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Kripke has proof that Dr. Pemberton plagiarized his thesis in college, and Sheldon and Amy aren't sure if they should turn him in. Wolowitz learns that Bernadette wasn't the only waitress at the Cheesecake Factory who had a crush on him.

Kripke has proof that Dr. Pemberton plagiarized his thesis in college, and Sheldon and Amy aren't sure if they should turn him in or not. Also, Wolowitz is happily surprised to learn that Bernadette wasn't the only waitress at the Cheesecake Factory who had a crush on him back in the day.

In begrudgingly being cordial to Drs. Campbell and Pemberton for their collective benefit, Amy and Sheldon not only discover that Barry Kripke went to school with Pemberton, who he hates even more than Sheldon, but that he can dig up some conclusive incriminating information that would not only knock Pemberton out of the running for Nobel, but ruin his career in its entirety. Although they want to win the prize, Amy and Sheldon are conflicted about whether to expose Pemberton or if in doing so they are as morally corrupt as Pemberton and Campbell. Three things happen in the process of asking their friends for advice. One of those things is that Bernadette confesses to Howard that there was a dim bulb waitress at the Cheesecake Factory who had a thing for Howard, Bernadette who lied to her about Howard to get the initial in with him, and that waitress who still works there. Howard has to decide if his vanity will overtake his love for Bernadette in whether he will take steps to figure out who that waitress is.—Huggo

President Siebert is hosting a luncheon for the two feuding parties in the Super-Asymmetry Nobel Prize competition. Amy apologizes for her outburst calling the others frauds, but Dr. Pemberton and Dr. Campbell still thinks that the Coopers are mean and insecure. They also claim that Sheldon and Amy think that they are going to win the Nobel Prize. Not true! President Siebert tells all of them that if they don't stop the in-fighting the Nobel committee will choose some other discovery. Pemberton claims that they are all linked on this subject just like super-asymmetry links every atom in the universe. Amy jumps in saying that that is not how the theory works when they again show that the two of them don't know a thing about it.

As Pemberton and Campbell leave, they run into Barry Kripke who went to school with Pemberton. Kripke gives him a friendly greeting, but tells the Coopers that he hates him after he sits down at their table. Kripke calls Pemberton a grade "A" weasel who turns other people's ideas into his own. He plagiarized his thesis. Amy calls that a serious charge; however, Barry is willing to make some calls to get some proof. He doesn't want Pemberton to win, though he is not happy with Sheldon winning either.

Sheldon and Amy join the dinner gang in Apartment 4A and they propose their ethical question whether to expose Pemberton or not. First Howard wonders if he is the target. Howard and Penny think they should keep it to themselves. Leonard and Bernadette feel that Amy should expose him even if it ruins his career. Raj explains that they feel that they want to win, but they don't feel it's the honorable thing to do and that is why they haven't done it yet.

Sheldon and Amy head to bed discussing the subject and convince themselves that they are really good people and they don't want to do it.

Howard and Bernadette head to bed with Bernadette still saying that their friends should do what they have to do to win. Howard asked if she had ever done that. She admits that there was another waitress at The Cheesecake Factory who thought that he was cute and Bernie told her that Howard had every form of hepatitis. Howard wonders who it was; however, he admits he got the best waitress.

As the Hofstadters get in bed, Penny is proud that the Coopers are taking the high road, but Leonard doesn't want them to lose to the frauds. Leonard is willing to do it just so Sheldon and Amy can win. He is willing to get his hands dirty which is something Penny has never seen him do. Neither of them plan to tell Sheldon or Amy.

Leonard gets the incriminating information from Kripke and runs into Amy looking very guilty.

Howard brags to Raj that two women at The Cheesecake Factory had a thing for him. Raj does not believe it. Howard goes through all the waitresses having remembered their names, eye colors, cars and whether they were attached.

Amy is having wine with Penny telling her that Leonard was acting funny or even guilty. Then Penny starts acting in a similar manner. Penny confesses their plan which bothers Amy because now she is implicated in the action.

At dinner Sheldon is complimenting Amy on how round her meatballs in the spaghetti are while Amy has very little to say. She asks him whether he would want to know about something that is ethically shady that is being done on his behalf. He has to know. They go to confront Leonard who claims that he (Sheldon) is not doing anything wrong. They still don't want Leonard doing it. Amy doesn't want Leonard to compromise himself ethically, while Sheldon doesn't want him to make them look bad.

Howard goes to apologize to Bernadette that he went down to the restaurant to try and find out, but he decided that he doesn't need to know since he has the best woman. Bernie already knew since the manager called and that Howard was creeping everyone out. Then he admits that Bernadette is the only woman he wants to creep out to which Bernie replies that he is.

The Coopers invite their rivals to lunch with them expecting another apology. Instead Sheldon hands over the evidence on Pemberton's plagiarism. Pemberton first accuses them of blackmail. Amy says that it's the opposite. Pemberton is clueless and wonders if they are blackmailing the Coopers. Amy again yells at him asking him how he is up for a Nobel Prize? Campbell asks if the plagiarism is true. Yes. Then Campbell realizes that this could also ruin his career and he admits that he has been sleeping with Pemberton's wife, Linda. Pemberton throws a drink into Campbell's face which causes a brawl on the floor. AND he used Sheldon's ice tea!

While Sheldon and Amy are having lunch together in his office the next day, Dr. Campbell stumbles into their office drunk. Campbell published the plagiarism evidence getting both him and Pemberton fired from Fermilab (and also ending Pemberton's scientific career and getting him disqualified from Nobel Prize consideration), though Campbell was no longer seeing Linda. He tries to weasel his way onto their team, but Amy pushes him out of the office, while Sheldon couldn't see what Linda saw in either of them.

Title reference: Dr. Pemberton's plagiarism destroying his partnership with Dr. Campbell.