Season 1 | Episode 04 –
The Luminous Fish Effect | Scene 9

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Scene 9 - Leonard and Sheldon's Apartment Building, Stairwell

(Leonard and an older, unknown woman walk up the stairs together.)

Leonard: Thank you for coming on such short notice.

Mary: You did the right thing calling.

Leonard: I didn't know what else to do He's lost all focus. Every day he's got a new obsession.

(The pair enter Leonard and Sheldon's apartment. Sheldon sits at a loom wearing what appears to be a woven shawl over his head and shoulders. The pair stand and watch him for a moment, the woman shaking her head in disbelief.)

Leonard: This is a particularly disturbing one.

Sheldon: (turning) Mommy?

Mary: (moving to hug Sheldon) Hi baby.

Sheldon: (mouthed to Leonard) You called my mother?

Mary: Oh, you got yourself a loom. How nice.

Sheldon: Thank you.

Mary: Honey, why'd you get a loom?

Sheldon: I was working with luminous fish and I thought, hey ... loom! Mom, what are you doing here?

Mary: Leonard called me.

Sheldon: I know, but why?

Leonard: Because one of the great minds of the twenty-first century is raising glow in the dark fish and weaving sarapes.

Sheldon: This is not a sarape. This is a poncho. A sarape is open at the sides, a poncho is closed. This is a poncho, and neither is a reason to call someone's mother.

Leonard: Really? When was the last time you left the house?

Sheldon: (thinking)  I went to the market with Penny.

Leonard: That was three weeks ago.

Sheldon: Well then buckle up. In the next four to eight days she's going to get very crabby.

Mary: Sweetheart, your little friend is concerned about you.

Sheldon: Yes, well I'm not a child! I'm a grown man capable of living my life as I see fit, and I certainly don't need someone telling on me to my mother!

(Sheldon begins to march toward his room.)

Leonard: Where are you going?

Sheldon: To my room and no-one's allowed in!

Mary: Gets his temper from his daddy.

Leonard: Ah.

Mary: He's got my eyes.

Leonard: I see.

Mary: All that science stuff, that comes from Jesus.

(Leonard looks at her quizzically.)