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An FBI agent interviews the guys when Howard needs to obtain a security clearance.

Howard has been chosen to work on the Defense Department's Laser Equip Surveillance Satellite project. He needs security clearance to work on the project which means the FBI will be interviewing each of Sheldon, Leonard and Raj, with the interviews being conducted by Agent Page, a beautiful young woman. Raj can't speak to her until he gets drunk, and still then he believes her sole goal is to deport him back to India. Woman-hungry Leonard decides to try his new confident persona to pick her up, which has unintended consequences. And Sheldon wants to speak more about his past encounters with the FBI than about Howard. Howard fails to receive the clearance to work on the project due to one specific incident in one of the three interviews. The guilty party fails to disclose the gaffe to Howard. Will the guilty party ultimately confess and will he be able to make it up to Howard regardless of if that confession happens?—Huggo

Leonard decides that to attract women he has to exude confidence. Sheldon wants to talk about Capybara rodents. When Leonard demonstrates his new act (of confidence in talking to women), Raj is impressed. Howard walks in to tell about his new project with the Department of Defense which requires him to have a top level security clearance. He used the three of them as references and the F.B.I. Raj is naturally scared, as he thinks it could be a one-way trip back to Gandhi-Ville.

Raj is at home reading "New Moon" and is interrupted by F.B.I. Special Agent Angela Page (Eliza Dushku), a beautiful and formidable woman. The conversation starts out a bit muted until Raj liquors up with some rum cake. Raj has known Howard for seven years, never committed a felony, and his only known foreign contact is Raj. Suddenly Raj becomes completely paranoid that she will have him deported back to India. He goes on how he loves America to the confusion of Agent Page.

Next Leonard is visited by Agent Page who decides to come on to her with his new confidence act whipping off his eyeglasses. He was glad to get Scully instead of Mulder; however, Agent Page does not know the "X-Files" series. Leonard tells her that she pops, sparkles, and buzzes electric and that he'll pick her up at 8. She agrees and asks if she can bring along her 6' 2" Navy SEAL husband. He missed seeing her wedding ring or anything without his glasses on.

When she visits Sheldon, he naturally doesn't trust her, despite Agent Page showing her badge. Sheldon has a Justice League ID card, but it doesn't mean he knows Batman. Finally he asks her the F.B.I. motto (fidelity, bravery, integrity) which convinces Sheldon. Agent Page asks if he considers Howard responsible. Sheldon shows her his 9-disc Blu-Ray edition of "The Lord of the Rings", in which Howard accidentally damaged one of the plastic retention hubs and didn't tell him. He also changed one of his World of Warcraft characters from "Sheldor" to "Smelldor", insisted Sheldon go see the third "Matrix" movie, crashed the Mars rover to impress a woman, .... Oops! Agent Page made note of that comment. Sheldon wants to retract it since it didn't involve him.

Next day, Howard confronts the gang because he didn't get his security clearance and can't work on the DoD project. Raj confesses he was drunk on rum cake and Leonard admitted to hitting on her. Sheldon doesn't say a thing, but is clearly upset. During the night he is discussing the topic with Leonard who tells him directly that this experience must be a dream. There is a Star Trek Gorn creature sitting in his spot who waves to him. Sheldon wakes up abruptly.

Sheldon tries to talk to Agent Page, but she refuses to change her findings and the matter is closed. Sheldon starts to read a poem he wrote praising Howard. (H is for ...) She stops him making him frustrated and he starts to talk about Leonard almost giving away rocket secrets to a North Korean spy. She starts taking notes and asks if that's Leonard Hofstadter. Sheldon leaves after telling her, "No, this was a different Leonard, Chinese, red hair, six fingers..."

Sheldon finally goes to Howard to apologize; however, Howard is greatly offended since he set Howard's career back at least two years. He won't accept his apology.

Sheldon goes to the Cheesecake Factory bar to pour out his troubles to the local barkeeper, Penny. After asking for just alcohol, he checks his phone app and requests a Rosewater Rickey. Penny doesn't have the exotic ingredients and just pours him a shot claiming that that is the way she makes them. Sheldon takes it and then spits it out. Since this situation seems like a no-win scenario, Sheldon brings up the Star Trek Kobayashi Maru scenario, which Penny correctly points out that Captain James T. Kirk won it by cheating and reprogramming the test. She inspires Sheldon to go and try to reprogram Howard.

In the cafeteria, Sheldon tries to convince Howard to accept his apology using Neuro-Linguistic programming. Since that fails, he bribes him by giving Howard his spot (Cushion) on the couch. Knowing how much that means to Sheldon, Howard does finally accept his apology. Later, Howard is sitting in Sheldon's spot complimenting it's excellent location, when Sheldon takes it back. Leonard comments that he was there only 94 seconds and then Penny gives him some money paying off a bet.

Title reference: Howard's refusal to accept Sheldon's apology.