Jim Parsons: Sheldon Cooper

The Commitment Determination

Sheldon Cooper

[last lines]
Sheldon Cooper: [on a Skype call with Amy] Listen, I've been thinking a lot about relationships and how difficult they can be, and I think...
Amy Farrah Fowler: I've been thinking about them too, Sheldon. Being your girlfriend is so challenging. Emotionally, physically. I've been incredibly patient for years.
Sheldon Cooper: Strongly disagree. Go on.
Amy Farrah Fowler: Okay, well... this isn't easy to say, because I love you, but... I need some time to take a step back and reevaluate our situation.
Sheldon Cooper: [beat] Oh.
Amy Farrah Fowler: I hope you understand.
Sheldon Cooper: [hesitates] Okay.
Amy Farrah Fowler: Bye, Sheldon.
[Skype call ends. Sheldon sits in silence a moment, then turns to a small figurine of Gollum on his desk]
Sheldon Cooper: Well, Gollum... you're an expert on rings.
[opens his desk drawer and takes out an engagement ring]
Sheldon Cooper: What do I do with this one?

Penny: Wait, what is wrong with you two? He was talking about television during their date night.
Sheldon Cooper: Oh, not just date night. Our 5th anniversary.
Penny: Okay, see, that's even dumber than you wondering if being bitten by a goat would give you the powers of a goat.
Sheldon Cooper: If that happens, don't make me wait ten years to watch you eat a tin can.

Penny: Hey, I don't think she's wrong about you going too slow in the relationship.
Sheldon Cooper: Too slow?
Penny: Yeah, you've been going out for years. You haven't even slept together.
Sheldon Cooper: That's right. It's called foreplay.

Penny: Still haven't heard from her?
Sheldon Cooper: No, and I'm confused. It's been nearly 24 hours. Amy should have figured out she's wrong by now.

Amy Farrah Fowler: Can you believe it's been five years since our first date?
Sheldon Cooper: I know. Do you think I should start watching The Flash TV show?
Amy Farrah Fowler: That's what you're thinking about?
Sheldon Cooper: Well, one of the things.
Amy Farrah Fowler: Are any of them me?
Sheldon Cooper: Yes. I thought, I can't decide if I should watch The Flash TV show. I know, I'll ask Amy. Anyway.
Amy Farrah Fowler: What are you doing?
Sheldon Cooper: You're right, you did kind of kill the mood.
Amy Farrah Fowler: I didn't kill anything. You did, talking about your stupid TV show.
Sheldon Cooper: Excuse me. Starting to watch a television show that might run for years isn't a decision to take lightly. I'm wrestling with a big commitment issue here.
Amy Farrah Fowler: Really? That's the commitment issue you're wrestling with? Sheldon, do you understand the irony of your fixation on a man with super speed, while after five years all I can get out of you is a distracted make-out session on a couch?
Sheldon Cooper: Irony's not really my strong suit. But I have been getting better with sarcasm, if you want to give that a try.
Amy Farrah Fowler: [sarcastically] Oh, sure, I'd love to.
Sheldon Cooper: Whenever you're ready.

Sheldon Cooper: But I have been getting better with sarcasm, if you want to give that a try.
Amy Farrah Fowler: [sarcastic] Oh, sure, I'd love to.
Sheldon Cooper: Whenever you're ready.

Leonard Hofstadter: I'm going to guess that your main concern is the time commitment of watching an entire season of a new show.
Sheldon Cooper: Oh, no, not just a season. If I'm in, I'm in for the whole run, even if the quality declines.
Leonard Hofstadter: I get it. Smallville almost wrecked you.
Sheldon Cooper: Exactly. You know, I waited ten years to see a guy everyone knows can fly, fly.

Leonard Hofstadter: It's not just the date. We haven't talked about anything. Big wedding, small wedding, indoor, outdoor...
Sheldon Cooper: Outdoor? Oh. I can RSVP no right now.

Amy Farrah Fowler: Sheldon, do you understand the irony of your fixation on a man with super speed, while after five years all I can get out of you is a distracted make-out session on a couch?
Sheldon Cooper: Irony's not really my strong suit.