‘The Big Bang Theory’ season 7, episode 10 review: Did Leonard ruin Howard’s discovery?
“The Big Bang Theory” had one theme to it Thursday night, and that is characters showing up one another in some shape or form.
When it comes to the Leonard and Sheldon story, the big news was finding out the truth about Sheldon’s paper being disproven. Just when he was starting to get used to having the spotlight and all of the attention on him, Leonard informs him that he has made a big “discovery” that will help to get him away from all of that “unwanted” attention. But what happens when that unwanted attention becomes wanted attention? That is what Sheldon seemingly realized in a chat with Wil Wheaton.
This was a nice episode for guest stars, as Sheldon was also taunted in here by Barry Kripke, who returned mostly to trash him about having to retract his paper. Some of this was funny, but mostly, it was all a revelation that this may be one of the lowest moments that we have seen from Jim Parsons’ character since the show began.
As for Howard and Bernadette, they had to learn that somehow, it was better for them to not be loved and encouraged, mostly because it made the two of them feel a million times worse about their own relationships. Raj as a houseguest seems great in theory, but this to us was the funniest part of the whole episode since it shows time and time again why he never wins. This is a guy who just cares too much! He’s going to have a hard time finding that perfect person if he continues to be this way, but it doesn’t seem like there will be any changing the guy right now.
All in all, this was a nice return for the show following a disappointing Thanksgiving outing. It wasn’t the funniest thing that we’ve ever seen the show do, but there were some laughs, and a nice representation of the science community via “Science Friday.” Grade: B.
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TVdiva
December 10, 2013 @ 10:09 pm
The stars were awesome. Ira Flatow rocked. Wil and Kripke loved. That’s it.
Another whiner Sheldon episode. Sheldon being a d**k to Leonard and Amy the two people that show the most caring towards him. Amy has become too “normal” it’s rage-inducing to watch her character become another punching bag for him. He was the one who wanted her but now she just written as some desperate chick. No more Shamy-magic-quirky-weird-we-get-each-other but no-one-gets-us dynamic that made this couple worth watching (writer’s should be forced to watch seasons 4-5 on a constant loop – to get a handle on their history).I know the hang-up is “is this couple going to have sex”—- honestly with the way he treats her why would she want too. At least on the Leonard and Penny front there was not much couple drama. Hopefully the Thanksgiving debacle will be the last of “how stupid can we write Penny” the show has gotten stuck into. She was the pretty blond next door who was not the cliche blond next door but now she is the dumber-than Zack-alcoholic-bitter-with-her-life girl next door. Poor suffering Leonard was supposed to be not happy about a married Penny. Please. I’ve watched since season one and I’m a bit of a geek girl so I’ve really loved these character and this show but seasons 6-7 have been some of the worst character UN-development/regression that I have seen on tv.
mberker4
December 6, 2013 @ 6:41 am
howard and raj were funny and its always nice to see will