# The Big Bang Theory, Season 10, Episode 13 (January 19, 2017) -- " The Romance Recalibration" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 19, 2017, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-13-january-19-2017-the-romance-recalibration/777586 "2017-01-19T22:59:25Z")\ **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:** [January 19, 2017, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-13-january-19-2017-the-romance-recalibration/777586/1 "2017-01-19T22:59:25Z")
I am starting this thread in anticipation of tonight’s episode. ---
**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:** [January 19, 2017, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-13-january-19-2017-the-romance-recalibration/777586/2 "2017-01-19T23:12:08Z")
Hey gytal2000, missed you recently. ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2017, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-13-january-19-2017-the-romance-recalibration/777586/3 "2017-01-19T23:20:46Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Hey gytal2000, missed you recently. Sadly, I wasn’t online to start the thread for the last episode. ---
**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:** [January 20, 2017, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-13-january-19-2017-the-romance-recalibration/777586/4 "2017-01-20T03:09:37Z")
I do find it funny that Amy and Sheldon have the healthiest relationship on the show. If you don’t count Raj and Howard. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2017, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-13-january-19-2017-the-romance-recalibration/777586/5 "2017-01-20T04:04:45Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > I do find it funny that Amy and Sheldon have the healthiest relationship on the show. If you don’t count Raj and Howard. Bro-Love is the best love.\* I haven’t watched the episode yet, just about to though. Be back in a bit. \*We really need a “hubba-hubba” type of smiley. But, oh well. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2017, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-13-january-19-2017-the-romance-recalibration/777586/6 "2017-01-20T04:19:55Z")
Ok, I’m going to be awesome and live Tweet the funny bits.\* Penny: Pink Wine and pizza bagels? It’s like 8th grade all over again. _[“That’s the joke.”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoPdKmmAjAA) -McBain._ \*You suck McBain! ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2017, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-13-january-19-2017-the-romance-recalibration/777586/7 "2017-01-20T09:35:34Z")
Well that was awful. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2017, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-13-january-19-2017-the-romance-recalibration/777586/8 "2017-01-20T09:44:35Z")
Is there a writers’ strike going on? ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2017, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-13-january-19-2017-the-romance-recalibration/777586/9 "2017-01-20T12:14:46Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > Ok, I’m going to be awesome and live Tweet the funny bits.\* > > Penny: Pink Wine and pizza bagels? It’s like 8th grade all over again. Congrats on spotting the one funny bit (although the open fantasy was approaching OK). ---
**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:** [January 20, 2017, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-13-january-19-2017-the-romance-recalibration/777586/10 "2017-01-20T13:13:36Z")
Wow, that was a total waste of an episode. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2017, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-13-january-19-2017-the-romance-recalibration/777586/11 "2017-01-20T13:36:10Z")
I think Penny was a bitch in this episode. She’s the one who’s taken Leonard for granted all this time. He bought her a car, tried to take her to Switzerland, and let her cry on his shoulder during her various boyfriend shenanigans. I felt so sorry for him. Sheldon’s joy at finding out he got to draw up a relationship agreement for them was excellent. (No nostalgia clause. Heh.) I liked seeing the various scenarios of Howard trying to get to the crib. Bernie makes plenty of money and they’ve already remodeled the house. How come 1) They didn’t fix the floor during the remodel and 2) They don’t go ahead and fix it now? I missed Stuart. He wasn’t on baby duty this week. ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2017, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-13-january-19-2017-the-romance-recalibration/777586/12 "2017-01-20T14:03:41Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > I think Penny was a bitch in this episode. She’s the one who’s taken Leonard for granted all this time. He bought her a car, tried to take her to Switzerland, and let her cry on his shoulder during her various boyfriend shenanigans. I felt so sorry for him. Yeah, I wasn’t too crazy about that, myself. Not the greatest episode, but it did have some funny bits. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2017, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-13-january-19-2017-the-romance-recalibration/777586/13 "2017-01-20T14:07:01Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > I liked seeing the various scenarios of Howard trying to get to the crib. Bernie makes plenty of money and they’ve already remodeled the house. How come 1) They didn’t fix the floor during the remodel and 2) They don’t go ahead and fix it now? The finish on the floor looked new, but Howard said this was the same room in which he grew up. I’d expect forty-year-old wooden floors to look more worn, so perhaps part of the remodel involved sanding and refinishing the floor? But, as you said, they would probably have addressed the squeaks at the same time. ---
**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:** [January 20, 2017, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-13-january-19-2017-the-romance-recalibration/777586/14 "2017-01-20T14:12:49Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > The finish on the floor looked new, but Howard said this was the same room in which he grew up. I’d expect forty-year-old wooden floors to look more worn, so perhaps part of the remodel involved sanding and refinishing the floor? But, as you said, they would probably have addressed the squeaks at the same time. People don’t always realize how loud a squeak in the floor is - until they’re tryring to quiet a baby at 3AM… ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2017, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-13-january-19-2017-the-romance-recalibration/777586/15 "2017-01-20T16:40:25Z")
I found the episode to be largely _meh_. I hardly looked up from the Free Cell game I was playing. The floor grid gag is the sort of thing I’d have expected on _I Love Lucy_ - inane physical comedy. I miss when the show was clever. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_John\_Marcej](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Richard\_John\_Marcej](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_John_Marcej)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2017, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-13-january-19-2017-the-romance-recalibration/777586/16 "2017-01-20T16:50:35Z")
I have to agree with much that’s been said so far. This was the weakest episode of the season, IMO. Maybe because the plot, the old “our relationship has grown stale” has been done-to-death in sitcom’s and I’m hopeful that this show could avoid done-to-death stories. ---
**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2017, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-13-january-19-2017-the-romance-recalibration/777586/17 "2017-01-20T20:18:10Z")
Oh good, I’m glad I’m not the only one. It was profoundly not funny last night. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2017, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-13-january-19-2017-the-romance-recalibration/777586/18 "2017-01-20T23:01:49Z")
I did think the various squeaky floor solution sequences (e.g., pulleys and ropes) were amusing. (Real solution – screws – as the squeak is usually wood rubbing against nails) Brian ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2017, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-13-january-19-2017-the-romance-recalibration/777586/19 "2017-01-20T23:59:10Z")
> [@N9IWP](#): > > I did think the various squeaky floor solution sequences (e.g., pulleys and ropes) were amusing. > > (Real solution – screws – as the squeak is usually wood rubbing against nails) > > Brian Yeah, it was good physical humor! ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2017, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-13-january-19-2017-the-romance-recalibration/777586/20 "2017-01-21T00:20:01Z")
It was great physical humor, of which Simon Helberg is a master! His acting is so underrated. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-13-january-19-2017-the-romance-recalibration/777586.md?page=2)