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Wow, Wil Wheaton really is evil. First he plays the dead Mee-Maw card, then he sinks even lower. I mean, he doesn’t sink so low that he’d break up a relationship to win a bowling tournament — or would he? I do love the fact that they used Wheaton for the majority of the episode this time, instead of just having him show up at the end, like they did in his first episode.
He had quite the impact on everyone’s lives, although probably not in the way that anyone would have guessed. I don’t know about you, but I certainly wouldn’t have thought that Wil Wheaton was going to alter the entire course of the show. So what do you think about what he did?
The writers seem to have had a bit of a problem with the whole Penny/Leonard relationship this season, and quite frankly, I’ve been expecting the break-up to happen for quite some time. However, having Wil Wheaton rent space in Penny’s head and convince her that she’s just leading Leonard on was a pretty brilliant way to do it.
Although I’m unconvinced that this is truly the end. Sure, Penny may not be ready to tell Leonard she loves him, but she is quoting ‘Empire Strikes Back,’ which is nerd for “love” anyway. I don’t believe she’s actually leading him on; she’s overwhelmed and confused, but I think this pair is ultimately going to get back together. It may take a few episodes, and they may drag it out as much as possible, but this isn’t the end of Leonard and Penny.
A few other things:
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Wolowitz and Raj trying to guess what went wrong with Leonard and Penny was hysterical — and now it’s even easier to see where their relationships have gone wrong.
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How long until we see ‘The Wesley Crusher’ shirts?
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I’m not surprised at all that Raj loved his Catwoman costume so much.
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“The Big Bang Theory” releases a still from the upcoming April 12 episode which unmistakably will tickle out laughter as well as curiosity. The four nerds are in the comic book store, dressed in superheroes costume and crossing the gender.
Wolowitz is Batgirl, Sheldon is Wonder Woman, Leonard is Supergirl while Raj, who is the only one excited about the costume, is Catwoman. “I will say this. This is not the worst thing that happens to someone in this episode,” executive producer Bill Prady told Entertainment Weekly.
In the episode, a fight between Leonard and Penny threatens their relationship. EW’s Ausiello previously questioned Prady whether the couple will head to splitsville. The producer reminded that fans “shouldn’t look at what happens in a single episode as definitive. The relationships between these characters – especially romantic relationships – are messy.”
Also in the episode, Wil Wheaton will come back as himself and battles Sheldon in bowling.
When The Big Bang Theory returns with a new episode, “The Psychic Vortex,” on January 11th, we’re in for one heck of a surprise. In one of the most unlikeliest of adventures, Raj and Sheldon head out to a University mixer together where they meet two women.
It looks like with Wolowitz in a relationship, Raj is forced to take on one of the worst imaginable wingmen, Sheldon. However, by some miracle, the two of them manage to meet Martha (Jen Drohan) and Abby (Danica McKellar).
If that weren’t impressive enough, Raj and Sheldon manage to take the two lucky ladies back to their place for a night of Rock Band. Hopefully our wishes will come true and Raj will get over his inability to speak in front of women. We certainly wouldn’t mind having our childhood crush, Winnie, joining The Big Bang Theory cast.
Meanwhile, Penny and Leonard will enjoy their usual storyline of fighting. This time the two will bicker when he finds out that she believes in pyschics.
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As soon as I read the episode info and saw that Kripke was going to be making an appearance, I lost all hope of this episode coming anywhere close to matching the brilliance of last week’s. I was not wrong. I don’t like Kripke. I don’t find a speech impediment to be funny, and with him, it’s completely extraneous. Sheldon could just have an enemy (I don’t doubt he had many, in fact). You don’t need to give the character this extra identifying mark.
So not only was I dismayed by Kripke’s appearance, his practical joke was just mean-spirited and again, not something that I found funny. I don’t like watching people getting humiliated. Sheldon dressed up for a radio interview. That’s adorable, and then to not only be embarrassed for absolutely no reason in front of a national audience, but to have his friends laughing at him as well, just made me sad. Luckily, Wolowitz’s uh, love triangle with Bernadette and Katee Sackhoff saved the episode for me.
Kripke first showed up in the episode that made me uncomfortable for the same reasons: it was the one where Penny was ridiculously mean to Wolowitz. I didn’t like the mean-spiritedness then, and I certainly don’t like it now. However, there were some good aspects, so let’s talk about those:
I’m so glad they decided to bring back Bernadette. Wolowitz actually found a girl who doesn’t think he’s completely creepy, so I definitely wanted to see more of her, and see how Wolowitz was going to screw it up. You knew he was going to ruin it somehow, but I didn’t think it would be because he was cheating on her with Battlestar Gallactica‘s
Katee Sackhoff, and I certainly didn’t think he would ruin his relationship over a fantasy of Katee Sackhoff, but he is Wolowitz after all.
The way they resolved it was very nice: Wolowitz was his super-creepy self, and Bernadette was smart enough to back away. At first, I was afraid that she was going to actually accept his proposal, which would have made me lose all respect for her, but she was smart enough to back away. However, the terrible song in the middle of The Cheesecake Factory was kind of hideously romantic, so I certainly don’t fault her for falling for it.
But now that we have both Leonard and Wolowitz in relationships, will it damage the dynamic of the show? What about all of the Wolowitz/Raj storylines? What about the balance of people eating takeout at the apartment? Surely Sheldon won’t stand for this.
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