Season 8 - promises and threats *SPOILERS*

[Louise]

Things we could've had instead of 5 couples:

• actual plots
  
• interaction amongst the main 5
  
• Howard/Raj friendship
  
• Sheldon/Penny friendship
  
• Good *minor* characters like Leslie, Kripke, Missy, Ramona, other people from Cal-Tech, Mary Cooper, Raj's parents, etc. And I prefer Stuart as a minor character, the sweet guy who asked out Penny, not whatever the hell he is now.
  
• Science
  
• A clue