# The Big Bang Theory, Season 10, Episode 24 (May 11, 2017) -- "The Long Distance Dissonance " **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 11, 2017, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-24-may-11-2017-the-long-distance-dissonance/786360 "2017-05-11T15:08:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2017, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-24-may-11-2017-the-long-distance-dissonance/786360/62 "2017-05-15T20:01:27Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > Sheldon could have gotten to Princeton a lot sooner if he’d stopped at home to change into his Flash costume. And he couldn’t find a non-stop flight from L.A. to Newark? ---
**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:** [May 15, 2017, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-24-may-11-2017-the-long-distance-dissonance/786360/63 "2017-05-15T21:22:17Z")
> [@Lightnin](#): > > The actress (Riki Lindhome) had a very long nude scene for an movie a few years back (Hell Baby), and wanted to get into shape for it. I think she went a bit too far, but she’s still really cute. I thought _Penny_ looks as if she’s lost weight. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2017, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-24-may-11-2017-the-long-distance-dissonance/786360/64 "2017-05-16T03:53:30Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > I think she’s lost some weight, and she looks more angular, and doesn’t have the goofiness that she started out with the first time she was on the show. She’s 9 years older, too, like the rest of the cast. They’ve all visibly changed since then. ---
**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:** [May 16, 2017, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-24-may-11-2017-the-long-distance-dissonance/786360/65 "2017-05-16T04:20:37Z")
> [@rowrrbazzle](#): > > She’s 9 years older, too, like the rest of the cast. They’ve all visibly changed since then. Except Jim Parsons. It’s because Sheldon hates change and Jim is a method actor. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2017, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-24-may-11-2017-the-long-distance-dissonance/786360/66 "2017-05-16T13:56:54Z")
Kind of funny. This weekend Jim Parsons married his long time Partner in real life. ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2017, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-24-may-11-2017-the-long-distance-dissonance/786360/67 "2017-05-17T15:55:44Z")
> [@gytalf2000](#): > > The “forgetting-that-Ramona-was-a-controlling-bitch” bit bothered me, too. Of course, she might have, at some point in the ensuing years, apologized for her behavior. Or perhaps they just assumed that she had matured a bit since getting her doctorate. I dunno about that. Ramona’s controlling of his life was seen by Sheldon as being for his own good and the advancement of science. He didn’t like it, but was willing to put up with it. His relationship with Amy is similar in some respects (we’ve seen her discipline him like a child several times, and even during this ep she sent him to bed early). The chief difference between the two is that Amy gets along with everyone else, something Ramona didn’t care about. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2017, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-24-may-11-2017-the-long-distance-dissonance/786360/68 "2017-05-18T21:56:48Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > That ketchup line was good enough that I made a point of writing it down: “I’ve been smackin’ that ketchup bottle for a long time. All she’s got to do is tip it over and point it at her fries.” In case you didn’t get it, “fries” rhymes with “thighs.” ---
**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 22, 2017, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-24-may-11-2017-the-long-distance-dissonance/786360/69 "2017-05-22T15:17:36Z")
At last a fully enjoyable episode. The laughs were nicely spaced out and quite regular. This isn’t really the same Ramona as before. So we have Ramona 1.0 and now Ramona 2.0. She’s calmer, sweeter, etc. The others not reacting to her the same as before can be partially explained by that. I think this is the most number of people they’ve had on the stairs at a time. It’s hard to write dialogue for that many people when they’re not all easily seen at the same time. Solution: no dialogue. Rely on visual jokes. The Amy/Penny painting was shown again. Nice touch. I like callbacks. (And having Ramona return is one big callback.) Just a couple weeks before this aired I mentioned to **Mrs. FtG** how they should have some of Leonard and Sheldon’s old girlfriends come back briefly as one-off dates for Raj. Creating a “What is going on?” storyline. As for Sheldon, this pretty much means Ramona (and the Ramona-replacement at the end of that episode). So I was hoping-against-hope that Raj would succeed it getting a date with her. The proposal under these circumstances is presumably to set up a typical back-and-forth cycle of Shamy breakup and re-uniting for much of next season. I had to explain to **Mrs. FtG** the “one job” meme. So I enjoyed that line a lot more than her. ---
**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:** [May 22, 2017, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-24-may-11-2017-the-long-distance-dissonance/786360/70 "2017-05-22T15:46:06Z")
Well if The Shamy gets marrieds it makes me think that how ever many seasons are left under the current contract will probably be the end of the show. The main couple is married. Secondary couple is married with baby. Second Secondary couple is married. And they’ll get Raj at least set up with a serious love interest. I just hope something good happens for Stuart before the show is done. Like one of his comics gets huge and gets turned into a movie and he gets all rich. ---
**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:** [May 22, 2017, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-24-may-11-2017-the-long-distance-dissonance/786360/71 "2017-05-22T16:47:58Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > In case you didn’t get it, “fries” rhymes with “thighs.” **Leonard** (_to Sheldon_): It’s only funnier when you explain it. ---
**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:** [May 22, 2017, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-24-may-11-2017-the-long-distance-dissonance/786360/72 "2017-05-22T18:56:23Z")
Plus thighs are practically in the same shape as fries. ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2017, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-24-may-11-2017-the-long-distance-dissonance/786360/73 "2017-05-23T09:16:36Z")
Commercial for _Young Sheldon_: [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XR-jIhwIfIw) ---
**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 24, 2017, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-24-may-11-2017-the-long-distance-dissonance/786360/74 "2017-05-24T02:06:53Z")
> [@Wendell\_Wagner](#): > > Commercial for _Young Sheldon_: > > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XR-jIhwIfIw](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XR-jIhwIfIw) Well that was interesting. Doesn’t look like an actual comedy, does it? ---
**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:** [May 24, 2017, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-24-may-11-2017-the-long-distance-dissonance/786360/75 "2017-05-24T02:38:34Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > Well that was interesting. Doesn’t look like an actual comedy, does it? At least not a funny one. Plus that kid is already more emotionally and socially aware and more empathic than adult Sheldon is even with the growth they’ve allowed him. Pass. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-10-episode-24-may-11-2017-the-long-distance-dissonance/786360.md?page=3)