One of my favourite TBBT episodes is "The Lunar Excitation", the final episode of season 3 when Amy and Sheldon first meet after Howard and Raj matched them through a dating site. What if Amy and Howard had met through a dating site instead? Set late in season 4 and in this TBBT universe Amy had not yet appeared before this story. Everything belongs to Lorre and Prady.

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Amy held out her hand and said "I presume that you are Howard Wolowitz, I am Amy Farrah Fowler. After this handshake I wish to inform you that all physical contact is off the table."

Howard replied "Yes I am Howard, pleased to meet you Ms Fowler"

"That is Doctor Fowler".

"Great, another lady doctor. That is why I am here"

"Why is that?"

"I am back on blind dates as I just broke up with my girlfriend Bernardette. She is writing up her PhD thesis, I was feeling neglected and we had a blazing row. Lots of my friends have doctoral degrees and they make fun of me for only having a masters degree."

"Well I have a PhD but having a mere masters degree doesn't make you a bad person"

"Tell that to Sheldon"

"Who is Sheldon"

"Doctor Sheldon Cooper is a friend of mine who thinks he is better than everyone else as he has two doctorates."

"What a strange person this Doctor Cooper must be. It looks like our table is ready, shall we sit down?"

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At the end of the dinner Amy said "Thank you Howard, I normally only date once a year to keep my mother happy and the dates don't normally last more than ten minutes."

Howard replied "Thank you Amy, I am glad this lasted longer than 10 minutes. Please forgive me if this is a bit forward but do you like Neil Diamond?"

"I love Neil Diamond"

"I have two tickets to a Neil Diamond concert next weekend. I was going to go with Bernardette but that is not going to happen now. Would you like to come with me as a friend?"