03-27-2015, 05:20 AM
Yes, this is Sheldon and Leonard, or Shelnard if you prefer, at their best. You definitely get the sense that no matter how exasperated or mortified Leonard is by Sheldon or how baffled and amused Sheldon is by Leonard, in the final analysis they each have the other's back. Whether it's subduing the chaos of a neighboring galaxy or retrieving a belonging from a terrifying giant (Pilot episode), these two are in it together, come what may.
It's how they relate to, assist, and complement the other that makes me like them as individual characters. That Leonard will capitulate to Sheldon in his organizational frenzy and, later, wordlessly scribble a helpful "Sarcasm," or that Sheldon, recently pantsed, will benignly assure Leonard "it's okay" speaks volumes about their friendship.
And THIS is the show I want/wanted to watch - Leonard acting as a sort of translator for his "peerless" roommate and the world at large, Sheldon putting things into context and perspective from his vantage point of Observer, and Penny filling in the gaps with her blend of pragmatism and real-world knowledge.
Topped off with Howard and Raj as a funky G®eek Chorus of sorts, and shuttling within and between the boundaries of Academia and Nerdvana, theoretically there's more than enough characters and permutations thereof to embark on a lengthy series of adventures, quests, predicaments, challenges, discoveries, setbacks and, ultimately, triumphs.
Theoretically.
It's how they relate to, assist, and complement the other that makes me like them as individual characters. That Leonard will capitulate to Sheldon in his organizational frenzy and, later, wordlessly scribble a helpful "Sarcasm," or that Sheldon, recently pantsed, will benignly assure Leonard "it's okay" speaks volumes about their friendship.
And THIS is the show I want/wanted to watch - Leonard acting as a sort of translator for his "peerless" roommate and the world at large, Sheldon putting things into context and perspective from his vantage point of Observer, and Penny filling in the gaps with her blend of pragmatism and real-world knowledge.
Topped off with Howard and Raj as a funky G®eek Chorus of sorts, and shuttling within and between the boundaries of Academia and Nerdvana, theoretically there's more than enough characters and permutations thereof to embark on a lengthy series of adventures, quests, predicaments, challenges, discoveries, setbacks and, ultimately, triumphs.
Theoretically.
OH PLEASE...