# The Big Bang Theory, Season 8, Episode 19 (April 2, 2015) -- "The Skywalker Incursion" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 2, 2015, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-8-episode-19-april-2-2015-the-skywalker-incursion/716625 "2015-04-02T15:43:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2015, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-8-episode-19-april-2-2015-the-skywalker-incursion/716625/41 "2015-04-06T04:31:57Z")
They’ve already milked the old gags for as much as they were worth, and the cast isn’t getting any younger. Instead of the characters being in their late 20s, they’re getting closer to middle age. Do nerds really get funnier as they approach 40? Are they even believable as nerds any more? I think they’re looking at the same fate most hippies suffered after they hit 30. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2015, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-8-episode-19-april-2-2015-the-skywalker-incursion/716625/42 "2015-04-06T05:06:18Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > They’ve already milked the old gags for as much as they were worth, and the cast isn’t getting any younger. Instead of the characters being in their late 20s, they’re getting closer to middle age. Do nerds really get funnier as they approach 40? Are they even believable as nerds any more? Don’t know about funny, but my whole crowd of RL friends consists of nerds I went to college with (including two PhDs), and we’re all still nerdy at around 50. Some are married, some have kids, one’s engaged, and we all still play games, watch nerdy TV shows, and collect (some to a larger extent than others) geeky stuff. I totally think Bernadette should have let Howard keep the TARDIS. One thing I really dislike about where BBT is going is that the women who should be nerdy (Bernadette and Amy, and even Penny to a point) are not only not nerdy, but anti-nerdy. It’s frustrating. I miss Leslie Winkel. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2015, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-8-episode-19-april-2-2015-the-skywalker-incursion/716625/43 "2015-04-06T22:03:29Z")
> [@Infovore](#): > > I miss Leslie Winkel. Yeah, I do too. What happened to her? ---
**Author:** ![Terr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@Terr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terr)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2015, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-8-episode-19-april-2-2015-the-skywalker-incursion/716625/44 "2015-04-06T22:11:33Z")
> [@teela\_brown](#): > > Yeah, I do too. What happened to her? Problem with Leslie Winkel is that they were bringing her in to prey (so to say) on the unattached male stars of the show. But they are all attached now. Except for Stuart, but he’s not a scientist or an engineer and Leslie has _some_ standards. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2015, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-8-episode-19-april-2-2015-the-skywalker-incursion/716625/45 "2015-04-06T22:16:45Z")
> [@teela\_brown](#): > > Yeah, I do too. What happened to her? I think I remember hearing that she got written out because the writers couldn’t figure out what to do with her. Which is sort of depressing–and actual geek girl who likes geek things and they can’t figure out what to do with her. ---
**Author:** ![One\_More\_Time\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e19adc/32.png) [@One\_More\_Time\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/One_More_Time_Again)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2015, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-8-episode-19-april-2-2015-the-skywalker-incursion/716625/46 "2015-04-06T22:55:29Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > They’ve already milked the old gags for as much as they were worth, and the cast isn’t getting any younger. Instead of the characters being in their late 20s, they’re getting closer to middle age. Do nerds really get funnier as they approach 40? Are they even believable as nerds any more? > > I think they’re looking at the same fate most hippies suffered after they hit 30. My friend is married to a 65 year old nerd who still plays D&D weekly. In costume. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2015, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-8-episode-19-april-2-2015-the-skywalker-incursion/716625/47 "2015-04-06T23:19:43Z")
> [@teela\_brown](#): > > Yeah, I do too. What happened to her? She just had a baby and been hanging out with Julie Chen and Sharon Osborne. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2015, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-8-episode-19-april-2-2015-the-skywalker-incursion/716625/48 "2015-04-06T23:34:50Z")
> [@One\_More\_Time\_Again](#): > > My friend is married to a 65 year old nerd who still plays D&D weekly. In costume. I know plenty of late 40s and 50 years old people that still game. A surprising number of us are married with kids and I think the D&D has just replaced the old weekly bridge or poker game. I know far more 30-40 year olds that play lots of video games still. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2015, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-8-episode-19-april-2-2015-the-skywalker-incursion/716625/49 "2015-04-06T23:44:10Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > She just had a baby and been hanging out with Julie Chen and Sharon Osborne. I thought they might have figured they already had enough “Roseanne Barr Show” alumni in the cast. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2015, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-8-episode-19-april-2-2015-the-skywalker-incursion/716625/50 "2015-04-10T01:27:53Z")
They should bring John Goodman as a guest for just ONE episode. Maybe the final episode; he could be Howard’s stray father. ETA: since I work nights, I always go with time-shifted viewing. When I watched this one yesterday afternoon (on my DirecTv dvr, fwiw), I noticed that there was about a half-second timing gap between the dialogue and the mouth movements. It was very distracting. Did anyone else experience this? ---
**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:** [April 10, 2015, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-8-episode-19-april-2-2015-the-skywalker-incursion/716625/51 "2015-04-10T16:48:06Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Watching the latest episodes, I get the feeling they’ve replaced the live studio audience with a standard 1960s laugh track. _TBBT_ is infamous for replacing real audience laughter with standard machine yuks. One time, **Mrs. FtG** was walking by and noticed they ran the same laugh burst 3 times in a row. I rewound and verified it was true. If **Mrs. FtG** can notice it, it’s really, really bad. Anyway, another episode with disconnected characters and stories. This is getting sad. ---
**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:** [April 10, 2015, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-8-episode-19-april-2-2015-the-skywalker-incursion/716625/52 "2015-04-10T23:20:26Z")
> [@Infovore](#): > > I miss Leslie Winkel. > [@teela\_brown](#): > > Yeah, I do too. What happened to her? > [@Infovore](#): > > I think I remember hearing that she got written out because the writers couldn’t figure out what to do with her. Which is sort of depressing–and actual geek girl who likes geek things and they can’t figure out what to do with her. I think it was partly due to the writers not knowing what to do with her and mostly Sara Gilbert getting her own talk show. ---
**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 11, 2015, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-8-episode-19-april-2-2015-the-skywalker-incursion/716625/53 "2015-04-11T15:27:23Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > They should bring John Goodman as a guest for just ONE episode. > > Maybe the final episode; he could be Howard’s stray father. In that case, how did Howard turn out so short and tiny? I mean, Goodman and Mrs. Wolowitz are both HUGE! And Roseanne would be great as Howard’s maternal grandmother. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-8-episode-19-april-2-2015-the-skywalker-incursion/716625.md?page=2)