# Big Bang Theory to End After This Season **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 22, 2018, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-to-end-after-this-season/820066 "2018-08-22T19:13:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2018, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-to-end-after-this-season/820066/101 "2018-08-29T14:35:25Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > I think her given family name is Wyatt. I suppose Sweeting is probably out. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2018, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-to-end-after-this-season/820066/102 "2018-08-29T15:33:03Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > …Just about every season they show someone climbing down the elevator shaft or something similar… I don’t remember any of that ---
**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:** [August 29, 2018, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-to-end-after-this-season/820066/103 "2018-08-29T15:51:26Z")
Raj hid a clue for his last challenge in the elevator shaft, where Leonard had to climb down to find it. That was what, 2 seasons ago? ---
**Author:** ![blob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blob/32/489_2.png) [@blob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blob)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2018, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-to-end-after-this-season/820066/104 "2018-08-29T22:53:59Z")
Wouldn’t the bomb have blown up the whole building, or at least more than just the lift/elevator? ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2018, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-to-end-after-this-season/820066/105 "2018-08-29T23:00:44Z")
Penny is actually her last name, her first name is Money. 😛 ---
**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:** [August 30, 2018, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-to-end-after-this-season/820066/106 "2018-08-30T00:05:45Z")
> [@blob](#): > > Wouldn’t the bomb have blown up the whole building, or at least more than just the lift/elevator? The misbehaving rocket fuel? I doubt it. Not contained enough for a really big bang. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2018, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-to-end-after-this-season/820066/107 "2018-08-30T02:36:23Z")
Beverly could do a Rosalyn Shays down the elevator shaft. ---
**Author:** ![blob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blob/32/489_2.png) [@blob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blob)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2018, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-to-end-after-this-season/820066/108 "2018-08-30T04:38:26Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Beverly could do a Rosalyn Shays down the elevator shaft. What does that mean? I don’t want to search it in case it’s rude. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2018, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-to-end-after-this-season/820066/109 "2018-08-30T04:53:56Z")
> [@blob](#): > > What does that mean? I don’t want to search it in case it’s rude. Rosalind Shays was a very unpopular character on _L.A. Law_. She was written out of the show when the elevator door at the firm’s high-rise office opened and she walked through while engrossed in a conversation, and the elevator wasn’t there. One assumes the resulting lawsuit was truly epic. The scene is [here](https://youtu.be/Mj8FIbuoWPY) if you wish to view it. ---
**Author:** ![blob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blob/32/489_2.png) [@blob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blob)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2018, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-to-end-after-this-season/820066/110 "2018-08-30T05:00:45Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Rosalind Shays Thanks, I remember her now. That red-haired actress, Diana Muldaur, wasn’t it? No, I like Beverley, I don’t want her to end like that. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2018, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-to-end-after-this-season/820066/111 "2018-08-30T13:48:19Z")
Another ending I don’t want…Young Sheldon being woken up by his mother, rubbing his eyes and saying, “Mother, I just had the strangest dream.” The only dream sequence that worked was the ending of _Newhart._ ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2018, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-to-end-after-this-season/820066/112 "2018-08-30T13:53:06Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Raj hid a clue for his last challenge in the elevator shaft, where Leonard had to climb down to find it. That was what, 2 seasons ago? The show will end with the elevator repairman finally showing up. ---
**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:** [August 30, 2018, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-to-end-after-this-season/820066/113 "2018-08-30T13:54:12Z")
And saying “What happened to the elevator? It looks like a bomb went off in there.” ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2018, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-to-end-after-this-season/820066/114 "2018-08-30T15:35:53Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > I don’t remember any of that Leonard also played hero in the shaft, saving Penny from. . . I don’t remember. But that was a fantasy, so I don’t think it counts as proof the elevator doesn’t work. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2018, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-to-end-after-this-season/820066/115 "2018-08-30T16:40:14Z")
Didn’t one of them go into the shaft looking for Toby the cricket? ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2018, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-to-end-after-this-season/820066/116 "2018-08-30T17:04:14Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Didn’t one of them go into the shaft looking for Toby the cricket? You mean **Jiminy**! ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2018, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-to-end-after-this-season/820066/117 "2018-08-30T17:47:05Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > Another ending I don’t want…Young Sheldon being woken up by his mother, rubbing his eyes and saying, “Mother, I just had the strangest dream.” > > The only dream sequence that worked was the ending of _Newhart._ But wouldn’t that actually be kind of perfect, since Bob Newhart shows up in Sheldon’s dreams as Professor Proton? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2018, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-to-end-after-this-season/820066/118 "2018-08-30T22:05:00Z")
The last episode’s cold open should be Bob Newhart’s Prof Proton waking up next to his hated puppet and saying, "Wow, I just had the strangest dream. . … The rest of the episode can concern itself with the elevator, never referencing the open. ---
**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 5, 2018, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-to-end-after-this-season/820066/119 "2018-09-05T13:33:37Z")
Or Bob Hartley waking up next to Emily, talking about the strange dream he had after watching Roseanne ---
**Author:** ![Shut\_Up\_Lutz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Shut\_Up\_Lutz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shut_Up_Lutz)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2018, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-to-end-after-this-season/820066/120 "2018-09-05T18:09:32Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > I somehow find it hard to work up any sympathy for people who are making nearly $1 million/episode. I loathe this attitude towards actors. “(Insert actor’s name) held out until they got (insert amount of money) which is so unfair!!! They only have to work a couple hours a week.” Ok, but then why aren’t people like you bitching and whining about Steven Spielberg being paid $52,000,000 to “consult” on Universal Studio’s theme parks, or someone like former Simpsons exec/writer Sam Simon who was making $20,000,000 a year AFTER he had been fired from the show. He contributed **nothing** just sat on his ass and played poker and let the money roll in, but he gets off the hook, why precisely? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-to-end-after-this-season/820066.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/big-bang-theory-to-end-after-this-season/820066.md?page=7)