Less than two months ago on The Big Bang Theory, Sheldon Cooper nearly had a breakdown trying to come up with the perfect wedding date to marry Amy Farrah Fowler. Apparently there are certain problems even physicists can’t solve, so the solution was to let his fiancé take over the wedding planning—specifically the location and…
Read moreThe Big Bang Theory constantly tests the relationships among the central core characters, but tonight’s episode featured a fracture between Sheldon, Leonard, and Howard that felt particularly infuriating—and real. “The Tesla Recoil” began with Leonard and Howard learning about that shocking revelation that Sheldon is still working for the military, months after the three of…
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Donald Trump declared a public health emergency last week over the nation’s overdose crisis. And just yesterday, the President’s Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis, led by New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, released its recommendations to address America’s growing problem. “Mr. President, the reason behind the urgent recommendations presented to you today…
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Good luck getting Sheldon Cooper to solve this problem: At what point in this season of The Big Bang Theory did Sheldon turn into someone almost completely unrecognizable from the man he’s become over the last few years? On tonight’s episode, Sheldon seemed to fall deeper into self-absorbed territory by becoming territorial over his fiancé’s…
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PHOTO: Michael Yarish/Warner Bros. Sheldon Cooper‘s descent into groomzilla-land took approximately 20 minutes before that reign came to a much-needed conclusion on tonight’s Big Bang Theory. While his obsession over the perfect date wedding date was totally in line with his personality, the need to spend almost an entire episode on it—or the meaning behind…
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Within the first five minutes of tonight’s Big Bang Theory premiere, diehard Shamy fans got the answer they had been waiting all summer for when—spoiler!—Amy accepted Sheldon’s proposal. But that’s not all: Bernadette and Howard discovered they are going to be parents again (!!!), a mere nine months after the birth of baby Halley. In…
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