Once alone, Leonard tells Penny it's frustrating that Bert and Raj don't want to use his laser to cut through their meteorite. He knows his way is better, but Raj and Bert don't care. Have I mentioned that I don't either? Penny offers to run out and get Leonard medicine, but he tells her Stuart already gave him stuff at the comic book store and he'll just sleep on the couch tonight.
While Leonard is sleeping (with his head on Sheldon's cushion!!! Is that even allowed?!), Sheldon visits Bernadette and Howard's house to see the neighbor's balcony for himself. "Oh boy, you weren't kidding," he says with the excitement of a five-year-old. He asks Bernadette and Howard about property lines and permits from when they built their deck, but they tell Sheldon they never got a permit for their deck. Sheldon is appalled. He later tells Amy he's going to teach them the lessons of the law. Amy begs him not to, but Sheldon says he must follow the rules.
In the next scene Leonard is still sick. He goes to the lab and sees the meteorite. He can't believe Raj and Bert are going to cut it with a "punk-ass diamond saw." I guess that's supposed to be funny, but I'm not well-versed in meteorite humor.
The following day Sheldon visits the zoning office. He tells the person in charge that he knows someone in violation of the building code but doesn't know if he should turn them in. This goes back and forth for a while; by the end of the scene, we have no answers. How will I go on?
Somehow I do, and next thing I know, Raj and Bert interrupt Leonard slicing the meteorite with his laser. Then, in the blink of an eye, Leonard starts eating Bert. It's full on Santa Clarita Diet, and I'm not even sure what show I'm watching anymore. Then Leonard starts attacking and eating Raj. Should I care? I mean, at least things are getting interesting, right? I feel as conflicted as Sheldon at the zoning commissioner's office.
But don't worry, because it's all a bad dream. Penny wakes Leonard up from his nightmare and says it will all be OK. But wait! Leonard starts eating Penny, and Drew Barrymore's Sheila Hammond has joined him! Well, not exactly, but Penny finally wakes Leonard up from his bad dream's bad dream and everything seems normal again. I think.
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