# The Big Bang Theory, March 7, 2014 -- "The Friendship Turbulence" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 7, 2014, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-march-7-2014-the-friendship-turbulence/683112 "2014-03-07T14:59:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2014, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-march-7-2014-the-friendship-turbulence/683112/1 "2014-03-07T14:59:48Z")
So, what did everyone think of last night’s 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:** [March 7, 2014, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-march-7-2014-the-friendship-turbulence/683112/2 "2014-03-07T15:03:20Z")
Meh. Liked: Howard and Bernie. Raj and Amy in the lab. Later Leonard and Penny. Disliked: Raj and Amy in public. Early Leonard and Penny. Howard and Sheldon. The laugh track in general. They either need to really shake up the core dynamic or call it a wrap for the show. It’s getting boring. ---
**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:** [March 7, 2014, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-march-7-2014-the-friendship-turbulence/683112/3 "2014-03-07T15:16:45Z")
Liked the line about Bernie’s noise-cancelling breasts. Otherwise another subpar episode in a pretty miserable season. I think it should be one more year and out for this one. ---
**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:** [March 7, 2014, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-march-7-2014-the-friendship-turbulence/683112/4 "2014-03-07T15:19:28Z")
I will admit, Melissa Rauch’s facial expression when he delivered that line was priceless. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2014, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-march-7-2014-the-friendship-turbulence/683112/5 "2014-03-07T15:19:56Z")
Yeah, 'fraid so. It’s turned into a remake of “Friends”. ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2014, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-march-7-2014-the-friendship-turbulence/683112/6 "2014-03-07T16:23:31Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Liked the line about Bernie’s noise-cancelling breasts. Otherwise another subpar episode in a pretty miserable season. I think it should be one more year and out for this one. Yeah, that was a great line! ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2014, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-march-7-2014-the-friendship-turbulence/683112/7 "2014-03-07T16:46:50Z")
Leonard has deepen things. maybe Penny will learn to live with his nerd compulsion to be right or he might ease it off. AFF is moving towards making a move. whichever way a Shamy shakeup. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2014, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-march-7-2014-the-friendship-turbulence/683112/8 "2014-03-07T17:05:13Z")
I felt it to be a so-so episode, but am still chuckling over the mental image of Sheldon being a cross between Pee-wee Herman and C3PO. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2014, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-march-7-2014-the-friendship-turbulence/683112/9 "2014-03-07T17:39:13Z")
The show feels tired this season. I really hope they find a way to fix it but I am also fearful they won’t. It still has its moments but it really isn’t great any more. I also liked the cross between Pee-wee Herman and C3PO line. It fit well. ---
**Author:** ![magnusblitz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@magnusblitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magnusblitz)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2014, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-march-7-2014-the-friendship-turbulence/683112/10 "2014-03-07T20:14:04Z")
I admit I haven’t watched the show for that long of a time, but I don’t remember everyone being so goddamned _mean_ to each other all the time. This season, it really does feel like everyone’s tired and they’re just constantly squabbling and insulting each other. Heck, you know it’s bad when Amy has become the “straight man” of the group. ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2014, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-march-7-2014-the-friendship-turbulence/683112/11 "2014-03-07T21:55:28Z")
Did anyone else notice the desk with the Win 98 system is back where the dining table was last week? Don’t feel bad, I didn’t think to look for it until I watched it for the 2nd time. ---
**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:** [March 7, 2014, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-march-7-2014-the-friendship-turbulence/683112/12 "2014-03-07T22:10:28Z")
The couch was back in the regular place, too. ---
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2014, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-march-7-2014-the-friendship-turbulence/683112/13 "2014-03-07T22:30:00Z")
Penny quitting waitressing full time was a terrible decision. The ramifications of it made a lot of plot points almost too big to ignore. Losing a car is financially tragic. Losing your income while you still have to pay rent is financially impossible. A used car is $5-8k? That’s 6 months rent. That’s 4 months rent+groceries. If she couldn’t swing the car, she can’t swing living for 4 months before packing it back to Nebraska. ---
**Author:** ![tim-n-va](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim-n-va/32/3001_2.png) [@tim-n-va](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim-n-va)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2014, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-march-7-2014-the-friendship-turbulence/683112/14 "2014-03-07T23:15:41Z")
They did mention savings so having to buy a car would wipe out savings intended for rent. The bigger issue is that it was pretty much established that she was living paycheck to paycheck before quitting so where did the savings come from? ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2014, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-march-7-2014-the-friendship-turbulence/683112/15 "2014-03-08T00:00:41Z")
> [@pancakes3](#): > > Penny quitting waitressing full time was a terrible decision. The ramifications of it made a lot of plot points almost too big to ignore. Losing a car is financially tragic. Losing your income while you still have to pay rent is financially impossible. A used car is $5-8k? That’s 6 months rent. That’s 4 months rent+groceries. If she couldn’t swing the car, she can’t swing living for 4 months before packing it back to Nebraska. What groceries? I guess the wine budget, maybe. ---
**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:** [March 8, 2014, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-march-7-2014-the-friendship-turbulence/683112/16 "2014-03-08T00:02:11Z")
> [@tim-n-va](#): > > They did mention savings so having to buy a car would wipe out savings intended for rent. The bigger issue is that it was pretty much established that she was living paycheck to paycheck before quitting so where did the savings come from? Residuals from the hemorrhoid commercial? ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2014, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-march-7-2014-the-friendship-turbulence/683112/17 "2014-03-08T00:11:42Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Residuals from the hemorrhoid commercial? That’s what I was thinking. ---
**Author:** ![crucible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@crucible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crucible)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2014, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-march-7-2014-the-friendship-turbulence/683112/18 "2014-03-08T00:16:29Z")
This show doesn’t provide wall to wall laughs. It is good for two laughs an episode, which is, sad to say, better than most other shows. I do think they aren’t progressing very well as individuals. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2014, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-march-7-2014-the-friendship-turbulence/683112/19 "2014-03-08T00:21:41Z")
Residuals and Hemorrhoids in the same sentences borders on TMI. :eek: Sheldon should have bought car for Penny and made Penny his Full Time chauffeur. But he was involved in the B-Story (going to Houston w/ Wolowitz) Why exactly was Sheldon in the car with Penny when it broke down? ---
**Author:** ![Claverhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@Claverhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claverhouse)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2014, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-march-7-2014-the-friendship-turbulence/683112/20 "2014-03-08T01:45:09Z")
Howard’s quirkish looks seemed to be maturing in this episode: I’m thinking he may look more like Leonard Cohen or the actor Paul Scofield ( whom I only know from **A Man For All Seasons** , which I was dragged to as a small child ) when older. For all his grossness early on he was always the most affable and engaging member of this tiny band. Not that that’s saying a lot, obviously. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-march-7-2014-the-friendship-turbulence/683112.md?page=2)