- After celebrating the completion of the top-secret Air Force project, Leonard, Sheldon and Howard get an unwelcome surprise; Amy receives an offer for a summer position at Princeton as a visiting researcher.
- Leonard, Sheldon and Howard, along with their closest friends and loved ones, are celebrating the near completion of the first phase of the military project, the three researchers excited about getting started on the second phase. Their excitement is brought to an abrupt end when they speak to Colonel Williams both about the year they've put into the first phase and about the details about the second phase. They have to figure out a way to deal with the emotional roller coaster. As such, Amy has troubles telling Sheldon, who she not only hopes loves her but believes relies on her, that she has been offered an important research fellowship for the summer at Princeton. She wants to go, her only hesitation being Sheldon. The question then becomes if Sheldon will be a supportive boyfriend or think only of himself. Meanwhile, Bernadette believes she and Howard have to set ground rules about his usual behavior around her whenever he has just completed a project. And Raj has found an affordable apartment of his own. Leonard and Penny can't help but show their true feelings about Raj moving out.—Huggo
- The gang gathers in apartment 4A for a toast to celebrate the guys completing their gyroscope project. Raj keeps mentioning that they didn't ask for his help. Now they have to start the testing phase of the project.
The next day when the guys get into their lab, they discover that everything related to the project has been removed. Calling their Air Force contact, Richard Williams (Dean Norris), he says that the Dept. of Defense will be taking over the project. Where the project has been taken and when they might get to it is classified and he can't tell them.
Getting ready for dinner in apartment 4A, Raj explains that he is moving out and taking an apartment over Bert's garage. Amy announces that she has been offered a summer position at Princeton University and wonders whether Sheldon can handle her being away for months.
Coming up the stairs with dinner, the guys complain about how easily the federal government could make their project disappear and how easily they could do it to them. Opening the apartment door, they find a completely empty apartment. Have the US Air Force done it again? Leonard notices that they had walked into apartment 3A downstairs. Reaching the girls, they first mention what the government did and then they want to change the subject. After Penny points out that Amy has got good news, Amy instead mentions that Raj is moving out.
On the way home, Bernadette wonders if Howard is okay. Howard replies that he thinks he's wasted an entire year, but Bernadette reacts that they did have another important accomplishment in the past year.
Penny asks on the phone with Amy whether she has told Sheldon yet. She wonders if she should even go. Amy made Sheldon his favorite kind of oatmeal - plain. Sheldon then says that he can't remember how he got by without her. Also that they could work some more on their quantum cognition project with Amy. Amy hesitates so Sheldon wonders if there's something she is not telling him. Amy describes her opportunity. Sheldon praises Princeton University, congratulates her and insists she must take it. She wonders how he will be when she is gone. Sheldon says that he'll be fine without her, but he quickly retreats to the bedroom.
While walking Halley, Bernadette wonders about Amy's job in New Jersey. Amy thinks that Sheldon is too vulnerable. Penny insists that Sheldon wouldn't think twice about taking the job. The girls insist that Amy should take the job. Howard catches up getting very needy with Bernadette. Bernie feels that Howard gets needs and clingy whenever he is in between projects.
Walking down the stairs, Leonard is happily helping Raj move out. They find Sheldon in the empty apartment 3A. Raj tries to help cheer up Sheldon saying that with him gone, he can move back into his old room. Leonard ushers Raj out with that unwanted advice. Leonard tells Sheldon that he's being silly and that he should show Amy how much he loves and supports her.
Needy Howard waits outside the bathroom telling Bernadette how much he missed her even though she had been in there a short time. Bernadette talks to Howard seriously about how needy he gets in between his projects. Howard reminds her that she does the same thing when her projects end (at those moments, Howard had supported Bernie fully). They both agree and then fall into bed together.
Sheldon returns home with a suitcase as a gift for Amy to go with his apology. He is not looking forward to it, but can see that this is an opportunity that Amy cannot pass up. Amy appreciated it and kissed him. Sheldon suggests an unscheduled non-birthday session of bedroom coitus. She is interested, too, so they go to the bedroom to engage in "frenzied love making" though they have to neatly fold up their clothes. In the hallway, Raj returns Leonard and Penny's key. He thanks them, but is interrupted by shouts from Sheldon and Amy's apartment. Raj makes a hasty exit while Leonard wonders if they should give Shamy their privacy. Penny doesn't want to leave until Sheldon shouts "Whoopee!"
Amy wheels her suitcase out of the bedroom as Sheldon offers to walk her to her car. She wonders about him being alone, while Sheldon is worried he might become strange and eccentric. Amy doesn't seem too worried about that. Sheldon wants Amy to Skype him regularly. Sheldon does support her, but he wants her to call him if she ever finds herself working with a male scientist as tall and smart as him with hair like Thor.
Title reference: The loss of the gyroscope project.
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