In Episode 7 of Season 5 of The Big Bang Theory, Leonard ended his long distance relationship to Priya after they find out they both cheated on each other. During Leonard's entire relationship with Priya, Penny is jealous. Initially, she couldn't believe Leonard had already moved on, and she never does the same choosing to remain single. She seems to always be hanging around Leonard's friends and their girlfriends. In my opinion, it is clear she not only did not move on, but that she does not want to move on.
In Episode 9 of Season 5, Leonard and
Penny hang out alone for the first time since breaking up. Penny asks Leonard to join her to a movie, but initially he resists. However, he agrees after Penny tells him "it's not a date Leonard. It's just a man and a woman hanging out and not having sex at the end of the night."
For the first time ever, Leonard actually takes control of an evening with Penny. He makes her go to the movie he wants to see and he makes her pay her own way. He used to go to movies she wanted to see so she would have sex with him at the end of the night, but since sex is "off-the-table" he doesn't see any reason to not choose the film he wants to see.
After the movie, they hang out in a cafe/bar setting. While there, Leonard makes a point of letting Penny know they aren't on a date. Therefore, Penny starts talking to a random guy and discusses the science based movie she just watched with Leonard with her new friend. Leonard becomes jealous, and declares he will do the same and find someone to hit on.
Shortly thereafter, he begins talking to a girl named Laura about the things he likes to do, which includes a list of activities he used to do with Penny. Penny ends her conversation with the random fellow she was talking to and disrupts Leonard. She begins telling Laura embarrassing secrets about Leonard such as how he has two Star Trek costumes that he wears on days other than Halloween, how half of his porn is animated, and how he has a "lucky" inhaler. Leonard argues with Penny and starts calling her out for her shortcomings as well. They go back and forth and end up forgetting about Laura. Penny eventually tells Leonard to take her home, and when he turns to address Laura she is gone.
When they get back to the apartment, Penny says how she really enjoyed the "take charge Leonard with a little backbone. Picking the movie, knowing what he wants, and a little cocky." Also, the random guy Penny was talking to at the cafe is eerily similar to Leonard. As Penny puts it, the guy was cute in his "dorky t-shirt and hipster glasses," which just so happens to be exactly what Leonard was wearing and almost always is wearing. Though the sexual tension could be cut with a butter knife in the hallway of their apartments, they both go home alone.
Though they didn't "hookup," does it appear Penny still loves Leonard?
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