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* TakeThat: Leonard mentions that ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' nearly broke Sheldon due to taking ten years just for Clark to finally become Superman.

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* TakeThat: Leonard mentions that ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' nearly broke Sheldon due to its taking ten years just for Clark to finally become Superman.

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Sheldon's relationship with Amy drastically changes as he pressures Leonard and Penny to set a date for their wedding. When the pair decides on a quick elopement, Leonard reveals a secret from his time at the North Sea that could threaten their nuptials.

Guest starring Creator/LauraSpencer as Emily and Creator/KevinSussman as Stuart.

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Sheldon's relationship In the middle of a make out session with Amy, Sheldon brings up ''Series/TheFlash2014''. This makes Amy drastically changes as he pressures angry, leading her to temporarily separate from Sheldon.

Sheldon talks about the situation with
Leonard and Penny Penny, who then wind up feeling pressured to set a date for their wedding. When the pair decides on wedding, since, as Sheldon points out, they've been engaged for a quick elopement, year now. Leonard reveals a secret from his time at the North Sea that could threaten their nuptials.

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and Penny decide to go to Vegas to get married.

Meanwhile, Raj is thinking of dumping
Emily (Creator/LauraSpencer), who, among other eccentricities, wants to have sex in a graveyard. Neither Bernadette nor Howard think Raj would actually dump someone who wants to have sex with him.

Raj points out that Bernadette
and Creator/KevinSussman as Stuart.
Howard have not had the guts to evict Stuart (Creator/KevinSussman) from the Wolowitz home. As it just so happens, today is Stuart's birthday. Instead of kicking him to the curb, Bernadette and Howard give him a birthday cake.



* CelebrityParadox: Sheldon is planning whether to commit to watching ''Series/TheFlash2014'' or not. If he had, he would have seen Cisco wearing a "Bazinga!" T-shirt.

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* CelebrityParadox: Sheldon is planning thinking about whether to commit to watching ''Series/TheFlash2014'' or not. If he had, he would have seen Cisco wearing a "Bazinga!" T-shirt.

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In the season eight finale, Sheldon's relationship with Amy drastically changes as he pressures Leonard and Penny to set a date for their wedding. When the pair decides on a quick elopement, Leonard reveals a secret from his time at the North Sea that could threaten their nuptials.

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'''"The Commitment Determination"''' is an episode of ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'' that first aired on May 7, 2015, ending the season eight finale, show's eighth season. Directed by Creator/MarkCendrowski. Teleplay by Steven Molaro, Steve Holland and Eric Kaplan, based on a story Creator/ChuckLorre, Jim Reynolds and Creator/MariaFerrari.

Sheldon's relationship with Amy drastically changes as he pressures Leonard and Penny to set a date for their wedding. When the pair decides on a quick elopement, Leonard reveals a secret from his time at the North Sea that could threaten their nuptials.

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* {{Elopement}}: Leonard and Penny decide at the last minute to just go to Vegas and get married.
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* {{CliffHanger}}: All storylines in this episode end in one. Leonard and Penny are about to get married, only for Leonard to bring up the time he kissed someone during his North Sea expedition; Raj can't decide whether to keep dating Emily or not; Howard is trying to kick Stuart out; and the biggest one of all, Sheldon and Amy break up just as he was going to propose.

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* {{CliffHanger}}: {{Cliffhanger}}: All storylines in this episode end in one. Leonard and Penny are about to get married, only for Leonard to bring up the time he kissed someone during his North Sea expedition; Raj can't decide whether to keep dating Emily or not; Howard is trying to kick Stuart out; and the biggest one of all, Sheldon and Amy break up just as he was going to propose.
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* AbsenceMakesTheHeartGoYonder: Leonard confesses that while he was in the North Sea, he kissed one of his coworkers. Penny is less upset at this than with the fact that he chose to tell her just as they were in the middle of eloping.
* BaitAndSwitch: On their fifth anniversary of meeting each other, Sheldon wants to ask Amy something. Instead of proposing, however, he asks her if he should start watching ''Series/TheFlash2014''. This upsets Amy so much she ends up breaking up with him.
* CelebrityParadox: Sheldon is planning whether to commit to watching ''Series/TheFlash2014'' or not. If he had, he would have seen Cisco wearing a "Bazinga!" T-shirt.
* {{CliffHanger}}: All storylines in this episode end in one. Leonard and Penny are about to get married, only for Leonard to bring up the time he kissed someone during his North Sea expedition; Raj can't decide whether to keep dating Emily or not; Howard is trying to kick Stuart out; and the biggest one of all, Sheldon and Amy break up just as he was going to propose.
* DownerEnding: No one gets what they want in this the season finale.
* WhamLine: After Sheldon and Amy break up, Sheldon turns to a figurine of Gollum.
-->'''Sheldon:''' Well, Gollum, you're an expert on rings. [takes out an engagement ring] What do I do with this one?
* WhamShot: The very last one, with Sheldon taking out an engagement ring from his drawer.
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In the season eight finale, Sheldon's relationship with Amy drastically changes as he pressures Leonard and Penny to set a date for their wedding. When the pair decides on a quick elopement, Leonard reveals a secret from his time at the North Sea that could threaten their nuptials.

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