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Recap: foamy vengeance with a side of geeky loving courtesy of 'The Big Bang Theory'
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The Adhesive Duck Deficiency episode was a definite highlight of this season of “The Big Bang Theory.” The Penny/Sheldon friendship had a plethora of hilarious moments that wouldn’t have been achieved if it were anyone else other than Sheldon. The scene of Sheldon helping Penny getting dressed while accidently groping her and then the soft kitty scene at the end were perfect examples of why the comedic chemistry is just so perfect between the two. So it was interesting to see how the next episode was going to measure up.
Last night’s episode, The Vengeance Formulation, was actually a surprise considering the idea of the inability to produce back-to-back entertaining episodes. The episode starts with the battle of insults between Kripke and Sheldon, showcasing Sheldon’s inability to formulate a witty response, hence the “you’re a stupid head! That’s also a rhetorical question.” After his nemesis leaves, he continues to announce his news to Howard, Raj and Leonard. NPR has chosen to interview Sheldon on some sort of physics theory that I don’t feel like rewinding to get the exact name of. Unaware of the repercussions of the news of his interview, it’s obvious that a prank would be on the way. Surely enough, the next scene consists of Kripke, helium tanks and a tube that was being fished into Sheldon’s office. If don’t know what’s going to happen next, watch every classic sitcom to visualize the nature of helium pranks because this one will probably be referenced quite a bit in the future. Of course, the “brilliant” Sheldon Cooper is completely humiliated on the national stage via his phone interview since his voice is highly reminiscent of “Alvin and the Chipmunks.” Fast-forward to Raj mocking instead of helping Sheldon get over his embarrassment and Leonard suggesting revenge. Remember, the Joker didn’t just sit around prison lamenting on his failures with the other psychos. So in typical Sheldon Cooper fashion, he conjures up the evil villainess of the Sheldon responsible for stealing Penny’s laundry and hanging it up on the telephone pole. By mixing hydrogen peroxide, potassium iodide and liquid soap, he created foamy vengeance. He finally gets his revenge while also screwing Raj and Leonard because foamy vengeance is also thrusted upon the President of the college and Board of Directors. We’ll have to see what happens next week if there’ll be stern action taken or completely forgotten.
The B-story was almost as amusing considering that the Penny and Howard scenes seem a little hard to digest since Penny is overly hard on him at times. It can get stale since this is the third season and how many times can we really laugh at Penny putting Howard in his place. Good thing the plot line was more about Howard and Bernadette than Howard and Penny. The awkwardly adorable couple has reached their third date and the dreaded question of “where is this going” was put onto the table. I definitely couldn’t help thinking back to “Friends” when Ross was with that one girl from Monica and Chandler’s wedding. But I know that this show would never tread into that type of style since these are a bunch of socially inept nerds and “Friends” was not. In perfect Wolowitz fashion, he opts for holding out on a Megan Fox or Katee Sackhoff type. So it wasn’t out of the ordinary when the “Battlestar Galatica” star just appears in his fantasy while taking a bubble bath. But I’m pretty sure he didn’t think that his fantasy would knock some sense into his pervy, but sensitive self. We are then treated to Wolowitz making a fool’s gesture by proposing to his equally quirky girlfriend at The Cheesecake Factory. Low and behold, she says no. But his piano singing song stylings make her swoon enough to make us wonder what the next step is in this relationship.
The episode was definitely better than expected and most of all it shows how boring the Leonard/Penny relationship is. The previous episodes which focused on their relationship such as them actually getting together or Leonard trying to fit in with her friends or even their arguing over a male non-gay friend crashing on Penny’s couch, seemed uneventful in comparison to the plots concerning the other three friends. When watching last week’s episode, it’s obvious that the Penny/Sheldon friendship is much more entertaining in comparison to the romantic relationship of the other roommate. This week further shows that any of the storylines that don’t involve the romantic relationship are even more entertaining than anything else. The show is really at its best when the storyline involves nerdy, pop-culture loving goodness between the four geeks with the girl next door providing outsider commentary.
Best line: “We represent the lollipop guild. And we want you!” – Raj in response to Sheldon.
Moment of the night: Penny and Howard’s backhanded insults about Leonard. They were aware that he was sitting right there.
Next week, the show will take a break and return on December 7. To tide you over, here’s Wolowitz's ode to Bernadette.
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