08-19-2014, 11:45 AM
Nothing makes me angrier than people who think the pre-Bernadette Howard was a one-dimensional character or a bad person. The post-Bernadette stuff makes me so uncomfortable that I find it unwatchable.
Simon H's acting can't be faulted, but that singing episode? Definitely a shark-jumping moment and a low point for the series. I couldn't bring myself to watch that whole scene. Saying that B. is his best friend? Raj is his best friend. Nice Soviet-style revisionism, writers...
Also, the "letter" episode? Disturbing. Unsettling. So much like the daytime soap operas my Grandma used to watch. I mean, really, could anyone have predicted the show would turn out like this? It's like a bad dream. It's unreal.
This video is what I mean when I talk about "emotional Howard." Not the saccharine stuff from later seasons. If you recall, in the early seasons, it was kind of a running theme, this idea that Howard's moods change quickly and his emotions are always close to the surface. He cries easily:
Simon H's acting can't be faulted, but that singing episode? Definitely a shark-jumping moment and a low point for the series. I couldn't bring myself to watch that whole scene. Saying that B. is his best friend? Raj is his best friend. Nice Soviet-style revisionism, writers...
Also, the "letter" episode? Disturbing. Unsettling. So much like the daytime soap operas my Grandma used to watch. I mean, really, could anyone have predicted the show would turn out like this? It's like a bad dream. It's unreal.
This video is what I mean when I talk about "emotional Howard." Not the saccharine stuff from later seasons. If you recall, in the early seasons, it was kind of a running theme, this idea that Howard's moods change quickly and his emotions are always close to the surface. He cries easily: