# The Big Bang Theory, Season 8, Episode 15 (February 19, 2015) -- "The Comic Book Store Regeneration" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 19, 2015, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-8-episode-15-february-19-2015-the-comic-book-store-regeneration/713132 "2015-02-19T21:35:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![dwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwyr/32/363_2.png) [@dwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwyr)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2015, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-8-episode-15-february-19-2015-the-comic-book-store-regeneration/713132/41 "2015-02-22T00:58:10Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Sheldon: When my father died, I had no friends. > > HELLO? Sheldon’s sister Missy showed up to have some papers sign in relation to their father’s estate. He had clearly known the gang for several years, and how long does a will from a Texan redneck take in probate? > > I think there was a mistake in continuity there. Big one. Papers associated with my father’s estate kept popping up for several years after the fact. ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2015, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-8-episode-15-february-19-2015-the-comic-book-store-regeneration/713132/42 "2015-02-22T01:42:02Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Funnily enough, a re-run this week was the introduction of Amy Farrah Fowler. It was awesome to see her first appearance, and contrast it with how she’s changed and grown. Mayim Bialik has done an amazing job with this character. Yes. She was just supposed to be a one-off character then. I could look it up, but I think it was the final episode of season 3. ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2015, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-8-episode-15-february-19-2015-the-comic-book-store-regeneration/713132/43 "2015-02-22T01:47:59Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Sheldon: When my father died, I had no friends. > > HELLO? Sheldon’s sister Missy showed up to have some papers sign in relation to their father’s estate. He had clearly known the gang for several years, and how long does a will from a Texan redneck take in probate? > > I think there was a mistake in continuity there. Big one. 1. I believe Sheldon was 14 when his father died. So he was off in college then. And he might have been going to school in Europe at the time. B. He said “I had no friends.”, not “I had no family”. Family and friends are not necessarily the same thing. iii. Yes, paperwork can take time. ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2015, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-8-episode-15-february-19-2015-the-comic-book-store-regeneration/713132/44 "2015-02-22T01:50:01Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > Wait. You can’t use your friends as unknowing test subjects? Uh-oh. **levdrakon,** if you were a robot, and I knew and you didn’t, would you want me to tell you? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2015, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-8-episode-15-february-19-2015-the-comic-book-store-regeneration/713132/45 "2015-02-22T02:07:00Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > Sheldon: When my father died, I had no friends. > > HELLO? Sheldon’s sister Missy showed up to have some papers sign in relation to their father’s estate. He had clearly known the gang for several years, and how long does a will from a Texan redneck take in probate? > > I think there was a mistake in continuity there. Big one. My father died in the mid 1980s, and I had to sign something in 2001 relating to his estate. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2015, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-8-episode-15-february-19-2015-the-comic-book-store-regeneration/713132/46 "2015-02-22T04:16:27Z")
Amy Farrah Fowler is my favorite character on TBBT. ---
**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 23, 2015, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-8-episode-15-february-19-2015-the-comic-book-store-regeneration/713132/47 "2015-02-23T03:21:01Z")
I’m glad to see the characters finally evolving. They all seemed to be stagnating for a few years. Especially Sheldon. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2015, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-8-episode-15-february-19-2015-the-comic-book-store-regeneration/713132/48 "2015-02-23T03:34:24Z")
> [@Ranger\_Jeff](#): > > **levdrakon,** if you were a robot, and I knew and you didn’t, would you want me to tell you? 😕 My parts are starting to wear out. You could get on that. ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2015, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-8-episode-15-february-19-2015-the-comic-book-store-regeneration/713132/49 "2015-02-23T05:41:07Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > My parts are starting to wear out. You could get on that. Do you have a terrible pain in all the diodes down your left side? First, I wonder, have you ever harmed a human being, or, through inaction, allowed a human being to come to harm? ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2015, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-8-episode-15-february-19-2015-the-comic-book-store-regeneration/713132/50 "2015-02-23T07:13:34Z")
> [@Ranger\_Jeff](#): > > Do you have a terrible pain in all the diodes down your left side? > > First, I wonder, have you ever harmed a human being, or, through inaction, allowed a human being to come to harm? Oh frak. This is one of those fifth amendment things that totally fraks over robots, right? ---
**Author:** ![What\_the](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f4b2a3/32.png) [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2015, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-8-episode-15-february-19-2015-the-comic-book-store-regeneration/713132/51 "2015-02-23T14:43:53Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > I thought he was going to say “Let it go.” too. Saw it coming too but expected Sheldon to start into the pen thing instead of a simple “Let it go.” ---
**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 23, 2015, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-8-episode-15-february-19-2015-the-comic-book-store-regeneration/713132/52 "2015-02-23T16:32:48Z")
So, bets on how many episodes they drag out her death? We know the next episode involves her ashes, and there will have to be an episode about the house. But will it be an active part of the rest of the season, or will they deal with it and let it go? ---
**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 23, 2015, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-8-episode-15-february-19-2015-the-comic-book-store-regeneration/713132/53 "2015-02-23T16:34:54Z")
They _could_ do an episode in which Howard’s father returns for his mother’s funeral and Howard deals with his feelings of abandonment. ---
**Author:** ![Kimballkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5a626/32.png) [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2015, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-8-episode-15-february-19-2015-the-comic-book-store-regeneration/713132/54 "2015-02-23T17:09:42Z")
No, no!! Please not a Very Special Episode!! ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2015, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-8-episode-15-february-19-2015-the-comic-book-store-regeneration/713132/55 "2015-02-23T21:28:45Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > They _could_ do an episode in which Howard’s father returns for his mother’s funeral and Howard deals with his feelings of abandonment. Hmmm… that might be interesting. ---
**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 23, 2015, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-8-episode-15-february-19-2015-the-comic-book-store-regeneration/713132/56 "2015-02-23T22:48:24Z")
Maybe then we’d learn which of the options in the letter was true. ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2015, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-8-episode-15-february-19-2015-the-comic-book-store-regeneration/713132/57 "2015-02-24T00:54:36Z")
I’ve got 100 Schrute Bucks that say Howard’s dad wasn’t a pirate. Obviously there’s the funeral and the house to deal with and that’s worth 2 episodes. After that, maybe just as an undercurrent, a minor theme for H & B to bicker about now and then. ---
**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:** [February 28, 2015, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-8-episode-15-february-19-2015-the-comic-book-store-regeneration/713132/58 "2015-02-28T17:08:09Z")
Regarding the death of Sheldon’s father (George Cooper, Sr.), the most definitive statement was in _The Thanksgiving Decoupling_, when Sheldon said he was 14 when his father died. George Sr. was also stated as being 50 when he died in another episode. But this show is crappy with timelines. E.g., the Sheldon’s age as various milestones such as starting college, etc. are all over the place. While some estates do require a long time to resolve (there’s still a lawsuit going on regarding Howard Hughes’s, d. 1976, estate), George Sr.'s estate, especially with a surviving wife, couldn’t have been a big deal. After all, they lived in some sort of mobile home when he was a kid. (Which of course raises the question about his childhood room being intact in a normal house in _The Mommy Observation_.) Ending trusts at a certain age could require paperwork years later. But this guy wouldn’t leave a trust. But maybe some other reletive left something in trust for the kids under George Sr.'s care which then which became part of his estate, etc. Anyway, regarding this episode. Pretty good handling of the Susi issue. Some nice moments. Maybe the best episode in a while. But the bit about her visiting relatives in Florida was too obvious. (And sets up crap for the next episode.) Better if she had died in the house. Could have things like Bernadette trying to convince Howard that it was haunted, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2015, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-8-episode-15-february-19-2015-the-comic-book-store-regeneration/713132/59 "2015-02-28T23:17:47Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > Better if she had died in the house. Could have things like Bernadette trying to convince Howard that it was haunted, etc. If they do move into the house, Bernadette can still freak out Howard by calling to him from another room in _that_ voice; _ **“You want buttuh on your waffles? I’ll get you buttuh!”** _ ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2015, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-8-episode-15-february-19-2015-the-comic-book-store-regeneration/713132/60 "2015-03-01T00:22:23Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > Regarding the death of Sheldon’s father (George Cooper, Sr.), the most definitive statement was in _The Thanksgiving Decoupling_, when Sheldon said he was 14 when his father died. George Sr. was also stated as being 50 when he died in another episode. > > But this show is crappy with timelines. E.g., the Sheldon’s age as various milestones such as starting college, etc. are all over the place. > > While some estates do require a long time to resolve (there’s still a lawsuit going on regarding Howard Hughes’s, d. 1976, estate), George Sr.'s estate, especially with a surviving wife, couldn’t have been a big deal. After all, they lived in some sort of mobile home when he was a kid. (Which of course raises the question about his childhood room being intact in a normal house in _The Mommy Observation_.) Ending trusts at a certain age could require paperwork years later. But this guy wouldn’t leave a trust. But maybe some other reletive left something in trust for the kids under George Sr.'s care which then which became part of his estate, etc. > > Anyway, regarding this episode. Pretty good handling of the Susi issue. Some nice moments. Maybe the best episode in a while. But the bit about her visiting relatives in Florida was too obvious. (And sets up crap for the next episode.) > > Better if she had died in the house. Could have things like Bernadette trying to convince Howard that it was haunted, etc. i was thinking more of an insurance thing or a settlement thing that was put into a trust for the kids or something maturing and need input on what next. that sort of thing. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-8-episode-15-february-19-2015-the-comic-book-store-regeneration/713132.md?page=2)