# The Big Bang Theory, Season 11, Episode 14 (January 18, 2018) -- "The Separation Triangulation" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 18, 2018, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-11-episode-14-january-18-2018-the-separation-triangulation/806911 "2018-01-18T16:23:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [January 19, 2018, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-11-episode-14-january-18-2018-the-separation-triangulation/806911/21 "2018-01-19T17:41:13Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > I’m probably being wooshed here (hard to tell, I have no hair to feel moving), but the only plural refers to the number of pies, and I would expect a pie shop to have more than one… I clicked on the link. Like a lot of websites for commercial establishments, there’s a button labeled “locations” that goes to a page that shows where the actual House of Pies restaurants are. There are only two of them. And one of them hasn’t even opened yet. > [@](#): > > … (else J[ohn Cleese is likely to show up and shoot you](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWDdd5KKhts)) “Apple?” “Well, I’m afraid we don’t get much call for it around these parts, sir.” ---
**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 19, 2018, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-11-episode-14-january-18-2018-the-separation-triangulation/806911/22 "2018-01-19T17:58:09Z")
Probably the best part of last night’s episode was the discovery that ‘2 Broke Girls’ has finally gone off the air (except for syndication, unfortunately). I had to look it up for fear that this was some sort of crossover episode. ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-11-episode-14-january-18-2018-the-separation-triangulation/806911/23 "2018-01-19T18:08:07Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > Probably the best part of last night’s episode was the discovery that ‘2 Broke Girls’ has finally gone off the air (except for syndication, unfortunately). Has it really? I didn’t know that. I was figuring that Nell obviously couldn’t become a permanent love interest for Raj, because Beth Behrs has a series of her own to do. I didn’t realize that _2 Broke Girls_ had (finally!) been cancelled. ---
**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 19, 2018, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-11-episode-14-january-18-2018-the-separation-triangulation/806911/24 "2018-01-19T18:12:55Z")
Yes, I was wondering who the woman was who approched Raj after his first show (at the time I wondered if that was going anywhere – so far NO) Brian ---
**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 19, 2018, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-11-episode-14-january-18-2018-the-separation-triangulation/806911/25 "2018-01-19T19:40:20Z")
> [@N9IWP](#): > > Yes, I was wondering who the woman was who approched Raj after his first show (at the time I wondered if that was going anywhere – so far NO) > > Brian I think they were establishing that Raj has found a pool of woman attracted to a good-looking, well-dressed science talking guy (you wouldn’t think woman attracted to that sort would be that hard to find, but of course Raj has/had other issues). Then him actually getting a date from someone who attended a show is more believable. ---
**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 19, 2018, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-11-episode-14-january-18-2018-the-separation-triangulation/806911/26 "2018-01-19T20:00:03Z")
I did also like the bit in which Raj is experimenting with the length of dramatic pauses - he’s just the kind of person to notice that a bit of a pause makes him more effective, and to try to extend the pause to increase the effect. ---
**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 19, 2018, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-11-episode-14-january-18-2018-the-separation-triangulation/806911/27 "2018-01-19T20:21:17Z")
> [@Andy\_L](#): > > I did also like the bit in which Raj is experimenting with the length of dramatic pauses - he’s just the kind of person to notice that a bit of a pause makes him more effective, and to try to extend the pause to increase the effect. And then, because he’s Raj, take it way, way too far. ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-11-episode-14-january-18-2018-the-separation-triangulation/806911/28 "2018-01-19T20:27:13Z")
> [@Folacin](#): > > And then, because he’s Raj, take it way, way too far. Yes, of course! 🙂 ---
**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, 2018, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-11-episode-14-january-18-2018-the-separation-triangulation/806911/29 "2018-01-19T20:59:55Z")
I liked the episode mostly because I’m liking curly-haired Raj. Still sort of a creepy, kinda selfish jerk but much less pathetic. Is it me or has marriage not been kind to Penny and Leonard? It is wearing on them like the Presidency weighs on the office holder, aging them at an advanced rate. ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-11-episode-14-january-18-2018-the-separation-triangulation/806911/30 "2018-01-19T21:18:03Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > I liked the episode mostly because I’m liking curly-haired Raj. Still sort of a creepy, kinda selfish jerk but much less pathetic. > > Is it me or has marriage not been kind to Penny and Leonard? It is wearing on them like the Presidency weighs on the office holder, aging them at an advanced rate. I dunno about Leonard, but I think that Penny still looks fantastic. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-11-episode-14-january-18-2018-the-separation-triangulation/806911/31 "2018-01-19T21:25:10Z")
> [@gytalf2000](#): > > I dunno about Leonard, but I think that Penny still looks fantastic. Penny looked kind of different last night. Did she have some work done? ETA: just checked some images, I guess not. Maybe she dropped a couple of pounds. ---
**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:** [January 19, 2018, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-11-episode-14-january-18-2018-the-separation-triangulation/806911/32 "2018-01-19T22:37:59Z")
While not the funniest episode I liked the character growth. Raj is no longer dependent on others. It began with weaning off of Dad’s money and now he and Howard are less entwined. He can have other buds to share pie with. He is not clingy to a woman interested in him but happy that she is giving her husband another chance. And Sheldon is becoming a real person too. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2018, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-11-episode-14-january-18-2018-the-separation-triangulation/806911/33 "2018-01-20T06:40:36Z")
> [@DSeid](#): > > While not the funniest episode I liked the character growth. Raj is no longer dependent on others. It began with weaning off of Dad’s money and now he and Howard are less entwined. He can have other buds to share pie with. He is not clingy to a woman interested in him but happy that she is giving her husband another chance. And Sheldon is becoming a real person too. Two steps forward, 1.75 steps backwards. We don’t want all their problems solved, or it’s just a show about some regular people. And who wants that? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-11-episode-14-january-18-2018-the-separation-triangulation/806911.md?page=1)