‘The Big Bang Theory’ season 6, episode 11 review: Did Raj get a girl?

The Big Bang Theory December 13, 2012

‘The Big Bang Theory” had a holiday-themed episode on Thursday night; but strangely, this episode really was not too strong when it came to celebrating the holidays. Instead, the story that really captured our attention was the hope of seeing Raj finding a woman after being alone all of these years.

Did it happen? Not even close, and what happened as a result was one of the most disappointing half-hours of the entire season. For whatever reason, the writers decided to turn Raj yet again into a character who is continually kicked down rather than empowered in his search for his special someone. Even when he was talking with a woman, it was off-camera during his little ladies’ night with Amy, Penny, and Bernadette.

When it came to the conclusion of this story, the only real “moment” came when Raj connected briefly with Amy, who was the only one of the three women he hadn’t fallen for already, over the fact that they both had horrible upbringings when it came to the ladies. It was nice to have someone for him to relate to, but considering that she has a boyfriend now, isn’t it really different?

It’s hard to really even talk too much about what is going on with Sheldon and the rest of the gang, mainly because there was nothing that went on here outside of some assorted hijinks about his distaste for the story. The thing we really did not like about this was simply that Sheldon has had great Christmas moments in the past … so why would he suddenly start complaining about it more than ever now?

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2 Comments

Diana
December 13, 2012 @ 10:40 pm

Love the show but tired of Raj’s latent homosexuality. This theme has worn thin and was never funny to begin with. The Raj character is funniest when he has some backbone – like when he put the huge desk in Sheldon’s office.
Stacie
December 13, 2012 @ 9:22 pm

I love TBBT, and all of the characters in it. I have to agree with you to a point about Raj’s striking out again. Having his interaction with a girl off camera left us wondering what he said to her – and this way we will never know. Raj is a very handsome man and it is unbelievable that no woman wants to talk to him. I remember in Season 5 when Raj was introduced to the deaf golddigging girl – and Howard, who can communicate in sign language, had to tell him that it was NOT Raj that came off as being smooth – but rather Howard, who intervened and made it so Raj would not come off as a dork. Raj has had some success in the past, after all – remember Summer Glau? (That is until he realized he was drinking non-alcoholic beer)