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 Helium Insufficiency

Apparently telling someone their face is 'pleasingly symmetrical' will soften the blow of bad news. Note to self.

There's a worldwide helium shortage - how the hell does that happen?! And Sheldon and Leonard need some or else a Swedish team will perform the same experiment before them. Oh dear. Also, Barry Kripke won't give them any of his because he's an ass, but we already knew that.

Stuart is using some kind of non-name-branded Tinder. Now Amy's using it. This is funny, everyone else is making her choices for her.

Oh my god, the sketchy guy they're buying helium off of is played by Michael Rapaport!! The blonde cop guy who Phoebe dated on Friends! The guy with the most Brooklyn-iest accent I've ever heard!

Weirdly enough, I remember the actor's name more often than the character's. (It was Gary)

And Sheldon gives him a vocabulary lesson - "All these years I've been using 'stalemate' when all along I meant 'impasse'. I feel foolish."

Also, because everything reminds me of The Princess Bride, this scene reminds me of The Princess Bride, because that's the movie that taught me the word 'impasse'.

"We are at an impasse"

Amy and her friends are sitting around making fun of all the guys who come up on her app - and for some reason they're all really unattractive. Are there no hot douchebags on this app?! Also Stuart - whose name appeared onscreen and reassured me that I am, in fact, spelling it right.

For some reason Sheldon and Leonard dressed the helium tank up as a person in order to sneak it into the lab... Because that's super convincing. Also they think it was stolen from the government, so Sheldon starts freaking out.

Turns out Amy already went on a date!! And they're right, Tinder would make a great drinking game!! Penny squealing over Amy's date sounded like my roommate when they found out I met a cute guy at a bar and got his number. (It was Halloween. He was dressed as a Power Ranger. Good times were had by all.)

Sheldon and Leonard decide to give the helium back to the guy, and he charges more money for it, but then Kripke wants to get partial credit on their paper if he gives them his helium, so they go back and get it again. And now they're buddies with him, because he's one of those adorably smart bad guys. That was a nice ending.

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 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 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 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."