I am starting this thread in anticipation of tonight’s episode.
Someone finally stood up to Sheldon. I loved it. I also didn’t hate the Raj stuff. B+.
ETA: The cricket scene was hilarious.
Fair to middlin’. It doesn’t make sense that Sheldon is helping Bert in the first place, or wants to continue doing so, but what the hey, it’s better than watching Raj whine about the new girl not being in love will be.
Sheldon hasn’t been making headway in Dark Matter. Even if the work with Bert is a (pun intended) shot in the dark, it’s something new to try, and Sheldon may be set in his ways when it comes to what he has for breakfast, but as a scientist, he’s smart enough to know that originality counts. He has enough reservations to know that if it doesn’t work, he doesn’t want anyone to know he tried it, but he’s anxious enough to make progress that he doesn’t want to leave any stone unturned.
It’s a great dilemma.
I think this was the best episode since the season premiere.
I didn’t see the episode. Was this the “chirp, chirp” type of cricket, or the leg-before-wicket kind?
It’s going to be even better when Sheldon figures out there’s no way he’ll be the lead author on the paper.
Leg before wicket.
leg before wicket
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I sort-of know cricket, it’s one of the national games of my part of the world, but I didn’t understand most of what they were talking about. I assume it was right and not just gobbledegook, but it sure did sound like nonsense to my ears.
(Not talking about the Indian player names, I’m used to those - India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, and Bangladesh are cricketing crazy)
I give them the benefit of the doubt that they did their research there. The one word that I recognized and remember, “googly,” is indeed a legit cricket term. I think that cricket just has a lot of terminology that sounds ridiculous to the uninitiated.
It may have been nonsense. The writers may have looked up terms on Wikipedia, and not paid much attention to the context.
“Let’s see if he hits a double and the third base coach calls foul before the pitcher manages to throw out the runner trying to steal second” is all good baseball terminology, but it doesn’t make any sense.
I did like it that there was apparently an Indian bar with the TV tuned to a cricket match somewhere in Pasadena. I wonder what time it was?
Oooooh. I forgot about that!
I agree! This was a very good episode. I especially enjoyed Leonard using Bert for learning ways to stand up to Sheldon.
I thought it was a very good episode. I like the Bert character a lot, so it’s good to see him get more screen time. I even liked the Raj stuff, because Raj is starting to learn how to not come on too strong to a new girl and that’s refreshing.
Hey, doesn’t Raj live in a room above Bert’s garage now? That sounds like a situation that could have some yuks in it. I hope they explore that in a future episode.
Oh, I totally forgot about that! Yeah, I can definitely see some “yuks”, there…
I thought he lived in Howard and Bernadette’s garage, which is why he’s there all the time.
I believe Howard and Bernadette’s garage was under discussion at one point, but he ended up in Bert’s MIL suite. I don’t remember where Stuart is currently living.
And I like this new girl that Raj is seeing. I don’t like her as much as Lucy or Clare, but she’s way better than Emily.
I lived and breathed cricket for a few decades before moving the US 20 years ago. I still follow it a little bit…basically I KNOW the game.
The cricket banter was not bad at all. The names were current and the terminology was accurately used - no problem there. Even the Hindi dialogue was perfect. I was very pleasantly surprised.
I’m glad to know they tried.
That’s good, I’m glad to hear that. I did think they would’ve been careful (and Kunal Nayyar probably is a fan of cricket in real life) it’s nice to hear they are as diligent about sport as they are about science.
Is it a little weird that Raj likes cricket, though? I mean, Leonard, Howard and Sheldon don’t like American sports. Wouldn’t Raj be just as bad at the sports of his country?