Shamy had a long, often very awkward road to happily ever after.

Take a look at the events leading up to the series finale.

and the rest is history.

The Opening Night Excitation

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if she gets turned on by him Amy holds his hand, but, alas, nothing.

Now,that’swhat we call a power couple!

THE BIG BANG THEORY

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THE BIG BANG THEORY

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THE BIG BANG THEORY

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The Long Distance Dissonance

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The Bow Tie Asymmetry

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LOS ANGELES - APRIL 29: “The Stockholm Syndrome” - Pictured: Amy Farrah Fowler (Mayim Bialik) and Sheldon Cooper (Jim Parsons). Bernadette and Wolowitz leave their kids for the first time, Penny and Leonard try to keep a secret, Sheldon and Amy stick together, and Koothrappali makes a new friend as the gang travels together into an uncharted future, on the series finale of THE BIG BANG THEORY, Thursday, May 16 (8:30 - 9:00PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. (Photo by Michael Yarish/CBS via Getty Images)

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