01-04-2014, 06:55 AM
(01-04-2014, 05:09 AM)thetoadoftruth Wrote:(01-03-2014, 11:12 PM)Gamma12 Wrote: I don't know why they insist on shoving so much into an episode that is only 20 some minutes long. Most hour dramas don't have this many subplots. The Sheldon plot was.weak but did we really.need.to see Bernadette reinact the diner scene from When Harry Met Sally with ? Talk about pointless.
YES! I agree! The Bernadette bit wasn't even a full-fledged sub-plot. More like a micro-plot. And completely unnecessary.
And I take issue with this notion that Sheldon doesn't understand jokes/humor. He's laughed at jokes before- "floppy disk" anyone? - granted he usually has to dissect them first, but it proves that he's capable of abstract thought. As opposed to how he's all of a sudden a complete literalist now. And what about "bazinga"? Isn't that what's known as a comedic gotcha? Sheldon seemed pretty adept with it back in the day.
Poor Raj. With all his mates ensconced within relationships, he's become the show's resident poster child for social awkwardness. In the old days, even with his mutism issues, he used to be able to score female, um, companionship on occasion. But now he has to screw up all his courage just to speak to a mall security guard? A man?
Is continuity the new hobgoblin of little minds?
Oh yeah, they have completely forgotten about Bazinga.
Also I think Raj got laid as early in S1 and he also had that date with the girl who was gay and looking for a husband. They take the characters backwards so they can rewrite them. Raj was never that useless. Howard tried to teach him how to pick up women but Raj always did better. Remember while Howard was trying to be The Falcon? Raj ended up kissing that big girl at the bar.