11-06-2015, 04:21 PM
I don't even know anything intelligent or insightful to say about this episode. All characterisation complaints aside, isn't this supposed to be a sitcom? Parsons is a good actor, but he's playing it too straight. He does seem genuinely upset which just makes trying to write joke around it awkward as shit, even from a "watching it for black humour" sort of perspective. It's not fun (and they have made break-ups both impactful and fun before). And then the ending, good lord. He ~accidentally~ comes by just the moment she kisses her date? I might as well be watching one of the soap operas German TV drips on late afternoons by this point.
Overwrought dramatic main plot is dragged only further down by Howardette and their continued incompatibility on a fundamental level. Little as I like Bernadette, and much as I am also someone who wants children, it is kind of sad to see her being strongarmed into fulfilling the demands of society. You Must Have Kids, damnit, no other life choices are acceptable. I suppose it does make sense that she trades in her plans for her future for the good of the marriage, since her husband had to hand in his personality and hobbies.
Overwrought dramatic main plot is dragged only further down by Howardette and their continued incompatibility on a fundamental level. Little as I like Bernadette, and much as I am also someone who wants children, it is kind of sad to see her being strongarmed into fulfilling the demands of society. You Must Have Kids, damnit, no other life choices are acceptable. I suppose it does make sense that she trades in her plans for her future for the good of the marriage, since her husband had to hand in his personality and hobbies.