and BAM! Howard Wolowitz

[Louise]

Since the beginning of season 4 Howard has been constantly saying [to Bernadette]: "I've changed, I'm not the same guy anymore". I can't hear it anymore. Howard's trying to neglect / hide his past. A past which was worth of having an own comedy show. And now? There's nothing left of him, he is a shell of his former self.

I know, Berliner! This is what drove me to join HQ in the first place. Classic Howard is one of the best sitcom characters of the past twenty or thirty years; I really believe that.

What they've done to him is such a waste. I can't watch watered-down Howard. It breaks my heart. If I had to choose, I'd rather they'd dropped the character entirely, than destroyed him like this.

Plus, there's this ugly message that you have to change yourself completely in order to be loved or accepted. The H/B is a disaster without any points in its favor.

Well....it's not much consolation, but we Nostalgics know who the real Howard is

We still love you, Classic Howard, you dirty, dirty boy!