A staple for our family…we have watched it all together for years. I’ll miss looking forward to a new episode, but we’ll make do with the continual reruns.
If Seinfeld was a show about nothing, then Big Bang was a show about conversations that take place while eating food as a group. So much of the show took place with a meal as the backdrop (although they very rarely actually took a bite…lots of pushing food around with utensils), that, as an homage, our family vowed only to watch the new episodes while eating together.
@CMB625 ??♀️That would be me!! I cried. Sheldon’s speech was so touching. TBBT was my favorite show along with Modern Family. I will now continue Young Sheldon.
Funny I thought Young Sheldon was such a stupid concept but I love that show as well.
I’m guessing many/ most people who had any long term investment in the show and characters shed a tear or two (or came close to it). I certainly cried!
Is there any irony in the fact that Sheldon had his revelation right before his speech about the importance of others in his life and it shouldn’t be all about him while at the same time his is the only character we will continue to see in new shows (albeit in a prequel)? From what I have read, Jim Parsons decided he did not want to play Sheldon any longer and the writers determined they did not want the show to continue without one of the core group of friends.
Mayim Bialik spoke at the National Science Teachers Association national conference in Boston several years ago and made a similar appeal to young women re: science. Seems to be her message.
I disliked Seinfeld’s ending but HIMYM was RUINED for me by the ending. Never watched again. From what I’ve read many people feel this way and it’s hurt the shows streaming and syndication. Serves them right for such a terrible job.
One of my favorite shows. I’ve probably seen every episode two or more times. Intelligent writing, funny, and a great ensemble cast. I’ll miss them but am happy that they had 12 wonderful seasons. Young Sheldon is different but equally charming, in my opinion. Iain Armitage is a joy, both on the show and in real life. Such a talented little guy.
I’ve seen Mayim Bialik speak twice and she is very impressive. A smart cookie, who continues to encourage girls to pursue science, as she did, with both undergrad and PhD in neuroscience.
And, yes, I cried at Sheldon’s speech. Just to add, Sheldon isn’t simply highly gifted, the character was developed as a man on the spectrum.
I don’t want to drag us off on a tangent, but I don’t remember being upset by the ending of How I Met Your Mother. IIRC, mother dies of cancer and the two best friends eventually marry each other.
Seinfeld’s “we’re all in jail, because we should have prevented a crime” was just plain dumb.
Well just to close out that tangent, it wasn’t just me. Here’s Business Insider on the worst finales (Seinfeld was one) and specifically on HIMYM : " The series finale caps a nearly decade-long tease that is a major deception to this show’s characters. It instantly made the show difficult for many fans to revisit or recommend to friends.“
I don’t like series finales when the long running “situation” ends. My favorite series finale was Everybody Loves Raymond. There was no change in the situation and it showed the love and antagonisms that existed throughout the series.
So back to topic, I just watched the finale which I recorded since wan’t home Thursday night. Have not seen current episodes before this (been watching old reruns) so had no clue Howard had 2 kids! It was well done. Nice closure and brief inclusion of the other cast members.
Not surprising. Mayim Bialik is clearly an exception - a child actor who also achieved considerable success in Hollywood as an adult and a scientist in real life, with a Ph.D. in neuroscience.
And Ken Jeong (comedian) is an MD, and lets not forget the band members of Queen: Brian May has Ph.D. in astrophysics or astronomy (depends on where you read) and for those female actors with “only” undergrad non-theater degrees (to name a few) Danica McKellar (from The Wonder Years) has a BS in Math from UCLA, Lisa Kudrow has a Biology degree from Vassar, Brooke Shields got her degree in, IIRC, French literature from Princeton.
And Art Garfunkel, IIRC, completed his Ph.D. dissertation but I don’t think he ever defended it so didn’t get the degree. As an undergrad at Columbia his roommate lost his sight, and Garfunkel read the texts aloud to his roommate. Nice guy.
I chalk it up to evolving semantics. The academic field has only relatively recently been termed astrophysics; back in the day, it was almost universally (no pun intended) called astronomy.
I’m sad to see the series end, but as a fan I’ll admit it hasn’t been at its best, at least in my opinion, for the past few years. I’m fond of the characters and the actors who created them so well, but I don’t think the dialog has been as funny as it was in earlier seasons.
My two absolutely favorite scenes were Sheldon interviewing Leonard as a prospective roommate in “The Staircase Implementation,” and the guys discussing the timeline of “Back to the Future Part Two” in “The Focus Attenuation.”
Watched it with DH last night at the CBS website. So sad to see it end. What a wonderful ride though! So glad I found it accidentally early in the first season while flipping channels.
