Oh yeah, there is no Amy in this episode of The Big Bang Theory but we have Penny back! I don’t care if she needs to stand on the bar to hide his broken leg, as long as she is there then everything is fine. How I missed the Penny-Sheldon conversation! Plus, the guesting of Eliza Dushku made this episode an excellent one!
No matter how brief, her scenes with Sheldon had such amazing comedic chemistry. Even weak by the high standards they’ve set together in prior episodes, their scene together was the highlight of “The Apology Insufficiency.” That, or the Gorn.
This week also marked the much-hyped guest starring appearance by yet another nerd fantasy hottie, Eliza Dushku. The weirdly hot Dushku certainly proved she lacked comedic acting skills (sorry, Buffy fans), playing her character extremely flat, failing to deliver the couple jokes she was handed. Her six foot two Navy SEAL husband? That could have been funny in more capable hands.
Luckily, she at least provided Sheldon, Raj and Leonard a straight guy to play off of. Unfortunately, their scenes were cut extremely short in favor of what the TBBT has become: the Sheldon show.
I know there’s only so many weeks in a row we can continue to complain that other characters are pushed to the background in favor of making every storyline about Sheldon. But, don’t worry, we’ll keep doing it until Chuck Lorre and company gives our other very capable actors their chances to shine.
We hate to complain about a show that continues to make us laugh, but it’s just lost its nerd magic that made it unique in prior seasons. Now it just feels like a generic sitcom with one quirky character. That’s been done before. The Big Bang Theory from the first few seasons? That was unique.
All complaints aside, the episode was a slight improvement over last week’s and at least saw a nice heartfelt apology and human side to Sheldon. That’s always entertaining. And did we mention the hilarious dream sequence featuring a Gorn in his spot?
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