up being not just crazy but psychotic. What Leonard, Howard and Raj find is that Dr. Wolcott is indeed a bit off-kilter, but as a scientist is brilliant, he who attributes much of his brilliance to his isolation. Meeting Dr. Wolcott may give Sheldon some ideas of his own about how he'd like to live regardless of the fact of soon being a married man.—Huggo
- While entering the apartment building lobby, Raj is wondering if Bruce Banner needs to include the Hulk as an extra driver on his auto insurance if he changes into the Hulk while driving a rental car. Sheldon gets excited when he sees the mailman and gets a letter from Dr. Wolcott (Peter MacNicol) with whom he had been corresponding about his string theory research. The mathematical physicist is a recluse who lives in a cabin and exists off the grid who invites Sheldon to visit.
During dinner with their gang, Sheldon is deciphering the coded directions to Dr. Wolcott's cabin. When finished Sheldon burns the letter surprising his friends. Amy is not happy with Sheldon going alone so she insists that Leonard go with him. She is busy because her hens party will be that weekend "because I'm getting married!" she keeps exclaiming. Then Howard is sent off to keep Leonard safe, while Raj is being sent so he doesn't attend the hens party.
Getting ready for bed, Amy is still worried that Sheldon is going to be okay. Sheldon tells her that he'll be fine, though he is worried about what the girls are going to do while the men are away. Penny did plan the party. Amy is expecting drinking, dancing and maybe a mailman with very little clothing on.
Driving into the mountains the guys are listening to a lecture on nonlinear time which Sheldon recorded. The guys wanted a good musical mix. Raj comments that this is the first trip they took together since Leonard's bachelor party trip to Mexico. Raj equates that as Sheldon's party, but Leonard informs them that they are not having one per Sheldon's request.
Bernadette and Penny lead a blindfolded Amy into apartment 4A for her hens party. The blindfold is removed and she finds them having a quilting bee with plenty of cloth patches and an old fashioned sewing machine. Amy fakes excitement. The girls explain that Amy thought that she would like this over oiled up strippers and sex toys.
Approaching the mountain cabin they find the place quite creepy. After Sheldon's standard knock, the guys hear a multitude of locks being opened. Creepy Dr. Wolcott answered the door and worried about all the extra people.
After all are inside, Dr. Wolcott shows them about his cabin. He has a chair that he does his thinking in and a chair where he worries about other people who have wronged him. Raj is enjoying a tomato from the garden until the Doctor tells him that he fertilizes it with his own manure. Next their host collects all their cell phones so that no one can listen in. Sheldon gets to review one of Dr. Wolcott's notebooks which he writes backwards in while also interposing his letter and numbers. Sheldon is very impressed.
Back at Penny's apartment, Penny and Bernie are happily stitching squares while Amy is using the sewing machine and fake smiling at them. She "agrees" that she is having fun as Bernie serves Penny serves some more tea. Finally Amy jumps up exclaiming "What the hell!" Just because she said that she didn't want to do anything crazy doesn't mean that that was what she wanted. She then wonders if they think that she is that boring. Amy wanted a chance to have fun, be wild and make bad decisions at her hens party. Bernadette then suggests that they go someplace to get body shots off of shirtless bartenders.
Leonard and Sheldon are really impressed with Dr. Wolcott's work on nonlinear time. He appreciated their comments. Raj and Howard are lost. The Doctor thinks that they could help each other with Sheldon's string theory work. Leonard figures that it would take him months to go through the good doctor's work. Howard wants to know who would tell Amy that she lost Sheldon to a madman in the mountains.
Entering a bar, Amy is excited and wants to know what a body shot is. Amy thinks that drinking out of a guy's navel is disgusting. Amy tells the entire bar that she is getting married, so the patrons cheer and the bartender gives them the first set of shots on the house. Amy shouts cheers and twelve minutes later she has passed out. Bernie wonders if they should get her home while Penny orders another round of shots.
Back at the cabin, the work on Dr. Wolcott's theory continues until they mention that Sheldon was getting married. The good doctor is also married and his wife lives in Munich so that they can each concentrate on their work. They do exchange birthday cards most years. Dr. Wolcott tells him that if one wants to be a great scientist, one can't be distracted. He then picks up his rifle to go and shoot them some dinner, either rabbit or squirrel. Sheldon is impressed about how much work Dr. Wolcott has done, but doesn't want to live like him. Leonard adds that he (Sheldon) has Amy and a lot of good friends that he (Sheldon) should not want to give up. Sheldon then suggests that they all leave because he misses Amy AND his cell phone.
Back in 4A, the girls are watching a movie while Amy sleeps on the couch. She wakes up startled and wonders what happened. When Amy feels that she behaved so lame, that the girls embellished her behavior. According to Penny, she Riverdanced on the bar and she also taught some shirtless firemen how to dance. She also slid down them like on a pole and flashed everyone. They also assure her that they took no pictures (they actually did, but most of them were of Penny and Bernadette reacting to how incapable Amy is of handling strong alcohol).
Dr. Wolcott returns to find the cabin empty. He can't figure out if they were there, or ever came or were on they're way. He started to clean up to get ready for their visit. Dr. Wolcott is affected by his own concepts of non-linear time.
The next morning Amy is nursing a bad hangover. Sheldon comes in exclaiming how Dr. Wolcott's theory helps him with his string theory research. Amy explains her party as going to a bar, getting drunk and having shirtless firemen fight over her. Sheldon asked Amy if she would still love him if he wasn't the science oriented recluse she had first met. Amy wants to know the same if she turns out to be a Riverdancing wild woman. Yes, they would still love each other. Sheldon wonders if she can River dance. She shows him and Sheldon tells her that he is the only man she'll ever show that for.
Title reference: Sheldon considering the scientific potential in living as a recluse.
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