I think you're right, about the humor and the empathy coming together, but the difference was in the approach. He tried to figure out humor with science and failed, but he managed to say the right thing to Leonard without trying to solve or overthink anything. Just feeling and, for once, connecting. I thought it…

I didn't mind the C-plot. And while, like everyone, I now feel bad for the actress who was to be the pretty girl who got her part cut, I think it works better without it. Stuff moved, happened, blew up in the A plot. Raj and Stuart were a very Big Bangian counterpoint to that, the tragedy of stasis and self imposed…

I actually thought this was a breakthrough episode for Penny. She used to be something aspirational for all the other characters, the exception to their rule, the happy, confident, comfortable airhead who illustrated just how stunted and uncomfortable not fitting in could actually be. Now, in this episodes, she…

I know this is a thousand years old, but thank you for this reading. I think I see pretty much eye-to-eye with you on this show, but i've been struggling with figuring out the gay humor around Raj - gay-and-hating-it works perfectly, and much better than what i've been cobbling together. (I swear, I went as far as…

I know this is a thousand years old, but thank you for this reading. I think I see pretty much eye-to-eye with you on this show, but i've been struggling with figuring out the gay humor around Raj - gay-and-hating-it works perfectly, and much better than what i've been cobbling together. (I swear, I went as far as…