10-07-2014, 02:11 PM
Quote:The Lenny dynamic has really hurt this show IMO and has been horrible for the Penny character. The Leonard character has also never recovered once the Lenny was given serious attention. You really sense a pattern with characters really suffering with this Ships. Sheldon, Howard, and even Raj now. There has not been one character that has benefited from these Ships.
Exactly, Ses. These ships have not made anything better, only worse. They have not opened up new avenues for stories and situations, they only burn bridges and make the scope of the show narrower and narrower. The writers have painted themselves into a corner, story-wise, but that's not as troubling as the destruction of the characters.
I like early-Seasons Leonard well enough. He's easily my least-favorite of the four guys, but I don't hate him.
Years from now, I wonder if anyone would bother to start watching this show from the beginning, knowing that the story is basically over by S4.