Parsons and Cuoco

[Nutz]

I would hope Lorre could tell the difference between Sheen's public manic "winning" rant and an actor who says during the read through, I can't see my character acting this way, can we change it so I'm doing this instead. But maybe not. And maybe he did originally try to make some changes (he did say he questioned why they wanted him to play the character more like "him") but TPTB didn't want to hear them, and he figured oh well, it's a paycheck.

What really sucks is that TPTB sold this " growth" crap (even to the cast) but even they can't deny that the most popular episodes to this day are mostly from seasons 1-3, and by and large Sheldon/Penny centric. Without JP portrayal of vintage Sheldon, this show wouldn't have even made it to syndication.