03-12-2016, 03:31 AM
There were a couple of things I liked from tonight's show and surprisingly it was all dealing with Raj.
It's no secret here that I would rather have someone shove Bamboo shoots under my fingernails then watch Bernadette, Amy & drunk Penny have one of their passive-aggressive, by the numbers "girls night/council of ladies" and it looked like this was just another forgettable session. Ask about Bernadettes morning sickness...check. Make sarcastic joke...check. Watch Penny pouring ANOUTHER glass of wine to get through it...check. One of the boys comes in for advice...check. However, once Raj puts Emily on speakerphone was where things got interesting. Socially smart Penny was back and her reactions listening to Emily's "I just really miss my best friend" and her knowing telling Raj "to say hi to Emily" after he said it was over with Emily and starts leaving was actually funny.
The other scene that amused me was Raj in the car playing phone tag with Emily and Claire. Where Emily would say say something it get him to come over, Raj would call Claire and say he's going over, Claire saying Emily's manipulating him and then telling him exactly what Emily said to prove it, Raj calling back Emily saying he can't come over, and it starting over again was funny. It reminded me that these guys were once funny when dealing with outside influences like Kripke, Leslie, Wil, and Gabelhouser before they Stepforded them to the point there's no conflict. It made you root for our boys to come out on top against them. Unfortunately they ended this whole setup by going with the overused cliche of Raj and Emily in bed together
The other story was..well it was frustrating. Sheldon, Leonard & Howard go to Patent their idea and are surprised that The University will own most of it. Really? First these guys would all be making between 80 to 140 thousand dollars a year...each. So the desperate need money angle is just stupid. Second, after all this time they thought they owned the intellectual property that they come up with and are shocked the University would own most of the Patent? I thought they were supposed to be bright. BTW, the University letting them have 25% is damn generous and they would've been within their rights To simply take all the notes, math, etc they've done and given it to another Scientist to work on if the guys got pissy and said they just wouldn't build it then.
We also got Sheldumb getting an erection over making contracts. Sheldons a bully jokes, Penny doesn't care about me jokes from Leonard, Sheldon/Penny is dumb jokes, a completely throw away Sheldon/OCD joke (I guess to remind people he actually used to have OCD for an upcoming episode) and other filler crap.
What really makes me sad about this episode: When vintage Sheldon was putting people down, he was socially clueless, and was genuinely confused why people were mad at him telling the truth (as he saw it) Now, Sheldon knows exactly what he's saying, and just doesn't care. Vintage Sheldon could be forgiven and even loved because he didn't understand social niceties and could get away saying things we wished we could say. Sheldumb can't be forgiven because he's just an arrogant prat. Growth my ass.
It's no secret here that I would rather have someone shove Bamboo shoots under my fingernails then watch Bernadette, Amy & drunk Penny have one of their passive-aggressive, by the numbers "girls night/council of ladies" and it looked like this was just another forgettable session. Ask about Bernadettes morning sickness...check. Make sarcastic joke...check. Watch Penny pouring ANOUTHER glass of wine to get through it...check. One of the boys comes in for advice...check. However, once Raj puts Emily on speakerphone was where things got interesting. Socially smart Penny was back and her reactions listening to Emily's "I just really miss my best friend" and her knowing telling Raj "to say hi to Emily" after he said it was over with Emily and starts leaving was actually funny.
The other scene that amused me was Raj in the car playing phone tag with Emily and Claire. Where Emily would say say something it get him to come over, Raj would call Claire and say he's going over, Claire saying Emily's manipulating him and then telling him exactly what Emily said to prove it, Raj calling back Emily saying he can't come over, and it starting over again was funny. It reminded me that these guys were once funny when dealing with outside influences like Kripke, Leslie, Wil, and Gabelhouser before they Stepforded them to the point there's no conflict. It made you root for our boys to come out on top against them. Unfortunately they ended this whole setup by going with the overused cliche of Raj and Emily in bed together
The other story was..well it was frustrating. Sheldon, Leonard & Howard go to Patent their idea and are surprised that The University will own most of it. Really? First these guys would all be making between 80 to 140 thousand dollars a year...each. So the desperate need money angle is just stupid. Second, after all this time they thought they owned the intellectual property that they come up with and are shocked the University would own most of the Patent? I thought they were supposed to be bright. BTW, the University letting them have 25% is damn generous and they would've been within their rights To simply take all the notes, math, etc they've done and given it to another Scientist to work on if the guys got pissy and said they just wouldn't build it then.
We also got Sheldumb getting an erection over making contracts. Sheldons a bully jokes, Penny doesn't care about me jokes from Leonard, Sheldon/Penny is dumb jokes, a completely throw away Sheldon/OCD joke (I guess to remind people he actually used to have OCD for an upcoming episode) and other filler crap.
What really makes me sad about this episode: When vintage Sheldon was putting people down, he was socially clueless, and was genuinely confused why people were mad at him telling the truth (as he saw it) Now, Sheldon knows exactly what he's saying, and just doesn't care. Vintage Sheldon could be forgiven and even loved because he didn't understand social niceties and could get away saying things we wished we could say. Sheldumb can't be forgiven because he's just an arrogant prat. Growth my ass.
“There are no scenes more fun to do, I feel like, than the ones between Sheldon and Penny. They are such a wonderful odd couple.” - Jim Parsons