- The first Pilot of what will become "The Big Bang Theory". Leonard and Sheldon are two awkward scientists who share an apartment. They meet a drunk girl called Katie and invite her to stay at their place, because she has nowhere to stay. The two guys have a female friend, also a scientist, called Gilda.—Bulma PunkRocker
- Roommates, physics geniuses, academics and socially inept nerds Leonard and Sheldon are in need of some short term cash for dinner money and use their genius status for such purpose. On their way to dinner from their money making venture, they encounter Katie, a beautiful, sexually liberated and streetwise young woman, in some distress. She has just broken up with her boyfriend because of an issue he just disclosed to her, and due to another issue with her mother and her mother's new husband has nowhere to live. Despite Katie being out of their league, Leonard invites her to dinner and to stay at their place, she agreeing only on being up front that neither of them have any chance with her, and that her stay will only be for a predetermined short term time period. Despite these stipulations, Katie's stay does not sit well with Leonard and Sheldon's colleague Gilda, who sees her and Leonard someday getting together regardless of the fact that they have yet to go on a date or to have sex.—Huggo
- The episode opens with Leonard sitting in the sperm bank waiting for Sheldon to finish his deposits, which he eventually finished using a magazine of women with big butts (his fetish). At the desk, after annoyingly finishing the receptionist's crossword puzzle, they are told that they won't be paid in cash but with checks.
On their way from the sperm bank, the duo happen across a crying girl called Katie, who is sitting on the street after a bad break up with her boyfriend has left her homeless. Leonard invites her to the restaurant, to Sheldon's dismay. When Sheldon can't figure out a good excuse, Leonard invites her to move into their apartment.
Whilst Katie is showering, a nerdy friend of Sheldon and Leonard called Gilda shows up at the apartment. Gilda, who is shown to have a thing for Leonard and fantasizes about marrying him and having kids, feels threatened by Katie's presence but relaxes after Katie says she's not interested.
Katie goes out drinking and arrives back at their apartment late at night, waking Leonard by smashing a lamp. Katie starts ranting to Leonard about her life and why it sucks, using the whiteboard, drawing colorful diagrams to explain her point. Leonard points out that her problems weren't caused by her mother, boyfriend etc., but by her making stupid decisions. Katie misguidedly assumes that Leonard is calling her "stupid" (even though he is not) and as a result, she gets offended and moves out.
Leonard goes to Katie's place of work, the cosmetics counter in a department store, and even though he had nothing to apologize for, apologizes to her anyway. Katie comes back at the end of the episode explaining that staying there is her only rent-free choice. She takes Leonard, Sheldon and Gilda out dancing and they show their awkward dance moves.
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