Sheldon, confused and hurt by Amy's indecision about their relationship, insults her before all their friends while watching the wedding stream at Howard and Bernadette's house.

Sheldon calls his mother to return his great-grandmother's ring which he had intended for Amy, but Mary tells him to wait.

He also briefly considers dating Mandy to hurt Amy and is outraged to learn that Penny knew she was unhappy and did not defend him.

[5] Caroline Preece of Den of Geek similarly criticizes that the episode is "devoid of any laughs at all" and ends on "a sour note".

Preece commented that Sheldon is "unrepentantly awful" and described the wedding as "cute" and a "brave choice" by the writers, but questioned after their breakup: "what was the point?