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Ep. 6-01 ~ THE DATE NIGHT VARIABLE
4/5
A solid season premier.
I really feel bad for Howard. No matter what the guy does it just doesn't matter. Here he is, an astronaut, living the nerd dream on the ISS, and he's still having to deal with shit back home. Nobody cares how much he's accomplished and nobody ever will cuz they'll always put him down and make him wonder if it's all worth it by blaming petty shit on him. Poor guy.
I can finally at least say that I don't hate Amy Farrah Fowler anymore.
I realize Penny isn't blameless but Leonard needs to just STFU and give her space. How many of us guys have had a girl we like be turned off cuz we're moving too fast? Oh, just me? Dang.
Pleeeeeeeeeeeease don't make Raj gay.
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Raj is totally gay. They've hinted at it soooo many times. I wouldn't have called it on Stewart though.
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I love the fact that he's metrosexual and I think it would be an awesome dynamic if he got a "manly" girlfriend and he played the wife-role. That would be more interesting for sure than just going straight to being gay (oxymoronic phrase FTW). But, meh, we'll see how it goes.
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Ep. 6-02 ~ THE DECOUPLING FLUCTUATION
3.5/5
Penny... is a BITCH. I've slowly been realizing it for a while now but now it's official.
She used to be cute and "innocent" with her dumbness but now, man, she is treating Leonard like such SHIT. Sure, part blame goes to Leonard for hanging on, but she's gotta be the biggest leader-onner in TV history, and not the "cute" type of boy-pines-for-girl storyline like Ross and Rachel.
What the eff is she waiting for? She wants to keep Leonard in her back pocket while she shops around for a rich actor or someone to be her Sugar Daddy.
She's even admitted that she screwed up dumping Leonard and how he's a great guy, yet she won't commit to the poor guy. Sure, she can have sex with him whenever she wants, but that's just pathetic. She's just a spoiled brat who doesn't realize that she's not 16 years old anymore.
I think one of my fav episodes ever is when Leonard and Penny "aren't on a date" and he totally owns her. He finally stood up to her but all that progress seems to have been for nothing cuz he just goes back to being a whimpering mess around her.
/pennyrant
I'm really enjoying Sheldon's transformation. I think what makes it work is that he's so clueless about it. He's doing a little more boyfriend-y stuff every week but doesn't know what's going on.
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I always get the feeling its going to be him and Penny who hook up by the end
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Penny is in love with Leonard and she's scared as hell. Toward the end of the season we'll hear her say "I love you". Leonard will propose.
Raj... Still gay
Cat-Howard was hysterical
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Yeah, I get that she loves him and is scared, but how much longer can she be that way? It's been 2 years since the bowling alley, she's barely dated anyone, she has a crappy job, so what is she actually doing and waiting for?
Priya, I'm glad that didn't last, cuz she was manipulating him into doing w/e she wanted.
Other than Penny, Leonard hasn't been with any non-genius chicks. I hope this season he meets a new girl who is just like Penny and it goes somewhere.
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Ep. 6-01 ~ THE DATE NIGHT VARIABLE
4/5
A solid season premier.
Really? That was one of the worst episodes for the show in memory for myself, and the other three I watched it with also agreed.
I agree with your s6e2 rating however. :tup
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The moment I heard the word "Bazinga!" I knew this show had jumped the shark. I mean sure, I still enjoy the odd episode or two, but Sheldon and Raj (imo) have reached Friends level flanderization.
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Nothing wrong with "bazinga" at all. Every show needs a catch-phrase like "we were on a break" or "hello, Newman".
I just wish they'd do more nerdy stuff and pay homage to their geek-influences. I've always thought it would be fun to do an "alternate reality" where everyone gets to play everyone else ie. Sheldon as Howard, Raj as Leonard, Howard as Raj, Leonard as Sheldon. They love Star Trek so much I think this we be cool and have it as a dream or something.
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Nothing wrong with "bazinga" at all. Every show needs a catch-phrase like "we were on a break" or "hello, Newman".
I just wish they'd do more nerdy stuff and pay homage to their geek-influences. I've always thought it would be fun to do an "alternate reality" where everyone gets to play everyone else ie. Sheldon as Howard, Raj as Leonard, Howard as Raj, Leonard as Sheldon. They love Star Trek so much I think this we be cool and have it as a dream or something.
Have it as a dream with Sheldon vs Evil Sheldon, where like Star Trek the only difference is a goatee.
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^^
Nice. But 'real' Sheldon is already Evil Sheldon so he'd have to fight Good Sheldon. We've even already seen him with a goatee:
(https://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kp217bc26j1qzkm1lo1_400.jpg)
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Shows how often I watch this show
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Would be like that South Park episode
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Nothing wrong with "bazinga" at all. Every show needs a catch-phrase like "we were on a break" or "hello, Newman".
I just wish they'd do more nerdy stuff and pay homage to their geek-influences. I've always thought it would be fun to do an "alternate reality" where everyone gets to play everyone else ie. Sheldon as Howard, Raj as Leonard, Howard as Raj, Leonard as Sheldon. They love Star Trek so much I think this we be cool and have it as a dream or something.
Friends suffers the same ailment, it just dies from it more slowly. And I second this alternate universe idea of yours.
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Nothing wrong with "bazinga" at all. Every show needs a catch-phrase like "we were on a break" or "hello, Newman".
I just wish they'd do more nerdy stuff and pay homage to their geek-influences. I've always thought it would be fun to do an "alternate reality" where everyone gets to play everyone else ie. Sheldon as Howard, Raj as Leonard, Howard as Raj, Leonard as Sheldon. They love Star Trek so much I think this we be cool and have it as a dream or something.
Friends suffers the same ailment, it just dies from it more slowly. And I second this alternate universe idea of yours.
How you doin?
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Ep. 6-03 ~ THE HIGGS BOSON OBSERVATION
4.5/5
Really great episode. What makes it shine are the small, quick jokes that you have to be paying attention to or else you'll miss them.
Leonard flirting with Alex knowing Raj can't speak is gold and so is Amy "scenting" her territory... including Penny's apartment before they became BFF's.
When is Howie getting home? His character and acting talents are being completely wasted right now. He space-gags aren't even a little funny.
I've always wondered how Penny can afford her place when she only works part-time for minimum wage and tips while across the hall it takes TWO doctors with steady jobs to pay for their place. We know she has no money and doesn't come from wealth so what's the deal? I've never heard any sort of explaination.
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Well, the financial situation is kinda weird. Because in one episode, Sheldon states that if he could afford the rent by himself, he wouldn't have taken in Leonard, but in another episode he borrows Penny cash, and he has lots of it. It's kinda hard to believe that he would be able to stash so much away just by having Leonard contributing with 50% of the rent.
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How sitcom characters afford their places is just a leap in logic that comes along with most sitcoms.
Apparently the show Two Broke Girls was based around this premise of how people afford their homes.
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Great episode. It looks like Penny is finally starting to realize how she really feels about Leonard.
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One day, hopefully soon, she'll grab Leonard and start pulling him along to her bed like she always does and gets what she wants... but after a few steps Leonard will stop and rip his hand away and say "I've had enough. You always get what you want and I've been insecure enough with myself to just go along with it. It's time you realized that I'm my own man now and not just your boytoy to play with whenever you want." Then walk away.
I've said, I really love the one where Leonard has balls and while they're out he doesn't just pay for everything or do what she says. They need to take this character trait and expand on it. I hate that Penny just gets what she wants, be it from Leonard or Amy or anyone, she was even a bully in high school.
Come on, writers, grow some permanent balls on Leonard FFS.
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after a few steps Leonard will stop and rip his hand away and say "I've had enough. You always get what you want and I've been insecure enough with myself to just go along with it. It's time you realized that I'm my own man now and not just your boytoy to play with whenever you want." Then walk away.
Dude. Totally.
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This is why I stopped watching the show. 6 years on and virtually no character development for Leonard.
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Ep. 6-04 ~ THE RE-ENTRY MINIMIZATION
4/5
OMG, poor Howard! The guy JUST GOT BACK from SPACE and nobody gives a shit, except for Bernie, but she got sick. But the rest of his friends, (or as MP might say, "friends")... COME ON! Howie is doing shit that you've all dreamed about and fantasized about and you can't even welcome him back? Oh, you were all scared for him to actually go, but now it's all same-old-same-old? What a bunch of sucky "friends". Yeah, Bernie was supposed to have him the first night but when she got sick and he walks in the door his "friends" should have jumped up and welcomed him back, even if they had pie all over their faces. I'd think your "best friend/acquaintance" returning from SPACE would be a priority.
Other than that, lots of funny little moments in this one, but none greater than when Penny flipped Sheldon and started kissing him and then Amy joined in. Gold, Jerry, GOLD!
Sheldon drawing "the present" of them playing Pictionary in the living room was also great.
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"Now we fill each others holes."
That's fucking hilarious.
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Bernadette looked hot as fuck in that Halloween costume.
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You're only saying that because she made an Avatar joke.
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You're only saying that because she made an Avatar joke.
No. She looked super sexy.
Fun fact. That was the fourth Avatar reference the Big Bang Theory has made.
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It was a joke.
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Bernadette looked hot as fuck in that Halloween costume.
I wish her and Penny would just have a pillow fight already. Bring Sheldon's sister along just for good measure.
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Ep. 6-04 ~ THE HOLOGRAPHIC EXCITATION
5/5
This episode hit on all cylinders.
Weren't we just talking about how much of a selfish douche Penny is? She really showed it this episode but at least someone finally tells her about it and I'm happy, but man, she really comes off as a dumb blonde in this one. I remember on Letterman or somewhere a few years ago how she was excited about being a non-stereotypical blonde chick in the show but I never saw it... she's always been stereotypically blonde.
As much as I love Howard, he was a turd in this episode for sure, but I thought Bernadette really kicked ass... "I'll be washing blue paint out of my Smurf for a month!" and "I don't sound like that" after Howard's spot-on impersonation of her.
I think my favourite moment was in the beginning when Leonard goes to fist-bump Sheldon and Sheldon shakes his fist. Priceless.
(https://img2-1.timeinc.net/ew/i/2012/10/18/BBT-Smurfs.jpg)
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The quality of writing this season has really improved from the last two seasons :tup
I had low expectations for this season, and I was dead wrong. These are one of those times I'm happy I was wrong.
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I remember on Letterman or somewhere a few years ago how she was excited about being a non-stereotypical blonde chick in the show but I never saw it... she's always been stereotypically blonde.
I think originally she was much more world intelligent, just tight financially. Whereas she used to be the one that was easier to relate to against all the creepy nerds, the creepy nerds have grown and she's devolved.
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I think originally she was much more world intelligent, just tight financially. Whereas she used to be the one that was easier to relate to against all the creepy nerds, the creepy nerds have grown and she's devolved.
She must have Barclay's Protomorphosis Syndrome.
I was just trying to think of when she'd EVER done something nice for anyone that wasn't self-serving and I came up with, maybe there's more, but I'm stumped:
- Leonard Nimoy's autographed napkin
- She bought mint-in-box 1974 Star Trek transporters for Sheldon and Leonard
- She fought Alicia cuz she was using them (but I guess ultimately this is self-serving cuz that's what she does anyway)
- She kicked Todd Zarnecky in the balls (but they had to ask for her help, she didn't volunteer)
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What about when she tried to help Raj with the blind golddigger? :P
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Ep. 6-06 ~ THE EXTRACT OBLITERATION
4/5
Raj and Howard doing accents was awesome. Leonard and Sheldon with the chess clock was awesome. Playing 'extract' instead of 'extract' was awesome.
However...
... I can't even think of any more messed up (read: stupid) love story in the history of comedy TV than Leonard and Penny, and definitely NOT in a good way such as Ross being a dumbass and always saying "we were on a break."
Here I am praising Leonard for being the good guy and succeeding on behalf of all us nerds out there, and then he goes and pulls that crap. He's A NERD, an academic, honest, etc and he somehow thinks it's ok to do what he did? Even if he didn't tell her he re-did it and she gets an 'A' on it then she thinks she's brilliant but the next 4 papers she gets a 'D' on and is thinking WTF? She even SPECIFICALLY told him that this was HER thing and to leave it alone and why she was so afraid to even tell him. She made this very clear, and passionately, to Leonard. So what does he do? At the very first opportunity he screws it all up. She needed to pass or fail on her own and he did nothing to help her at all.
So then what does Penny do? She bullies the girls into writing her paper for her, just like every other dumb blond cheerleader, and they DO IT!? More brilliant academics destroying everything they stand for. So now, if anything, Penny will graduate college with NO skills whatsoever other than what she's always had, which is how to be successful being a manipulative slut.
I can't even look at it as "it's just a comedy and I should get over it and enjoy it" at this point, it is, cuz 2/3 of the main characters are GARBAGE now... but mostly 1 main character, really. Their "love story" just isn't even cute much less remotely believable.
Sheldon still rules.
WHAT THE FUCK ARE THEY DOING TO MY SHOW?!
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While I haven't watched Season 6 yet, I also feel like Penny has become more and more annoying with each season or so.
She didn't bother me in the first ~3 seasons, but ever since Amy and Bernadette joined, they've made it more clear that Penny is your typical blonde girl, the cliché we've seen in so many other shows over the years.
I feel like while her character has always been fairly shallow, at least she had some redeeming qualities early on. Like taking care of Sheldon when he was sick, just to name one example. But the longer the show has progressed I think she's shown less of that, and just being very high demand and shallow.
I think one of the keys in the Ross/Rachel-thing from Friends and why it worked was because they were both characters you liked, and while Rachel was also a bit shallow, she really developed over the show and had something you liked about her. With Leonard and Penny we have Leonard who we are supposed to relate to, but the way he acts in all of this mess is just causing us to loose trust in him, and Penny is mostly being a jerk, so why would we want these two characters to end up together again?
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You know what *would* have been cute but keeping the same story idea for this episode? If Penny broke out the "101 Totally Cool Science Experiments for Kids" or something and tried to do her own experiment. Then Leonard could sneak around help her and in the grand scheme of things it all works out. But to want to cheat for her and then for Penny to get the girls to cheat for her is inexcusable.
I'm honestly shocked that the American Centre for Downs Syndrome (or w/e it's called) hasn't made a huge stink about Penny's dumbass impersonation of Leonard at the end. I guess Sheldon laughing hysterically saying it sounds just like him was good enough. I normally don't care about being politically correct, I hate it actually, but even that made me cringe.
As it turns out, all it'll take is for either Leonard or Penny to do something that makes the audience go "awwwwwwww" and everyone will be like "greatest couple in TV history".
And, yeah, why *would* we want these two characters to end up together? She'll just tell him what to do and think 24/7 and he'll do it. Well, I guess that's a typical marriage at least.
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I have no sympathy for Leonard and Penny is a whore who has probably been cheating on him since day one.
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Ep. 6-06 ~ THE EXTRACT OBLITERATION
4/5
Raj and Howard doing accents was awesome. Leonard and Sheldon with the chess clock was awesome. Playing 'extract' instead of 'extract' was awesome.
However...
... I can't even think of any more messed up (read: stupid) love story in the history of comedy TV than Leonard and Penny, and definitely NOT in a good way such as Ross being a dumbass and always saying "we were on a break."
Here I am praising Leonard for being the good guy and succeeding on behalf of all us nerds out there, and then he goes and pulls that crap. He's A NERD, an academic, honest, etc and he somehow thinks it's ok to do what he did? Even if he didn't tell her he re-did it and she gets an 'A' on it then she thinks she's brilliant but the next 4 papers she gets a 'D' on and is thinking WTF? She even SPECIFICALLY told him that this was HER thing and to leave it alone and why she was so afraid to even tell him. She made this very clear, and passionately, to Leonard. So what does he do? At the very first opportunity he screws it all up. She needed to pass or fail on her own and he did nothing to help her at all.
So then what does Penny do? She bullies the girls into writing her paper for her, just like every other dumb blond cheerleader, and they DO IT!? More brilliant academics destroying everything they stand for. So now, if anything, Penny will graduate college with NO skills whatsoever other than what she's always had, which is how to be successful being a manipulative slut.
I can't even look at it as "it's just a comedy and I should get over it and enjoy it" at this point, it is, cuz 2/3 of the main characters are GARBAGE now... but mostly 1 main character, really. Their "love story" just isn't even cute much less remotely believable.
Sheldon still rules.
WHAT THE FUCK ARE THEY DOING TO MY SHOW?!
He does, but he has been given much less space imo.
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Ep. 6-07 ~ THE HABITATION CONFIGURATION
4.5/5
Wil Wheaton: "You know I'm doing this for free."
Amy Farrah Fowler: "Yes, and so far we're still not getting our money's worth."
The look on Sheldon's face as he's caught in the middle is priceless. What makes Sheldon's relationship problems work so well is cuz he's actually 100% clueless about women and human relationships. He's falling into the trap and he has no idea why but evolution is clearly winning. It reminds me of that South Park when Bebe gets boobs and all the boys start acting like primates around her and they don't know why.
It works for Sheldon and is exactly what's wrong with Leonard and Penny... they both know exactly what they're doing wrong yet they keep doing it and we don't care.
Howard smiling and going "yeah" when Raj thinks if the walls could talk they'd ask why does Howard touch himself so much is just so darn cute and that he actually *was* going to fondle himself while they wait in the U-haul just shows how well everyone know Howard.
Patrick Stewart should move in above Leonard and Sheldon and be the grumpy old man upstairs.
My season-ending prediction: *SPOILER* Sheldon and Amy are in bed together like Penny *cough* slut *cough* and Raj were last season.
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The Big Bang Theory Flash mob! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dql26ssMcVI)
In the background you can see that Johnny Galecki walks away and Jim Parsons just stands still! :lol
Btw: Can Kaley be any hotter dancin....dammit! :heart
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Yeah, that was really cool.
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That flash mob was sweet.
Side bar. Penny love Leonard. How cute. I hope he stomps on her heart.
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Ep. 6-08 ~ THE 43 PECULIARITY
4/5
I thought the awkward moment after she said it was written and played nicely. I *do* hope Leonard stomps on her a little bit, makes her feel shitty for how she's treated him in the past and how lucky she's been, and then takes her back. Leonard doesn't realize what a stud player he is. Look at all the chicks he's big-banged and made out with over the years. Now Alex is after him.
Sheldon is gold, as usual, especially when Leonard is spying and looking through the peephole and Sheldon is like "I didn't even know you were here." Too bad Jim Parsons couldn't hacky-sack a few hits in a row live and they had to CGI it. Lame.
Also, I don't find English accents sexy. Maybe that Emily bitch from Friends ruined it for me but if it's an Indian chick talking I melt, like Priya, but I hated her. I really like Australian accents, though.
Leonard's gang should have been called "The Hell's Scientists".
The flash mob was... meh. Nothing new here. Where did Galecki go? All I saw was at the end he was coming back from somewhere. But Penny dancing was sweet for sure, as was Bernie.
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I'm really surprised you didn't mention Penny dropping the l-bomb.
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It's in the first sentence of paragraph one, albeit a little vague.
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:lol I'm not sure how I missed that
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Ep. 6-09 ~ THE PARKING SPOT ESCALATION
4.5/5
This is when comedies are at their prime for me, when there's lots of shenanigans, and quick back-and-forths.
Although Amy definitely crossed the line when she tried to hit Bernadette, their verbal jabs were the best. But you don't take a swing at your friends when all you're doing is ripping on each other, it's just not cool.
The best one was when Amy said that when she and Sheldon have sex at least he won't be thinking of his mother... and Penny goes "dayum" cuz you know that was the ultimate burn.
Sheldon's reaction to Howard in his spot was great, his screams are the best.
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The last episode had me cracking up :lol Sheldon naked in Howard's new MINI was fucking hysterical.
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Well this thread died. I'm applying the paddles.
Penny's reaction at the end of last week's episode was hysterical. :rollin
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I likes Sheldon showing some emotion when he wanted to be hugged. :lol
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I fucking hate Sheldon. In fact, I hate very single character except for Rajesh and maybe Howard and his mom.
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Mrs. Wolowitz is probably the best thing off the series.
I love TBBT, but there hasn't been one scene with Howard's mom where I don't crack up.
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I gave up on this thread cuz I was just talking to myself and I'm pissed off that I don't love it as much as I used to.
But last week's was the worst in the history of the show. I fucking want to throw Penny out a window right now. She has somehow managed to de-evolve which seemed impossible since she started out being a blonde country hick dumbass with nowhere to go but up, and she started to, but we now know she's nothing but a manipulative bully who still thinks and acts like she's in grade school. Not only has she not grown at all now she's just loathsome.
I'm surprised Howard hasn't killed himself what with his Mom's nagging, his wife's making him feel like shit for not making as much as her, and his "friends" making him feel bad for not having a PhD. It's not funny when they make fun of him and you can actually see it in his face that it hurts him.
Raj is just one metrosexual joke and double-entendre after another and it's getting really old really fast.
Leonard has shown he can get girls, hot smart girls, but for some reason he's still waiting for Penny. I could see it if Penny were a sweetheart and things just weren't working out for her or them but she's just a bitch.
The ONLY characters growing are Sheldon and Amy. I've said a million times how much I hate Amy but the last two seasons have turned me around. I love seeing how Sheldon is succumbing to the Darwinian process of needing to procreate but he doesn't even realize it.
They made Stuart a regular... why?
Why the hell don't they bring back the really good characters like Leonard and Sheldon's moms? They need to be in an episode together.
They DESTROYED the nemesis factor between Sheldon and Wil Wheaton. The first two times he was in the show were gold, the third was the Indiana Jones movie which was "meh", and now they are BFF's.
I'm so conflicted right now. I WANT to keep loving this show but it keeps kicking me in the bean bag.
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Mrs. Wolowitz is probably the best thing off the series.
I love TBBT, but there hasn't been one scene with Howard's mom where I don't crack up.
The scenes with here were terrible in space. I thought they way overdid the uncomfortable factor with Howard in that arc.
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They made Stuart a regular... why?
They DESTROYED the nemesis factor between Sheldon and Wil Wheaton. The first two times he was in the show were gold, the third was the Indiana Jones movie which was "meh", and now they are BFF's.
I agree with both of those things. Mainly Stuart. I really don't like that guy.
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Stuart is popular, though, so it does make sense. I've seen a couple places wonder if he was getting a spin-off.
Wheaton I have no idea where they are going. It thought it was fine if they were going to follow up with the Brent Spiner twist to go along with it.
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I like Stuart but there just isn't enough there for him to be a part of the regular cast. He's a recurring gag-character and works extremely well in the comic book store but that's it. I always looked forward to when they'd go there and visit and Stuart could have a few lines or whatever but now the magic is gone.
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PetFish, I enjoy reading your writeups, but I haven't commented that much because I haven't followed the latest season that well. I've seen a few episodes from it, the last one I saw was the one where Penny got the hipster-glasses at the end.
I feel like the show is almost standing still right now. Like you said, some characters are acting in a way that almost takes you out of it, like "why did he do that?" because it's stupid. I'm particularly frustrated when I see Howard who has both his mom and Bernadette who are being douches towards him, but he just takes it. I don't really like where Raj has been going either. Stuart is a regular now? I always enjoyed most of the episodes with him, but I find it hard to see how another "main"-character will lift the show.
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I don't think any character has devolved, I think they're just stagnant and it looks as if they're devolving in comparison to Sheldon and Amy. Also, I think the running gags against Howard are meant to be because he used to be insanely creepy. Some of the things said about his past make it seem like he was boarderline sex offender. I'm tired of Penny though, and would have loved to see Leanord dump her for Sheldon's assistant.
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Thanks, Zan, but without any discussion I can only talk to myself for so long.
Take last night when Leonard just assumes he could move in with Penny, which was wrong, but then you see how Penny freaks out? What the fuck is she waiting for? She's seriously just leading him on until she can find someone better. I ain't saying she a gold digga but what the fuck is her problem?
Leonard has met, kissed, and big-banged many women better than Penny. And I keep saying this: if she were a sweetheart and things just weren't lining up for them like Ross and Rachel, then ok, but Penny is just a fucking BITCH so GET RID OF HER already. She COMPLETELY takes Leonard for granted and manipulates all of them, even the girls.
I did like that Raj is the new Howard and is trapped with his mom, I thought that was pretty fun.
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Yeah, I'm still kinda waiting for them to introduce something about Penny that will give us some more understanding why Leonard is trying so hard. Right now it feels like this: "Penny is hot, ergo she can do whatever she wants and its ok".
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Right now it feels like this: "Penny is hot, ergo she can do whatever she wants and its ok".
That's one of the most real elements of the show...
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Well yeah it might be real in some aspects, but it makes me as a viewer frustrated at Leonard and why he would stay with her, when she doesn't show any signs of being a caring person. She comes off as pretty shallow, and like PetFish said, it totally feels like she's only with Leonard because she's waiting for someone better to come along.
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The bottom line for me is that I cared about Ross and Rachel cuz they cared about each other. Leonard is like me and a lot of other nerds where we care about a girl hoping one day she'll care about us and that's why this isn't funny.
In 6 seasons I can think of only 3.5 things Penny has done nice, of her own free will, for anyone that wasn't named Penny:
1) She bought Leonard and Sheldon Star Trek toys
2) She bought Leonard a Snuggie
3) She got Sheldon that napkin
0.5) She beat up Alicia who was using them which seems nice but ultimately she just wanted the monopoly on that so this is only worth half
One stereotype that's always bothered me relating to the hot blonde skating through life is that we're trying to teach our kids to get edumacated and "do the right things", right? So here we have two highly-educated and successful physicists having to share an apartment cuz they can't afford the rent solo and then we have Penny with no edumacation and works a crappy job one shift per week and she can somehow afford her place... and buy things online all day.
I wonder if I'd get in trouble if I made pennysucks.com.
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My biggest problem with Penny is that I find her to be a pretty terrible actress.
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My biggest problem with Penny is that I find her to be a pretty terrible actress.
Penny's not an actress. Seems Ms Cuoco succeeded. ;)
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You'd think she'd pick some pointers from her time on 8 Simple Rules working with the likes of John Ritter, Katey Sagal and James Gardner
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Well, this show is nothing but a turd now. It's so sad. The girls are so mean and the boys are just stupid.
Penny has solidified her character as the biggest bitch and most poorly-written of all time.
What started out as a cool show about nerds and embracing the stereotypes while also making them cool has ended up a giant F-U to nerds around the world.
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The absolute ONLY bright spot is Sheldon. He's managed to make it the entire time being what I think we all thought he would be from the beginning and adding a really believable relationship in the process that we also all thought probably would never happen.