I think this episode is the gem I’ve been eagerly anticipating all season on The Big Bang Theory. Mind you, I’ve been enjoying the series all along. But it somehow had lost some of its chuckles for me. It’s been a bit lackluster. It’s been storylines which simply don’t rock my world.  While tonight’s main plots have been seen before it sitcoms, the Sheldon Factor in all of its glory shined.

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Thought you had enough of behind the scenes at CliqueClack, after reading our diatribes on Reaper’s fate and the top 100 sci-fi shows, didn’t you? Well, maybe in another life you’ll be so lucky, but today you get graced with another installment. This time, Julia started it, innocently enough.

C’mon, read it. It’s actually pretty relevant considering all of the new sitcoms the networks are trying this season.

JULIA: Any Arrested Development virgins around here? Because if I were, I would offer to do a Diary, but I am pathetically, helplessly in love with this show. But I’m just suggesting, it’s worth getting into. And I will happily aid and abet anyone interested in getting addicted.

BOB: Funniest show to ever be on TV.

[and now begins the controversy...]

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The moment I was dreading on the show came last week — PennyLenny (Turkey Lurkey’s more wild neighbors) had sex. No, I’m not getting over it. Those two, in my mind at least, were never meant to be a sexual couple. What’s next? Barry Kripke and Sheldon will realize that they’re gay and head over heels in love? So this week we had the aftermath of the torrid sexual romp between Penny and Leonard. Oh, why couldn’t it all have just been a dream?

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I find this disturbing. They’re all (except Sheldon) reminding me of Joaquin Phoenix’s last appearance on The Late Show with David Letterman. Sheldon is reminding me of Maynard G. Krebs on The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis. I might end up with nightmares tonight. Of course, I’m talking aesthetics, mind you. I think that Maynard and Sheldon are definitely from two different galaxies. I’m just not sure whether either is from here.

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The big news in ratings this week wasn’t another series high for True Blood, the further decline of Defying Gravity, or even the return of Millionaire. Instead, it was the announcement that several big media and advertising companies are joining forces to create an alternative to Nielsen. My kneejerk reaction? The announcement is full of sound and fury, signifying nothing. Well, then again, I suppose it signifies that the networks are pissed about shrinking audiences. Unfortunately, finding a new way to measure shrinking audiences won’t do anything to fix the problem. Read the rest of this entry »

Week of January 18 to January 24

Clever, insolent, creative, irreverent; even a little twisted. I speak of the writers here at CliqueClack, and the unique posts they churn out day after day. How could we let seven days go by without highlighting some of the week’s gems?

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Ah, the new programming gradually trickles in and we have more premieres and previews to love:

• Burn Notice is back, and Mike is one pissed off spy, Scott notices.
  
• Lost is back, Sun is vengeful, and apparently we find the island, or something like that, according to Bob.
• Lie to Me debuts to decent numbers and a general warm fuzzy feeling — Jen loves it.
• Rich has high hopes for TNT’s  Trust Me.

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(Season 2, Episode 12 – “The Killer Robot Instability”)

I’m usually not pleased as punch when this show has an episode which is non-Sheldon-centric. That’s for two reasons. The first one being that I adore Jim Parsons and the Sheldon character. The second reason is that the stories which don’t prominently feature Sheldon usually run along the lines of Leonard having a relationship with his little doctor woman (who seems so not a doctor), or something of that ilk. Although Sheldon was just a bit more than a supporting character tonight, I almost hit that pleased-as-punch level. That can’t be confused with Wolowitz, who did get punched, mind you. Read on.

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