# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2017, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-14-february-2-2017-the-emotion-detection-automation/778851/21 "2017-02-03T17:14:33Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > In how many other sitcoms has a character been critiqued by his exes? E.g. Robert on _Everybody Loves Raymond._ Charlie on _Two and a Half Men_ when he was high on marijuana. ---
**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, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-14-february-2-2017-the-emotion-detection-automation/778851/22 "2017-02-03T17:19:50Z")
> [@DSeid](#): > > Meh. It’s supposed to be an early prototype. A final product might be an iPhone app. Well, it needed some kind of sensors to remotely detect heart rate. But otherwise you’re correct - first you do a prototype from discrete components, then someone puts the whole thing on a single chip, then CPUs get powerful enough that you can do it all in software. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2017, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-14-february-2-2017-the-emotion-detection-automation/778851/23 "2017-02-03T17:59:27Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > In how many other sitcoms has a character been critiqued by his exes? E.g. Robert on _Everybody Loves Raymond._ I have to say, it dampened my enthusiasm when I found myself thinking “this again?” IMHO, _Frasier_ did it best, followed by\* ELR\*. ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2017, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-14-february-2-2017-the-emotion-detection-automation/778851/24 "2017-02-03T21:28:55Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > I have to say, it dampened my enthusiasm when I found myself thinking “this again?” IMHO, _Frasier_ did it best, followed by\* ELR\*. Does anything pre-date **High Fidelity**? The book came out in 1995 and it seems to be a sitcom cliché since then… The real issue is both Raj and Howard are spoiled, immature jerks; Howard just got lucky. Syndication means you get to see Penny and Leonard having the same problems they’ve always had. They just re-ran the ep where Penny invites an old boyfriend to stay in her apartment, and can’t understand why Leonard is upset (or just refuses to acknowledge it). And Leonard’s got the same issue he had with Stephanie (Sara Rue), where he doesn’t speak up about his feelings - and it was Penny who pointed out both parties in a relationship should be happy. The whole apartment situation is a mess: they plan to re-purpose Sheldon’s room but it doesn’t seem confirmed he’s out for good. If Shamy is living at Penny’s, what’s up with Amy’s old place and whatever wasn’t water damaged? Why can’t the brother stay _there_? Why isn’t _Stuart_ there? Who’s paying rent for where? ---
**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, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-14-february-2-2017-the-emotion-detection-automation/778851/25 "2017-02-03T22:48:07Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > 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. Apart from the generalized dislike of women on American sitcoms ( quite compatible with feminism and acceptance of equality ) — think of _Cheers_ — the heroines are frequently quite awful human beings, getting passes entirely through their admitted beauty. Grace in _Will & Grace_, the girls on _2 Broke Girls_, Rachel on _Friends_, anyone on _Cybill_. Of those not quite so conventionally attractive, even they get passes because _they_ are the heroines: Molly in _Mike and Molly_ is one of the most utterly appalling, rivalling Frasier’s father for _worst person eveh_ on TV, and Bernadette here who would be good-looking without glasses, is next in line. This is different than _every_ character on a sitcom being whiny, which is essential to the process ( along with ludicrous misunderstanding ) or all — male and female —being flawed for drama, such as Stefanie on _Newhart_, who remains charming and actualized, or Tiffany on _Unhappily Ever After_, who remains nice: this is selfishness ramped up to 100, making it odd anyone would be in the same room with them for 2 minutes. Inadvertently showing the writers’ views on women ( possibly worst of all on Cheers ). > [@ivylass](#): > > 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. Sometimes one’s lucky if they think forward to the _end_ of the episode. ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2017, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-14-february-2-2017-the-emotion-detection-automation/778851/26 "2017-02-04T00:24:59Z")
Kate Micucci was in this episode. Therefore, it was good. I’m in love with Garfunkel & Oates. ---
**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 4, 2017, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-14-february-2-2017-the-emotion-detection-automation/778851/27 "2017-02-04T00:28:03Z")
> [@Evan\_Drake](#): > > …rivalling Frasier’s father for _worst person eveh_ on TV Are you honestly saying that Frasier’s father is worse than Raymond’s mother (or his father, for that matter)? > [@](#): > > … and Bernadette here who would be good-looking without glasses, is next in line. Do you look at Bernadette’s eyes? Even **I** don’t look at Bernadette’s eyes. ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2017, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-14-february-2-2017-the-emotion-detection-automation/778851/28 "2017-02-04T01:11:01Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > I have to say, it dampened my enthusiasm when I found myself thinking “this again?” IMHO, _Frasier_ did it best, followed by\* ELR\*. Yeah, Frasier vs. his ex wives (and every woman he’s ever dated) was what I was thinking, even if it was completely within his mind. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOnpuDA0dyY) _“So that’s it. All this work, just to find out that I have a fear of rejection? So I’m alone… because I’m afraid to be alone?!”_ ---
**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 4, 2017, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-14-february-2-2017-the-emotion-detection-automation/778851/29 "2017-02-04T03:38:33Z")
> [@Llama\_Llogophile](#): > > Kate Micucci was in this episode. Therefore, it was good. > > I’m in love with Garfunkel & Oates. +1 ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2017, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-14-february-2-2017-the-emotion-detection-automation/778851/30 "2017-02-04T12:55:03Z")
Very lazy and unoriginal episode. The exes’ critique has been done many times before, as noted, but so has the ‘lie (emotions) detector reveals what folks are really thinking’ gag. mmm ---
**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 4, 2017, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-14-february-2-2017-the-emotion-detection-automation/778851/31 "2017-02-04T22:18:20Z")
> [@Reluctant\_A](#): > > Can anyone who signs verify the accuracy of Emily and Howard’s dialogue? Howard’s responses to her were appropriate, and his “interpretations” were more summations, but they were accurate as far as that goes. I still have the episode on the DVR. I’ll try to post a word-for-sign interpretation. ---
**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 4, 2017, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-14-february-2-2017-the-emotion-detection-automation/778851/32 "2017-02-04T22:42:19Z")
OK: Raj says that Howard is there to interpret for Emily, and then Emily (the actress Katie Leclerc, who I will call “Katie,” to avoid the stupid “red-headed Emily, jr.,” and because I think she made up the ASL version of the script herself-- that is, they just handed her an English script like every other actor) said “What’s up with this? is he stupid?” To which Howard replied “No, he doesn’t think it’s stupid,” so clearly Katie ran a little far afield from whatever the script originally said. There are no captions over her dialogue. The next thing she says follows “Red-headed Emily, jr.” She says “What’s wrong with him? Is he an idiot?” The sign she uses for “idiot” is a very common sign, and literally means “pea-sized brain.” Howard very clumsily signs “You date him, I nothing,” while speaking “You went out with him; I didn’t.” When they come back from the Amy and Sheldon scene, Katie says, “I thought you were great, but wow, your parents controlled you.” The next thing she says gets cut off in the middle, but she says “I met a fascinating man … money for children’s hospital.” Howard says “Don’t let him get away,” then tells Raj “She traded you for Bruce Wayne.” ---
**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 4, 2017, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-14-february-2-2017-the-emotion-detection-automation/778851/33 "2017-02-04T22:48:33Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > +1 +2 ---
**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:** [February 4, 2017, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-14-february-2-2017-the-emotion-detection-automation/778851/34 "2017-02-04T23:00:12Z")
Am I the only one who had a problem with Sheldon “giving the finger” by using his thumb? Knowing how accurate he is with the correct use of terms, if someone else had called a thumb a finger he’d be the first to go into a long diatribe of why they were wrong. As for the sit-com usage of gathering and confronting all the exes, add _Family Guy_ to the lists of shows that have done it. I thought this episode was just okay, had a couple laughs. (though I can see the Leonard/Penny marriage being short lived) I have noticed how short each episode feels. I watched a 1st season episode on DVD not too long ago and they had time to fill out scenes and to add small gags and bits. Now because of thetas og=f commercials they seem to have less and less time to fully develop a story. ---
**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 4, 2017, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-14-february-2-2017-the-emotion-detection-automation/778851/35 "2017-02-04T23:31:17Z")
> [@Richard\_John\_Marcej](#): > > Am I the only one who had a problem with Sheldon “giving the finger” by using his thumb? Knowing how accurate he is with the correct use of terms, if someone else had called a thumb a finger he’d be the first to go into a long diatribe of why they were wrong. Thumbs are fingers. Sheldon knows this, because once when Zach asked him if some other situation was like “All thumbs are fingers, but not all fingers are thumbs,” Sheldon said “Surprisingly, yes.” (Surprisingly, because Zach constructed a correct analogy.) ---
**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 5, 2017, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-14-february-2-2017-the-emotion-detection-automation/778851/36 "2017-02-05T00:22:09Z")
I agree the Leonard/Penny marriage is doomed, never having been a good match. Leonard will marry someone like Wendy Chow, and Penny will have several failed marriages with guys like her exes. ---
**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:** [February 5, 2017, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-14-february-2-2017-the-emotion-detection-automation/778851/37 "2017-02-05T00:31:53Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > I agree the Leonard/Penny marriage is doomed, never having been a good match. Leonard will marry someone like Wendy Chow, and Penny will have several failed marriages with guys like her exes. Penny is coming across as a person that’s gotten her own way, or anything she’s wanted because of he looks. With the exception of her acting career, she’s hasn’t had many difficulties. So it’s not surprising that she want’s everything her way in their relationship. Leonard hasn’t had much experience with a healthy relationship of any kind, **especially** with women, but even with his longest relationship, rooming with Sheldon, who always had to have things his way. He never felt love & affection from his mother and because of his inability to get women to date him he feels exceptionally lucky to have any woman look his way and will do whatever they say. If these two last, it would be a miracle. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2017, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-14-february-2-2017-the-emotion-detection-automation/778851/38 "2017-02-05T20:17:57Z")
> [@Evan\_Drake](#): > > Sometimes one’s lucky if they think forward to the _end_ of the episode. Speaking of, I caught the S1 episode where Sheldon is sick, and he’s creating cultures in jello (IIRC). He says he has to use jello because “someone” polished off the last apricot yogurt. As Leonard is supposed to be lactose intolerant, he wouldn’t have eaten the yogurt. (Although, upon reflection, they seem to wobble on this point. He normally refuses dairy, but both Sheldon and Penny seem to know what happens when he eats dairy, so I guess he does indulge once in a while.) ---
**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 5, 2017, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-14-february-2-2017-the-emotion-detection-automation/778851/39 "2017-02-05T23:22:55Z")
> [@Richard\_John\_Marcej](#): > > If these two last, it would be a miracle. I will bet you any amount of money that those two never divorce… …on the show. 😛 The new relationship agreement will probably have an entire section on relatives. ---
**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 5, 2017, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-14-february-2-2017-the-emotion-detection-automation/778851/40 "2017-02-05T23:37:29Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > Speaking of, I caught the S1 episode where Sheldon is sick, and he’s creating cultures in jello (IIRC). He says he has to use jello because “someone” polished off the last apricot yogurt. > > As Leonard is supposed to be lactose intolerant, he wouldn’t have eaten the yogurt. (Although, upon reflection, they seem to wobble on this point. He normally refuses dairy, but both Sheldon and Penny seem to know what happens when he eats dairy, so I guess he does indulge once in a while.) The cultures in real yogurt break down the lactose, so people who are lactose intolerant can eat it. It has to be real yogurt, though. Some “yogurt” you buy in stores is essentially pudding with powdered bacteria mixed in at the end of the manufacturing process. As long as it has the bacteria in it, and is a real dairy product, it can be called yogurt. If it cracks, and is halfway to being curds, then it’s really been cultured. If it’s smooth like Snack-Pack pudding, then it’s probably not really cultured. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-14-february-2-2017-the-emotion-detection-automation/778851.md?page=1) [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=3)