# The Big Bang Theory, Season Eleven, Episode Thirteen (January 11, 2018) -- "The Solo Oscillation" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 11, 2018, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-eleven-episode-thirteen-january-11-2018-the-solo-oscillation/806403 "2018-01-11T16:51:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2018, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-eleven-episode-thirteen-january-11-2018-the-solo-oscillation/806403/21 "2018-01-14T07:20:49Z")
Not a snowball’s chance. Can you really picture Penny settling for once per year? ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2018, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-eleven-episode-thirteen-january-11-2018-the-solo-oscillation/806403/22 "2018-01-14T11:35:14Z")
Can you see Penny changing Sheldon’s attitude about once per year? If anyone could, she could! ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2018, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-eleven-episode-thirteen-january-11-2018-the-solo-oscillation/806403/23 "2018-01-15T13:54:27Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > The sequence with Penny helping Sheldon solve string theory was one of their best bits ever. It’s the kind of thing the show was built on. Yes, I really enjoy watching Penny and Sheldon interact; and this was one of their best, I think. Great scene! ---
**Author:** ![Reluctant\_A](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@Reluctant\_A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reluctant_A)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-eleven-episode-thirteen-january-11-2018-the-solo-oscillation/806403/24 "2018-01-17T16:17:07Z")
I know it’s rude to yuck another person’s yum, but whenever I see people here and elsewhere stanning for ‘Shenny,’ I keep trying to figure out what the hell they’re seeing that I’m not seeing. Not only does that pairing not work for me on any level, but I consider Sheldon Cooper to be the most unlikeable character in the history of fiction. It would make me happy if he spent the remainder of the series as a literal punching bag. ---
**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:** [January 17, 2018, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-eleven-episode-thirteen-january-11-2018-the-solo-oscillation/806403/25 "2018-01-17T20:35:02Z")
I always enjoy Seeing Sheldon and Penny together; they have great chemistry as unlikely friends. As a romantic couple, though? I just can’t see it, and never even considered it to be on the table. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-eleven-episode-thirteen-january-11-2018-the-solo-oscillation/806403/26 "2018-01-17T21:46:02Z")
Reluctant A. > [@](#): > > but I consider Sheldon Cooper to be the most unlikeable character in the history of fiction. I’m guessing you’ve never watched Desperate Housewives. ---
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-eleven-episode-thirteen-january-11-2018-the-solo-oscillation/806403/27 "2018-01-17T22:05:55Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > I always enjoy Seeing Sheldon and Penny together; they have great chemistry as unlikely friends. > As a romantic couple, though? I just can’t see it, and never even considered it to be on the table. Yes, this is my take on the situation, as well. As friends, they’re fantastic and funny! But I have never seen Penny and Sheldon as a romantic couple. No way! Ain’t that sort of chemistry happenin’ between them, in my opinion. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2018, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-eleven-episode-thirteen-january-11-2018-the-solo-oscillation/806403/28 "2018-01-17T23:11:28Z")
> [@Reluctant\_A](#): > > I consider Sheldon Cooper to be the most unlikeable character in the history of fiction. > [@cmkeller](#): > > I’m guessing you’ve never watched Desperate Housewives. Or _True Blood_. ---
**Author:** ![Reluctant\_A](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@Reluctant\_A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reluctant_A)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-eleven-episode-thirteen-january-11-2018-the-solo-oscillation/806403/29 "2018-01-18T17:57:56Z")
> [@cmkeller](#): > > I’m guessing you’ve never watched Desperate Housewives. > [@Misnomer](#): > > Or _True Blood_. Fine, I’ll rephrase: I consider Sheldon Cooper to be the most unlikeable character in all of the fiction that I have personally consumed. ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-eleven-episode-thirteen-january-11-2018-the-solo-oscillation/806403/30 "2018-01-18T19:20:49Z")
> [@Reluctant\_A](#): > > Fine, I’ll rephrase: I consider Sheldon Cooper to be the most unlikeable character in all of the fiction that I have personally consumed. So you haven’t seen the early seasons with Howard? Basically his character was written as someone who lacked the upper body strength to be a serial rapist, but… ---
**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 18, 2018, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-eleven-episode-thirteen-january-11-2018-the-solo-oscillation/806403/31 "2018-01-18T20:43:44Z")
> [@epbrown01](#): > > So you haven’t seen the early seasons with Howard? Basically his character was written as someone who lacked the upper body strength to be a serial rapist, but… This is the most hilarious and apt description of early Howard. Yet I still find Sheldon more annoying. ---
**Author:** ![Reluctant\_A](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@Reluctant\_A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reluctant_A)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-eleven-episode-thirteen-january-11-2018-the-solo-oscillation/806403/32 "2018-01-18T21:11:36Z")
> [@epbrown01](#): > > So you haven’t seen the early seasons with Howard? Basically his character was written as someone who lacked the upper body strength to be a serial rapist, but… Still less unlikeable than Sheldon Cooper. YMOV. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2018, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-eleven-episode-thirteen-january-11-2018-the-solo-oscillation/806403/33 "2018-01-18T22:13:14Z")
Biggirl: > [@](#): > > Yet I still find Sheldon more annoying. Well, for every action there is an equal and annoying reaction. ---
**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:** [January 19, 2018, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-eleven-episode-thirteen-january-11-2018-the-solo-oscillation/806403/34 "2018-01-19T14:04:17Z")
The newspaper carries “The Far Side”? It really is the 90s. ---
**Author:** ![Orwell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/dfb087/32.png) [@Orwell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orwell)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-eleven-episode-thirteen-january-11-2018-the-solo-oscillation/806403/35 "2018-01-19T16:07:02Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > The newspaper carries “The Far Side”? It really is the 90s. Yeah, that had to be a joke in and of itself. I don’t think The Far Side is still shown in any papers, is it? But I can picture the comic they mentioned in my head, with the student not able to open the door into the “Gifted School”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-bang-theory-season-eleven-episode-thirteen-january-11-2018-the-solo-oscillation/806403.md?page=1)