# The Big Bang Theory, Season 10, Episode 14 (February 2, 2017) -- "The Emotion Detection Automation " **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 2, 2017, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-14-february-2-2017-the-emotion-detection-automation/778851 "2017-02-02T20:59:37Z")\ **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:** [February 2, 2017, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-14-february-2-2017-the-emotion-detection-automation/778851/1 "2017-02-02T20:59:37Z")
I am starting this thread in anticipation of tonight’s episode. ---
**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:** [February 3, 2017, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-14-february-2-2017-the-emotion-detection-automation/778851/2 "2017-02-03T03:32:04Z")
My DVR cut off my n the last scene. Why did Sheldon think that the emotion machine was not accurate? Liked seeing all of Raj’s exes. ---
**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:** [February 3, 2017, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-14-february-2-2017-the-emotion-detection-automation/778851/3 "2017-02-03T03:43:46Z")
“Red-headed Emily Junior” made me laugh out loud. ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2017, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-14-february-2-2017-the-emotion-detection-automation/778851/4 "2017-02-03T03:46:59Z")
I thought it a bit silly that the Golddigger Emily was there. They broke up because he got cut off from the family money. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2017, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-14-february-2-2017-the-emotion-detection-automation/778851/5 "2017-02-03T03:59:40Z")
Also, he dumped Red-headed Emily, Sr. But I guess he tried to get her to take him back, and she didn’t, so in the final analysis, she did reject him. I wish they could figure out some way to get Raj together with Wendy Chow. It wouldn’t last, because of the conflicts with Leonard (and because she’s a smoker), but I would love to see more of the actress. I was so impressed with how present and developed the character was for a one-off character with only 5-10 minutes of dialogue (they usually film more than they use. I thought the actress was really fantastic. I was really nervous that Howard and Raj were going to kiss at the end. There’s nothing wrong with being gay, I was just thinking of Bernadette at home with the baby, and thinking Howard had the worse timing that my quondam Pit Bull. ---
**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2017, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-14-february-2-2017-the-emotion-detection-automation/778851/6 "2017-02-03T04:00:00Z")
A very funny episode. I laughed a lot. I like Amy starting to give them the “finger” and then just waving it off. Lots of great dialogue. ---
**Author:** ![Reluctant\_A](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@Reluctant\_A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reluctant_A)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2017, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-14-february-2-2017-the-emotion-detection-automation/778851/7 "2017-02-03T04:51:31Z")
“The field was just here; the field said, ‘No.’” LOL Can anyone who signs verify the accuracy of Emily and Howard’s dialogue? ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2017, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-14-february-2-2017-the-emotion-detection-automation/778851/8 "2017-02-03T05:45:03Z")
I kinda wonder if the scene with Howard and Raj at the end might not be floating a balloon for Raj deciding to give the fellas a try since he keeps failing so hard with the ladies. He clearly doesn’t have much of a problem with the idea. I still think it might add a fresh dynamic to the show. ---
**Author:** ![Evan\_Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b487fb/32.png) [@Evan\_Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evan_Drake)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2017, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-14-february-2-2017-the-emotion-detection-automation/778851/9 "2017-02-03T07:26:08Z")
Indeed, that would be a wholly new perspective on those two. Can one _imagine_ Raj portrayed as a fey metrosexual ? He could say all sorts of self-revealing ambiguities. ---
**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:** [February 3, 2017, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-14-february-2-2017-the-emotion-detection-automation/778851/10 "2017-02-03T09:49:50Z")
In how many other sitcoms has a character been critiqued by his exes? E.g. Robert on _Everybody Loves Raymond._ I liked the dialog between Raj and Howard; it’s about time they addressed the topic openly. I was hoping Leonard’s mother’s comments would be brought up. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2017, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-14-february-2-2017-the-emotion-detection-automation/778851/11 "2017-02-03T12:59:57Z")
> [@Andy\_L](#): > > My DVR cut off my n the last scene. Why did Sheldon think that the emotion machine was not accurate? “I’m not even sure how accurate it was. I brought it to the train store, and it said everyone there was sad.” ---
**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:** [February 3, 2017, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-14-february-2-2017-the-emotion-detection-automation/778851/12 "2017-02-03T13:15:06Z")
How many times has the “we’ll get married at 40” trope has been used a girl and her best gay guy friend? I think it’s great how unremarkable it is for two guys to promise to marry each other if they are available in the future. Or did they agree? I think Raj said he’d be all over Bernie. And no, don’t be inviting your ex-con, drug dealing brother to live with us indefinitely without consulting with me first. Penny is lucky Leonard loves her so much because she’s a real ass. Like when she had a fit because _she_ was married and Leonard took umbrage it this. Or when Sheldon lent her money and she was a real bitch to him because she felt guilty. And Sheldon’s problem isn’t so much that he has problems reading social cues as much as he could give a shit about the social cues people are sending him. Even if he knows what a person is feeling, he says and does exactly what he wants anyway. Because he’s better than everybody, feels a little sorry for everybody who isn’t him and is glad he doesn’t have to be them. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2017, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-14-february-2-2017-the-emotion-detection-automation/778851/13 "2017-02-03T13:15:56Z")
I am worried about Penny and Leonard. They seem to be having a lot of conflict in their marriage. Penny continues to take Leonard for granted and Leonard keeps trying to keep the peace until he finally blows his top and they have a fight. Neither one is handling their relationship in a healthy manner. Certainly Penny should have discussed having her brother live with them for an unlimited time and I think it’s a bit early to be remodeling Sheldon’s room. I liked Raj’s meeting with his exes, but the thing with Howard at the end just took a turn into the very strange. I didn’t catch Emily I and Emily II until I saw them sitting on the couch. How funny! The emotion detector was well done, although couldn’t MIT come up with a smaller device? It’s rather clunky to carry that thing around and point it at people. Overall, an improvement over last week’s episode. I don’t think the writers think that far ahead when coming up with episodes, but I wonder if a divorce is in our future. ---
**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:** [February 3, 2017, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-14-february-2-2017-the-emotion-detection-automation/778851/14 "2017-02-03T13:39:53Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > In how many other sitcoms has a character been critiqued by his exes? E.g. Robert on _Everybody Loves Raymond._ Something like that happened to Frasier (with dozens of exes, in Frasier’s imagination). Murphy Brown had a similar episode with all her ex-secretaries. > [@muldoonthief](#): > > “I’m not even sure how accurate it was. I brought it to the train store, and it said everyone there was sad.” Thank you. > [@Biggirl](#): > > And no, don’t be inviting your ex-con, drug dealing brother to live with us indefinitely without consulting with me first. Especially since Leonard does classified work - associating with a convicted felon might jeopardize his clearance. ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2017, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-14-february-2-2017-the-emotion-detection-automation/778851/15 "2017-02-03T13:48:59Z")
> [@Infovore](#): > > I kinda wonder if the scene with Howard and Raj at the end might not be floating a balloon for Raj deciding to give the fellas a try since he keeps failing so hard with the ladies. He clearly doesn’t have much of a problem with the idea. I still think it might add a fresh dynamic to the show. Ya know, that might be rather entertaining! ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2017, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-14-february-2-2017-the-emotion-detection-automation/778851/16 "2017-02-03T13:50:55Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > The emotion detector was well done, although couldn’t MIT come up with a smaller device? It’s rather clunky to carry that thing around and point it at people. The “clunkiness” made for a better sight gag, I think. ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2017, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-14-february-2-2017-the-emotion-detection-automation/778851/17 "2017-02-03T14:00:31Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > “I’m not even sure how accurate it was. I brought it to the train store, and it said everyone there was sad.” Now, that was a fantastic line! Loved it! ---
**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:** [February 3, 2017, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-14-february-2-2017-the-emotion-detection-automation/778851/18 "2017-02-03T15:20:44Z")
> [@gytalf2000](#): > > The “clunkiness” made for a better sight gag, I think. Maybe, but it was terribly wrong anyway. The thing looked like it used vacuum tubes, for Og’s sake! MIT ought to sue the show for defamation. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2017, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-14-february-2-2017-the-emotion-detection-automation/778851/19 "2017-02-03T15:24:24Z")
Meh. It’s supposed to be an early prototype. A final product might be an iPhone app. ---
**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:** [February 3, 2017, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-14-february-2-2017-the-emotion-detection-automation/778851/20 "2017-02-03T15:26:01Z")
I was amused that there’s a real [MIT spinoff company](http://www.affectiva.com/technology/) that has software designed to do emotion recognition. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-14-february-2-2017-the-emotion-detection-automation/778851.md?page=2)