Spoiler | The Big Bang Theory. Reporte de grabación de 11×17: The Athenaeum Allocation

Título: The Athenaeum Allocation (La Asignación del Athenaeum)

Las dos primeras escenas se grabaron previamente, así que solo las vimos en pantalla.

El episodio comienza en el 4A, con el Lenny y Raj hablando por Skype con Howard y Bernadette, que están en la guardería. Hay bromas sobre cómo están las cosas en casa de ellos con dos bebés en ella. Raj hace un comentario sobre cómo ver a la familia Howardette crecer ha ocasionado que su reloj biológico comience a andar. Sheldon y Amy entran. Amy les avisa que han hecho unas tarjetas de «Reservar la fecha (para su boda)». El día es el 12 de mayo. Alguien preguntó si también habían elegido el lugar, pero Amy dice que les tomó 9 meses elegir el día, así que no, no han elegico el lugar. Sin embargo, Amy está muy emocionada con las tarjetas, que tiene resonancias magnéticas de los dos besándose en la parte superior. Dos cerebros con labios falsos enfrentados y besándose son claramente visibles en las cartas.

En el 4B, El Shamy está lavando los platos de la cena. Sheldon dice que le gusta mucho la fecha de la boda porque le recuerda una ecuación matemática (Jim se equivoca varias veces al decirla, sobre que es un mes al cuadrado y un número primo, tampoco lo recuerdo bien). Amy responde con una cita de Shakespeare sobre el amor, pero como Sheldon no lo pilla dice: «o podría ser una ecuación matemática». Amy sugiere que hablen sobre un lugar para la boda y menciona el Ateneo de Caltech, que sería perfecto. A Sheldon le gusta la idea, pero dice que el lugar requiere de una membresía exclusiva de club y que le ha resultado imposible ser miembro, pues Leonard y él lo han intentado un par de años sin éxito. Amy se muestra confundida porque ya ha hablado con el club y se mostraron encantados de mostrarle el lugar. Sheldon apunta que Einstein también fue miembro del Ateneo y que hay un restauraten chino cerca que también podría funcionar para la boda, pues Einstein comió allí. Amy no es partidaria de esta última sugerencia, pues deben elegir el lugar porque les gusta, no porque alguien comió allí. Sheldon comenta que los «realities» tienen razón y las novias están locas. En cualquier caso, Sheldon está emocinado y acepta recorrer el Ateneo. Amy dice que es hermoso, mientras describe sus cualidades y Sheldon insiste que Einstein era miembro, mostrando cada vez más entusiasmo. Finalmente, Amy dice: «Y Einstein era miembro». Sheldon está complacido: «Realmente suenas como una mujer que quiere casarse».

En la casa del Howardette. Howard y Raj están sentados en la mesa de la cocina y Howard está preocupado por el nuevo bebé y cómo él debería quedarse en casa para cuidar a los niños, mientras Bernadette vuelve a trabajar. Howard dice que criar dos niños es agotador, pero gratificante. ¡Como el Pilates!, responde Raj. Howard quiere quedarse en casa y cuidarlos, pero admite que Bernie es el mejor de los dos como padre, aunque gana más dinero. Y concluye que por eso él debería quedarse en casa. Raj está orgulloso de Howard y admite que él no podría impulsar los estereotipos de los roles de género de esa manera. Howard le hace notar que Raj fue a ver a Taylor Swift dos veces este año, pero Raj le dice que lo hizo porque ella «está buena» y no porque le guste como canta, realmente.

En la cocina del Howardette. Son las 8:00 A.M. y Bernie se está sirviendo una taza de café en su camisón. Howard entra empujando dos cochecitos con los bebés. Se jacta de haberlos llevado al parque y al mercado de agricultores, llegando a Chinatown para que conozcan otras culturas. Entonces, le pregunta a Bernie qué hizo mientras tanto. Ella dice qué siendo tan temprano, qué esperaba, ella estaba durmiendo. Howard saca el tema sobre quién debería quedarse a criar a los niños. Bernie reacciona y reclama sobre por qué ella debería renunciar a su carrera y todo el esfuerzo que hizo para tener éxito. Howard le dice que él debería quedarse. Entonces, Bernie retruca diciendo que ¿por qué ella debería renunciar a pasar un tiempo de calidad con los bebés solo para trabajar? Además, dice que Howard solo lo hace para aparentar ser mejor padre que ella, que no podrá mantener el ritmo y acabará pasando el rato en el sofá y ella tendrá que cuidar a tres niños… Ellos discuten la necesidad de que uno se quede en casa y Bernie no está segura si debe ser ella. Howard dice que ella gana más dinero y que es sexista sugerir que él no podría quedarse en casa y ser un buen padre solo porque es hombre.

El Shamy está subiendo las escaleras rumbo al 4B. Ambos están molestos por lo que pasó en el club. Sheldon no puede creer que Leonard le mintiera sobre el club y la membresía. Se pregunta si Leonard también le mintió sobre su intolerancia a la lactosa y era amigo de un trompetista invisible. Amy le dice a Sheldon que la prioridad es elegir el lugar y luego ya tendrán toda la vida para quejarse de Leonard, ella cree que el Ateneo es perfecto. Sheldon está algo desanimado por lo que pasó con Leonard, pero quiere hacerlo en el Ateneo, para poder restregárselo a Leonard. Amy responde que está bien, «pero solo después del primer baile». En una alternativa, responde que: «ese será su primer acto mezquino como hombre casado». Amy intenta reservar el club, pero descubre que ya lo está para el 12 de mayo. Amy está decepcionada y Sheldon se pregunta sobre quién lo habrá reservado. En una escena pregrabada vemos a Sheldon entrando a la oficina de Kripke y reclamándole, pues fue este quien reservó el club para celebrar su cumpleaños. A Kripke le encanta la idea de haber arruinado la boda de Sheldon y básicamente le dice que no es su problema. Sheldon se va diciéndole que ahora tiene un problema.

De regreso al 4B, el Shamy está discutiendo cómo Kripke se involucró en el dilema del club. Sheldon sugiere elegir otra fecha, pero Amy no quiere, les tomó 9 meses elegir ese día y que prefiere elegir otro esposo a elegir otra fecha. Leonard entra y ofrece disculpas a Sheldon. Sheldon quiere saber por qué le mintió. Leonard dice que todo comenzó como una broma, pero cuanto más tiempo pasaba, más divertida se ponía. amy dice que esa no es una gran disculpa. Sheldon le pide a Leonard que se vaya antes de decir algo que mañana podría lamentar. Sheldon le dice que su trabajo en la ciencia es insultante e insatisfactorio. Leonard sonríe y dice que esas palabras fueron las mejores con las que Sheldon ha descrito su trabajo. Shledon está de acuerdo, «estoy arrepintiéndome de haberlas dicho» y cierra la puerta.

La siguiente escena es en la cocina Howardette. Un Howard soñoliento entra y Raj está sentado en la mesa. Howard comenta que se desmayó en el sofa y que no puede quedarse en casa. Raj estuvo ayudando con los bebés mientras Howard estaba fuera de circulación. Raj consuela a Howard diciendo que la crianza es difícil y que vio y olió cosas que nunca volverá a hacer después de ese día. No entiende cómo si los bebés solo beben leche, «¿de dónde vienen todos esos colores?» Howard dice que casi son las 6:00 PM y que Bernie pronto llegará a casa. Le pide a Raj que prepare a los bebés, mientras él prepara la cena. Raj le dice que los bebés ya están durmiendo. En ese caso, Howard le pide a Raj que prepare la cena.

En el 4B. Amy está con la portátil, mientras Leonard y Sheldon entran con un sonrisa. Le dicen a Amy que recuperaron el club. Amy está emocionada y abraza a Sheldon. Este dice que fue como si ellos fueran Batman y Robin. Leonard protesta por por qué tiene él que ser Robin. Sheldon concluye que si tiene que preguntar, entonces eso lo convierte en Robin. Amy quiere saber cómo es que Kripke cedió. Sheldon dice que tuvieron que invitar a Kripke a la boda. Amy dice que eso es justo. Sheldon continúa diciendo que consiguieron una cita para Barry. Amy dice que está bien. Sheldon dice que la cita de Barry es por hora, así que deberán cubrir el costo. Amy está molesta y pregunta si hay algo más. Leonard comienza diciendo: «¿Sabías que Barry tiene una linda voz de ángel?» Pero Amy lo interrumpe y se niega a que cante en su boda. Sheldon le dice que solo quiere cantar «Volare», momento en el que Leonard se da cuenta de lo que Barry realmente intentaba decirles, pero no le entendieron por su ceceo. De todas formas, Sheldon dice que si no le gusta la canción, definitivamente tampoco la sugerencia de Kripke para la torta. Acaban las exigencias de Kripke y deciden no dejar que se salga con la suya y que deberían elegir un lugar diferente. Ella sugiere el Jardín de Té Japonés o el Planetario. Sheldon se entusiasma con la idea del Planetario y dice que es mejor que el club. Leonard se ve molesto: «Un momento, limpié lodo por ti, que podría ser radiactivo». Hubo dos respuestas. En una Sheldon dice: «Eso solo es un problema si quieres tener hijos», y la otra fue: «Estás exagerando», pero se vuelve a Amy y le dice que no lo deje tocar sus cubiertos.

En la cocina del Howardette, ambos están sentados en la mesa. Ambos admiten lo dificil que es criar a los bebés y que quieren dormir la siesta. Bernie dice que lo resolverán y ambos se dicen que se quieren. Howard dice que todos están dormidos y sugestivamente le dice que deberían subir las escaleras. Bernie sonríe y dice: «Nah, hagámoslo aquí», ambos dejan los platos en la mesa, Howard sonríe y ambos apoyan sus cabezas y se ponen a dormir la siesta.

The Athenaeum Allocation

Cold open takes place in 4A where Lenny and Raj are skyping with Howardette, who are in their nursery. There’s banter back and forth about how things are with two babies in the house now. Raj makes a comment about how seeing Howardette’s growing family has his biological clock ticking. Shamy walk in together and Amy announces they made “Save the date” cards. Their wedding date is May 12th. Someone asked if they picked a venue and Amy responds it took 9 months to set the date and they havent picked the venue. Amy is pretty excited though about her cards that have MRIs of Shamy’s brains kissing one another at the top of it. Two brains with fake lips facing each other and kissing is plainly visible on the cards as she shows them around.

The next scene was pretaped. Howardette are in the nursery and each are saying sweet things to each baby individually. They would swap cribs in a tag-team style while they talk to the babies and are being pretty cute parents. Howard makes a comment that one of the babies laughs in in his sleep and that Bernie doesnt even laugh at his jokes when shes awake. Bernie smiles and says “I love you, but I love them more”.

Next scene is in 4b. Shamy are washing dishes after dinner. Sheldon makes some comments about liking the wedding date a lot because it reminds him of a math equation (JP stumbles through the joke a few times. Its a mouthful. Something about the month squared is a prime number—I forgot the rest). Amy responds with her own Shakespeare quote about love and then says something like “or it can be about a math equation”. Amy suggests they need to settle on a venue for the wedding and brings up the CalTech venue Athenaeum and says it would be perfect. Sheldon likes the idea but says the venue is part of exclusive club membership thats been impossible to be a member of because Leonard has been trying to get them into it for a couple of years without succcess. Amy looks confused and said she had already spoken to the club and they were excited to give her a tour of the venue He points out that Einstein was a member there. He also says there is a Chinese restaurant nearby that might work as a venue and Einstein ate there. Amy isnt a fan of that suggestion and says they should choose a venue they like, not because someone ate there. Sheldon looks disappointed and says “Reality shows are right, brides are crazy…In any case, Sheldon is excited and agrees to tour the place. Amy comments “its beautiful”. Sheldon responds by pointingbout again that “Einstein was a member”. Amy says “Its close”. Sheldon yet again responds “Einstein was a member” as his excitement grows. Amy then gives him a dry “and Einstein was a member”. Sheldon is pleased and says “Now youre sounding like a woman who wants to get married!”

Next scene is Howardette’s kitchen. Howard and Raj are at the table and Howard is fretting about the new baby and how he should stay home to care for the children while Bernie goes back to work. Howard tells Raj that raising two children is tiring but rewarding and Raj replies “like Pilates!”. Howard wants to stay home but concedes Bernie is a better parent but makes more money, therefore he should be the one to stay home. Raj is proud of Howard and said he couldnt push the gender role stereotype like that. Howard looks at Raj and asks “Arent you the one who saw Taylor Swift twice this year?”. Raj responds “Because she’s hot, not because she sings my truth”….

Next scene is pretaped. Shamy are touring the CalTech club site and are excited initially. Its a large room and several tables are set up with people having lunch. The decor is pretty lavish with pretentious paintings of what appears to be famous past members of the club. Amy remarks how beautiful it is and Sheldon agrees. He makes a comment that the somberness of the paintings strikes the perfect note for the wedding ceremony. He gushes about Einstein eating there and having his own reserved chair. He also mentions Stephen Hawking ate there too but he brought his own chair….Amy suddenly spots Lenny dining and points them out to Sheldon asking why they are here. Shamy looked confused and Amy makes a comment about her fun day was about to be spoiled as they both confront Lenny at their table. Lenny are casual and say “hey” and ask what they are there for. They explain they are considering the club as their wedding venue and Sheldon wants to know how they are eating there. Penny says that Leonard is a member and Sheldon reacts by saying how is it possible since Leonard always said it was too exclusive?! Leonard, in between bites and not concerned, simply stated “I lied”. Penny turns to Leonard and said he told her it was exclusive too! Theres a brief conversation, I think Leonard basically wanted a place to eat without Sheldon pestering him. Sheldon cant believe Leonard is a member at which point Amy tells Sheldon not to turn around. Sheldon of course turns around in time to see Barry Kripke walk up with a loud “Cooper!”. Scene ends…

Next scene is Howardette kitchen. Its 8 am and bernie is pouring a cup of coffee in her nightgown. Howard walks in pushing two strollers and Bernie asks where he has been with the babies. Howard brags that he took them to the park and farmers market ending with a trip to Chinatown so that they could be exposed to other cultures. He in turn asks what Bernie did while he was away—she says its 8am and what did you think, I was sleeping. Howard suggests that one of them should stay home to raise the babies and Betnie reacts by saying why should she have to give up her career and all the hard work she put into being successful? Howard suggests that HE, not Bernie, should be the one to stay home. Bernie counters, asking why SHE should have to give up her quality time with the babies just to go to work? Bernie tells Howard she knows what hes doing, trying to look like the better parent than her, but suggests he cant keep that pace up and would pass put on the couch and then she wpuld have three babies to care for…They discuss the need for one to stay home and Bernie isnt sure which way she falls on it. Howard points out that Bernie makes more money and it was sexist of her to suggest he couldnt stay home and be a good parent just because he was a man.

Next scene begins with Shamy climbing the stairwell together as they head to 4b. They are clearly upset at what transpired at the club. Sheldon cant believe Leonard lied to him about the club and membership. He wonders if Leonard lied about being lactose intolerant and was instead a friend with an invisible trumpet player. As they enter 4b Amy tells Sheldon they need to settle on the venue after which they would have all their lives to complain about Leonard. She wants to choose the club, it’s perfect. Sheldon though is turned off on it now that Leonard lied to him. He does say, though, that holding their wedding in the same place where Leonard betrayed him has a certain symmetry to it that is pleasing and he could rub Leonard’s nose in it. There were two takes on Amys response—in the first she replies “ pkaybbut only after the first dance” and the other take had her saying “ that’ll be your first petty act as a married man”. Amy dials up the club but learns that the club venue is booked for May 12. Amy is disappointed and Sheldon wonders aloud who could have booked it—flash to a pretaped scene in Kripke’s office where Sheldon is confronting Barry who evidently booked the room for his birthday party. Barry LOVES that Sheldon’s wedding is ruined and basically tells Sheldon it’s not his problem…Scene ends with Sheldon saying he has a problem.

Next scene is in 4b where Shamy are discussing Kripke’s involvement in the club dilemma. Sheldon suggests they choose another wedding date but Amy counters, saying it took 9 months to pick that date and she would pick a new husband before picking another day. Leonard walks in to offer an apology to Sheldon and Sheldon demands to know why he lied. Leonard said it started as a joke that was funny, and the more time passed the funnier it got. Amy says thats not much of an apology and Sheldon tells Leonard he should leave before he said something he would later regret. Sheldon tells Leonard his science work was some insulting things and lastly was “subpar”. Leonard smiles and says those words were the nicest things Sheldon has said about his work. Sheldon replies “and now Im regretting them” and slams the door…

Next scenes are pretaped. Theres a short one where Penny meets Bernie at her office for lunch and Bernie knteracts eith some coworkers. It doesnt take long for Bernie to realize she missed work. The next pretaped scene has Kripke in a biohazard suit scrubbing the inside of a large barrel in a lab. Kripke explains to Leonard, who comes in and asks what hes doing, that hes scrubbing irradiated grease from the barrels. Leonard asks why Barry couldnt get an intern to do it but Kripke explains he was told under no uncertain terms that he couldnt abuse interns. Leonard begs Kripke to reconsider changing his club reservations for Sheldon because hes a “good guy”. Leonard asks what he could do to change Kripke’s mind, at which time the scene shifts to he and Sheldon both in biohazard suits scrubbing the barrels. Leonard remarks Kripke is a jerk.

Next scene is Howardette kitchen. A sleepy Howard walks in with Raj sitting at the table. Howard remarks that he passed out on the couch and that he cant do the stay at home thing. Raj had helped with the babies while Howard was sacked out, and he tries to comfort Howard saying that parenting is hard and he saw and smelled things he never wants to see again after today. He tells Howard “all they drink is milk, just where do all those colors come from??”. Howard says its almost 6pm and Bernie would be home soon so they had to act fast and that he should get the babies ready while Howard makes dinner. Raj points out that the babies are asleep, so Howard tells Raj that HE could make the dinner then….

Next scene is in 4b. Amy is on the laptop

when Sheldon and Leonard walk in with grins. They tell Amy they got the club venue back and Amy is excited and gives Sheldon a hug. Sheldon explains that he and Leonard were like Batman and Robin! Leonard asks why he has to be Robin, and Sheldon says if youbhave to ask then this makes you Robin…Amy wants to know why Kripke caved. Sheldon explains that they had to invite Kripke to the wedding. Amy says thats fair. Sheldon continues, saying Barry gets to bring a date. Amy says thats fine. Sheldon then tells her if Barry’s date charges by the hour then they have to cover the cost…Amy is upset. Amy asks if there is anything else and Leonard starts by saying “You know how Barry has the voice of an angel?” but Amy cuts him off, saying theres no way he is singing at her wedding! Sheldon says he only wants to sing “Volare’ “ at which time it dawns on Leonard that thhis was what Barry was saying but he couldnt understand through the lisp….anyway, Sheldon tells Amy if she didnt like that song she would definitely not like Kripke’s cake suggestion. Any is done with the Kripke talk and said they arent gonna let Kripke win and that should just find a different venue. She suggests the Japanese Tea Garden or the Planetarium. Sheldon loves the Planetarium suggestion and said its even better than the club. Leonard looks annoyed and said hold on, I just scrubbed sludge for you and I might be radioactive! There were a couple takes on Sheldon’s response—one was “its only a problem if you want children” and another response was “youre just exagerrating (turns to Amy and whispers dont let him touch the silverware).

The tag takes place in Howardette kitchen with Howardette seated at the table. They both admit to eachbother how difficult the two babies are and both admit to napping. Bernie says theyll figure it out and they exchange I Love Yous…Howard says that everyone else is asleep and suggestively says they should go upstairs. Bernie smirks and says nah lets just do it right here and pushes some dishes on the table aside. Howard smiles, and they both lay their heads down to nap.

The end.