# The Big Bang Theory, May 8, 2014 -- "The Gorilla Dissolution" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 8, 2014, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-may-8-2014-the-gorilla-dissolution/687978 "2014-05-08T15:13:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**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:** [May 10, 2014, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-may-8-2014-the-gorilla-dissolution/687978/81 "2014-05-10T03:06:41Z")
Yep. you’re right. I owe you a Modelo. ---
**Author:** ![Barking\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Barking\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barking_Dog)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2014, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-may-8-2014-the-gorilla-dissolution/687978/82 "2014-05-10T03:27:58Z")
Maybe Raj will be at risk of deportation again if Sheldon quits and he convinces the lady he was making out with to marry him in order to stay in the country? ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2014, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-may-8-2014-the-gorilla-dissolution/687978/83 "2014-05-10T04:02:56Z")
> [@Barking\_Dog](#): > > Maybe Raj will be at risk of deportation again if Sheldon quits and he convinces the lady he was making out with to marry him in order to stay in the country? Classic sitcom/movie device; however, not really all that based on reality. Those pesky laws conflict with a good story. ---
**Author:** ![Barking\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Barking\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barking_Dog)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2014, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-may-8-2014-the-gorilla-dissolution/687978/84 "2014-05-10T04:15:04Z")
Yes sir. Which is why it’s right up BBT’s alley. Because why be inventive when you can rehash an old sitcom trope? ---
**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:** [May 10, 2014, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-may-8-2014-the-gorilla-dissolution/687978/85 "2014-05-10T14:05:39Z")
Was I the only person to watch the “coming attractions” at the end of the episode? It clearly shows that Leonard has asked Sheldon to move into Penny’s apartment so that they can have the bigger one to themselves. Almost certainly the “big move” Sheldon is considering. When Howard and Raj were moving the big box up the stairs (apparently the writers wanted to re-use material from the second episode of the series), you can see some pictures and artwork on the wall behind the stairs. At least two of the photos were seen hanging outside the Wolowitz bathroom door in season 4’s _The Engagement Reaction_. It is too common in TV shows for such decorative items in secondary sets to move around. Wheaton is a terrible actor. B-movies are a bit fit than hit TV shows. ---
**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:** [May 10, 2014, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-may-8-2014-the-gorilla-dissolution/687978/86 "2014-05-10T14:56:18Z")
> [@Barking\_Dog](#): > > Yes sir. Which is why it’s right up BBT’s alley. Because why be inventive when you can rehash an old sitcom trope? Rehashing old sitcom tropes has made **BBT** the most successful show on TV today. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2014, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-may-8-2014-the-gorilla-dissolution/687978/87 "2014-05-10T16:13:50Z")
> [@Nobody](#): > > A while back Raj took a job from Sheldon to keep from getting deported. Is he still working for him? Because if so, then unless the show doesn’t care about continuity, if Sheldon quits, Raj will have to find another job at the university ASAP. Are we to expect he got some kind of Magic VISA? I hope someone got fired for that blunder. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2014, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-may-8-2014-the-gorilla-dissolution/687978/88 "2014-05-10T16:16:55Z")
I was out of town and watched the last two episodes back-to-back, or I never would have noticed this: Last week’s episode (Star Wars Day, Bob Newhart) was episode 22, and this week’s episode was episode 24. WTF happened to episode 23? ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2014, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-may-8-2014-the-gorilla-dissolution/687978/89 "2014-05-10T17:42:03Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Yep. you’re right. I owe you a Modelo. Well actually it was a “░egro Modelo” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2014, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-may-8-2014-the-gorilla-dissolution/687978/90 "2014-05-10T17:49:05Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > I was out of town and watched the last two episodes back-to-back, or I never would have noticed this: Last week’s episode (Star Wars Day, Bob Newhart) was episode 22, and this week’s episode was episode 24. WTF happened to episode 23? Wikipedia has the Gorilla episode as 23, with next week’s as 24. Sometimes the onscreen guide/DVR gets the numbers wrong, I think. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2014, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-may-8-2014-the-gorilla-dissolution/687978/91 "2014-05-10T18:52:40Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > Are we to expect he got some kind of Magic VISA? I hope someone got fired for that blunder. wizard did it. ---
**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:** [May 10, 2014, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-may-8-2014-the-gorilla-dissolution/687978/92 "2014-05-10T19:33:30Z")
Wheaton played a prick in Eureka, too. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2014, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-may-8-2014-the-gorilla-dissolution/687978/93 "2014-05-10T20:46:46Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > Are we to expect he got some kind of Magic VISA? I hope someone got fired for that blunder. If I remember right he has a work VISA and can stay in the country while working for the university. Doing some Googling, he probably has a US H1-B Visa. According to [this Site](http://jobsearch.about.com/od/workvisas/a/h-1b-visa.htm) the max someone can stay is six years. The show’s been on for seven years, and I think Raj was supposed to be around before the start of the show, so yeah, he’s way overstayed his VISA. ---
**Author:** ![Fair\_Rarity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fair_rarity/32/153_2.png) [@Fair\_Rarity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fair_Rarity)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2014, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-may-8-2014-the-gorilla-dissolution/687978/94 "2014-05-11T01:21:41Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > You thought that was a surprise? It ain’t exactly up there with “JAPAN SURRENDERS”; I’ve forgotten how many times one of them has proposed to the other. Yes, but this was the first time with a ring and an acceptance, I believe. It wasn’t an unexpected swerve, as they’ve been telegraphing it all season, but it is ridiculous for any show to give away an episode’s ending like that ---
**Author:** ![rsa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@rsa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rsa)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2014, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-may-8-2014-the-gorilla-dissolution/687978/95 "2014-05-11T02:50:21Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > Penny and Leonard got engaged. Sheldon bought water skis and a leather jacket. Raj is looking in to boat rentals, and Howard is trying to teach Bernie to swim. Very nice analogy **Oakminster** , but no one has commented on your reference to “jumping the shark” on Happy Days. Does anyone think this is the beginning of the end? ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2014, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-may-8-2014-the-gorilla-dissolution/687978/96 "2014-05-11T03:20:31Z")
I thought the beginning of the end was when Sheldon took Penny’s advice and “broke up” with String Theory. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2014, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-may-8-2014-the-gorilla-dissolution/687978/97 "2014-05-11T03:22:12Z")
> [@rsa](#): > > Very nice analogy **Oakminster** , but no one has commented on your reference to “jumping the shark” on Happy Days. Does anyone think this is the beginning of the end? Probably a lot of confirmation bias, but I think there is a reference to Jumping the Shark in every TBBT episode thread. I cannot believe there are this many people still watching TBBT after seeing the criticisms week after week after week. ---
**Author:** ![rsa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@rsa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rsa)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2014, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-may-8-2014-the-gorilla-dissolution/687978/98 "2014-05-11T03:28:45Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > I thought the beginning of the end was when Sheldon took Penny’s advice and “broke up” with String Theory. Good point, I agree. ---
**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:** [May 11, 2014, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-may-8-2014-the-gorilla-dissolution/687978/99 "2014-05-11T04:06:40Z")
I can’t believe people are still watching the show and bitching about it. If it so offends you, shut it the fuck off. The rest of us will keep enjoying the show. ---
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2014, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-may-8-2014-the-gorilla-dissolution/687978/100 "2014-05-11T04:41:07Z")
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