01-13-2018, 07:35 AM
(01-13-2018, 02:55 AM)CTR69 Wrote: Shenny again proved the most interesting pair in the episode. While Lemy played around with silly school projects and sidekicks were trying to be a band, Shenny did great with the limited amount of screen time they had.
Penny kept her out-of-the-box approach and ideas and Sheldon always liked to talk to her about his work or teach her stuff. She didn't find it boring or dumb and Sheldon needed someone to casually spill his ideas out. Penny was a great listener, she would be of great help, if she'd let Sheldon say out loud everything that's bothering him. She remains the only person in the world with whom Sheldon can be completely honest ("If I'm being honest..." he never said that to anyone) and open, without getting mocked or gossiped afterwards. He needs much more of that. He never gets to talk to anyone about his work.
It's like she can listen to Sheldon with much more enthusiasm, tries to get him, understand his work and brainstorm new ideas. If Leonard told her the same things, it wouldn't work the same, IMO. He lacks the enthusiasm when talking to her about science.
Her triple-knock and "Interesting..." were good little details. If she'd spend more time with Sheldon, she'd become more like him.
The only "problem" I found was, Sheldon didn't have that teacher stance, like in the Gorilla Experiment. He lacked that confidence and badass know-it-all attitude from the Worksong. He was too casual and girly.
Lamy underestimates Penny way too much. When Penny is alone with them, they're almost bullies. Leonard always sides with Amy to mock Penny. That's the vibe I got from them, so the ending was very satisfying, when she stunned them both.
"Oh Penny, you're so dumb. You will never understand string theory. Go back to being just a pretty face and leave science to us, mkay?"
I generally agree with this, except I don't have a problem with the "loss" of the know-it-all attitude because I don't really perceive it as a loss as much as a "hey, I'm open to hearing other things" type of growth. In that moment when Penny was about to state something regarding String Theory, Sheldon was looking at her like he was all ears - like he sincerely wanted to know what she thought. He did not look dismissive AT ALL just because she had a community college degree (or did she drop out, I can't remember). While she ultimately deflected to Sheldon, given their past history and what Sheldon knows about Penny, I wouldn't expect Sheldon to do that with her as much as say, Amy, or even Leonard or the other guys. THAT to me marks growth in Sheldon and for that I believe it is OK if Sheldon didn't come off like a badass know-it-all, at least to Penny.