The episode began with Sheldon having a conversation with Leonard on the phone about being hung up with Back of the Future 2 and 3 DVDs mixed up. Leonard gets taken off the boat by a kraken only to find that it was just a dream.
Sheldon goes to Penny’s door and feels alone. Penny lets him sleep at her place, only to find that her bedroom is taken by him.
Meanwhile, Raj tells Sheldon and Howard that losing Lucy was heartbreaking. To cheer Raj up, Howard wants him to go to a social for new post-doctorates to meet women. Raj agrees to go and Howard wants him to be happy. Sheldon doesn't want to come but wants Raj to be happy.
Elsewhere, Amy and Bernadette attend a convention together. At the hotel, they say good night to their lovers. The funny part is that Amy has to really let Sheldon now that she won’t bring back any bedbugs and she will not sleep in garment bag.
At Leonard and Sheldon’s apartment, Sheldon and Penny bond together. Sheldon suggests to play 3D chess with Star Trek but Penny believes he only wants to play because he misses Leonard. Sheldon replies that there are some things that he doesn't miss Leonard about. Reluctantly, Penny plays his stupid cam with him.
At the social, Raj’s expectations of meeting women are turned down as he meets a female grad student who doesn't look interested to talk to him.
After the interested lady that Raj wanted to try and talk with leaves, Howard notices that the Human Resources Office lady, Mrs. Janine Davis is at the social. She comes to talk to Howard and Raj. Raj acts inappropriate by bringing up penguin and the infidelity but this turns of Mrs. Davis. Howard is disgusted with him and tells him that it was better when he did not have conversations with any women.
At the hotel bar, two guys (not shown) buy drinks for Amy and Bernadette. They are happy that they finally get to talk about something they like that Penny doesn't like as much.
At the apartment, Penny and Sheldon are still playing chess and she is relieved that the game is over. Penny decides to call Leonard because she misses him a lot.
Leonard with a big beard is dancing with other scientists. Sheldon announces that is 5:30 morning there but this makes Leonard and his colleagues dance even more. The connection goes dead and Penny is surprised that him and Sheldon were missing that “jerk”.
Despite the fun at the hotel bar, Bernadette disses Amy by saying she could so much better than being in love with Sheldon. Amy does not take it well and disses Howard. They let go over the disagreements and try to have a great time with another drink. However, Amy gets the last word and calls Howard weird and his clothes “ridiculous”.
Penny and Sheldon continue to bond at the apartment. Sheldon reveals that Leonard made him promise to take care of Penny, which makes Penny happy. Sheldon announces that he gets a sailor hat from Leonard when he returns. This makes Penny miss Leonard even more.
After the social, Raj apologizes to Mrs. Janine Davis for insulting her and penguins. He feels that they have something in common with heartbreak.
Sheldon makes a hot beverage to Penny in a “to-go” cup. Sheldon wants to play 4-D chess but Penny just wants to have a normal conversation. After he announces her with owning nine pairs of pants and underpants, Penny reveals that she made a low-budget movie about a gorilla when she first came to California. Penny is shocked that Sheldon has seen it, which is called “Serial Apist” despite that it never came out to release. He tells her that Howard found the movie online when they first met Penny. Sheldon continues to annoy Penny about how he does not like the new YouTube rating system. Irritated, Penny wants to go to bed but she has hurt Sheldon’s feelings and treats him like it’s nothing. Penny gets the guts to tell him she is sorry. She wants to hug him but he wants a handshake. Penny gives him a hug anyway and he reluctantly hugs her.
Bernadette and Amy prepare for bed silently after trading insults about their lovers. Getting over the insults, they have a conservation that it was flattering that the guys sent drinks to their table. Amy hopes that tomorrow morning that they put on hot pants and score free omelets. They say good night and go to sleep.
Back at work, Raj tells Mrs. Davis that he knows what it’s like to be a single parent because he hs a dog. Mrs. Davis looks at him weird. Raj tells her that he only went to the social to meet ladies but was happy to have a normal conversation with her and calls her a lovely person. However, she wonders if he was hitting on her but Raj denies any of it. She calls him sweet and they depart.
At the end, Leonard is watching Penny’s unreleased horror movie with his colleagues. He lets them that he is his girlfriend. Everyone at the ship chants, “Leonard! Leonard!”
Grade: A
Verdict: I’m a huge The Big Bang Theory fan and this episode lived up to my high expectations. It was sweet that Penny and Sheldon finally had some on-screen time together as he was always obsessed about knocking on her door three times. Amy and Bernadette finally had time together without Penny, which was very interesting to watch. The funniest part was where Raj was at the social trying to hook up with a girl who only wanted to talk about her thesis instead of concentrating on him. What made me laugh off the floor was that he mentioned about the infidelity with penguins to Mrs. Davis and she walks with huge disgust.
Episode 7.02 Review will come.
Thanks for the review Ben
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ReplyDeleteGood review, but I would like to point out something that I think might improve it. Do not take this as too much criticism, it's just my thoughts on how this could be even better.
You have a lot of paragraphs about what happens in the episode, but only a single, short paragraph about what you liked about it. When you summarize a show, that's called a "recap", so I would suggest writing much more about your opinion on various scenes, and much less on what happened. Pretty much all of us have seen this episode already, and we are therefore specifically looking for your opinion.
Sheldon's OCD causes him to knock on all doors three times, except his own. This has happened most recently at the Human Resources Dept. at the university, so his obsession is not towards Penny, but a general "obsessiveness". We also got a little knowledge into how Sheldon works - such things as YouTube's user interface can be hell for him. Do you think the show gave the viewers a slightly better understand of how Sheldon's mind works?
This was the first major episode where Amy and Bernadette got to be alone, without Penny. I think that deserves a bigger mention, and also whether you feel it helped or didn't help the episode. Also, you did not mention anything about whether you liked what we see from Leonard, which was also a major key point in the episode. Did you find Sheldon's dream funny with the cracken? Because that is one of the most genius scenes I have ever seen of the show, and I think it deserves a big mention as well. This is the first episode in which Raj's selective mutism is not present. While you did mention the scene with him at the social hangout, do you think him finally being able to speak to women without the influence of alcohol is a good part for the future of the show, or do you agree with Howard's line that "it was better when you couldn't talk to women"?
These were the things that I missed with your review. But I still very much enjoyed it, and it is a solid description of the episode :)
Hi, this is Ben L. from Spoiler TV. I appreciate people giving me comments and suggestions as a writer. I apologize for leaving some good parts out of the review. I learned that I should include some of the major important scenes in a review without making it way too long.
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For Sheldon, I think the show did give viewers a better view of how Sheldon's mind works. It's like that he wants to have everything intact. By that, I mean he cannot handle flexibility. He's not only obsessed with Penny but he is also OCD just like the time where he gets mad when people sit in his special spot in the sofa at his apartment even when he is not there. I think he may have Asperger's Syndrome as his character reminds me of Max from one of my favorite shows, Parenthood.
With Amy and Bernadette without Penny, that was a highlight of the episode. It proved that they can finally talk about what they have in common without Penny as she always thinks about boys. I felt that it helped the episode more interesting.
With Leonard, I thought the dance sequence with his colleagues was funny. It was like he was at a fraternity party. The dream sequence with Sheldon calling Leonard made me laugh off the floor. The part where Sheldon worried about the term "iceberg" to Leonard was funny, only to find that it was actually a drinking game. That was such a funny part.
As for Raj, it was finally amazing to see that he did not have his usual selective mutism. He finally talked for himself. If not for him drinking so much alcohol, he will have better social skills in talking to women for future reference. But at the same time, I feel that having the alcohol without going below the belt is still humorous for the show. I understood why that Howard said, "it was better when you couldn't talk to women" because of his lack of social skills. Now if Howard said that and Raj was actually being normal and nice, that would be stupid for Howard to tell him that.
Thank you for your suggestions. I hoped that I answered all of your questions. If not, please let me know.
Thanks,
Ben L.