Gene Belcher agrees.

Just read an interview with the actor who plays Stan and he said that the phone calls always were filmed with the other actors on the call present.

Amy had been in an emotionally abusive relationship for some time. Finally, the writers throw her a bone and she gets a well deserved kiss.
TBBT has lost me as a viewer but as long as the ratings are so high, what motivation do they have to make the show quirky and funny like it once was?