Inspired by the artwork, commentary, and “.gif sets” of Big
Bang Theory fans this morning, I decided to go right ahead and reveal Sheldon
Cooper’s not-best-kept secret:
He can’t keep a secret.
He managed, somehow, not to divulge the 20 minutes missing from his workday to Howard and Raj until the end of the episode, two or three BBT episodes ago, but I’ll chalk that up to “character development.” He certainly gave the two a good scare by the end, anyway.
He can’t keep a secret.
He managed, somehow, not to divulge the 20 minutes missing from his workday to Howard and Raj until the end of the episode, two or three BBT episodes ago, but I’ll chalk that up to “character development.” He certainly gave the two a good scare by the end, anyway.
Although, at the beginning of the series, Sheldon couldn’t
keep a secret without careful deliberation and planning: big secrets, small
secrets, unrequited secrets and “secrets” (i.e. Leonard telling Amy Sheldon
isn’t home, when he’s sitting at his computer desk). He needed a backstory and
the name of an Irish lass written on a bar napkin, lest he suffer more painful
secret-keeping consequences. In dire situations, he’s even forced to spill The
Secret to save his sanity, much to the displeasure of his friends and peers.
Fortunately, everyone seems to know Sheldon can’t withhold information. I think it’s easiest to refrain from pointing out what is and isn’t a secret—he doesn’t usually talk about irrelevant things. It’s the guilt that gets him.
Fortunately, everyone seems to know Sheldon can’t withhold information. I think it’s easiest to refrain from pointing out what is and isn’t a secret—he doesn’t usually talk about irrelevant things. It’s the guilt that gets him.
Penny suffers the consequences in Season 2, when she tells Sheldon
about her insecurities with her schooling and smarts. Sheldon might have been
successful in his endeavor, if one valium-soaked sleepover didn’t make him
loopy enough to blab at Leonard’s insistence…leading to a few of the
character’s own one-line gems:
Leonard: “What secret? Tell me the
secret!”
Sheldon: “…Mom smokes in the car.
Jesus is okay with it, but we can’t tell Dad.”
Both Leonard and Amy had their turn trying to coax Sheldon
to secret—usually about women, or Penny, I might add—but to no avail. We have
yet to see Sheldon keep a successful secret…that is, one he considers a secret, anyway. There’s
plenty we don’t know about the doctor as of yet. Hopefully, with the momentum
of the current season, Sheldon will spill just a little bit more for the
viewers.
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