The Comic Book Store Regeneration


 * (The ending scene of Stuart, Amy, Sheldon, Penny, Raj and Leonard in Apartment 4A getting ready to toast to the dead Mrs. Wolowitz)
 * Raj: Okay, thanks, Bernadette. Travel safe. Okay, bye. (turns off his phone) Well, they booked a flight. They’re heading to the airport now.
 * Penny: How’s Howard holding up?
 * Raj: He’s hanging in there.
 * Leonard: How're you doing, Stuart?
 * Stuart: Still can’t believe she’s gone...I mean, that woman took me in. If it wasn't for her, I would've been homeless.
 * Amy: One of us would've taken you in.
 * Stuart: Yeah, I don’t recall any offers. But you know what? I’m a glad it worked out the way it did, because...I got to know this wonderful person.
 * Raj: Yeah, Mrs. Wolowitz was pretty special. When I first moved to America, Howard was my only friend and she made me feel so welcome in her home. Which says a lot because those first few years - she thought I was the gardener.
 * Penny: Whenever I saw her she’d say I was too skinny and try and feed me. (laughs)
 * Amy: She did that to me too.
 * Penny: Don’t take this away from me.
 * Sheldon: I didn't care for her yelling. But now that I’m not going to hear it again, I’m sad.
 * Leonard: If you want, I can yell at you later.
 * Sheldon: It won’t be as good. (Leonard nods)
 * Leonard: Well, let’s have a toast. (the gang raise their glasses) To Mrs. Wolowitz, loving mother...to all of us. We’ll miss you.


 * Howard (on phone) : Okay, Ma. Say hi to Aunt Gladys. Yeah, I love you, too. Bye.
 * Bernadette: Your mom having fun in Florida?
 * Howard: Mmm, she loves it. She finally found a place where everyone talks about how sweaty they are. Anyway, she wants us to go to the house and check in on Stuart because he might be lonely.
 * Bernadette: She’s just being nice.
 * Howard: Well, I’m her son. How come she doesn't send someone to check if I’m lonely?
 * Bernadette: Because you have a wife?
 * Howard: Yeah, well, sometimes you work late.
 * Bernadette: I know you don’t like Stuart being in the house, but the store’s about to reopen, I’m sure he’ll get back on his feet.
 * Howard: That would be great. I’d love for things between me and Mom to get back to normal.
 * Bernadette: Well, normal’s a strong word, but sure.


 * Stuart: Thanks again for your help.
 * Leonard: No problem.
 * Raj: Our pleasure.
 * Leonard: The place really looks great.
 * Raj: Yeah, you should have burned it down years ago.
 * Stuart: I keep telling you I didn’t burn it down.
 * Leonard: We know, we know, because burning something down for the insurance money is a crime.
 * (Enter Bernadette and Howard at the doorway)
 * Bernadette: Stuart, this place looks amazing.
 * Stuart: Thanks.
 * Howard: You really did a nice job.
 * Stuart: And thank you for putting up with me staying at your mom’s through all this. I couldn’t have done it otherwise.
 * Howard: I appreciate that, and I’m glad you were able to… (notices the chair and couch) is that my mother’s furniture?
 * Stuart: Yeah, she said I could use it. Doesn’t it look great?
 * Howard: Not as great as it looks in the den where it belongs.
 * Bernadette: Howie.
 * Howard: Why don’t you just clean out the whole room?! Take the string art clown I made her in third grade and the ribbon I got in swim class for putting my face in the water!
 * Stuart: What is your problem? She said it was okay.
 * Howard: Well, I’m her son, and I say it’s not okay.
 * Stuart: Some son, looks like you spent ten minutes on that clown art.
 * Howard: Well, maybe I should’ve gone to a fancy art school like you. Then I could run a failed comic shop and mooch off some guy’s mother.
 * Bernadette: Why don’t we leave so you can cool off?
 * Stuart: I think that’s a good idea. Take him out of my store.
 * Howard: Your store?! My mother gave you the money to reopen! I’m not going anywhere.
 * Leonard: Why don’t we go get the food for the party.
 * Stuart: Thank you.
 * Raj: Smart, looks like we’re being helpful.
 * Leonard: Mmm, when really we’re just exiting an uncomfortable situation.
 * (Leonard and Raj exit the store with a fist bump)


 * (The scene at the new comic store)
 * Bernadette: I understand why you’re upset, but he worked really hard to get the store ready. And it’s just furniture.
 * Howard: It’s my Mom’s furniture. It belongs in the house I grew up in plain view of what for a ten year old was a quality piece of string art.
 * Bernadette: Howie, if the store succeeds he’ll have a source of income and can move out of your mother’s house. I think some old furniture is a reasonable price to pay for that.
 * Howard: That is a good point. But I didn't marry you for good points, I married you so that you would blindly support me no matter how ridiculous I’m going to be!
 * Bernadette: This is why I had to rewrite our wedding vows.


 * Penny: (sarcastically) Hey, did you see that? I figured out to open the door all by myself. Maybe I’ll fling some feces around my cage to celebrate!
 * Amy: What are you talking about?
 * (Sheldon opens the door to greet Amy)
 * Penny: I know you’ve been giving me secret puzzle tests.
 * (Sheldon quickly escapes back in the apartment)
 * Amy: Sheldon, open the door!
 * Sheldon: I can’t. I’m naked.
 * Amy: I just saw you.
 * Sheldon: Hang on.
 * Penny: Open the door now.
 * (Sheldon opens the door)
 * Amy: Oh, hey!
 * Penny: (sternly) Pull up your pants!
 * Amy: (turns to Penny) It’s not a big deal. I run tests like this on undergrads all the time. If you fill out some paperwork at the university, I can get you five dollars.
 * Penny: (still very angry) I don’t want five dollars! I want my dignity!
 * Amy: So what are we talking, like, ten bucks?


 * [The scene at the new comic store where Leonard and Penny are sitting on Howard's mom's old furniture]
 * Leonard: I can’t believe they did that.
 * Penny: I know, it’s so insulting. At one point, they had me figure out how to get a banana out of a puzzle box.
 * Leonard: Wait, Sheldon gave me a banana in a box! He was testing me too!
 * Penny: Unbelievable.
 * Leonard: And how could a chimp even solve that? That was impossible.
 * Penny: Really? You couldn’t get it out?
 * (Raj opening the door to let Amy and Sheldon in)
 * Sheldon: Thank you.
 * Amy: Wow, the store looks great.
 * Leonard: So you guys were testing us both? What is the matter with you?
 * Penny: Eh, what’s the matter with them is they think they’re so smart, they don’t care if they hurt other people’s feelings.
 * Amy: (grumpily) That’s not true.
 * Sheldon: That sounds like us. I still don’t understand why you’re upset. You solved every puzzle faster than all of the chimps.
 * Amy: Well, except Barnabas, but he was on Adderall.
 * [The scene of the aggressive Howard and Bernadette entering the store through the back door]
 * Howard: (complaining) I’m sorry, but it’s making me crazy.
 * Bernadette: (annoyed by his complaining) Can you please just let it go?
 * Sheldon: Oh, I can help you with that. Imagine you’re holding an ordinary pen. While your favorite pen is safe and secure in your pocket.
 * [Howard's phone rings from the pocket of his pants]
 * Howard: Hold that thought. (On phone) Hello?
 * Amy: How can I make this up to you?
 * Penny: (holds up her right hand with her middle finger raised while it's covered by her left hand) The answer’s in this puzzle box. Let’s see if you can open it.
 * Bernadette: (walks up to Stuart) You could have at least warned him about the furniture.
 * Raj: That’s what I said when we moved it.
 * Bernadette: (surprised) You helped him?
 * Raj: (sarcastically) No, Stuart picked out those throw pillows all on his own.
 * [Bernadette starts to shake her head sadly when the scenes pans to a concerned Leonard and a devastated-looking Howard]
 * Leonard: Hey, you okay?
 * Howard: (sounding completely upset) No.
 * Leonard: What’s wrong?
 * Howard: (with a lot of sadness and shock) My mom died.
 * Bernadette: (walks up to Howard, now shocked) What?
 * Howard: Uh, that was my aunt. Ma took a nap. She never woke up.
 * (Bernadette now begins to cry and goes up to cuddle Howard)
 * Bernadette: Oh, my god, Howie. (starts crying)
 * Leonard: I’m so sorry.
 * Raj: What can we do?
 * Howard: I don’t know.
 * Sheldon: May I say something?
 * Leonard: Not right now, Sheldon.
 * Sheldon: But I think it would be comforting.
 * Leonard: Buddy…
 * Howard: No, it’s okay. What?
 * Sheldon: When I lost my own father, I didn't have any friends to help me through it. You do.
 * (Howard smiles in thanks, Bernadette hugs Howard while everyone else is surprised at Sheldon's words)
 * Penny: (choking up) I really thought he was going to say “Let it go”.