Greetings HQers. Now, we all had a brilliant time kvetching about which of the Season 5,6 & 7 episodes managed to pull free from the Jar Jar Binks stranglehold, but here we have a different kettle of fish in a different ballpark.

We LIKE these seasons, so whittling them down to our favorites might prove more difficult.

At the end we’ll skim the Top Five off each season, and see what pattern, if any, emerges.

Obviously we won’t be so darn foolish as to combine all the Top Fives into one Top Thirty-Five, as I’d wager than many here would contend (including myself) that the WORST of Seasons 1-4 are still better than the BEST of Season 5-7, so episodes from the later seasons wouldn’t even make it into a Top One Hundred.

But I’m quibbling. Just vote.

Only choose 5 here please.

Your choices will not be monitored for training purposes.

(Luminous Fish, Cooper-Hofstadter, Pancake Batter, Jerusalem Duality and Nerdvana Annihilation were Gripe's choices....I found this one a piece of piss actually, compared to the future doubtless agony of choosing from Season 2....)

Because Gripe loathes Season 5 (and loathes may be too pallid a word here), I've been handed the dubious honor of setting up the Noteworthy Episodes Poll. So here 'tis in all its Bugs, Birds and Bongos glory, the bugs belonging to the relationship beta-testing species. Remember?

After the staggering, tear-inducing, scintillating success of the Season 7 Episode Poll (only a minor exaggeration I think?) here is the Season 6 one as promised.
Again, nothing like Shawshank, just pick some noteworthy episodes.

If you can't think of any (and presumably thereby ruling out their inclusion as "noteworthy") or can't remember what the buggers were called, then do please consult this list;

SEASON SIX EPISODES

We'd write our own summaries, but they'd probably end up rather rude for some of the episodes, so we'd best remain neutral.

Gripe chose (albeit with reservations over some);

Re-Entry
43 Peculiarity
Parking Spot
Bakersfield
Cooper/Kripke
Monster Isolation
Proton Resurgence

My reservations are obviously towards Bakersfield and Cooper/Kripke, as we've frequently mentioned the first has Sheldon expressing self-doubt for illogical reasons, ie, the disdain and mockery of other people, and ones not worthy of his attention to begin with, and the second because it quite blatantly points out that he's not as smart as he thinks he is, whereas the entire history of the show (bar the comical diversion of Winkle and Kim) stresses that he IS, in fact, as smart as he often professes. Indeed it is his saving grace.
Demonstrating that Kripke (of all people) can best him in his own field, renders all his past behaviour highly questionable. It's also an effort to rewrite the character post hoc, which is artistically indefensible as far as I'm concerned.
They're doing the same thing in Season 7 with Sheldon and "romance". It's not character growth, it's re-writing. And it can go to hell.

As for why include them then...Well, they were both very early-season in style, and Vintage Sheldon was present in considerable force...particularly as Darth Cooper, so...Yes yes I know.

Just choose your own episodes. And do by all means explain your choices. If you have a moment.