04-05-2016, 07:31 AM
For me, this episode was an easy three dirty socks. The silence of the audience echoed in my office. I could feel how awkward people were feeling as Sheldon related his anguish about his 'failing'. It was drawn out way too long, making the scenes hard for the audience to engage with as they were probably wondering when (if?) the punchline was supposed to come in (needing desperately to know that somewhere in this mess they still have the right to laugh at something that is so tragic). Jim played his role seriously (and well, given the scenario), and the humour just couldn't raise the spirits of the scenes. This wouldn't be so problematic if this show was anything BUT A BLOODY SITCOM! But as it is, this was another huge blunder a la Arctic experiment when the writers have missed the beat of what's funny and what's actually pretty serious shit.
Let's go exploring!