8.18 The Leftover Thermalization (March 12)

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I can't believe they're devoting three episodes to an unseen character.

ETA: I can't believe there's so much sitting around and moping on this show, when the characters used to be so kinetic, esp. Simon.

Well its worse than that, I think Howard dealing with his mother's death is going to be around a few more episodes. And you are right Louise, everything is dark and static. The wardrobe, the set, the dialogue, certainly the couples are nothing but dark and boring. This show use to be so kinetic.

As far as I can see this episode was one long set up for a very tired joke. The Sheldon and Leonard bickering was a little over the top. Yes, I understand why Leonard was upset, but Sheldon wasn't the one that left his name out of the article and Sheldon did tell the interviewer that Leonard was part of the paper. We learn later that Sheldon didn't correct the interviewer when he called Sheldon the lead author, but there is nothing in the episode that points to Leonard knowing that. So basically we get an episode where both Leonard and Sheldon act like children and continue a truly pointless fight into what is suppose to be a (I assume) a moving moment as Howard gathers his friends to share the last food his mother cooked. This leads to the "joke" - Bernadette hauling Sheldon and Leonard away from the dining table to yell at them in Howard's moms voice.

Simons a good actor and he did a good job with the material he was given, but the writing has become so lazy that there really isn't much there. Also, I know this is nitpicky, how did they cook all that food on one gas stove. No electricity so they couldn't use a microwave, crockpot or any other appliance(if I cared more about what was going on in the episode that wouldn't bother me).

Here is the review from the av club. They were not too impressed either.

http://www.avclub.com/tvclub/big-bang-th...ion-216518