The guys are stranded in the middle of nowhere when Leonard's car is stolen on the way to the Bakersfield Comic-Con. Back home, the girls try to figure out why the guys are so fascinated wit... Read allThe guys are stranded in the middle of nowhere when Leonard's car is stolen on the way to the Bakersfield Comic-Con. Back home, the girls try to figure out why the guys are so fascinated with comic books.The guys are stranded in the middle of nowhere when Leonard's car is stolen on the way to the Bakersfield Comic-Con. Back home, the girls try to figure out why the guys are so fascinated with comic books.
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- TriviaThe four state capitals not served by the interstate highway system are: Juneau, AK; Dover, DE; Jefferson City, MO; and Pierre, SD.
- GoofsThe term "landing party" is used throughout this episode, which has the guys dressed as Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) characters. The term "landing party" comes from Star Trek (1966) while the term "away team" is used in The Next Generation.
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Bernadette Rostenkowski: What kind of comics do the guys like?
Stuart: Um... a little bit of everything. Mostly superhero stuff.
Amy Farrah Fowler: Okay, well who's the best superhero?
Stuart: Shhhh! You can't ask a question like that in here! You trying to start a rumble?
- Crazy creditsCHUCK LORRE PRODUCTIONS, #404 I saw a woman the other day. She was very pretty. Sparkly. We exchanged several awkward glances until I finally screwed up the courage to walk up to her. I fumblingly introduced myself and asked if we'd met before. She stared at me for a few seconds, her head tilting to the side like a confused Labradoodle, then side, "I should think so. We used to date." My eyes widened. My jaw dropped. "Oh my god," she said, "I can't believe you don't remember!" I shrugged and said, "I'm sorry. I honestly don't." She went on to inform me that this all happened many years ago, back when we were in college. Apparently I was the worst boyfriend she ever had and our time together was, by far, the worst year of her life. I silently took this in. "Well?" she said, "What do you have to say for yourself?" I slowly shook my head and said, "No, I think you've confused me with someone else." I then walked away very quickly so she wouldn't hear me giggling.
- ConnectionsReferences Star Trek (1966)
- SoundtracksHistory of Everything
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Written by Barenaked Ladies
Performed by Barenaked Ladies
[Series theme song played during the opening titles]
As a matter of fact, it is a tendency of the show to make "nerdisms" feel off-putting and "wrong", making the characters feel bad they have certain eccentricities and passions that adhere to their pop culture cellebration. Often we see Leonard apologise for "behaving nerdy" and that shines a negative light on the perfectly harmless habits we as nerds and geeks have. Surely his case is played in contrast to the non-geeky Penny, but the same joke almost applies in the other cases too with fundament behind it. You would imagine Amy and Bernadette would understand better the eccentricities of their partners more than perhaps Penny would of hers but they don't as much. I prayed the show would be more lenient and showed a different approach to the incursion of this "life style" in the rest of society and yet the show never delivered... Until this episode.
If pitched to me the idea of a sitcom where we follow the adventures and misadventures of four geeky scientist friends interacting with society and other "normies" like Penny; I would have imagined a light-hearted and playfully critique of a back and forth exchange between both where contrast and a sort of "fish out of the water" approach would become the foundations of the comedy. And I even hoped it would "change the tidewave" by perhaps shining a bit of light on the difficulties that can be found sometimes in the interaction of both of these worlds, hoping that they would respect and be tolerant of the people who consider the behaviors and at times rituals that a passion for pop culture media entails. To acknowledge and accept the importance it can have on their lives.
So seeing this brilliant episode right after the great and similar-natured "sexual harrassment" one, snapped me out of my stagnation and monotone "background noise" frequency the show had seem to have fell into. The dark understudies of what it means to embrace your passions, no matter how eccentric or quirky they may be; and the first time the girls show an interest in what they have been so constantly critiquing of their boyfriends really felt like a breath of fresh air. So far I had been feeling a bit unsympathetic with the girls' "problems and complaints" about their boyfriends because I saw no problems whatsoever. A healthy relationship relies on you accepting your partner's interests and habits, granted they are not harming to themselves and others; or have long term repercussions.
Unfortunately the show doesn't embrace this sort of satirical approaches nor does it try to layer more the comedy of the show. It has an incredible and catchy premise, but it never really delves into it and tries to push the limits of the scenarios nor the comedic aspects of it. So I will hope the show provides more quality and "darker" nuanced reflections on its topic like these past two episodes, but if it doesn't evolve and given the road society is taking where more and more people embrace the "nerdom" and we are more "socially accepted", the more this show will become outdated and even offensive in the future. Rendering itself a poor reflection of the lives of pop culture fans that are not as generic as the show indicates. That there are other ways of "living" and other passions that may not conform with the preestablished.
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- Aug 20, 2022
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