Raj originally gave the crystal wand to Howard and Bernadette as a wedding present, a sincere offering he hoped they would like. Meanwhile, at lunch in the CalTech cafeteria, we learn the truth behind the crystal. TheyвЂ™re thrilled and touched by their friendsвЂ™ sentiments. And the box contains a pair of sunglasses, which Sheldon thinks is also part of the gift, because his and AmyвЂ™s future is so bright. The locket is empty, because, they assume, it is meant to be filled with their memories. After a brief visit with fellow professor Bert Kibbler, who tells Shamy the object is a quartz crystal, the scavenger hunt they think theyвЂ™re embarking upon leads them to the coffee shop where they first met and into the coffee shopвЂ™s lost and found box, where they locate a locket they think was left there for them by Penny and Leonard. Shamy then decides the glass rod must be some sort of clue in a scavenger hunt that will take them to their real wedding gift. Sheldon wants to ask their friends what the glass object is, but Amy says it would hurt their feelings.ДЄmy: вЂњAnd theyвЂ™ll know you werenвЂ™t smart enough to figure it out on your own.вЂќ Sheldon is fixated on Penny and LeonardвЂ™s claim that it is вЂњthe perfect giftвЂќ (and yet, it isnвЂ™t a dinosaur fossil or matching pocket watches). They have no idea what it is, and the mystery is keeping them up at night. вЂњDonвЂ™t be silly, Amy! How is this big, glass shaft going to aid our marriage?вЂќ Hmmm, naked lady bikini pens, big glass shafts вЂ¦ married Shamy is a friskier Shamy!Д«ut back to that puzzling prezzie. вЂњNone of the sci-fi shows I watch are dumb! Okay, Westworld.вЂќД«ut he rules out the possibility that the glass object is a Westworld collectible, and Amy suggests maybe itвЂ™s some sort of marital aid. ThatвЂ™s a hard no, and after examining the object further, Amy wonders if it might be a gadget from one of SheldonвЂ™s вЂњdumb sci-fi shows.вЂќ Sheldon thinks it might be candy, and suggests Amy lick it. вЂњA flute? A letter opener? One of those pens where you put the bikini back on the naked lady?вЂќ Sheldon suggests.Д«ut when Amy opens the package, she finds a long, glass, carved object, something that resembles a wine bottle stopper. try to guess what could be inside the long, rectangular gift box. We donвЂ™t see any of the other nuptial booty, but the couple happily opens a present from BFFs Penny and Leonard, whoвЂ™ve attached a gift tag that reads, вЂњThe perfect gift for the perfect couple.вЂќ Sheldon puts the card aside for safekeeping - вЂњWeвЂ™re gonna wanna throw back in their faces,вЂќ he says of being called вЂњthe perfect coupleвЂќ - and he and the new Mrs. YouвЂ™ve been hoisted by your own insincere gift-giving petard.ДЄmy and Sheldon have returned from their honeymoon, and are getting down to the business of opening wedding gifts and handwriting thank-you notes. What follows is the moment that makes the episode so absolutely great: in his sheer delight, Sheldon becomes like a child, throwing countless gift baskets at Penny and - to her utter shock and glee - embracing her in a hug.Sorry, Penny and Leonard.

Sheldon, in turn, is more thrilled about the prospect of possessing Nimoy's DNA than anything else. Penny, then a waitress at the Cheesecake Factory, surprises Sheldon with a one-of-a-kind gift: a napkin autographed by Leonard Nimoy. It's the episode's final act that seals its status as among the best of the best. Leonard and Sheldon's related debates about the Christmas holiday and Saturnalia also provide the episode with some of the series' strongest nerd credential material. It's what makes the second season Christmas episode 'The Bath Item Gift Hypothesis' so immediately charming from the very beginning, as he frets over what sort of gift to get for his frenemy and neighbor, Penny. Sheldon Cooper has never been gifted at reading social cues or following social protocols.

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