See...you state things without referencing the episode dude. It's frustrating and not to mention random. How would anyone who has not been caught up know what you're talking about?
The Big Bang Theory on tbs and season 5:
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We could just assume he meant the last episode.
I thought yesterday's episode was better than the first two. Back where it should be, or something. And Sheldon hitting Leonard over Amy was kind of cute.
We could assume he meant the last episode but given this is a re-run thread as well you can't be certain given his earlier comment about Missy. I think we're back to the level of expectation as well.
Why "poor Howard"? He could only ever be close to someone who is like his Ma, and fortunately Bernadette shares much of that capacity. 
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What about Raj? He's nothing like Ma.
Speaking of which, the long distance kissing simulator he and Raj tried out was a thousand different kinds of disturbing, especially when the scene kept going and going.
I had the exact opposite reaction.. Amy is slowly getting on my nerves with her constant misjudgement of intentions and actions and this was extremely apparent in this episode. At times she is quite funny and she has a nice smile but that's about it.. we already have a socially clueless character on the show and the actor has won two Emmys and a Golden Globe for playing him so well
The second story though was awesome as hell.. one of the most funniest "B" stories ever on the show and it was so well written and played that it had me in stitches for the entire time both cringing at Howard and laughing my ass off at Bernadette.
Melissa Rauch is a comedy genius.. she is cute and sexy as hell but can make you die from laughter within a second. Her Mrs. Wolowitz voice is just so friggin' great and this episode it was used to full effect.. more Bernadette please!
What about Raj? He's nothing like Ma.
Speaking of which, the long distance kissing simulator he and Raj tried out was a thousand different kinds of disturbing, especially when the scene kept going and going.
I kept waiting for one of them to stop in horror. I think the fact that they didn't -- and Leonard's discomforted reaction -- was what sold that scene.
I thought last night's episode was better than the first two as well. Probably the best Amy episode yet, and pairing her up with Leonard gave a new dynamic. I'm glad her character has evolved so much from her first couple of appearances. Nice to keep Sheldon more on the sidelines for an episode too.
However the Bernadette/Howard plot had some laughs, but otherwise felt like a total rehash from a similar plotline last year.
However the Bernadette/Howard plot had some laughs, but otherwise felt like a total rehash from a similar plotline last year.
Honestly, I don't understand what Bernadette even sees in Wolowitz, the relationship doesn't make a lot of sense imo.
Yeah that was intentional. Didn't she start doing the voice in another episode? They were in the hospital for some reason or another.
I don't get it either. Leonard is sweet, Sheldon is funny and physically attractive, even Raj could have some appeal. But Wolowitz just grosses me out so much.
I haven't watched TBS in years as I couldn't stand watching chopped-up, sped-up episodes with constant promos over the video. Has it improved any in that regard?
That was the whole point.
My friends are all huge fans and keep bugging me to start watching. I caught 1 or 2 random episodes from last season and didn't really get into it. They all told me that was because I needed to see the show from the beginning. I don't really see why. It's not like I didn't understand the show. I just didn't think the writing was very funny. But I indulged them last week and watched the 1st 4 episodes. While I laughed a few times, I'm still not even remotely sold on the show.
The whole thing is just played too broadly for my tastes. The characters don't really feel like characters so much as some broad Hollywood version of what nerds are like. There's not enough specificity in their nerdyness for it to ring true for me. (To roughly quote Nicholas Meyer, when you write specificity, you get generality. When you write generality, you get cafeteria food.) On the other hand, I also watched the movie Paul this week and that movie has such an earnest, genuine love of geekdom. I never doubted Paul's sincerity the way I do The Big Bang Theory.
Dear god, I can only hope. In just the 1st 4 episodes, her characterization is all over the map. The writers can't decide if she's really a ditz or just playing dumb, if she's shallow enough to look down on their geekiness or merely doesn't understand it. It also makes Leonard look shallow and unappealing for being so head-over-heels for someone that seems to have so little happening upstairs.
I also don't buy Johnny Galecki's brand of geekiness for a second. I think they went the totally wrong route with his character from day 1. I'd believe him as some sort of emo hipster goth geek but the big glasses and the French Stewart voice just smack of unimaginative stereotypes.
On the plus side, in a moment of minor star-watching, I noticed that Sheldon's boss in "The Luminous Fish Effect" was the same guy that played Captain Janeway's boyfriend Kaashyyk in "Counterpoint" and the evil ballet company owner in the Angel episode "Waiting in the Wings."
The whole thing is just played too broadly for my tastes. The characters don't really feel like characters so much as some broad Hollywood version of what nerds are like. There's not enough specificity in their nerdyness for it to ring true for me. (To roughly quote Nicholas Meyer, when you write specificity, you get generality. When you write generality, you get cafeteria food.) On the other hand, I also watched the movie Paul this week and that movie has such an earnest, genuine love of geekdom. I never doubted Paul's sincerity the way I do The Big Bang Theory.
Dear god, I can only hope. In just the 1st 4 episodes, her characterization is all over the map. The writers can't decide if she's really a ditz or just playing dumb, if she's shallow enough to look down on their geekiness or merely doesn't understand it. It also makes Leonard look shallow and unappealing for being so head-over-heels for someone that seems to have so little happening upstairs.
I also don't buy Johnny Galecki's brand of geekiness for a second. I think they went the totally wrong route with his character from day 1. I'd believe him as some sort of emo hipster goth geek but the big glasses and the French Stewart voice just smack of unimaginative stereotypes.
On the plus side, in a moment of minor star-watching, I noticed that Sheldon's boss in "The Luminous Fish Effect" was the same guy that played Captain Janeway's boyfriend Kaashyyk in "Counterpoint" and the evil ballet company owner in the Angel episode "Waiting in the Wings."
I too, felt that they weren't really nerds, but some sort of weird comedy stereotype of nerds. As I've gotten more into the show though, I don't feel quite that way anymore. A lot of jokes are still written for a more general audience in a way that doesn't ring quite true for me. But there's also a lot of moments where the characters seem right, and endearing, and honestly nerdy.
I think there's always going to be an aspect of the stereotype, because they need a general audience. My mother-in-law watches it! But the characters and plots have definitely grown on me and it's a show I enjoy quite a bit now.
I think there's always going to be an aspect of the stereotype, because they need a general audience. My mother-in-law watches it! But the characters and plots have definitely grown on me and it's a show I enjoy quite a bit now.
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