Another excellent and very insightful review, Todd. I particularly enjoyed your closing paragraphs where you discussed the meta of the episode and how it reflects change in all lives and in our lives. Very touching…thank you for illuminating that aspect.

Apartment size… excellent point! She's in a 1 bedroom, they're in a 2.

Sure was great seeing him again!

You may not be the only one, but not everyone. Raj, I believe, is a hard character to evolve…if for no other reason then the writers kept him in shitville for so long with this selective mutism. Now they have to catch him up to everyone else, so his character, IMHO, is always going to be a bit off…oh well.

For an episode which well represented each of the characters, advance (and concluded) the storyline, and reinforced the relationships of the characters, its certainly does earn an "A". Anything less is just stupidity.

Its consistent with the new level of friendship Sheldon and Wil have developed that Wil is "Nice Wil" and not "Evil Wil". "Evil Wil" was fun, but the relationship changed and they are writing him accordingly.

I got that too. It didn't at all feel like Leonard was trying to hurt Sheldon. There was no malice in his actions or his informing Sheldon. He was indeed trying to help. Why would it seem otherwise?

Hmm… "would would"…and "Sheldon is a person that doesn’t put too much stock in personal relationships" should be "Sheldon is a person who doesn’t put too much stock in personal relationships". Sheldon may be an asshole, but he's a person, not an object and should be referenced as "who", not "that".

As of October 1, 2013, this magnificent triumph of a series will no longer be on Netflix streaming.  A HUGE loss to us subscribers, I might add.

Ken Jeong has appeared less and less.  Once he stopped being a teacher and became a student, and especially once he focused less on trying to join the group, his character has had to do more and more outlandish things …and usually in an unrelated story line.