Episode 18 of The Big Bang Theory “The Prestidigitation Approximation” features more of the Leonard-Priya relationship. But honestly, I now dislike Priya’s role if she’ll continue to dislike Penny.
For me the highlight of this show is Howard’s magic!
As nice as it was to see Leonard get the A-story this week, the guy deserves better. The entire Priya plot was straight out of the generic sitcom handbook. That’s probably where Chuck Lorre and company found the shtick where he switched from glasses to contacts and walked into every wall.
As usual, though Sheldon was there to pick up the comedic slack. This week felt like a throwback to days of old, before Jim Parsons was given his Emmy and forced into every scene and plotline possible. He was relegated to the B story here with Wolowitz and Raj, and delivered reliable laughs without any Sheldon overload.
While I may have predicted the card trick shenanigans of Wolowitz from the opening scene, it never stopped being funny as Sheldon tried to reverse engineer the trick. Great stuff, right down to Raj gesturing the “Two of Hearts.”
Overall, I like the episode especially the Howard magic part. I just hope that the next episode will be better.
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