# Big Bang Season Premiere 9/22--The Skank Reflex Analysis **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 22, 2011, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-season-premiere-9-22-the-skank-reflex-analysis/597196 "2011-09-22T14:34:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2011, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-season-premiere-9-22-the-skank-reflex-analysis/597196/1 "2011-09-22T14:34:31Z")
Penny worries that she’s screwed things up permanently with her friends, while Sheldon takes command of the paintball team. ETA" It’s an hour long episode. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2011, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-season-premiere-9-22-the-skank-reflex-analysis/597196/2 "2011-09-22T15:08:16Z")
Evil Wil Wheaton will return this season. Sweet! ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2011, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-season-premiere-9-22-the-skank-reflex-analysis/597196/3 "2011-09-22T17:55:16Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Evil Wil Wheaton will return this season. Sweet! That’s good to know. Episodes featuring him are always entertaining! ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2011, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-season-premiere-9-22-the-skank-reflex-analysis/597196/4 "2011-09-22T23:45:10Z")
I think this is just 2 episodes airing on the same night, not an hour long episode. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-season-premiere-9-22-the-skank-reflex-analysis/597196/5 "2011-09-23T00:01:51Z")
Whooo-hooo! It’s started. Now everybody STFU! ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-season-premiere-9-22-the-skank-reflex-analysis/597196/6 "2011-09-23T01:02:16Z")
The French Kissing scene was hysterical! ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-season-premiere-9-22-the-skank-reflex-analysis/597196/7 "2011-09-23T01:09:21Z")
The second half hour was full of more laugh out loud moments for me but overall it was pretty darn funny. ---
**Author:** ![Mongo\_Ponton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Mongo\_Ponton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mongo_Ponton)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-season-premiere-9-22-the-skank-reflex-analysis/597196/8 "2011-09-23T01:19:48Z")
Kiss me where I’ve never been kissed before. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-season-premiere-9-22-the-skank-reflex-analysis/597196/9 "2011-09-23T02:27:42Z")
Johnny Galecki’s been working out. I wish they had shown Sheldon inexplicably finding the “devil chair” in his apartment. > [@Mongo\_Ponton](#): > > Kiss me where I’ve never been kissed before. You mean like Salt Lake City? ---
**Author:** ![jk1245](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/49beb7/32.png) [@jk1245](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jk1245)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-season-premiere-9-22-the-skank-reflex-analysis/597196/10 "2011-09-23T02:47:28Z")
“Can I say I’ve ruined you for white men?” Loves me some Raj. Also, Amy’s little sad smile when Raj said he found out where Penny was by the constant updates to Amy’s FB page. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-season-premiere-9-22-the-skank-reflex-analysis/597196/11 "2011-09-23T03:21:10Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > The French Kissing scene was hysterical! I seriously want one of those interfaces. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-season-premiere-9-22-the-skank-reflex-analysis/597196/12 "2011-09-23T07:16:02Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > The French Kissing scene was hysterical! "Why do you always have to make things _weird?!"_ **Raj miffed . . . immediately back to remote frenching again** I loved how Leonard was just taking the whole scene in nonplused and clearly disgusted. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-season-premiere-9-22-the-skank-reflex-analysis/597196/13 "2011-09-23T08:35:29Z")
First ep- Bernadette screeching at Raj in a perfect echo of Howard’s Mother, and her affirmation of him while still enraged. Awesome! ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-season-premiere-9-22-the-skank-reflex-analysis/597196/14 "2011-09-23T12:42:37Z")
Really enjoyed both episodes. Some really sweet moments, including Amy practically begging Penny to stay in town. Awww. The chair episode reminded me of a couple that my sister knows who found what looked like a perfectly great couch on the curb. They brought it home, only to find out that it was infested with roaches. ::Shudder:: ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-season-premiere-9-22-the-skank-reflex-analysis/597196/15 "2011-09-23T13:12:46Z")
Kaley Cuoco has to be a damn good actress to act so badly in that commercial. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-season-premiere-9-22-the-skank-reflex-analysis/597196/16 "2011-09-23T13:42:14Z")
“Sitting pretty.” ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-season-premiere-9-22-the-skank-reflex-analysis/597196/17 "2011-09-23T13:58:50Z")
Maybe it’s just me, but in the last season Raj went from being a superfluous character to being quite annoying, if not a real asshole. What kind of jerk even thinks of going after two of his best friends girls? Why not make a move on Amy and complete the triple play? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-season-premiere-9-22-the-skank-reflex-analysis/597196/18 "2011-09-23T14:00:24Z")
Just wait for it. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-season-premiere-9-22-the-skank-reflex-analysis/597196/19 "2011-09-23T14:05:07Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Maybe it’s just me, but in the last season Raj went from being a superfluous character to being quite annoying, if not a real asshole. What kind of jerk even thinks of going after two of his best friends girls? Why not make a move on Amy and complete the triple play? He never made a move on Bernadette. Penny and Leonard broke up a while ago, and Leonard has clearly, obviously moved on. So Penny used her corn-fed Nebraska man-hands on Raj? Yikes. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-season-premiere-9-22-the-skank-reflex-analysis/597196/20 "2011-09-23T14:06:51Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Maybe it’s just me, but in the last season Raj went from being a superfluous character to being quite annoying, if not a real asshole. What kind of jerk even thinks of going after two of his best friends girls? Why not make a move on Amy and complete the triple play? Since Raj has such trouble talking with females, I guess his friend’s friends are the only ones he can hit on. My guess is that Raj is so far back in the closet he can see Narnia from there. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-season-premiere-9-22-the-skank-reflex-analysis/597196.md?page=2)