Wishful Thinking...

[Trust No One]

I think 'Community' snuck up and collared the vein of surreal weirdness BBT could have had if it had been a little smarter. And Abed has the oddball observer of humanity role that Sheldon so nearly had - he might do the pop culture geekery, but you don't get the sense that he can't function in terms of day-to-day living. The show celebrates bizarre individuality, instead of demanding that everyone conform.

(Also, Danny Pudi is a beautiful man. Just to be shallow for a moment.)

Given that CalTech has seen the likes of Jack Parsons and the Suicide Squad - invocations to the God Pan before each rocket launch? - and Feynman (who did some of his work out of a strip club, and used to head off to play bongoes in the desert), the guys are pretty unimaginative. Also, the genuine prank rivalry with MIT could be exploited.

Oh yeah.



I think TBBT used to be celebratory of difference, but it lost its way come season 4... like I said, now it's ambiguous. I don't know who the joke is on, but there shouldn't be a joke on anyone. They're constantly pulling at the characters and trying to bend them around the writing, rather than letting the characters shape the story. Sheldon's "feelings" for Amy are not believable to me (And indeed probably everyone else on this forum) because they've just slotted in this notion out of nowhere that Sheldon would be bothered about a physical relationship, thus unravelling everything about the character that had been set up previously.

I loved how different this show felt in the earlier seasons. Once the Lenny and then the Shamy started, everything felt forced and bland. no surprises and just following a tired old script.