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The scene ends. The screen goes to a menu:

She holds up a Blu-ray of S05E05 with “MISSY WAS HERE” scratched into the data layer. Sheldon screams—a silent, horrified scream.

The episode’s main plot: Sheldon discovers that the Medford town radio tower is switching from analog to digital, threatening his ability to listen to his beloved Saturday night physics lectures from Caltech, which are only broadcast on AM. Meanwhile, Mary tries to get George Sr. to watch a marital advice VHS tape from the church library, but the VCR eats it.

(Quietly) Dad? George grunts. SHELDON Thank you for buying the extended warranty on the Blu-ray player.

(From the hallway) It’s a coaster, Sheldon. I wrote my name on the other one with a crayon.