Sheldor the Conqueror

[ricardo shillyshally]

It does seem like the writers are stuck in some 'oedipus complex paradigm', at least with three of the male characters. They obviously try to give us some background info, as to why the guys are defined by their relationships with their mothers. Sheldon regresses to childhood when a couple close to him argue; and in this episode he tries to ensure that L and Dr Steph, don't fail, like his parents did. I think Sheldon's world changed completely; when his father left, but also because of Mary's religious rebirth. The boy is supposed to move from the mother's influence, to the father's, as another rite of passage. Stuck in the mother's religious paradigm with no male influence(except Spock), means that part of Sheldon remains stuck at that time in his life.