01-08-2014, 04:29 AM
I've only seen early Stuart, but I actually rather liked him - put me in any group of people, and I will always gravitate to the folks having a discussion about Marvel vs DC, or the works of Alan Moore. Plus, he's kind to stray cats. Leonard's sabotage of his second date with Penny was another 'salt the banana slug' moment for me, even before the red mist of season 3 descended. He seems to have become increasingly hangdog, looking over this thread, which is sad. Like Witchdoctor Fantastic said, the gradual disintegration of the characters is painful - I suppose the showrunners believe that if they are sufficiently cartoon-like, it is somehow acceptable to taunt them. Sympathy is an alien concept.