Episode Discussion - 7.18 - The Mommy Observation

[galfridian]

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[lightningbolt12]

No one commented yet? Guess don't gave to worry about bashing, lol.

I laughed when the girls asks Leonard and Lenny they didn't talk about their future, that would require them to talk and not have sex every 5 seconds and seriously Stuart hit his head while pretending to be dead if they're the best couple he knows even if he only hangs out with the group.

Sheldon trying to give his mom the sex talk was actually funny.

[jessicajason]

I really enjoyed the Sheldon/Mary/Howard plot line. I like how Howard seems to really be trying to nurture his friendship with Sheldon, whereas before his superpower was "to pretend to give a crap about [Sheldon's] piddly-ass problems."

What I liked a lot less was Stuart's assessment of L/P. When he said that they "make each other better" and that Penny brought Leonard "out of his shell" and he had made her start to think more deeply about things, all I could say was, "No, I think you're thinking of Sheldon and Penny." We've seen it since Season 1. I honestly shudder to think what these writers will do with three more seasons.

[shellsyke]

That's the problem I have with Stuart's assessment of Lenny as well. If the show has to tell us that Lenny makes each other better, I am concerned as to whether Lenny really make each other better when we haven't seen it as much.

[galfridian]

All the Chuck/Lorre productions seem guilty of this. Seems they'd rather tell us "X is so great" than show X doing...literally anything great. The thing is, I could probably like Leonard/Penny (not love, never actually ship, but accept) if they'd give us a little more depth with them.

[lightningbolt12]

Agree, they never shows us, why they're good for each other or why they should be together. I'll agree she helped him come out of his shell, but disagree with his assessment of Penny.

[notalwaysweak]

I spent the entire episode wanting to hug Stuart, but that's probably not news.

This episode only reinforced my total love of Mary Cooper. Sure, her religion's not my religion, but the fact that she acknowledged that she's struggling with the conflict between her religious beliefs and her natural desires? That was hella awesome and real and I approve immensely.

[stock2007]

Only 9 comments what's going on, have we given up?