# The Big Bang Theory, Season 11, Episode 22 (April 26, 2018) -- "The Monetary Insufficiency" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 26, 2018, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-11-episode-22-april-26-2018-the-monetary-insufficiency/813183 "2018-04-26T20:12:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2018, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-11-episode-22-april-26-2018-the-monetary-insufficiency/813183/21 "2018-04-28T00:04:04Z")
Always nice to see Joshua Malina, even if he was just a straight man for a Sheldon bit. But that was the B plot anyway. This episode belonged to the girls, and they killed it! “We have a problem. I look amazing in ALL these dresses!!” 😃 ---
**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:** [April 28, 2018, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-11-episode-22-april-26-2018-the-monetary-insufficiency/813183/22 "2018-04-28T14:40:32Z")
That whole episode was one that showed how this show has lasted for years. And the next two promise to be great, what with the “Smamy” wedding. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2018, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-11-episode-22-april-26-2018-the-monetary-insufficiency/813183/23 "2018-04-28T16:49:45Z")
> [@muldoonthief](#): > > Which doesn’t matter, since he doesn’t cash them. So how does he pay rent, buy all his comic book stuff, and so forth? ---
**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:** [April 28, 2018, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-11-episode-22-april-26-2018-the-monetary-insufficiency/813183/24 "2018-04-28T18:36:06Z")
Last week’s was fun. This week’s was even funner. And I got real feels when Sheldon told Amy she looked like a pile of swans. _sigh_ ---
**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:** [April 28, 2018, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-11-episode-22-april-26-2018-the-monetary-insufficiency/813183/25 "2018-04-28T18:38:50Z")
Caltech employees are apparently mostly paid by direct deposit to their bank accounts. I think we can just ignore the claim that Sheldon leaves his paychecks in the basket. That’s just silly, and it’s one of the claims made at some point on the show that show that sometimes the writers ignore obvious facts: [http://hr.caltech.edu/services/online\_resources/direct\_deposit](http://hr.caltech.edu/services/online_resources/direct_deposit) ---
**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:** [April 28, 2018, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-11-episode-22-april-26-2018-the-monetary-insufficiency/813183/26 "2018-04-28T20:37:31Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > _“in a properly constructed wheel”_ which since they are used for years and are made by and installed by humans- they have bias. > [Roulette Wheel Bias - The Essential Guide](https://www.roulettephysics.com/roulette-wheel-bias/) > > However, of course Blackjack would be far better. Sheldon had tracked the wheel for hours (five, if memory serves) and spotted a bias (and one of the numbers he called as more likely hit as they carried him out). And the casinos watch blackjack like a hawk for counters and/or suspected counters. The reason the MIT scheme worked is that some people counted, and others with no obvious connection swooped in to bet when the odds swung the players’ way. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2018, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-11-episode-22-april-26-2018-the-monetary-insufficiency/813183/27 "2018-04-28T22:07:05Z")
That dress, whatever its other faults, did not have a train. And Sheldon had earlier admitted that the train of a wedding gown was the only kind of train he didn’t like. ---
**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:** [April 29, 2018, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-11-episode-22-april-26-2018-the-monetary-insufficiency/813183/28 "2018-04-29T07:44:49Z")
Note that it was established that Amy is a big fan of _Little House on the Prairie_, and the wedding dress looks like one that someone on that show would wear: > **[Little House on the Prairie](https://bigbangtheory.fandom.com/wiki/Little_House_on_the_Prairie)** > > "Little House on the Prairie" is one of Amy Farrah Fowler's favorite childhood television shows. Amy mentions to Howard in "The Scavenger Vortex" that that she loves "Little House on the Prairie" when Howard asks about her life.... ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2018, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-11-episode-22-april-26-2018-the-monetary-insufficiency/813183/29 "2018-04-29T14:01:26Z")
I think the checks Sheldon doesn’t cash are birthday checks from Meemaw. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-11-episode-22-april-26-2018-the-monetary-insufficiency/813183.md?page=1)