The following day, Mary rejects a Saul Perlmutter lecture to go sight-seeing and even leads the rest of the gang to a Roman Catholic church for a prayer session.
He gets a cold from the rain and his mother takes care of him, putting VapoRub on his chest and singing "Soft Kitty", though she urges him to act more mature as he is no longer a child.
[4] On CBS, The Big Bang Theory was followed by a season premiere of Rules of Engagement, an hour-long episode of Person of Interest and The Mentalist.
In Canada, the episode aired at the same time and received 3.550 million viewers on CTV Total, making it the most watched television show that week.
The second most watched episode that week was The Amazing Race 19, airing on Sunday on CTV and receiving 2.608 million views.
[10] Jenna Busch from IGN rated the episode 8 out of 10, noting that "political correctness in comedy is sort of a divisive issue".
According to the critic, the political incorrectness from Mary was "predictable and basic" and although "Sheldon's refusal to change did feel believable", it was "a bit of a waste of time".