Warning: full episode spoilers follow.
This week's Big Bang Theory didn't get off to the greatest start. The idea of an episode revolving around the guys trying to take up athletics was not appealing. And once the name "Barry Kripke" was uttered, my enthusiasm sunk even lower. Luckily, this episode gained some decent momentum after an underwhelming start and explored more of the fallout from Sheldon and Amy's difficult separation.
I've heard The Big Bang Theory described as "the show that hates you" before, and I can see where it gets that reputation. Every so often, an episode comes along where the writers seem more interested in demeaning nerds and nerd culture than celebrating them. That dates all the way back to the first episode and the laughably stereotypical scene where poor, geeky Leonard faced off with Penny's muscular bully of a boyfriend. The show has gotten better about avoiding that nonsense in the years since, but every so often you get an episode that feels like it's laughing at the main characters rather than with them.
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This week's Big Bang Theory didn't get off to the greatest start. The idea of an episode revolving around the guys trying to take up athletics was not appealing. And once the name "Barry Kripke" was uttered, my enthusiasm sunk even lower. Luckily, this episode gained some decent momentum after an underwhelming start and explored more of the fallout from Sheldon and Amy's difficult separation.
I've heard The Big Bang Theory described as "the show that hates you" before, and I can see where it gets that reputation. Every so often, an episode comes along where the writers seem more interested in demeaning nerds and nerd culture than celebrating them. That dates all the way back to the first episode and the laughably stereotypical scene where poor, geeky Leonard faced off with Penny's muscular bully of a boyfriend. The show has gotten better about avoiding that nonsense in the years since, but every so often you get an episode that feels like it's laughing at the main characters rather than with them.
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