Chronicles of a Writer

The Big Bang Theory 3×09 ‘The Vengeance Formulation’

What I like about this week's episode of The Big Bang Theory is that it sticks with something.  Usually, my beef with sitcoms is that there is rarely any follow-through.  'The Vengeance Formulation' actually brings back an old storyline and progresses it. The Wolowitz Spotlight The misdirected man rarely gets any shining moment.  However, thanks to a hefty bathtub scene with Katee Sackhoff and a surprisingly endearing relationship with newcomer Melissa Rauch (Bernadette), the episode prett...

The Big Bang Theory 3×08 ‘The Adhesive Duck Dificiency’

Here's an episode with the two most unlikely characters stuck in an uncomfortable situation: Penny and Sheldon.  'The Adhesive Duck Dificiency' is definitely one of the funnier entries into season 3 of The Big Bang Theory. Sheldon's World It wouldn't surprise me if creators Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady conceived Sheldon with Asperger's or some other condition that allows him to be so utterly out of this world.  I'm sure many viewers have wondered about Sheldon and his ability to have any rom...

The Big Bang Theory 3×07 ‘The Guitarist Amplification’

Even for a sitcom, having only one storyline in an episode is very rare.  This why 'The Guitarist Amplification' feels so bizarre next to the other Big Bang Theory episodes. The Fight What the episode lacks in variety it makes up in illustrating a milestone in Penny and Leonard's relationship--their first fight.  For a show where the characters thrive in naivete, this is a fairly mature storyline, one that even brings out an interesting character facet in Sheldon.  Turns out, Sheldon is pa...

The Big Bang Theory 3×06 ‘The Cornhusker Vortex’

Finally, we get a glimpse of exactly how Penny and Leonard function as a couple in public.  Although "The Big Bang Theory" rarely takes any risks, episodes such as 'The Cornhusker Vortex' always leave you entertained and satisfied. Leonny...or Penord While Penny and Leonard have a ways to go before they measure up to the truly iconic sitcom couples, they do have this playful innocence appeal going for them.  The fact that they are so different makes you want them to stay together even more...