11-26-2016, 06:29 PM
The most surprising thing I found out from doing this exercise is how little Leonard is used. One could argue that Howard has had more central stories than Leonard has. Since S6, Leonard has had no single-focused stories. His marriage to Penny has relogated him to supporting cast. All Leonard plots are joint and both Howard and Raj outdo him in single-focus plots.
I was not at all surprised to see that Sheldon does indeed carry the weight of the show, with Penny second. Although Penny has had all B and C plots in S9 and there has been a big drop S9, also S4 when Amy was brought in and she wasn't dating Leonard.
Look how much there were using Sheldon in S9 - its about as high as S3 before they got the 2 extra characters. They are using everyone else less except Amy who has had a spike.
I was not at all surprised to see that Sheldon does indeed carry the weight of the show, with Penny second. Although Penny has had all B and C plots in S9 and there has been a big drop S9, also S4 when Amy was brought in and she wasn't dating Leonard.
Look how much there were using Sheldon in S9 - its about as high as S3 before they got the 2 extra characters. They are using everyone else less except Amy who has had a spike.