Review: The Big Bang Theory

I was excited to watch the season premiere of the Big Bang Theory. I have loyally followed the series from the beginning and have seen every episode that has aired up to the season premiere. Recently I had seen some reruns of the first season and curiously found that in the first season one can clearly see that the characters were still being developed that early in the series. The character of Sheldon who, by now, is very well defined and his actions and words matching his characteristics, early on in the first season, makes some slightly crude jokes that I couldn’t even imagine him saying now. Now, he is entirely oblivious to such things. Not to say that he wouldn’t understand such a situation, simply that he wouldn’t make a joke about it.

However, when I watched the season premiere last week, I was somewhat seriously put off by the amount of crude jokes and references that were present in the episode. I understand that it would be a logical place to go with Howard dating Bernadette, Sheldon paired with Amy, Leonard dating Preeta and Raj hooking up with Penny. But, but, but…

I miss my dorky, super-smart scientist geek group! Sure, they’re guys, and all guys are obsessed with girls, but really, did the entire episode have to be crude jokes? Where was the science and logic and geekness? I miss when Sheldon made charts about complicated science and math and argued with Leonard over whether it was correct or who had it right. I miss when they guys sat around and played Monopoly with rupees or when Sheldon made fun of Howard for not having a real degree.

Now I suppose I’m not saying that I will stop watching the Big Bang Theory. I just suppose, I feel like I knew these guys, these characters so well, and then the writer’s went and changed them a bit too much… Maybe, I feel like this:

When there is a group of guys, and at least one girl, the guys tend to act more well behaved. When there are no girls, they guys are little more loose with their language and manner in general. I used to feel like the Big Bang Theory was the first scenario, but now with the new season, I feel like it is the second scenario, and I’m not sure I’m entirely happy with that.

I have heard that Raj finally meets a girl he can have a semi-normal conversation with, and this situation would be a long time coming, so I’m looking forward to the next episode! We will see whether I will still love this series as much as I have. Hopefully, it’s not run too long, for I really wouldn’t want it to end.