With Amy still away at her neurobiology conference Sheldon gets sick and, as usual, he makes it very painful for his friends with his constant demands his unappreciative behaviour at their attempts to help him. We've seen Sheldon sick before, so I'm glad that the episode skipped over his sickness via flashbacks because having a whole episode about him being sick would have been very repetitive. And I love how Amy explained to him to him that his unbearable behaviour makes his friends wants to stay a few extra days at a neurobiology conference.
Raj notes that Amy's relationship with Sheldon improved by having some time apart from him, and Leonard suggests that they should all do to Vegas for the weekend as him and Penny had been talking about it, and Raj suggests taking a party bus there. Sheldon overhears Leonard telling Penny about it and wants to come and Leonard tells him that everyone else is going but he's not invited so he'll have to resort to hanging put with Stuart. Did anyone else think it was unnecessary for Leonard to say that? When they said they were going to Vegas Sheldon didn't even want to go. Had Leonard not said anything else one would assume the whole situation would have been fine, but no, he had to specifically tell Sheldon that he wasn't invited. Just seemed a bit harsh to me.
Sheldon Skypes with Amy and tells her how mad he is at the others, and she suggest that he needs to apologise and she teaches him about empathy - that he should feel bad about the way he treated them while he was sick. Surprisingly, it works and he does feel remorse for his actions. While it's been a little weird confining Amy to Skype conversations the last two weeks, there's no denying that the scenes work wonderfully regardless.
Sheldon apologises to Leonard and he accepts, but he now expects to be invited to Vegas, and Leonard tells him it's not just him he has to apologise to, which arguably led to the highlight of the episode: Sheldon Cooper's apology tour. Trying to play the pan flute for Howard and Bernadette, trying to take a picture of Penny with is commemorative shirt while she's in the shower, and apologising to Stuart and telling him about the trip he's not invited to - it was all so hilarious.
When he tries to apologise to Raj and Emily, however, he once again gives Emily a backhanded compliment about how she must not be called a real doctor all the time because she's a dermatologist. She doesn't accept his apology, and she gets mad at Raj who doesn't stand up for himself or her.
Later Raj storms into the apartment and asks Sheldon what is wrong with him after he has gone to Emily's to try and apologise again, only to make her cry. She told Raj she's not going to Vegas if Sheldon is going. He suggests he go and try to apologise again, but everyone tells him no and he realises that perhaps by not going on the trip he'll prove his sincerity.
On the party bus just as Leonard is about to make a toast Sheldon pops out of the toilet, which Stuart in tow, no less. Sheldon successfully apologises to Emily by telling her that he always means well but his odd nature often makes that difficult. She accepts, and Sheldon says he'll leave (with Stuart) because they'll have a better time without him. Until, that is, they feel bad and invite him back onto the bus we're they're soon watching Raj dance on a stripper pole.
Ultimately this episode worked by having all the cast together (sans Amy) involved in a single storyline. It also greatly highlighted often ignored and underused characters like Emily, whose fierce energy is a welcome addition to the mostly passive group of characters, and Stuart, who, after last week's episode, I am glad got an appearance and a reprieve of sorts.
Rating: 3.5/5
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