penny: penny. i work at the cheesecake factory. alan sepinwall: but then they bring in bernadette and they bring in amy farrah fowler. and so, suddenly, there's like a bunch of women and the show felt much more balanced as a result. amy: i'm amy farafowler, you're sheldon cooper. sheldon: hello amy farafowler. gerrad: she eventually became sheldon's love interest. of course, that opened up a whole other pandora's box. sheldon: may i ask you a question before i give it to you? amy: of course. sheldon: why are we saying give it to you like that? caryn james: at the beginning, sheldon is an outcast, an intellectual, a geek. by the end, he's found his soul mate. he has friends. he's won a nobel prize. sheldon: i have been encouraged, sustained, inspired, and tolerated, not only by my wife but by the greatest group of friends anyone ever had.