I'm trying to avoid ranting or character bashing, but honestly? Everyone was manipulating everyone else this episode, except poor Raj, who seems to have replaced Howard at the bottom of the pecking order. Not to mention that I thought he was absolutely right when he was saying nobody cared while he was the one sitting on the floor, but as soon as it was Penny, it was a problem.
But then I guess the show's not called 'Friends'. It's called 'The Big Bang Theory'. Which means that, following the implications of the theory, the atoms/stars/planets (characters and relationships) will potentially increase in entropy, or disorder/chaos, the more that the show expands. We've already seen an example of this with the cast going from the relatively stable three characters (Penny, Sheldon, Leonard) to the more unbalanced five (Howard and Raj) to the disorder of seven (Amy and Bernie). (Stuart is presumably some sort of unhappy neutron star that shows up on occasion. He's like the Pluto of the TBBT solar system.)
Basically, the further we get into the series -- as the show expands in duration -- the more chaotic things will get, until (assuming an average sitcom lifespan) by season ten the show will have expanded beyond recognition, which may lead to a Big Rip (show is torn apart by its own size; Mayim Bialik gets spin-off show.), Big Crunch (show collapses in on itself), Big Bounce (key actors leave; Chuck Lorre recasts and attempts to continue show), or Big Freeze (everyone abruptly stops watching and entire cast decides everything is bullshit).
tl;dr wow, I think that was more physics than I ever learnt at school
But then I guess the show's not called 'Friends'. It's called 'The Big Bang Theory'. Which means that, following the implications of the theory, the atoms/stars/planets (characters and relationships) will potentially increase in entropy, or disorder/chaos, the more that the show expands. We've already seen an example of this with the cast going from the relatively stable three characters (Penny, Sheldon, Leonard) to the more unbalanced five (Howard and Raj) to the disorder of seven (Amy and Bernie). (Stuart is presumably some sort of unhappy neutron star that shows up on occasion. He's like the Pluto of the TBBT solar system.)
Basically, the further we get into the series -- as the show expands in duration -- the more chaotic things will get, until (assuming an average sitcom lifespan) by season ten the show will have expanded beyond recognition, which may lead to a Big Rip (show is torn apart by its own size; Mayim Bialik gets spin-off show.), Big Crunch (show collapses in on itself), Big Bounce (key actors leave; Chuck Lorre recasts and attempts to continue show), or Big Freeze (everyone abruptly stops watching and entire cast decides everything is bullshit).
tl;dr wow, I think that was more physics than I ever learnt at school
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