Big Bang Theory - The Opening Night Excitation

Of course the guys are losing their minds trying to buy tickets for the new Star Wars movie, and of course this episode aired the night before the movie premiered - Sheldon almost prayed for tickets until Howard yelled 'Got em!'

But the movie premiered on Amy's birthday! Oh no!! "Surprise! She's even older now! Who could have seen that coming?" That would make a good slogan for a cake.

Better than this one, anyway... 

Sheldon has another dream where Bob Newhart as his friend Arthur shows up - dressed in a Jedi robe. He convinces Sheldon to spend Amy's birthday actually with Amy, and so he calls her in the middle of the night to tell her. How considerate.

Apparently you can mess with Sheldon by having a different person say 'come in' than the one he names when he's knocking. (But couldn't he solve that by saying *Knock knock knock* "Penny and Bernadette")

Sheldon is afraid of sheep.

AND OH MY GOD. HIS SUGGESTION FOR A GIFT IS TO HAVE COITUS WITH AMY. HOLY TOLEDO!!

Pictured: Penny's glass after Sheldon dropped that news. 

Hey! Wil Wheaton! Normally I'm excited to see him, but I kinda just want to get back to the other storyline... They've invited him to the premiere with them - but I'm kinda surprised, wouldn't sci-fi royalty like Wil Wheaton have tickets already?!

Professor Proton is disappointed by kids who refer to their private parts as 'junk'. Same, Arthur, same. I'm honestly surprised that Sheldon hadn't told his friends about his plans with Amy...

I wasn't expecting him to bust out Fez's dance, but at least he'd mention it casually...

OK, now I see why Wil wasn't invited to the premiere.. Everyone boos him for showing up in a Star Trek outfit. But seriously, sci-fi fans can't like both?

I love how giddy the studio audience gets whenever there's innuendo in a conversation between Sheldon and Amy hahaha - and here's a PSA for everyone out there, if Sheldon Cooper knows to ask for verbal consent, so should you!

Apparently Penny gave Sheldon bedroom tips - and he giggled? - Couldn't she have just made him read Cosmo? And now the show is drawing parallels between the guys, anticipating the movie, and Sheldon and Amy, anticipating their ... coitus. Very clever.

Sheldon enjoyed himself! Well that's surprising!

Big Bang Theory - The Earworm Reverbation

Sheldon has a song stuck in his head, and he's going insane over it - it's hilarious though because he just starts trying out random lyrics to go along with the tune.

Amy decides to ask Dave (a.k.a. the guy played by Stephen Merchant) out for dinner again. Even though the last time they went out, he fanboyed over Sheldon and Leonard...

Raj set up a fanpage for his band with Howard, causing Howard to freak out and want to quit the band, but then he changes his mind after they got a fan. So fickle, Howard. So very fickle.

Now Sheldon is sending himself a video diary of himself descending into madness. Also Amy invited Dave over to her house for dinner, which Bernadette says is "Very intimate - it's where your underpants live."

Now Howard and Raj are freaking out about everything their one fan is doing - he seems like a hipster type lol and they think he's so cool. Bernadette thinks it's creepy and stalker-ish. I concur.

Sheldon is still nuts. And now he owns a tuba! You know, it's funny, I think I actually kind of recognize the tune - I think I know the next line of notes but not what comes after that.

Apparently Nikola Tesla fell in love with a pigeon.

You do you, Nik.

But Sheldon remembers the song! It's by the Beach Boys!

Apparently Raj & Howard's fan picks his nose, which is gross, so they run away from following him at the lab.

Sheldon associated that song with Amy, and calls her 'the dryer sheets of my heart'... Aww this is sad.

Catchy song though

Dave kisses Amy, and she freaks out a little, and then Sheldon shows up at that precise moment. Dave freaks out, and Sheldon says he wants her back, and she says yes Dave keeps leaning into the door to offer advice hahaha this show is hilarious... and then they kiss! Yay!

Big Bang Theory - The Mystery Date Observation

Here's the thing - I have a grievance with the fact that this show has been whittled down to 19 minutes of actual content because of stupid commercials, but then they used a whole minute for a recap that didn't need to be nearly that long (they included unnecessary punchlines when they could have just hit the major plot points. Chuck and Friends used to be so good at that.)

Sheldon decided he needs a new girlfriend so that he will focus on his work again. He asks Howard and Raj to find him one and they get distracted, because that's what they do.

Jon recognizes this trope

Amy is wearing a short dress - all the way to her knees! And she finally gives Penny and Bernadette a few details about her new beau, and OH MY GOD PENNY AND BERNADETTE ARE TOTALLY LIKE MY ROOMMATES WITH THE SQUEALING and now they're planning to spy on Amy on her date - I hope mine would never do that...

Raj and Howard plan out a bunch of puzzles that a woman needs to solve before she can get his contact information. Funny - but in the real world I'm sure something like that would sit around for months if not years before anyone took a crack at it.

Oh my god! Amy's date is Stephan Merchant!! That British dude who you may all remember as the spindly-legged fellow from this video who is not Joseph Gordon-Levitt:

(But you should definitely watch that video because yes, JGL is the best part of that video, as he is in all the things)

Bernadette would make an excellent spy. She's got the equipment, but hardly the subtlety. It still seems weird to think of Leonard and Penny as married.

And OF COURSE Amy's date has heard of Sheldon! And he's a fanboy. Just wants to know everything about him. And meet him. This is the second time in three episodes that Bernadette has taken off on someone she was supposed to drive home. But she backed into Dave's car, and they came out and saw them, and freaked out over Leonard because apparently he's famous too.

Sheldon really didn't want the girl who solved the puzzle to be Jennifer Lawrence. Because she's not too busy to be solving puzzles on the Internet. But hey, it's another girl with similar hair! Played by Analeigh Tipton! I did not know she cut her hair... But he shuts the door in her face because she missed the deadline by less than a minute (and found electronic spectroscopy boring). There is officially no hope for Sheldon.

... Or for Amy.

The Big Bang Theory - The Perspiration Implementation

I still can't believe they're on Season 9 of this show already. It seems like just last year Amy was being introduced (and that was Season 4).

I also can't believe how freaking far behind I am. Ugh. Might have to do one of those 'catching up' posts because I don't have the energy.

Howard is lazy, and attached his FitBit to a robot arm so that it would fool Bernadette into thinking he's exercising. Leonard has a Scrabble Dance.

I, too, am very fond of the word 'touche'.

As are these lovelies.

Stuart wants there to be more girls in the comic book store. Not likely to happen while your creepy regular customers are still there, buddy.

The guys decide to take up fencing, and Barry Kripke(!!) is their instructor. But it's serious business, apparently, not glamourous like in a movie. RAJ LOVES THE PRINCESS BRIDE!!!!!! I LOVE THE PRINCESS BRIDE!!!!!!

Best. Movie. Ever.

Congratulations, Raj, you are now my favourite.

Apparently Stuart himself is the problem with his store. Makes sense. And now Howard and Raj are both making Princess Bride references and I AM SO GIDDY! Sheldon wants to slap people across the face with his glove when they insult his honour - which, honestly, I think is a policy that should be resurrected.

Kripke is interested in Amy, and Sheldon gets mad and challenges him to a duel - but three years from then.

Poor Stuart, we all know he's a nice dude but he lacks the confidence to master social graces that wouldn't scare them away. And now Amy's trying to make him feel better but kinda accidentally made him think she was hitting on him. Sheldon randomly decides to pick up a woman at a bar, because literally he went 'oh there's a girl'.

Barry asked Amy out via text - AND sent her a dick pic. BAD Barry. BAD! But she said no. Good Amy. Making smart choices. Leonard and Bernadette are bad friends, abandoning Amy and Sheldon together in the hallway so that they have to talk.

That's just awkward...

Big Bang Theory - The 2003 Approximation

Oh dear. I knew Leonard was going to have to move in with Penny, but they didn't have to inform Sheldon about it so abruptly. Poor guy. At least let him sit down first!

Bernadette was only Sheldon's 7th choice of female to talk to... Which is a bummer, she would have been one of my top 3 for sure, she's very thoughtful.

Howard and Raj are going to make music together. This is a weird idea. Sheldon last week, Howard this week, suddenly everyone on this show has a falsetto.

Sheldon thinks that Argon is 'too big for its britches'. I don't understand this. For some reason he wants to live with Chris Pratt. Uhh... hate to break it to you (and a lot of fangirls) Sheldon, but I'm pretty sure he's married.

One of the cutest celebrity couples ever

Sheldon's decided to pretend it's back in 2003. He has a 'cutting edge new flip phone' hahaha I was 10 in 2003, I can confirm that the kids were indeed saying 'talk to the hand'.

Raj's go-to definition of the word 'cute' is children dressed as vegetables. I agree. That's an excellent example.

Grade-A level organic cuteness right here

Emily doesn't like their song because you can't dance to it, which makes Howard mad and says she's breaking up the band. Does that make her Yoko Ono in this scenario? If so, does that make Raj John Lennon? Because Howard is definitely Ringo.

I'm surprised how eager Sheldon is to be compared to a dog. But I definitely empathize with his fear about all his friends leaving him because they're in relationships and he's all alone. I've always had the same problem myself. I think that little speech right there was the most I've ever related to him. It was weird, I don't like it.

I think that shot of Leonard laughing at the song was a real reaction shot. No acting there.
The final criticism comes from Stuart: "Play something we can dance to" hahahahaha

Why can't you guys be more like this Stewart? He can dance to anything. 

Big Bang Theory - The Bachelor Party Corrosion

Oh dear boys, don't you know that a post-wedding bachelor party is a bad idea?? Look at what happened to Chandler!

Oh the irony, Sheldon being the one they actually DO need to kidnap. In broad daylight. I've neber been to Pasadena, but I feel like someone would see that and call the cops.

Sheldon only thinks bachelor party type party things are fun if they're physics-related. I shouldn't have been surprised. I also shouldn't have been surprised that Amy made dick-shaped cookies.

Holy crap, Sheldon actually has a clause in his relationship agreement forbidding cosmetic surgery?? That's a wee bit misogynistic... The crappy van tire went flat and they're trapped in the desert. I don't understand why people in TV/movies in this scenario always exit the vehicle. Wouldn't it be more comfy inside the large, padded van??

Penny's dad making a new appearance, and she has to tell him about getting married to Leonard... Sheesh this is so awkward. I'd be so sad if my family didn't make it to my wedding. And especially if they killed my pig (but in order for that to happen I'd have to own a pig)

Ummm Sheldon 'sleeve' is pronounced 'eve' because it has TWO E's. 'Lever' rhymes with 'ever'. End of story.

Penny is such a tattletale!!

How on earth did the guys manage to rip a stop sign out of the ground if they can't change the tire themselves?! AND HOW CAN SHELDON DO THAT EXCELLENT FREDDIE MERCURY IMPRESSION?!!

Aaaaaand they lit the van on fire. Thermite is dangerous. Don't try this at home, kids.

So nobody had a good weekend. Yay shared misery!

Big Bang Theory - The Matrimonial Momentum

Sorry all my posts are late today - I was watching the Blue Jays game. Normally I'd have been all over 3 shows premiering in the same day, but meaningful September baseball is a priority!!

No, Ron, no I do not!! 

Leonard and Penny are about to get married, and Sheldon calls and interrupts them to tell him about his breakup with Amy. Poor Sheldon! He's heartbroken! And sounds like a sassy teenager.

Amy is mega-insulted, also sounds like a sassy teenager. Sheldon's being passive-aggressive. Apparently it's pathetic to watch a wedding (even on the internet) without a date. Oops I might be pathetic then... I've never had a date to any of the weddings I've been to. Although, I was 7 when I went to the first one, so that might not count...

"We make everyone feel awkward, that's our thing!" Sheldon has never been so self-aware hahaha

Vegas weddings always seemed so sad to me. I couldn't imagine having no control over my wedding, or not having any friends or family there. Not that I'm getting married anytime soon...

Penny doesn't have any proper vows prepared, so she just recites the lyrics to 'You've Got a Friend in Me'. Which I thought was weird (so did the minister) but Leonard loved it, so that's good!

Sheldon insults Amy and they have a huge fight and she decides they're officially broken up - right in the middle of the wedding. So everyone missed the end of the ceremony.

Leonard screws up by continuing to talk about that girl he'd kissed. Apparently he works with her, and Penny freaks out, and well there goes the honeymoon!

Sheldon's mom! I love Sheldon's mom. He's sworn off women and pop rocks, because apparently they both hurt you on purpose.

Pop rocks: Practically the same thing as a woman

Penny's hair sprouted some length on the drive home from Las Vegas... No WAY it was long enough to pull into a mini-bun the night before.

Apparently if one's hands are full, saying 'knock knock knock' is a good enough substitute for Sheldon's ritual. He lets slip that the girl Leonard made out with is 'brilliant and attractive', and Penny's reaction to that was priceless.

Stewart continues to be kinda creepy, first hitting on newly-single Amy and then saying 'innnteresting' when he finds out Penny is at home alone.

So nothing really got resolved in this one, I gotta say that's a bit disapointing! Leonard and Sheldon are both sad, Penny's miffed, and Amy's alone. And everyone else had minimal screentime. Let's hope next week ties up some loose ends!

Catching up: Big Bang Theory

Hey everyone, first of all I want to say thanks for reading! :) I do this for fun and it's super-rewarding to have people read all the goofy things I have to say.

Secondly, due to the end of the school year, between assignments, exams, and packing up to come home, I've fallen really behind on some of my shows. I had a late class on Thursday so I couldn't actually watch BBT live, and then I just never caught up.

Catching up actually takes more time than it should, because I'm always pausing the episode to keep up to the storyline (since there are no commercials) and to be honest, a marathon of that seems kind of not fun. Since this is supposed to be a fun project, I don't want to feel like I'm stressing out over getting caught up on something I should enjoy!!

I've also been sick in bed with a stomach bug for the past few days, so now would be the perfect time to catch up on watching, but I don't think I have the energy to write about everything. So I think what I'll do is watch and then write a quick summary of my thoughts all in one catch-all post here. I'm sorry if this disappoints anyone and if you want me to go more in-depth about a particular episode, leave a comment and maybe I'll go back and write another one when I have more time.

These are the episodes I've missed:

Episode 18 - The Leftover Thermalization (Airdate: March 12th)

Sheldon knows pi to 1000 places. He is officially Weird Al's 'White and Nerdy' come to life. Howard freaks out about his mother's food defrosting (well if you didn't stand there with the FREEZER OPEN it could have stayed cold...) and I want to hug him, it's so sad...
Raj drops some 'culinary science' which is hilarious, as is Penny buying Leonard random stuff to cheer him up. Raj pronounces Thor as 'Tor'. Which is weird cos I definitely recall him being able to say it correctly in previous episodes.
Melissa Rauch gets to use her Mrs. Wolowitz voice and HOWARD FINALLY NOTICES THE SIMILARITY!!

Episode 19 - The Skywalker Incursion (Airdate: April 2nd)

Leonard and Sheldon have a philosophical discussion about 'Play that Funky Music White Boy'. Howard has a Tardis and Bernadette wants to sell it. Penny like Game of Thrones, and Sheldon invented the phrase 'lightly stabbed'. And then he runs onto Skywalker Ranch and gets tased.
This is possibly the most pathetic ping-pong game I've ever seen. Aaand Amy gets the Tardis.

Episode 20 - The Fortification Implimentation (Airdate: April 9th)

Surprise Wil Wheaton!! And OH MY GOD Howard has a half-brother!! That's so exciting!!!
Also surprise Kevin Smith! (in voice form)
Oh Wil, you little pot-stirrer you! I have a friend like that. Now Leonard and Penny are turning into Howard and Bernadette with the income imbalance.
Amy and Sheldon made a blanket fort and I'm so jealous. I miss doing that as a kid... Sheldon thinks their fort is better than Fort Knox, "Because Fort Knox doesn't have a secret physics lending library". I would like to point out that if they did, you wouldn't know!! AND OH MY GOD THEY'RE HAVING A SLEEPOVER!!!

Episode 21 - The Communication Deterioration (Airdate: April 16th)

Leonard and Raj are acknowledging their omega-male status, Howard is being childish (what else is new) and Sheldon warns Penny that his three-knock thing is addicting. But he won't give her any proper advice. Until she uses a train analogy.

Episode 22 - The Graduation Transmission (Airdate: April 23rd)

Raj bought an awesome helicopter and his father cuts him off financially. Leonard ends up wearing what is essentially a dress (too-short graduation gown).
My highschool graduation class didn't get caps. We had red robes that looked like they belonged on a gospel choir. Leonard's speech was awesome and so inspiring, and then the helicopter got a mind of its own and began going amok. Fun!

Episode 23 - The Maternal Combustion (Airdate: April 30th)

Christine Baranski is a treasure. She is the best. I'm so happy they finally got Leonard and Sheldon's mothers in the same episode. Also Penny's ring used to be a drill bit and Howard/Raj/Stuart are now Bernadette's lazy teenage children. Penny's sarcasm killed me in this episode. But wait, no Amy? What's up with that?

They did a really good job in this part of the season, keeping the situations somewhat fresh and the dialogue was definitely new, I hate when a sitcom kind of gets into a rut of predictability. Well done, writers!

Big Bang Theory - The Colonization Application

Greetings! I am SO not looking forward to blogging after Bones comes back in a few weeks - that makes 2 in one day I have to make up for because of class. *Sigh* Here we go...

Penny apparently doesn't carry a purse when she goes out anymore - there's no way her wallet fit in those pockets, ladypants aren't built for such things - unless she makes Leonard pay for everything...

Sheldon and Amy have exciting news, and Penny and Leonard seem more apprehensive than excited... And the news is - THEY'RE GETTING A TURTLE!! That actually cracked me up because it was so out of left field.

ALSO THEY'RE FREAKING CUTE!!!

Emily may or may not have killed her roommate. Sheldon is afraid of puppies. And he applied to go be one of those Mars colonists - why am I not surprised?! Also, how can a turtle look Italian? (Those two things are related, I swear).

Leonard went to the 'dirty' store, and Howard spends too much at the Lego store. Raj is snooping in his girlfriend's nightstand and accidentally breaks it, so he's afraid she'll be pissed once she realized. Where did she get such a flimsy piece of furniture?

How does Penny have paint all over herself and not on her engagement ring?!! And why would they put on their bathrobes OVER the paint? Before showering?! Way to ruin perfectly nice housecoats. (Also I noticed that's not Leonard's usual one - did he get a new one? Does Penny have two?)

RIP old friend.

The turtle apparently bit Sheldon, so that's a no-go... Amy is still pissed, the gang warned him she would react that way, and so he makes her tea.

I love sarcastic Howard. We need more of him.

While Sheldon's brother was getting an STD, he was getting a PhD. BRILLIANT. OMG WE CAN SEE THE FOURTH WALL OF THE APARTMENT!!! THIS IS AWESOME!! And Sheldon threw a pie in Leonard's face in his 'I wanna go to Mars' video. How is that related?? Also he's very fond of the echo effect.

Emily gets mad, predictably so, and Howard and Bernadette are still on the other end of a video call, so they can hear the whole thing. Awkward.

Seriously Raj, assembling furniture isn't that hard.

It's weird that there's purple on Penny and Leonard's... painting... But none on either of them. Suspicious. [Edit: it's entirely possible that the purple, or red and blue that then combined, were on the parts of them that the bathrobes covered] 

Sheldon was gonna offer to withdraw his application, but then he decided to ask her to apply for the Mars trip too. And she reminds him that procreation would have to be part of the trip, and he's a little taken aback at first, but then totally onboard since he realizes that their hypothetical kids would be Martians. Awwww...

EMILY'S DEAD ROOMMATE IS TOTALLY IN HER CLOSET!!!!  (Just kidding).

They need an episode dedicated to that closet. Like this one.

Big Bang Theory - The Space Probe Disintegration

 BBT won the 'favourite TV show' award last night at the People's Choice Awards - I was a little surprised that it beat Game of Thrones but I guess it appeals to more people than GoT. Johnny Galecki looked very orange when they accepted.

Sheldon wants to play Lord of the Rings Risk, which apparently will take eight hours. The girls are going to veto their plans, and choose something to do instead. But it turns out Amy's ideas are just as unappealing to Amy. Amy's hips don't open wider than 22 degrees, which is why she can't go horseback riding. And she has brittle ankles. Sheldon is afraid of Zambonis, so skating is out. 

Raj is part of a space probe team and is freaking out about whether or not the probe (on its way to Pluto) will work. Howard attempts to distract him and apparently Raj didn't actually crash a stationary bike, he got lightheaded and fell off. Because his playlist was too up-tempo. See, this is why I don't exercise.

Wise words.

The girls end up shopping and the guys just have to sit around and hold their purses. But there's no cell service so they are incredibly bored. Everytime Sheldon goes to use his phone but remembers he can't, he goes 'son of a biscuit' and it's hilarious. (Although this is silly, there are plenty of games and apps that work without service, are you telling me neither of them has Angry Birds?)

Especially considering this exists.

I'm really distracted by all the pretty dresses on the rack behind Sheldon. I really want to go dress shopping now... Plot twist! Sheldon knows how to drive! Apparently Amy taught him. And he gets the pedals mixed up. He also thinks it's generous of him to not tell Leonard that he has lettuce in his teeth.

Raj is now becoming somewhat religious, which astonishes Howard. Howard also thinks Albert Einstein slept with Marilyn Monroe. Which is news to me...

I don't understand why TV shows/movies always have change room doors that cover from people's shoulders to their knees. Just so the characters can converse. That's so impractical.  I mean what if a customer is taller? Or the fact that someone can just walk up and look *over* the door?!!

Although then I guess this scene wouldn't have happened without the ridiculous door heights... Nevermind.

Sheldon says he can see his ears in his peripheral vision. And now I've strained my eyes attempting to see mine. They get in a fight and Sheldon tells Leonard to move out with Penny and this is really sad... Sheldon's crying and Leonard's crying and now I feel bad!! Wow this really must mean a lot to Sheldon, he agreed to let Leonard whistle! (When he's not home, of course).

Raj is getting really deep right now and I'm really impressed... Oh wait nevermind, he flipped out because some guy opened his door into his car, and apparently his dog's hair got cut so that 'she looks like Jim Carrey from Dumb and Dumber' hahaha - but it's all ok! The probe turned itself on! It's all okay!

Penny relents and lets Amy pick the next activity, which is basket weaving!! To be perfectly honest, that does seem kinda like a neat hobby, I just have no clue what I'd do with a bunch of baskets.

Big Bang Theory - The Clean Room Infiltration

I know this is incredibly late, and once again I'm sorry (Exams SUCK! At least they're done now!) but my dad told me there was an 'awww' moment in this episode, so... Better late than never!

Amy's hosting Christmas dinner, and we might actually get to see Raj's dad in person rather than on Skype!

Leonard and Howard let a pigeon into the clean room at the university which is bad - but they also aren't wearing gloves, I feel like that's not allowed. 

We have to wear 'bunny suits' like that in forensics lab at school. They are not comfortable.

I don't remember Raj's dad having white hair before...  Penny's dress is so pretty, and Dr. Koothrappali keeps telling everyone really unpleasant stories about marriage and how it always fails. Sheldon hates Christmas carols and thinks kissing Amy under mistletoe in public is akin to being on a 'Tijuana sex show'.

Howard thinks Leonard is jealous because they apparently used to be best friends before Raj came to town. When exactly was that? Raj finally stands up for himself.

Sheldon actually does love Amy, he notices all these adorable little details about her. But he wants to get her a gift as 'revenge' for making him celebrate Christmas.

You can never convince me that he is not just an overgrown child.

Penny and her sarcasm are bonding with Raj's dad. And they're actually trying to blow a ball of yarn across the table!

Howard can't handle the fire extinguisher. The blanket in their plan would have been more his speed. THEY KILLED THE PIGEON!! Horrible!!! (At least they can get rid of it now... Howard is a serial bird-killer. And now he's going to try to do CPR on it, and my inner germaphobe is cringing. But he does it! It's a Hanukkah miracle!!! ... But then they let a crow in. Smooth move, boys.

Penny has the solution - take their names off the sign-in sheet and leave! Sheldon hates raisins, but when he finds out they're figs, he's ok with it.

Amy loves her gift, and then it also plays a message in the frame - which Sheldon mouths along with. Turns out she got him a gift after all!! She made his Meemaw's Christmas cookies, which apparently 'taste like Meemaw's hugs'. And an onion ninja has apparently snuck into my house, because my eyes are watering like crazy.

AWWWWW!!!!!

And everyone hates Amy's theme dinner. Poor Amy.

Big Bang Theory - The Champagne Reflection

Sorry again for the super-late post, I went home this weekend and was constantly busy! (Needless to say, the Thursday-at-8:00 timeslot is not working so well for me!) My SNL post should also be up sometime within the next few days. 

 Fun with Flags is back!! But it's the last episode so that makes me sad. Apparently he did 232 episodes (more than BBT, I might add). I would totally watch all of those lol.

The other guys are cleaning out the office of a dead professor and it's really depressing. Kinda like the Friends episode 'The One Where Mr. Heckles Dies'.

"Goodbye Mr. Heckles. We'll try to keep it down." Still chokes me up.

Penny's boss is still afraid of Bernadette, and Sheldon is still bitter because Amy didn't record the Fourth of July episode. Surprise Barry Kripke!! And surprise old-timey bathing suits!

Raj loves 'Everything is Awesome' from the Lego movie.

Bernadette thinks she's the sweetest person she knows, and she should be in a tree baking cookies.

Surprise Levar Burton!! And it turns out the 'potentially significant' notebooks that the guys found were the professor's calorie intake journals. Raj is tired of everybody's sarcasm. And Penny sounds like she has a cold, or recently started smoking.

Leonard realizes that all of them may not amount to anything (scientifically) and then Howard announces that he's been to space, so he's good (I saw that coming). 

Sheldon starts crying at the end of his show, and the audience goes 'awwwww'.

Bernadette said she was a monster for being so mean to everyone, and her boss said she was a cute one, like 'the eyeball one' (Mike) from Monster's Inc. 

I don't see the resemblance.

Then, because of one lukewarm comment on Sheldon's show, he decides to bring it back! Yaaaaay!! And then he goes to harass Levar Burton... Awkward.

The Big Bang Theory - The Prom Equivalency

My apologies for the later posting again (but it conflicts with Bones, so, ya know...)
My dad was watching it at home and texted me saying 'OH EM GEE!' so let's see what happens... 

Sheldon is right, I totally feel bad for the gibbon for being classified as a 'lesser ape'.
And Leonard is also right, gibbons don't even know about this taxonomical slight.

Who're you calling 'lesser' apes there, bud??

Penny's prom dress is either shockingly old-fashioned or overly-modern.. I can't tell. Wait a second, I thought Amy was home-schooled and therefore didn't have a prom. CONTINUITY!

Sheldon just said 'booty'. And I love how they just skipped the whole part of them coming up with the idea of the fake prom and just cut to the guys talking about it happening. PLOT HOLES!

Apparently Sheldon can roll-over and bank his 'knock-knock-knock PENNY's. This is a new development. OH DEAR GOD Penny just half-explained the after-prom sex thing to Sheldon and he kinda-half-agreed to it!! I really hope Penny doesn't tell Amy about that, it'll get her hopes up.

And the air-mattress-in-the-van thing Penny mentioned totally reminded me of this from That 70s Show:

Kelso's one-and-only van. Also: "Vanstock. It's like Woodstock, but with vans"

Howard is terribly inconsistent, what with his jealousy over Stuart's relationship with his mom, and then his anger over Stuart potentially being in a relationship with someone other than his mom - Make up your mind, dude!

Apparently pomegranate juice constitutes 'spiking' the punch.

Emily is a little dark... Bernadette is not haha 'I like Cinderella!' And we might finally get to meet that cousin that Howard had sex with - she's Stuart's date!

Leonard has already had his growth spurt! I'm astonished! And hey - going to prom alone isn't pathetic... I went by myself... (with friends). And then we went bowling. Come to think of it, we were pretty nerdy, too.

I went bowling. In this dress. Practical, it was not.

Sheldon has so many other names for sex - 'coitus', 'making whoopee', 'doing the dance with no pants'. And then he talks about his butt again! Maybe Leonard's wrong, and he does have hormones, after all...

Howard's cousin is totally adorable! She could have done WAY better than him (and yes, in my mind, Stuart is an improvement!)

This is one of the reasons I don't like the short-hair Penny - it doesn't look any more dressed-up than it does on a regular basis, even though it's a special event.

'Maybe dance with someone who has arms' Poor Amy is not really setting the bar very high there!

OH MY GOD!!! HE SAID HE LOVED HER!!! SHE WAS TOTALLY GOING TO TELL HIM THAT BUT SHE WAS MONOLOGUING AND HE CUT HER OFF AND SAID "I LOVE YOU TOO"!!!!!!!!! AWWWWWWW!!! *High-pitched squealy noise* TOTALLY LIVED UP TO THAT 'OH EM GEE'!!!! Naturally, this causes her to have a panic attack.

Amy Farrah Fowler: quite possibly the only person to ever need to lie down after being told 'I love you'

And then Stuart leaves because Howard's mom called and apparently got jealous over him taking the cousin as his date. Awkward.

Big Bang Theory - The Misinterpretation Agitation

[This episode aired October 30th, 2014] Sorry for being late.

Amy totally has a point about the '50 sexiest female scientists' article... I mean really? Is that necessary? I hate to go all feminist on this, but come on, Bernadette is a GENIUS, how has that never landed her in a magazine before? Or Amy for that matter! Anyway...

Sheldon loves delivery people. And I knew as soon as he said who he was that this doctor-guy was there to see Penny. Also, are we really supposed to buy that Penny, in her tiny apartment, wasn't able to answer her door in the time it took Sheldon to tell Leonard in his roundabout way that the guy was there?? That was a run-on sentence, but I'm tired. She always appears to be standing right behind it whenever Sheldon knocks! And then they had that lengthy conversation with him in the hallway!!

OK I'm coming to realize it's possible she was not home... Or asleep. Or in the shower. Or something.

Bernadette mentioned Neil Degrasse-Tyson, so now I get to use this picture:

Teehee.

Oh god, Bernadette pulled they 'you're just jealous' card, so Amy got mad.. Crap. Low blow, Bernie. Friends don't mock friends' lack of sex lives.

I'm pretty sure the sweater Penny is wearing is from Old Navy - I don't even work there anymore, but I still have the majority of their stock memorized. I need to stop shopping online. You don't want to see my credit card statements. And of course Sheldon likes this doctor guy!! And here's his problem: HE COUNTED MISSISSIPILY!!! YOU NEVER COUNT MISSISSIPILY!!!

Ross learned that the hard way.

I'm really not impressed with the ladies this episode - Penny with the whole deceitful pretending-she's-single thing, Bernadette being mean to Amy... Although the Penny thing did lead to this delightful exchange (probably my favourite part of the episode):

 

 

 

Say what you will about him, Sheldon is a very gracious host.

I only just now realized that the doctor guy is Billy Bob Thornton. My IMDb-brain is slipping!! Maybe because he's missing the beard. I'm gonna go with that. Howard is ever the hypocrite, judging a guy for living with his mother. And Sheldon compares Leonard to Donkey Kong - one of his more original zingers.

How does Billy Bob (hey, he has the same initials as the show! It's meant to be!) manage to keep catching friends of Penny's when he goes to their apartment building?? His timing is remarkable. And OH DEAR GOD he took advice on women from Sheldon of all people. And I'm thinking he's a little bit like a serial killer now, what with locking the guys in his basement. Either that or I've been watching too much Criminal Minds lately... Hmm...

Oops. (I did not make this.)

Bernadette also has incredible timing! And there was a REALLY subtle Halloween reference - that random skeleton decoration in the lobby of the apartment building. Really? Given that this is Sheldon's favourite holiday, I'm sure he would have at least been wearing a costume. I'm very disappointed.

Well that's all for this week - hopefully next week I'll have the BBT blog up by Friday. But TV scheduling sucks. As does school. Goodnight!

The Big Bang Theory - 'The Expedition Approximation'

Friendly reminder - beginning next week, the Big Bang Theory is airing at 8:00 on Thursdays. Which means, since it's on at the same time as Bones, that I will be forced to only live-blog one (probably Bones) and wait until the other is posted online to watch and blog about it (Probably BBT). This will wreak havoc with my page views, I'm sure... It'll also make my Monday nights a lot less exciting.. but at least I still have NCIS: LA and that new show I'm really loving, Scorpion!!

Sheldon thinks that the most exciting thing to ever happen to dark matter is him beginning to research in the field. He also hates being able to tell when people are making fun of him (you and me both, buddy!)

Penny sold the car that Leonard gave her, so she gave him back the money he spent. And took a picture of them with the car and put it in a pink frame with puffy paint that says 'Best fiance ever!' He's insisting on her keeping the money, but she is earning plenty of money at her new job, so she doesn't want his money - and I think they're both being stupid, IT'S FREE MONEY!! If they don't want it, I'll take it!

I need one of these shirts. Except I couldn't afford it...

Leonard is very insecure about his insecurities. Raj and Sheldon are going to hang out in a steam tunnel (with Amy's help) to prepare for working in a mine. As a Canadian, the temperatures they're using (in Fahrenheit) make no sense.

Leonard and Penny turn to Howard and Bernadette for advice on their money thing, and they instead start fighting too. Way to go guys.

Sheldon thinks Miley Cyrus is a man. Raj educates him about Hannah Montana. The comparison to Superman makes me laugh. 

He combed back the curlicue! Clearly, he's a different person!

Apparently Howard gets an allowance, and that's just awkward (although now he's behaving like a child, so maybe it's fitting).

Sheldon is also having second thoughts about the whole dark-matter thing, and Raj inspires him with a speech about the space probe Voyager, then Sheldon freaks out because there are rats and he abandons Raj in the tunnel. Amy (and I) are impressed that Sheldon lasted a whole eleven minutes.

Apparently the solution to the whole money thing is to lay all the cash out on Penny's bed and have sex on it...  Ew

I totally would have gotten it in coins and then done this.

Raj totally blows up on Sheldon and I'm surprised, because that must have taken guts!

Alrighty, that's it for this week (seemed very short for some reason) I'll see all you BBT fans next Thursday, October 30th!

 

Big Bang Theory - The Focus Attenuation

Raj thinks Leonard 'tricked' Penny into getting engaged - and apparently he's almost done a pullup!

My friend gave me this awesome shirt for my birthday so I'm wearing it in honour of tonight's episode:

I might piss off some Trekkies... But I don't really care :P

Sheldon's hatred of travel destinations appear to all stem from various movies. 'I don't want to go to a lake house, have you seen The Lake House??'

Sure, nothing bad happens to THEM... The bad thing happens to me for having to watch this for 1.5 hours.

The girls are going to Vegas! This ought to be good... 

Surprise, surprise, Howard's only ideas for inventions are things you can have sex with. And now they're going to try to create the hover-board from Back to the Future 2.

The girls' trip is disrupted by Penny having to do work stuff.

Sheldon just referred to Leonard as his 'boy' lol I'm not sure what to make of that... And they're all quibbling about the proper tense to refer to things that changed the past after doing something in the future.

Drunk Amy keeps going on and on about how hot Bernadette is, and apparently she also has a divot in her spine! Their hotel room is SO NICE, man this happens every time people from a sitcom go to a hotel. 

GHOSTBUSTERS!!!! Bill Murray got wrong the meaning of 'negative reinforcement' in the opening scene (which I surprisingly didn't notice, even though I learned about that in my Psych class).

'You have a gift!!'

This episode seemed really short... Raise your hands if you're still astonished by the fact that Big Bang Theory is on its EIGHTH season. I mean holy crap.

The Big Bang Theory - The Hook-Up Reverbation

Sheldon's pointed out the fact that I already knew - when someone starts a romantic relationship, they tend to lose one or two close friends, so the guys want to know which of them Raj is going to drop. For some reason, it would appear that I'm always that 'one friend' among my friends...

Stuart is still living with Howard's mom, and she got him cable. With seven HBOs. SEVEN!

Thank you Monica, for the visual representation.

Poor Amy has actually had people say they don't like her to her face. Penny has not. What else is new. This was brought up because Penny thinks Raj's girlfriend Emily doesn't like her. 

I've said it before and I'll say it again: POOR AMY!!

Because Sheldon is too picky about the new comic book store, Leonard just described Sheldon as 'an eighty-year-old man in a twelve-year-old's T-shirt' and I stared at him for a moment because I couldn't believe how accurate that is. The boys are going to give Stuart some money so he can reopen his store and not live with Mrs. Walowitz.

Howard's mom has also bought Stuart four-ply toilet paper. FOUR PLY!

FOUR!!!!

Turns out the intense dislike of Penny is due to the fact that Raj told Emily he and Penny hooked up. Stupid man, you don't say things like that to your girlfriend!!! (Although in his defense, apparently he tells everyone). This is like Ross and Emily and Rachel all over again!! Why are the jealous girls in these stories always named Emily?!! (Although in that case, after the wedding, she did have a point...) But I digress.

The comic book store means so much to Howard that he made up a story about his father to appeal to Bernadette. But all the ladies think it's a terrible idea (except for Amy, who only goes with it under the threat that it'll break up their relationship)

Eventually Penny and Emily settle things between them, and then they both turn against Raj because he gets all cocky about being able to 'bed them both'.

Turns out the whole comic-book store thing is a moot point because Howard's mom already gave Stuart the money. And called him her 'bubulah' which pisses Howard off even more, because he's her bubulah and she can't have two. 'YOU ONLY GET ONE!!! ONE!!!!!'

This many!!!

Shocking, Emily and Penny still actually hate each other. Good grief. I would really like for the SNL sketch 'Supporting Women' to be accurate right now!! Why do all the pretty girls always have to hate each other?

"You shot me, but it was an accident. And I forgive you."