Watching the commentary on S1, one of the creators commented that this is one of the only shows on TV where people show their smarts (paraphrasing). It’s true, not just about the geek stuff but also with the vocabularies of the characters. Where else on TV are you going to hear words like “ersatz” tossed about in casual conversation?
I’m still not convinced by this Hulk/human thing.
I think I’ll have a sulk over it.
Yeah, it would be nice if they recognize it and have more shows for us. 
Hell, I’d be happy if they’d just put this and Mythbusters in different freakin’ timeslots!
That’s the thing, none of the guys are really ugly. They took nice looking guys and “geeked them up,” which doesn’t make a true geek 
I’m a latecomer to this show, but one of the things I find *least *realistic about this show is how diverse the Leonard & company are in their interests. Most people I’ve met who are that smart and working in an academic environment are much more specialized in their nerdyness than any of the four.
That, and the male characters wear too many layers to *ever *be comfortable in Pasadena, California. Does the wardrobe mistress think this show is set in MIT?
Why do they wear all those layers? I’ve never seen their arms bare unless one of them was in bed with someone, and maybe not even then, now that I think on it – they’re under sheets.
And then there’s Penny, in shorts and a tank top.
Some loose ends after watching S2 – as far as I know, we didn’t see how Leonard broke it off with the doctor he was seeing, and we didn’t see any more of the actress on the 5th floor who had the fight with Penny. I suppose their story lines were over, points made and all that, but it would have been nice to see what happened.
Speaking of clothes, how about Howard’s? Obviously his jeans are custom dyed to match his ridiculous (and sometimes cool) shirts, but we’re really supposed to believe his mom finds those off the rack or something? Did he build a time-machine for his mom so she could shop in 1965?
I have this picture in my head of the bit in Wayne’s World when Wayne and Garth go to the Aereosmith (?) concert and they do the " We’re not worthy" thing, and the ban members start geeking out . LOL
can someone tell me what the Flatlands reference was? And, perhaps, then explain it.
It’s a short novel, written in 1884. It tells the tale of a square living in a purely two-dimensional universe, until he visits one- and three-dimensional worlds. It’s popular among physicists as an allegory on our inability to perceive a universe beyond our own three dimensions.
Wikipedia entry for Flatland.
Why do you assume his mom buys his clothes ? Did he say so on the show and I forgot about it ? I assumed he bought all his stuff on eBay or something like that.
Because if his mom is buying him his shirts and belt buckles… man, is she a nerd :).
I assume since he lives with his mom and she cooks for him and packs his lunches, she probably also buys his clothes.
You’re thinking of Alice Cooper, explaining how Milwaukee is from the Indian word Mille Wa Kee, or “great alnd”. (Something like that anyway.)
Wayne and Garth first did the “We’re not worthy” thing in a SNL episode when they had Aerosmith as a guest.