That is possible I suppose. I know they could still have her on such as Sheldon talking to her via Skype or they could actually show scenes with her at Princeton but assuming she's not on the show for a few episodes (I think the finale is the next one isn't it?) is there something going on with her in real life such as a pregnancy or something else to cause her to take a little time off?
shareI would have thought it would just be the summer plot to set up the next season, much like the guys going off to the North Pole, Sheldon running away or Leonard working in the North Sea; she'll be back, or arriving back in the first episode with all kinds of catch-up necessary.
shareYes, they always create a little drama with a leave taking at the end of the season.
Or maybe it's because her contract isn't settled...
No, her contract's been settled.
Now, I liked the ending, but it's kind of hard to sell as a cliffhanger.
Amy will undoubtedly say yes.
The show has already run for so long, I don't think it will run long enough for them to get rid of her character and replace her in a way where the audience would receive it well. They're obviously endgame.
Beyond that. Yeah, Sheldon was oblivious to someone else's feelings and intentions, which resulted him in being insensitive to someone else. HOW SHOCKING AND NEW. Amy is well aware of him being this way. And yeah, it wasn't great, but it was the worst thing he did here.
As soon as he actually realized what was up with Ramona, he did the right thing, and he did not initiate the kiss, looked to me like if he participated at all, it was a negligible amount. He'll explain clearly, and Amy's not irrational. She might not be happy, but this will end up being a small snag, and Sheldon will just not spend any more time with Ramona.
It was a weird episode to me. Not that funny and just plain odd.
Why would he be so friendly to Nowitzky when they parted on such bad terms and he holds grudges forever? Completely unbelievable. They would have done better to bring in a visiting physicist we had never seen before. If they had really had guts, they would have made him a male one.
Sheldon's reaction was also bizarre. There's no need to travel across the country for that. He could have just said "no".
My guess by the way is that for some reason her answer will be "no" or at least "not right now" because (1) that will surprise the viewers and (2) it provides more story material to stretch things out for a while.
The other story lines were not that great either.
Things strike everyone different I guess. I thought it was a great episode. Personally, I thought a reason it really worked was that they had everyone together and no B plot. Because when they do a B plot, they tend to divide the characters into the same subgroups, which makes the rapport all the more predictable. When they're all together, they bounce more randomly.
I guess he was friendly because sitcoms aren't always the best at continuity.
I don't see any reason for them to go gay with Sheldon. I have no problem with gays, I am one. But I just don't see it. I think if Sheldon were to have those feelings, he would act upon them, because he would see it as an experiment or something. But I think he'd have realized it by now. I just feel like that having those kinds of interactions with anyone other than Amy is already a lot for him to process. But I think I see where you're coming from.
Sheldon always does things to the extreme, like his summer-long train trip.
True, she might say no, they have at least two more seasons to get through.
Yeah, no B plot was just like Star Trek, the original series. It was a quotation! ;)
I don't mean he has to go gay, but it would have been more amusing if a gay colleague were trying to seduce him. His confusion about what was happening would have been the same in either case, and just as funny. But of course the viewers wouldn't then have had doubts about which partner he would choose, but on the other hand, you don't appear to have doubts anyway, and maybe most viewers don't.
I'm not sure Sheldon was the right person to manufacture drama with. Should have stuck with Leonard/Penny, Howard/Bernie or Raj, probably. Those characters are more versatile that way.
He does things to the extreme when under extreme stress, but I don't see that he is under that right now. I mean he didn't even pack a toothbrush.
Okay, the way in which you meant for the colleague to be gay would've been really hilarious.
I think him not packing a toothbrush might actually be a sign of the extreme duress.
Cool.
I don't think it's duress. He doesn't exhibit wild-eyed behavior as he usually does in such situations. He's calm and laughing along the way.
I think his logic is just that he realized he doesn't want to be with anyone else and he wants a defense against adventurers (but of course a ring is no obstacle for such a person and considering his family history he ought to know that). He has to go to New Jersey not because it's so urgent, but because he wants to pop the question to get it over with and of course one must not do that over Skype.
Oh well, at least we didn't get a "Penny's having a baby" plot. They must be saving that for the series finale a la Ross and Rachel.
It could end up like Friends when Chandler first proposed to Monica after a fight (The One With The Girl Who Hits Joey) and she said no because it was an overreaction to something stupid.
Granted, they have had the refusal after a stupid proposal before (Leonard & Penny in bed), but it wouldn't be the first time they'd reused a plot point.
Good call.
shareI don't care if Amy never comes back. Nothing against the actress, but the character's relationship with Sheldon has ruined his character, imho.
Sheldon was funny just the way he was. They didn't need to find him a "love interest". I think it was demonstrated in the first few seasons that he was his OWN love interest. I suppose audiences can't deal with the idea of someone beng totally uninterested in the opposite sex or being asexual. He clearly had no interest in women, but the writers just had to shoehorn the character into a relationship.
I think back to the film Rainman. The character of Raymond was way more dysfunctional than Sheldon, but he was not about to change. At the end of the film, he was just the same as he was in the beginning. He wasn't "cured" by having a relationship with his brother. That would have been so phony. It's the same with Sheldon. He does not relate to people on an intimate level. He is what he is. Don't try to fix him.
Sheldon is a germaphobe and has a lot of other phobias. His brilliant mind is, or at least it was, focused on his work. He was perfectly content and a heck of a lot funnier the way he was. But NO! Somehow the writers had to "cure" him by making him have sex. They ruined a great character.
The show would have had to end, then. They had run out of things for him to do. If they don't grow they stagnate and then the show's dead.
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