# Sheldon + Blossom = Shark Jump? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 1, 2010, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheldon-blossom-shark-jump/534654 "2010-04-01T22:12:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheldon-blossom-shark-jump/534654/1 "2010-04-01T22:12:19Z")
> [@](#): > > It seems that the producers of ‘The Big Bang Theory’ have decided it’s time for Jim Parson’s character of Sheldon Cooper to have a girlfriend. [Mayim Bialik](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayim_Bialik) will appear on the season finale of the sitcom as Sheldon’s date, a potentially recurring role. > > This has serious shark-jumping disaster potential. Sheldon has been repeatedly shown in the past as having zero interest in a romantic relationship. It’s one of the hallmarks of the character. He’s even rejected Danica McKellar. Full story at: [TV Squad](http://www.tvsquad.com/2010/03/27/sheldon-cooper-may-get-a-big-bang/) So what do you think? I personally do not like the idea. The only hopeful thing is it says “Potential” OK Bialik is so intellegent in real life she’s scary but so is her face 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheldon-blossom-shark-jump/534654/2 "2010-04-01T22:26:20Z")
Fuck Blossom, i had a huge crush on Six someone needs to bring her back. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheldon-blossom-shark-jump/534654/3 "2010-04-01T22:27:48Z")
But Sheldon’s too [del]gay[/del] intellectual to have sex with Mayim Bialik! Can anybody imagine Sheldon being in love? I can imagine him giving a booty call though. [knock knock knock]Woman! [knock knock knock]Woman![knock knock knock]Woman! Now a romance twixt him and Leonard’s mom (Christine Baranski) might be worth watching. ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2010, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheldon-blossom-shark-jump/534654/4 "2010-04-01T22:33:00Z")
> [@DigitalC](#): > > Fuck Blossom, i had a huge crush on Six someone needs to bring her back. You’re not wrong, there were only two reasons to watch _Blossom_: If You were a boy: [“Six”](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenna_von_O%C3%BF) And if you were a girl: [Joey](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_Lawrence) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2010, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheldon-blossom-shark-jump/534654/5 "2010-04-02T00:42:51Z")
I vote for more story hooks. She can hang around. Also, Mayim Bialik! ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2010, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheldon-blossom-shark-jump/534654/6 "2010-04-03T04:08:47Z")
You can occasionally make jokes about Sheldon interacting with a woman, and I could see contriving a reason for him to go on an actual date (say, his mom set it up). So one or two episodes, I’m OK with. But there’s no way there’s enough material there to do it on a regular basis, and if she’s going to be recurring, you’d need some excuse to get her out of the picture when you don’t want to make jokes about it. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2010, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheldon-blossom-shark-jump/534654/7 "2010-04-03T05:29:23Z")
I think it’s a good idea, if only because this is a show that is always running the risk of falling into an annoying pattern. Lately, it’s been the Sheldon and Penny show. Leonard has been reduced to ‘the guy who looks exasperated all the time’. The show’s seriously in danger of falling into a rut. It’s still a great show, but there are warning signs appearing. So sure, mix it up, bring another girl into the mix. I think Parsons can make it work. I can imagine something like the girl giving him an unexpected kiss, and then have 15 minutes of Sheldon analyzing it, thinking it’s weird and unhygienic or whatever, then slowly realizing that he actually enjoyed it. End the season with a second kiss and having Sheldon say something like, “It would appear my earlier analysis of human oscular modes of affection was seriously flawed…” ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2010, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheldon-blossom-shark-jump/534654/8 "2010-04-03T15:51:08Z")
I have to wonder what sort of woman would be compatible with Sheldon. ---
**Author:** ![Abby\_Emma\_Sasha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@Abby\_Emma\_Sasha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abby_Emma_Sasha)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2010, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheldon-blossom-shark-jump/534654/9 "2010-04-03T16:53:05Z")
> [@Markxxx](#): > > You’re not wrong, there were only two reasons to watch _Blossom_: > > If You were a boy: [“Six”](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenna_von_O%C3%BF) > > And if you were a girl: [Joey](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_Lawrence) > > 🙂 If you were a _woman_ the reason to watch was [Ted Wass](http://http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0913637/). I crushed on him in _Soap_ also. BTW, I think Mayim Bialik is cute. ---
**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:** [April 3, 2010, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheldon-blossom-shark-jump/534654/10 "2010-04-03T16:55:38Z")
> [@Max\_the\_Immortal](#): > > I have to wonder what sort of woman would be compatible with Sheldon. Robotic. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2010, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheldon-blossom-shark-jump/534654/11 "2010-04-03T19:11:32Z")
> [@Max\_the\_Immortal](#): > > I have to wonder what sort of woman would be compatible with Sheldon. Leonard Nimoy in drag. (I checked to see if his daughter is an actress but, alas, she’s a rabbi; Sheldon wouldn’t date a religious person- plus she’s married.) ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2010, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheldon-blossom-shark-jump/534654/12 "2010-04-03T20:03:31Z")
> [@Markxxx](#): > > You’re not wrong, there were only two reasons to watch _Blossom_: > > If You were a boy: [“Six”](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenna_von_O%C3%BF) > > And if you were a girl: [Joey](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey_Lawrence) > > 🙂 I couldn’t be arsed to click the Joey link, but there’s no pics in the Six one. In the spoiler box below I have provided some. [Here you go.](http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c188/amalvone/jenna_von_oy_011.jpg) ---
**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:** [April 3, 2010, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheldon-blossom-shark-jump/534654/13 "2010-04-03T20:04:51Z")
**Skald** , I take back a few of the things I’ve called you over the years. ---
**Author:** ![Abby\_Emma\_Sasha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@Abby\_Emma\_Sasha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abby_Emma_Sasha)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2010, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheldon-blossom-shark-jump/534654/14 "2010-04-03T20:24:02Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > I couldn’t be arsed to click the Joey link, but there’s no pics in the Six one. In the spoiler box below I have provided some. > > [Here you go.](http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c188/amalvone/jenna_von_oy_011.jpg) Wow, Six is a ten. ---
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2010, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheldon-blossom-shark-jump/534654/15 "2010-04-03T20:29:04Z")
Even the nerdiest of nerds hook up. That’s how they reproduce. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2010, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheldon-blossom-shark-jump/534654/16 "2010-04-03T20:52:07Z")
> [@Abby\_Emma\_Sasha](#): > > Wow, Six is a ten. You misspelled "eleven.’ I remember seeing her on some sitcom called The Parkers a few years back. There was a running joke about her inability to keep a boyfriend and her general unattractiveness that made me go 😕 every time. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2010, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheldon-blossom-shark-jump/534654/17 "2010-04-04T03:09:12Z")
> [@amanset](#): > > Even the nerdiest of nerds hook up. That’s how they reproduce. But Sheldon’s not just a nerd. He’s a specifically asexual nerd. That doesn’t mean he can’t change his mind, but it could very well be character-breaking for him if it isn’t handled right. Because of that, I think it’s silly to vote until we at least see the episode. ---
**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:** [April 4, 2010, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheldon-blossom-shark-jump/534654/18 "2010-04-04T03:44:16Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > But Sheldon’s not just a nerd. He’s a specifically asexual nerd. That doesn’t mean he can’t change his mind, but it could very well be character-breaking for him if it isn’t handled right… Something like Sheldon methodically experimenting with courtship and sex with a woman; then doing the exact same thing with a _man_ just to compare? That might be interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2010, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheldon-blossom-shark-jump/534654/19 "2010-04-04T04:13:14Z")
I like an assexual Sheldon. the thing I don’t like is the use of Mayim Bialik. In real life she has a PhD in neuroscience, so this is an attempt at driving the ratings up. While currently _the Big Bang Theory_ is the number one comedy, having pulled ahead of _Two And A Half Men_, in terms of overall ratings it pulled into #14 currently and if it gets a big enough boost, may be the first sitcom to pull of a top ten year end rating in a long time. If Sheldon has to have a girlfriend, or even a boyfriend, I would like it to be other than a ratings stunt ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2010, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheldon-blossom-shark-jump/534654/20 "2010-04-04T04:28:06Z")
I put “don’t know” because whether this is a wonderful or terrible idea will depend greatly on the execution. So I’ll wait and see… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sheldon-blossom-shark-jump/534654.md?page=2)