Penny: Hey, shouldn’t you be out with your gang, spray painting equations on the side of buildings?

Leonard: Come on, I’m sorry.

Penny: I just can’t believe you don’t trust me.

Leonard: I do, of course I do.

Penny: Then why did you embarrass me in front of my friend, who, by the way, knew exactly who you were?

Leonard: Really?

Penny: Your picture’s on my refrigerator.

Leonard: Oh. You know, I’m really starting to not like this guy.

Penny: What is your problem? Do you use up all your thinking at work and then have none left over for when you get home?

Leonard: I don’t know. It-it-it’s hard sometimes. Everywhere you go, guys hit on you, even if I’m standing right there. And they’re all taller than me. Why is everyone taller than me? You know what, this is all in my head. It’s my problem, not yours.

Penny: Leonard, why do you always do this? Listen to me, you’re the one I’m with. You know I love you, so will you please relax because you’re driving me crazy.

Leonard: You know that’s the first time you ever said that you love me.

Penny: Yeah.

Leonard: We’re just supposed to pretend it’s not a big deal?

Penny: That’s exactly what we’re gonna do because you’re about to make me cry, and we both know if I start crying, you’re gonna start crying.

Leonard: You’re right, you should go.

Penny: All right.

Leonard : She loves me.  Hey, it’s Alex. Nice having coffee with you. If you want to talk more, I’m always available. Smiley face, smiley face. What a friendly girl.

Penny: Are you kidding? You brought fancy wine and made fondue. I’ve slept with guys for less. It’s a joke. Based on real events.

Raj: Anyway, I was hoping I could, uh, pick your brains a little. I’m supposed to take Lucy out Friday and I need a killer first date.

Amy: Well, evolutionary biology says that women are attracted to a man who is steady in the face of danger, so I recommend an unsafe environment. Seedy bar on the wrong side of the tracks, picnic near a lunatic asylum, a wine tasting on Skid Row.

Raj: Uh, Lucy has some, uh, social anxiety issues. Maybe we could start with something simpler.

Bernadette: Why don’t you take her to Disneyland? You go on Space Mountain, you’re in the dark, she’s holding onto you.

Penny: Yeah, but you just have to remember, that ride is shorter than you think and they take a picture of you at the end, so make sure you got your clothes back on. It’s a joke. Based on real events.

Raj: Mm, Disneyland? I don’t know. With all the crowds and the weird characters walking around, just reminds me too much of India.

Amy: I haven’t been to Disneyland since I was a kid. We should definitely go one weekend.

Bernadette: Weekends are too crowded.

Penny: So, blow off work, go on a weekday.

Amy: Hooky? I’ve never played hooky in my life. My mom said that’s how girls end up addicted to reefer and jazz music.

Penny: It’s more like how girls end up at a Best Western hotel with a 34-year-old guy named Luther.

Bernadette: Joke?

Penny: I can laugh about it now.

Bernadette: So, what do you say? This Friday we ditch work and go to Disneyland?

Penny: I’m in.

Amy: Me, too.

Raj: Excuse me, I thought we were trying to solve my problem?

Penny: Oh, yeah, right. Wait, what was your problem again?

Raj: I am a man who can’t talk to women, trying to figure out how to go on a romantic date with a girl who suffers from such crippling social anxiety she can’t be around other people.

Penny: Yeah, that’s a toughie.

Bernadette: Let’s think.
Amy: Hmm. We doing just Disney or California Adventure, too?

Doctor: Why do you think you’re turning into a killer gorilla and not just a regular gorilla?

Penny: Because regular gorillas are vegetarians, and I just bit the fingers off your receptionist.

Penny: Okay, we’ve seen plenty.

Bernadette: No, give me the remote.

Amy: Careful. She’ll bite your fingers off.

Penny: Okay, well, I’ve been poking around the internet, and I think I found something we’ll enjoy watching even more.

Amy: What is it?

Penny: Oh, just a video of Bernadette in a beauty pageant.

Amy: What?

Bernadette: Okay, I learned my lesson. Making fun of people is wrong.

Amy: I haven’t learned my lesson. Play it. Play it.

Bernadette: Hi. I’m Bernadette Maryann Rostenkowski from Yorba Linda, California.

Penny: You look like a talking cupcake.

Bernadette: And you should pick me for Miss California Quiznos 1999, because I want to tell you what I want, what I really really want, l tell you what I want, what I really really want, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna Really, really, really be Miss California Quiznos 1999.

Amy: Play it again. Play it again.

Penny: How could you not tell us you were in beauty pageants?

Bernadette: ‘Cause it’s embarrassing.

Penny: It is; it truly is.

Bernadette: Yeah, well, Amy writes Little House on the Prairie fan fiction about herself and posts it on the Internet.

Penny: No.

Amy: Why? What did I do?

Bernadette: Sorry, I had to get the spotlight off me, and tearing down other women is part of my pageant training.

Penny: Okay. We are reading that right now.

Amy: No, please don’t.

Bernadette: We got embarrassed tonight. Come on.

Amy: But it’s personal.

Penny: Why? Is it about you and Sheldon?

Amy: No.

Penny: Oh, my God, it’s about her and Sheldon.

Amy: It’s not about me and Sheldon. It’s about a young woman in the 1800s named Amelia, and the time-travelling physicist named Cooper she falls in love with.

Penny: Please show us?

Bernadette: Please?

Amy: No.

Penny: You know I’m gonna read it either way.

Amy: Good luck finding it.

Penny: Amelia and the time-trav… found it. It was just past dawn on the prairie, and like every morning, Amelia prepared to do her chores. Except something about this morning felt different.

Bernadette: Why? Why did it feel different?

Penny: Maybe it was the first whisper of winter in the air, or maybe it was the unconscious handsome man with porcelain skin and curious clothing she was about to discover lying in the field. A man who would open her mind to new possibilities and her body to new feelings.

Amy: You know, there was a time when I was alone and had no friends. I’m starting to miss that.

Sheldon:Penny?  Penny? Penny?

Howard: Would you have opened the door if you knew it was me?

Penny: Not since I found out the teddy bear you gave me had a webcam in it.

Howard: I just have a question. Does Bernadette ever talk about me?

Penny: Oh, absolutely.

Howard: She does?

Penny: Yeah, sure. Just yesterday, she asked, why is Howard hiding under the table?

Howard: She saw that, huh?

Penny: Oh, no, not at first. Right after I pointed it out.

Howard: Let me ask you something else. Is she seeing anybody?

Penny: Uh, not that I know of. Hey, while we’re on the subject, why did you guys break up anyway?

Howard: Oh, I’d rather not say.

Penny: Howard, if you want my help, I’ve got to know what happened.

Howard: But it’s embarrassing.

Penny: Yeah, that’s what I’m counting on. Spill.

Howard: Okay. Well, you know World of Warcraft?

Penny: Um, the online game? Sure.

Howard: Well, did you know that the characters in the game can have sex with each other?

Penny: Oh, God. I think I see where this is going.

Howard: Her name was Glissinda the Troll. Bernadette walked in on me while we were doing the cyber-nasty under the Bridge of Souls.

Penny: Oh, you’re right. That is so embarrassing.

Howard: Would you talk to her?

Penny: Bernadette or the troll?

Howard: Bernadette. She was so mad at me, she wouldn’t even listen to my side of the story.

Penny: Well, what was your side?

Howard: Well, for all we know, Glissinda the Troll wasn’t even a real woman. I mean, she could’ve been a 50-year-old truck driver in New Jersey.

Penny: Really? And that didn’t make her feel better?

Howard: Will you talk to her, see if there’s any chance at all we could get back together?

Penny: Oh, gee, Howard, I really don’t want to get in the middle of this.

Howard: No. Why would you? I’m just another lonely nerd, living with his mother, trying to find any scrap of happiness he can. You know, maybe to make up for the fact that his dad left him when he was 11.

Penny: Okay, I will think about it.

Howard: You know, I’ve always blamed myself for him leaving. I always thought it was because I wasn’t the son he wanted.

Penny: Yeah, I said I’d think about it.

Howard: I wasn’t athletic, yeah, I was kind of sickly.

Penny: Okay, fine. Look, look, I’m calling her now! See?

Howard: Thank you.

Penny: Oh, thanks. Got a couple new outfits for work.

Howard: How does it feel knowing your fiancée’s job is to go out and flirt with doctors, looking like that, while you sit here, you know, looking like this?

Leonard: She doesn’t flirt with doctors.

Penny: Yeah. It’s all very professional.

Amy: You know when you bend over, I can see down your shirt?

Penny: Okay, good.

Bernadette: Speaking of new careers, how are things going with dark matter, Sheldon?

Sheldon: Oh, yeah, I’d have to say it’s the most exciting time in the history of the field.

Bernadette: Oh. What’s going on?

Sheldon: I started doing it.

Raj: You know, the government funded the biggest experiment yet to detect dark matter.

Leonard: Yeah, I’ve read about that, they’re sending research teams down into abandoned salt mines.

Raj: You know, Sheldon, if we apply to be one of those teams, we could be on the ground floor of something big, not just for theoretical physics but for astrophysics as well.

Penny: Wait, hang on, you guys are gonna work in a mine?

Sheldon: Why not?

Penny: You had a panic attack when we went through the car wash.

Sheldon: Perhaps the emotion you’re referring to was shock at you having something cleaned.

Leonard: I think what Penny meant is, the thought of you two in a mine is kind of funny, it’s like a cat riding a Roomba.

Howard:If they get scared, they’ll have those hats with the lights on them, ’cause down there it’s night-night all the time.

Bernadette: Maybe they could ride around in one of those mine carts that go ee-oo-ee-oo-ee-oo.

Leonard: Yeah, it’ll help them get away when they see a g-g-ghost.

Sheldon: Are they making fun of us?

Raj: Yup.
Sheldon: I miss the old days when I couldn’t tell.

Amy:Why are you still here?

Sheldon:Excuse me. I think you’re being a little rude.

Amy:I’m being rude? You’ve been rude to me this entire evening.

Sheldon:How is that possible? I’ve hardly spoken to you since we got on the train.

Man:I’m detecting a little friction between you two, and I don’t want to be a third rail. Get it?

Sheldon:I get it.

Amy:Leave.

Sheldon:What is your problem?

Amy:It’s Valentine’s Day. We’re supposed to be having a romantic weekend.

Sheldon:Oh, really? Because I remember you saying that this trip was going to be something we could both enjoy. Did you mean that, or were you just trying to trick me?

Amy:Fine, it’s true. I deserve romance, and I didn’t know how else to make it happen.

Sheldon:Well, if you want romance, then let’s have romance. Oh, look, there’s wine. Mmm. Grape juice that burns. Uh, now let’s gaze into each other’s eyes, hmm? You blinked. I win.

Amy:Sheldon.

Sheldon:Let’s see. What’s next? Oh, kissing’s romantic.

Amy:That was nice.

Sheldon:Good. Um, the conductor said if I come back to the engine room, he’d show me how to bring the train through a crossing.

Amy:Okay, have fun.

Sheldon:Do you want to come with me?

Amy:Really? I do.

Man:Hey, guys, wait up.

Watch the episode again and fill in the gaps, please.

Amy:Why are you still here?

Sheldon:Excuse me. I think 1. _________ a little rude.

Amy:I’m being rude? You’ve been rude to me this entire evening.

Sheldon:How is that 2. _______? I’ve hardly spoken to you since we got on the train.

Man:I’m detecting a little friction 3. __________, and I don’t want to be a third rail. Get it?

Sheldon:I get it.

Amy:Leave.

Sheldon:What is your problem?

Amy:It’s Valentine’s Day. We’re supposed to be having a 4. __________.

Sheldon:Oh, really? Because I remember you saying that 5. __________ was going to be something we could 6. __________. Did you mean that, or were you just trying to 7. _________?

Amy:Fine, it’s true. I deserve romance, and I didn’t know how else to make it happen.

Sheldon:Well, if you want romance, then let’s have romance. Oh, look, there’s wine. Mmm. Grape juice 8. __________. Uh, now let’s gaze into each other’s eyes, hmm? You blinked. 9. ________  .

Amy:Sheldon.

Sheldon:Let’s see. What’s next? Oh, kissing’s romantic.

Amy:That was nice.

Sheldon:Good. Um, the conductor said if I come back to the engine room, he’d show me how to 10. __________ through a crossing.

Amy:Okay, have fun.

Sheldon:Do you want to come with me?

Amy: Really? I do.

Man:Hey, guys, wait up.

Key:

1.    you’re being

2.    possible

3.    between you two

4.    romantic weekend

5.    this trip

6.    both enjoy

7.    trick me

8.    that burns

9.    I win

10.  bring the train

Bernadette: Can I tell you something? This whole thing with Raj’s parents just got me a little worried about us.

Howard: What are you talking about? We’re fine. And Raj’s parents probably split up because of Raj.

Bernadette: What?

Howard: They always say the children aren’t to blame, but, come on.

Bernadette: I’m not joking, Howie. You heard what he said about his parents. It was the little things they kept bottled up. I don’t want that to happen to us.

Howard: How can I convince you it won’t?

Bernadette: Well, is there anything about me you’re keeping inside?

Howard: I’m not answering that. It’s a trap.

Bernadette: So there are things you don’t like.

Howard: And here I am in the trap. You just keep talking. I’m gonna chew my leg off.

Bernadette: Just tell me one thing that bothers you, and I promise I won’t get mad.

Howard: Okay. The truth is, sometimes, you’re too beautiful.

Bernadette: Oh. Howie, be serious.

Howard: Okay, okay. I really don’t like how your wings poke me when we sleep ’cause you’re an angel.

Bernadette: Okay, fine, maybe it was a bad idea.

Howard: I just don’t think the secret to a happy marriage is going out of our way to criticize each other. Although, there are ways to improve our communication. One thing I learned when I was in couples therapy was…

Bernadette: Who were you in couples therapy with?

Howard: Not important.

Bernadette: Was it your mom?

Howard: Not important.

Bernadette: It was your mom.

Howard: Anyway, the therapist had us tell each other what we loved about one another.

Bernadette: Oh, that’s so sweet. I want to do that.

Howard: All right.

Bernadette: Okay, um, I love that you make me laugh.

Howard: Thank you. And I love that you’re strong and independent.

Bernadette: And yet, I still love when you hold a door for me.

Howard: I love that I’m kind of a slob around here, and you’re okay with that.

Bernadette: Uh-huh. And I love that I work and do all the cleaning, and you’re okay with that.

Bernadette: I love that you take pride in your looks, even when I have to pee in the morning, and you’re in there spending an hour on your hair.

Howard: I love that you’re too good to pee in the kitchen sink.

Bernadette: I love that you have the confidence to speak, even without giving it an ounce of thought.

Howard: And I love how your hair is always on the soap. It’s like washing myself with a hamster.

Raj: Hey, guys. Sorry I am so late. I was on the phone with my mother.

Bernadette: Oh, how is she?

Raj: Pretty good. She bought the book Eat, Pray, Love and used it to set my father’s Mercedes on fire. So, what’s up with you guys?

Howard: We’re just saying all the things we love about each other.

Raj: Oh, like you and I did at couples therapy.

Leonard: – Priya, can I come in?

Priya: Sure.

Leonard: Oh, God.

Priya: What?

Leonard: It’s okay. You didn’t know. I’ll take care of it.

Priya: What, what did I do?

Leonard: Sheldon doesn’t allow flossing that close to the mirror.

Priya: You’re kidding.

Leonard: It’s a splatter thing. There’s a little piece of tape on the floor you’re supposed to stand behind.

Priya: That’s madness.

Leonard: I know. Just do it. There’s a big inspection coming up, and I don’t want to lose my TV privileges.

Priya: You really need to let me take a look at that roommate agreement one of these days.

Leonard: Mm, I don’t know. I get a lawyer, he gets a lawyer, it’s just easier to stand behind the tape.

Priya: Oh, by the way, a fellow at work said I could use his Dodger tickets this weekend. Does that sound like fun?

Leonard: Yeah! Dodgers are baseball, right?

Priya: You’ll need to explain the game to me.

Leonard: Mm, it’s complicated, but as I remember it, the essentials are, get chosen last, get hit by the ball, cry, go home.

Priya: Well, regardless, I’ve got four tickets, and I was thinking we can bring Bernadette and Howard. She’s really interesting, and I bet I can get used to him.

Leonard: Well, it might not be a great idea to invite those two.

Priya: Why not?

Leonard: Don’t tell anybody I told you, but I heard she might be breaking up with him.

Priya: Oh, too bad. Although I do know one person for whom that’s good news.

Leonard: Really? Who?

Priya: My brother. He’s got a big crush on Bernadette.

Leonard: What? You’re kidding!

Priya: Mmm. I found poems he wrote about her. Very disturbing. Oh, Bernadette, please play my clarinet.

Leonard: Wow, that’s hard to believe.

Priya: Yes. And for years, everyone in my family was convinced that he was the clarinet enthusiast. Hmm. What’s that piece of tape?

Leonard: Oh, that one doesn’t apply to you. You sit.

Howard: Oh yeah, they still got the full Monte.

Penny: Leonard?

Leonard: Uh-huh?

Penny: What the hell?

Leonard: Killer robot. We built it.

Penny: Yeah, well, it almost killed me.

Sheldon: If it wanted to kill you, you’d be dead.

Penny: So, who exactly does it want to kill?

Sheldon: I’m sorry, are you unaware of the upcoming Southern California Robot Fighting League Round Robin Invitational?

Penny: You know, since I moved last year, not all my mail has been forwarded.

Howard: It’s a big deal. There’s an awards banquet and a dance afterward. Perhaps you’d like to come with me. I know the other fellas would be really excited to see a girl there.

Penny: How is it supposed to be a dance if I’m the only girl?

Howard: Well, that may be a slight exaggeration. You’d be the only doable girl.

Penny: You’re a pig, Howard.

Howard: How is doable anything but a compliment?

Leonard: Howard, why don’t we just work on the robot?

Howard: Please, Leonard, not now. Once again, Penny and I have begun our little tango.

Penny: Our tango?

Howard: The carnal repartee, the erotic to and fro. But as delicious as the appetizer might be, at some point we will have to succumb and eat the entree while it’s still… hot.

Leonard: I’m begging you, stop talking.

Penny: Look, normally I can just ignore you. I mean, I get it, you’re a little peculiar. You know, like Sheldon.

Sheldon: Yeah, excuse me, Penny, but in this room, you’re the one who’s peculiar.

Penny: Yeah, you might be right. But back to you. I know you think you’re some sort of smooth-talking ladies’ man, but the truth is, you are just pathetic and creepy.

Howard: Um, so what are you saying?

Penny: I am saying it is not a compliment to call me doable. It’s not sexy to stare at my ass and say, “Ooh, it must be jelly ’cause jam don’t shake like that.” And most important, we are not dancing a tango, we’re not to’ing and fro’ing. Nothing is ever going to happen between us. Ever.

Howard: Wait a minute. This isn’t flirting, you’re serious.

Penny: Flirting? You think I’m flirting with you? I am not flirting with you, no woman is ever gonna flirt with you, you’re just gonna grow old and die alone.

Howard: Thanks for the heads up.

Leonard: Howard, where you going?

Howard: I’m going home to live my creepy, pathetic life.

Leonard: Wow.

Penny: Well, someone had to say it.  What?

Leonard: He said maybe we should enter you in the killer robot competition.

Sheldon: Well, my little flag-keteers, it looks like the last episode of Fun with Flags is at an end. If I could, I would run each and every one of you viewers up a flagpole and salute you. And if you touched the ground, burn you. I’d like to take a moment to personally thank Dr. Amy Farrah Fowler, who you may or may not know is the first woman to co-host a flag or banner-related Internet info-tainment show.

Amy: Take that, glass ceiling.

Sheldon: And if I may get serious for a moment, hosting this show has been one crazy ride. But with all its ups and downs, I wouldn’t give it up for the world. Except for now, when I’m giving it up. Before I sign off, I’d, uh, I’d like to share with you all one last use for a white flag. It’s good for times like this. Good night.

Amy: Cut. Sheldon, that was beautiful.

Sheldon: If you didn’t press record…

Amy: I pressed it.

Watch the scene once again and fill in the gaps, please.

Sheldon: Well, my little flag-keteers, it looks like the last episode of Fun with Flags is 1. ___________. If I could, I would run 2. _____________ viewers up a flagpole and salute you. And if you touched 3. ________, burn you. I’d like to 4. __________ to personally thank Dr. Amy Farrah Fowler, who you may or may not know is the first woman to co-host a flag or banner-related Internet info-tainment show.

Amy: Take that, glass ceiling.

Sheldon: And if I may 5. ___________ for a moment, hosting this show has been one crazy ride. But with all its ups and downs, I wouldn’t give it up for the world. Except for now, when I’m giving it up. Before I 6. ________, I’d, uh, I’d like to share with you all one last use for a white flag. It’s good for times like this. Good night.

Amy: Cut. Sheldon, that was beautiful.

Sheldon: If you didn’t press record…

Amy: I pressed it

Key:

1.    at an end

2.    each and every one of you

3.    the ground

4.    take a moment

5.    get serious

6.    sign off

Leonard: You know, if you’re not gonna learn how to do this, they make some pretty good clip-ons.

Sheldon: Bruce Wayne doesn’t wear a clip-on.

Leonard: Bruce Wayne doesn’t make his roommate tie it for him.

Sheldon: His name is Alfred, and, yes, he does.

Leonard: There, perfect.

Sheldon: What, are you sure? It’s my first prom, I want to do it correctly.

Leonard: I thought you were gonna pretend to be an alien.

Sheldon: I was, but Penny didn’t want to. You didn’t want to. Bernadette, Amy, Koothrappali and Wolowitz didn’t want to. And even I knew it was weird to hire somebody.

Leonard: Was that a flask?

Sheldon: Yes. I’ve decided to embrace all of the traditions associated with prom, including spiking the punch.

Leonard: You’re gonna put alcohol in the punch?

Sheldon: Oh, no, this is pomegranate juice. It’s all the fun of high school high jinks with the cell-protecting zip of antioxidants.

Leonard: If you had ripped jeans and a leather jacket, you’d be like the toughest kid on the Disney Channel. So, anything else planned for tonight?

Sheldon: Oh, everything. Getting our picture taken, slow-dancing, being elected prom king. Pointing out that kings aren’t elected. It’s gonna be off the hook.

Leonard: And while you’re at it, I know that at this age your hormones are raging, but just because all your friends are having sex doesn’t mean you have to.

Sheldon: Why would you say that?

Leonard: You know, ’cause, ’cause a lot of people lose their virginity on prom night.

Sheldon: Penny implied the same thing. Is this true?

Leonard: Just relax, it’s a joke. You don’t have hormones.

Leonard: Oh, thank God we’re home.

Howard: I can’t believe we spent three months in that frozen hell.

Raj: It was like a snowy nightmare from which there was no awakening.

Sheldon: I don’t know what Arctic expedition you guys were on, but I thought it was a hoot and a half.

Sheldon: Oh, hi mom. No, I told you I’d call you when I got home, I’m not home yet. Alright, I’m home. The Arctic expedition was a remarkable success, I’m all but certain there’s a Nobel Prize in my future. Actually, I shouldn’t say that. I’m entirely certain. No, mother, I could not feel your church group praying for my safety. The fact that I’m home safe is not proof that it worked, that logic is Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc. No, I’m not sassing you in Eskimo talk.

Leonard: I’m going to go let Penny know we’re back.

Sheldon: Mother, I have to go. Yeah, love you. Bye.  Hello, old friend. Daddy’s home.

Penny: Leonard, you’re back.

Leonard: Yeah, I just stopped by to say… Yeah, so, hi!

Penny: Hi! 

Howard: Dammit, I should have gone over and told her we were back.

Raj: Yeah, it was first come, first served.

Watch the scene once again and fill in the gaps, please.

Leonard: Oh, 1. __________ we’re home.

Howard: I can’t believe we spent three months in that 2. __________.

Raj: It was like a snowy nightmare 3. _________ there was no awakening.

Sheldon: I don’t know what Arctic 4. _________ you guys were on, but I thought it was a hoot and a half.

Sheldon: Oh, hi mom. No, I told you 5. ___________ when I got home, I’m not home yet. Alright, I’m home. The Arctic expedition was a remarkable success, I’m 6. _____________ there’s a Nobel Prize in my future. Actually, I shouldn’t say that. I’m entirely certain. No, mother, I could not feel your church group praying 7. ___________. The fact that I’m home safe is 8. _________ that it worked, that logic is Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc. No, I’m not sassing you in Eskimo talk.

Leonard: I’m going to go 9. __________ we’re back.

Sheldon: Mother, I have to go. Yeah, love you. Bye.  Hello, 10. __________ Daddy’s home.

Penny: Leonard, you’re back.

Leonard: Yeah, I just stopped by to say… Yeah, so, hi!

Penny: Hi! 

 Howard: Dammit, I should have gone over and told her we were back.

Raj: Yeah, it was first come, first served.

Key:

1.    thank God

2.    frozen hell

3.    from which

4.    expedition

5.    I’d call you

6.    all but certain

7.    for my safety

8.    not proof

9.    let Penny know

10.  old friend