03-17-2014, 08:52 AM
Probably too late to be weighing in but...
First of all I was predisposed, perhaps unfairly, to utterly despise this episode because of that dreadful promo ("I saw my mommy..."). But once I was able to lance that mental carbuncle and focus on the scenes that surrounded it, I discovered there were bits and pieces that weren't entirely disagreeable.
It's always a pleasure to watch Parsons and Metcalf together - they're each so brilliantly in tune with the other. Yes, we're spared a Shamy anvil being unceremoniously dumped on our heads. But I can't help but see this Texas interlude as yet another hammer-swing at Sheldon's concepts of perfection, hypocrisy, happiness and physical intimacy. Sheldon has gone from being a proactive character to being a reactive character, and more and more he's having to adapt to circumstances that are thrust upon him. Ultimately it's designed to make his character malleable enough for the inevitable Shamy coitus to occur. Because of this the scenes between Sheldon and his mother are tinged with a sort of pathos for me. And I can't help shaking my head at the irony of Sheldon bleating "I'm a grown man..I'm a professional scientist..." given how the writers are absolutely hellbent on juvenilizing him and stripping him of his scientific prowess.
First of all I was predisposed, perhaps unfairly, to utterly despise this episode because of that dreadful promo ("I saw my mommy..."). But once I was able to lance that mental carbuncle and focus on the scenes that surrounded it, I discovered there were bits and pieces that weren't entirely disagreeable.
It's always a pleasure to watch Parsons and Metcalf together - they're each so brilliantly in tune with the other. Yes, we're spared a Shamy anvil being unceremoniously dumped on our heads. But I can't help but see this Texas interlude as yet another hammer-swing at Sheldon's concepts of perfection, hypocrisy, happiness and physical intimacy. Sheldon has gone from being a proactive character to being a reactive character, and more and more he's having to adapt to circumstances that are thrust upon him. Ultimately it's designed to make his character malleable enough for the inevitable Shamy coitus to occur. Because of this the scenes between Sheldon and his mother are tinged with a sort of pathos for me. And I can't help shaking my head at the irony of Sheldon bleating "I'm a grown man..I'm a professional scientist..." given how the writers are absolutely hellbent on juvenilizing him and stripping him of his scientific prowess.
OH PLEASE...