This whole arranged marriage plan has been going very smoothly for Raj and Anu so far. Of course, Raj is going to throw a wrench into that.

R. Kooth shares with his friends that he and Anu are about to have sex for the first time, and the more he talks about it, the more nervous he gets. He builds up such a headful of angst that he can’t talk at all, in fact. Yes, the selective mutism makes a return.

Anu reserves a beautiful room at the hotel where she works, and Raj arrives first to prepare for their night of romance. He makes a quick call to Penny so she can try to talk him down from the performance anxiety ledge, but when Anu texts about her imminent arrival, Raj really loses his cool. When Anu enters the room, he can’t speak to her, and instead grabs a bottle of champagne and heads to the bathroom.

The situation, thankfully, is not played off in typical sitcom form; Anu does not pretend she doesn’t notice that something is very wrong. When Raj finally exits the bathroom several minutes later — and with that champagne bottle at least half empty — she demands to know what’s going on with her suddenly babbling, frisky fiancé.

Raj wisely ‘fesses up about his history of nervousness with the ladies. Well, he didn’t really have a choice … Anu’s first guess was that he had a drinking problem.

“No, I have a talking problem, and a drinking solution,” Raj clarifies.

She asks why he hasn’t told her about this, and when he admits he was too embarrassed, she offers up something uncomfortable about herself: she doesn’t like music. Not just certain music, but any music. Not even Beyoncé?! Raj wonders. Not even “Single Ladies”!
Sharing their quirky embarrassments leads to a kiss, and when the two wake up in bed together the next morning, we learn the sex was … nonexistent. They spent the whole night talking. Sharing their vulnerabilities with each other has allowed them to bond in a way that suggests, for the first time, that they may really be a good love match. Just to be sure about that other thing, though, Anu announces her intentions to take a shower, and tells a still sometimes clueless Raj he should join her.

Lest we think the groom-to-be is the only one focusing on building a good relationship, newlywed Sheldon takes note when Raj mentions to his friends that he’s already friendly with Anu’s parents. This leads Sheldon to decide he’s going to spend the day with Amy’s dad, taking Mr. Fowler to his favorite haunts and allowing him the pleasure of a day spent listening to Sheldon’s many (many) theories and factoids about … everything.

Ol’ Larry is a good sport, but when he and Sheldon hit the comic book shop, Howard woos Larry’s attention away with a magic trick. Amy’s papa is fascinated with Howard’s amateur skills (cute, given that Larry is played by magician Teller, of Penn & fame), annoying Sheldon and sending him to the Fowler homestead to click with Mrs. Fowler instead.

Sharing their quirky embarrassments leads to a kiss, and when the two wake up in bed together the next morning, we learn the sex was … nonexistent. They spent the whole night talking. Sharing their vulnerabilities with each other has allowed them to bond in a way that suggests, for the first time, that they may really be a good love match. Just to be sure about that other thing, though, Anu announces her intentions to take a shower, and tells a still sometimes clueless Raj he should join her.

Lest we think the groom-to-be is the only one focusing on building a good relationship, newlywed Sheldon takes note when Raj mentions to his friends that he’s already friendly with Anu’s parents. This leads Sheldon to decide he’s going to spend the day with Amy’s dad, taking Mr. Fowler to his favorite haunts and allowing him the pleasure of a day spent listening to Sheldon’s many (many) theories and factoids about … everything.

Ol’ Larry is a good sport, but when he and Sheldon hit the comic book shop, Howard woos Larry’s attention away with a magic trick. Amy’s papa is fascinated with Howard’s amateur skills (cute, given that Larry is played by magician Teller, of Penn & fame), annoying Sheldon and sending him to the Fowler homestead to click with Mrs. Fowler instead.
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