From An Emotional Robot

Welcome, everybody. Hope you’re cozy, holed up and weathering this premiere and pilot week with me.
Even if we’re not hiding from a Kraken.

For the first episode, Leonard remained on his party yacht and Sheldon and Penny exchanged their passive-aggressive thoughts on the matter. I thought it kind of sweet Sheldon missed Leonard so much.
Both episodes also featured a new side to Sheldon: an emotional one. Twice, we saw him at his most volatile, examined under a microscope. When the episodes turned suddenly serious (see, “Here’s something you don’t know about me: you just hurt my feelings”), I had to pause and clap a hand to my mouth. Writing, ladies and gentlemen.

They let Leonard back in for the second episode, freshly shaved and unaware, for a change of pace between Howard’s plot line. While Penny spent a few days alone with Leonard (and hid him away from Sheldon), Howard began embodying Raj, more or less. Sure enough, the source for his weight-gain, mood swings, and sudden sensitivity, happened to be leeched estrogen from one of his mother’s lotions.

I got the parody part of the skit, but did anyone else think that exploiting overused stereotypes is a little…90’s?

Bernadette walking in on the “exam,” however, happened to be priceless.

Amy spoke the truth when she told Sheldon she was free to have her donut, and as many donuts as she cared, for breakfast. The jerk.

I adored the pacing and the sketches, overall, and feel that this fall is going to be a headlining best for The Big Bang Theory. Jim Parsons reminded us why he earned his third Emmy recently, to be sure.

“Everything I say is true.”

—Sheldon Cooper

Thank You, CBS

Are two episodes too much for one article? Have I been out of the writing loop for far too long? Has HIMYM spent too long a summer off the air? Perhaps. We better get started.

I love that they didn’t repeat too many jokes. Too many. Telepathic conversations are more than okay.

I also loved the balance in stars and guest stars. Who else feels like they’d have much better road trips with Daphne driving? I’d even let her pick the music just to hear her sing along.

But two things stuck out in both episodes prevalently: the filmography, and the Mother. Of course, the mother.
And Wayne Brady, but he shines like the sun in any show he’s in.

How many times did the pacing flip our trust in Ted Mosby on and off? Four? First we thought the road trip was innocent. Then we thought he was going to sneak to California. Then he didn’t go to California, norhave the locket. THEN we saw him buying a ticket to California?

Would that be from Farhampton? Will he meet the mother there and change his mind?

At least, at the end of the day, it would be his doing should the wedding go to ruin; not one long-lost cousin story. 

But the mother. I love seeing her and Lily hit it off. She’s as quirky as Ted, but nowhere near as neurotic. She’ll be a good balance—bring out his tender, caring side. Then actually be tender and caring back.

I already love them.
Not that I want the series to end there. Or ever. 

We might be done waiting, but there are still plenty of episodes left, and plenty of series’ running. I won’t have to spend all my time waiting on Lady Tedwina Slowsby.