does Penny have a last name?
Twelve years is a lot of time. Twelve seasons are a lot of episodes, and keeping the show as good as at the beginning shouldn't have been an easy task. Some say the show decayed along the years, I agree. But I never stopped liking it. Sure, there were plenty of episodes which were just OK, but the characters were so well created that I connected with them and really cared about them. I even hated Sheldon in some of the last episodes, but without that amazing ending speech, none of the other characters would've gotten their recognition. I am sure I won't watch the full show again, but I would like to go back to the first seasons and definitely watch again the last three episodes that are genuinely perfect.
Twelve years is a lot of time. Twelve seasons are a lot of episodes, and keeping the show as good as at the beginning shouldn't have been an easy task. Some say the show decayed along the years, I agree. But I never stopped liking it. Sure, there were plenty of episodes which were just OK, but the characters were so well created that I connected with them and really cared about them. I even hated Sheldon in some of the last episodes, but without that amazing ending speech, none of the other characters would've gotten their recognition. I am sure I won't watch the full show again, but I would like to go back to the first seasons and definitely watch again the last three episodes that are genuinely perfect.
Twelve years is a lot of time. Twelve seasons are lots of episodes. Everyone said the show lost its power from half the show to the ending, I agree though I never stopped liking it. There were many episodes that were just OK, but the characters are so well created that I really cared about them. I eventually started to hate Sheldon and honestly at the end I didn't go back to like him, but how his character allowed all the others get the recognition they deserved makes him indispensable. It is possible that I may not watch the whole show again but I definitely want to watch the first seasons and the last three episodes.
My fav show! Sheldon forever...!
I like this show and I really don't care that I don't know anything about star trek or star wars and spock or darth vader.
Woo hoo, 3 more seasons!
So repetitive jokes , although decently funny sometimes.
Hilarious show. Love watching it.
Sheldon cooper rocks
This is one of my favorite shows!
This show used to be great. Well, the first 5 seasons were amazing and so so funny... But I just feel like the writers have lost the plot and the actors don't seem that enthusiastic any more. The only people who must be excited about the show are the producers because they are raking in the cash. I hate that they split the cast into 3 separate subplots. This just made everything stop working and flowing well. Every episode is basically the same now (different settings, same terrible sub plots and jokes) and its just NOT FUNNY ANY MORE.
I feel awfully sad to say goodbye but, I tried to stick it out to the end of season 10 but just can't. Time to move on.
If you are a bit of a nerd (and you are if you have a mediacenter running trakt!), you'll probably like this a lot! Since nerd-ism is getting more popular and mainstream, most people will get the jokes, so even mom's, dad's and girlfriends might laugh at this.
If, however, you don't know who Spock and Darth Vader are, aren't at all interested in science and technology and never have socially uncomfortable situations (e.g. with girls), you'll probably miss out on most of the jokes.
One of the few shows that actually make me laugh out loud :)
Stopped watching after season 6
After having watched all 12 seasons I truly do not know how I am expected to recover from the journey I have been on. There have been brilliant episodes and dare I say some episodes that have slightly missed the mark but overall it truly has been a great show to watch. And that last episode had me in floods of tears - so good.
Was it really as great as everyone says?
Only you can answer that, I personally believe it’s a modern 90s sitcom which struck a nostalgia chord in me. It’s characters were quirky and interesting to watch and the story line was good enough, lastly, the most important thing is that the jokes were able consistently make me smile or on occasion laugh. This show for me is plain old fun.
However, what I love about this show is not anything to do with all that. This show was in its fifth season when it caught my attention. I was at university and my friends and I would binge it. It quickly became a part of our routine and whenever I watch it now it brings back all of this memories of fun and freedome that came with that part of my life.
This is not the best show ever, but I will always love it,
Third nerd from the Sun
Best show ever! Watched every episode and love I it!
Back in December of 2020, I originally said to myself "Y'know, it would be funny if I watched that bazinga show ngl". I finished every episode by April 2021, and I think it was a great show. I almost cried in the finale. But now, everything in that show is such a blur, but I remember watching that show on my laptop everyday laughing my ass off. It's good to see this show end after so long because I feel like it dried out by the 9th season.
the fortnite jokes caught me off guard.
8/10
Good series very good I like
This show is addictive. I keep watching it non-stop. Worth watching a zillion times.
The show is getting crowded with annoying characters..
It used to be funny 4 seasons ago...
Great show i love it to core!
Great show! I loved this show to the core.
I love first 3 seasons, they are great. Everything after that is just some ordinary tv show with same jokes repeating all the time.
Use to be a favorite but here lately it is hit or miss with each episode. Still watching though and have enjoyed it thus far.
Penny! Penny! Penny!
Love it has the science and sci fi mixed into one
I think the first seasin was way geeker than the rest of the series.
Has been going downhill for a while now.
I miss Sheldons' "bazingas"...
Incredible show! Love it!
RIP
The show is dead
Meh, it is pretty funny. The main thing that bothers me about this series is the unbearably high amount of times they use laugh tracks at non-comedic parts. Just count how many laugh tracks they use in a single episode.
Getting this review in literally minutes after I finished watching, so everything is really fresh. It was a great concept, that remained really enjoyable throughout. I think it started at its best when all the jokes were fresh, characters were extra quirky, and the plot had a focus. While it never dipped to being completely average, I do think it lost what made it special by season 5. Most of the jokes were rehashed, the characters less quirky, but it was all still easy to watch and I enjoyed it all. From 5 thru 11 it all stays really consistent, and I can see it being a show that was more enjoyed week to week, than binged back to back. Fortunately, season 12 did wrap up in a good way, and I think I enjoyed it more than the previous seven seasons because the plot had a grander focus and all the characters had a bigger arc than they had up until that point. With all that being said, if you like CBS comedies, I do recommend at least checking it out...but make sure to start from the beginning to fully appreciate the characters.
Average Season Review: 7.88/10
Recommendation: At Least Give it a Whirl (For CBS Comedy Fans)
Watched season 5 and 6 live, rest of episodes I watched in syndication.
Ok, i don't get how is it that this show is so appreciated... I tried I tried and I tried 8 times (i saw the first 8 eps before this comment) to make me like it but I still think that TBBT is nothing more than just barely sufficient :/
Watched it all and it stays fun. Although I have to admit I watch it in between other shows to keep me busy.
I've watched many of them but not all episodes; I have them all on DVD and have watched many on there and on re-runs, but I doubt it's all of them.
I do love this show a ton overall. Maybe not the best comedy ever according to some, but definitely my favorite. However, I feel the show started going downhill around season 6 and the progression got a bit stale (though I still love the show overall). However, season 8's finale seems to promise some big changes, so I'm excited but also worried for the next season.
Renewed for 3 more seasons :)
This show used to be funny and it's also used to be one of my favorite TV shows (hence I initially rated this show a 10 on trakt). But starting from Season 7 the show has becoming redundant and it's going nowhere with its forgettable plots. This seems like the show is now more on the money rather on the quality.
I am so sad to say this but I won't continue watching this show.
I don't get how that many people love this show. I mean the firsts seasons were funny - and not that very funny - but the last 5 are just hard to watch. Sometimes I think I'm being to hard on the show but the last season is just to painful to watch. Kaley Cuoco can't act and she doesn't even try it. Her character is just mean to Leonard for no reason and that's supposed to be funny. Sheldon has become an annoying baby, he's not even that arrogant smart guy he was, he's just more annoying than ever. Stuart was ok as a side character but watching him as part of the gang is awful, he's not funny at all, he's just sad and pathetic fella. Amy has become Sheldon's mom who has to put up with all his tantrums but in the last scene he says something nice that makes her forget everything. Bernadette and Leonard have their moments from time to time. Raj, and Howard are the only ones you can save from this terrible show, even though their participation is more and more relegated. It's time to stop.
This show used to be good. Not so much any more...
@mrvazil this is so true, and it makes me slighty sad, that they let their whole first 3 seasons ideal float to now be a show with no content whatsoever. if it wasn't for the fact that I can't stop watching a show without seeing the full thing and thus knowing the end of the characters. I would not bother watching TBBT anymore.
They should've stopped after season 3 tho. Overall a generous 6.
I have seen TBBT 13 times, one of the best Sitcoms after FRIENDS and HIMYM
Season 1-6 are the best.
Season 7 50-50
Season 8-11 not worth it
Season 12 80% Good
But worth watching.
I have very mixed feelings about this show. I enjoyed watching it when I was in high school so maybe I have some nostalgia towards it. It's incredibly repetitive but in spite of that, I still found myself enjoying the show. Recently I rewatched the show all the way through experiencing moments of both cringe and genuine laughter. It's not incredible but it's also not the worst thing I've ever watched. I guess it's just my guilty pleasure sitcom.
it was good at the first few seasons, after that it was no fun, I don't know how they made till 12 seasons
Don't like Sheldon but everyone else is great
Just changed my rating from an 8 to a 7 because of the gradual decent to dumbness of this show.
please zantoto do not compare it wih friends. tbbt is not that good. not anymore.
I really loved the first few seasons but it's just getting worse and worse and worse and w...... I literally lol'd through whole episodes from the first seasons. But the current season does not even get a grin on my face anymore. It has really gotten that bad. :(
I have been watching the big bang Theory ever since it first aired. Being an IT student at the time, the uncomfortable social situations and nerdy jokes spoke to me. However, much has changed throughout the seasons, more about that later.
We start out with our four nerdy main characters. There is the recognizable fact of the three people with higher degrees (PHD holding Sheldon, Leonard and Raj) who make fun and feel themselves better than "simple" engineer Howard. There is the desperate search for love coming from both Howard and Raj, and the differentiation between the confident yet single Howard and the timid, uncertain just-as-single Raj. Sheldon is the one who has no sense of what's going on around him, and is only interested in his own world. Leonard is the humble cute guy who manages to get a date from time to time, an inspiration to Howard and Raj, although his on/off fling with Leslie gives us the impression that he isn't really that successful after all.
Then we have the obvious babe, Penny, the complete opposite of our four nerds. She makes something stir in all three of them, but follows the cliché of going out with the "wrong" men, being dumb, and ignoring their advances.
Even though these are all cliche’s, the inside jokes and the disarming clumsiness of the four guys made the first seasons well worth watching. Gradually however, as the show became more popular, the writers started to abandon what once made it so.
With the introduction of Bernadette and Amy the female characters are drastically expanded, but they don't add any real value to the show. Bernadette is the caricature of Howards mother, where as Amy is an attempt to make Sheldon look more human. At the same time, we go from a show with it's own flair to a one-in-a-dozen sitcom. The laughing tape went from being an accessory to being the main engine of the show. The characters became aware they were going to make a pun and started smiling like idiots before they said it, and laughing like people high on weed after someone made it. The longer this series continues, the more painful it becomes to watch. The lines that are supposed to be jokes are simply not funny. The acting and stereotyping are more bearable in a highschool play. And, as stated in another review made before this one, the show changes from laughing with the characters to laughing at the characters. From a nerdy show to a show about nerds.
Conclusion: if you're looking for some nerdy fun, watch the first three or four seasons. After that, it gets the same illness so many American shows suffer from, namely that it becomes a cash cow for the producers and starts a long, painfully slow, continuously prolonged process of dying a silent dead.They never seem to know when to end something great instead of going on to make it something mediocre.
At first I kind of liked it. And now after watching it degrade for 10 seasons, I regret watching this misogynistic pseudo-nerd gibberish.
People who vote on the entire series: please come back and reconsider your vote after you watched more than one season.
only good thing about this show was sheldon and penny and also thier friendship, i despise the ending
Ah, how quickly The Big Bang Theory devolved. It started off as a funny comedy with charming and interesting characters and ended up yet another overlong American TV series held together solely by Sheldon. Ever since they introduced drama into it, it became dismal. Episode after episode of haphazard, frustrating avoidable conflict left completely unresolved. I like Sheldon enough that I’d keep watching even if they made more seasons of this and the rest of the cast didn’t lose all of its charm, but toward the end the show revolves around who can demean and belittle Sheldon the most, while he, even in the final moments, thanked them for an achievement that belonged to him. I still think the show is worth a shot, but you’re better off dropping it after approximately six seasons.
this show is so overratted
I've just started the sixth season, so my opinion only reflects on what I've seen so far, and that's a -for me- very disturbing mixture of enjoyment and annoyance.
Since everyone knows the show's strong points (and there are quite a lot of them!), I'm not going to talk about those. But there are things that are portrayed -and perceived- as good, new, fresh, etc. that are actually really disturbing elements.
There's the obvious "new": Nerds as main characters in a popular sitcom. But no matter what you think makes a person a "nerd" (history nerds, science nerds, pop culture nerds, gamer nerds, socially inept losers.. ._.) it is obvious that the show doesn't have the audience laugh with Howard, Leonard, Raj and Sheldon. I'm too lazy to get into detail, but this is something that really bothers me.
Then, and I'm not sure what to call it (sexist?), we have Penny. Penny doesn't have a last name. She's mostly used as a writing device, as Leonard's love interest, as someone Sheldon can be arrogant at, etc. She's never really a person- And then there's her and Leonard's relationship, which is cringe-inducing. The narration is incredibly Nice Guy, with Leonard even saying things like "I was nice to you because sex", and everyone nodding along, because Leonard is such a sweet guy. Really? (Bechdel Test? Probably failed. So far, I'm not sure if there have been two women with full last names who talked about something OTHER than a guy. Might have missed it, though.)
Other issues I have are consistency (cat allergy? belts?), the constant not!progressive gay-baiting, and most importantly the way the show/characters treats Sheldon's autistic behaviour and asexuality.
Don't get me wrong, I enjoy watching the show. I laugh, there are episodes that I've given 9+ stars, and episodes I've watched more than twice, but there is always a little voice in my head that points out all these things. And I can't help but think: The fact that those are "little" moments, moments that are easily missed, hurts even more.
less nerdy and less funny, at an exponential rate.
It was a fairly decent show to watch while eating or doing stuff, it got boring in a couple of seasons as it's pretty much the same jokes and routines all over again. They just kept rehashing the same old stereotypes and emphasizing the annoying personality traits of each character. For a show that supposedly wants to speak to the nerds, I don't think it even remotely encapsulated what it's like to one.
How is this so popular? Some of my friends recommend it to me because I'm a software engineer, and I work in data science, so they think it's made for me. I think it's how your average non-nerd thinks a computer nerd behaves. Them recommending it to me must say something about me. The characters are just stereotypes, annoyingly so. At least everyone in my field thinks it's terrible, others however who are not as nerdy seem to enjoy it so I think it's just a show about nerds that isn't made for nerds which makes it unique in a way. Most shows with nerds in them cater to a nerdy audience.
I automatically assume that people you think this show is funny are 12 year olds you haven't seen anything better in their short lives.
First few seasons were OK, average at best. However the jokes are getting overused, the laughing track is annoying as hell (!!!) and the show is basically just making fun of nerd culture and that one guy with Aspergers (yes, I know it's not canon, but he has literally all the traits). I'd recommend watching Community, Friends, Two and a half men (the Charlie Sheen seasons) or basically any other comedy series instead.
smart people are so daft ha ha ha :):)
This show includes a laugh track. That is all you need to know to decide upon avoidance.
It's just not funny. Hearing a laugh tape every 3-5 sentences doesn't make it funny when there is no joke or event happening.
Horrible show. It's a show about what people think nerds act like. Unwatchable
Why is it still running?
I don't like this show.It's not funny and too many laugh track
Awful show, tell you a lot about the current state of american comedies.
It is not a show about “nerds” as much as it is NERD BLACKFACE. The characters themselves are incredibly sexist and maintain totally unrealistic standards for women at the same time the main, MOST POPULAR character is applauded for his open misogyny. Going beyond the concept that they are even supposed to be “smart,” they are, at best, a writers’ room versions of what is supposed to be stereotypical smart as it appeals to the lowest common denominator.
Another damning aspect, to me, of this ‘most popular’ piece of pop-culture treasure is the fact that during the majority of its run, it was THE most viewed program by traditional viewers. That means, more people watched a show making fun of a caricature of “nerds” as it aired ‘live’ on terrestrial TV during its regular time slot than any other show. By contrast, the most popular show that was viewed ‘time shifted’ was Community.
Think about that and you may infer that means the most popular show ‘about’ nerds was popular among the people who couldn’t even program their DVRs properly.
Meanwhile Community, a meta-sitcom that appealed to ‘real “nerds”’ wasn’t even counted by Nielsen’s ratings system because at the end of the last decade and the beginning of the 20-teens, the TV industry STILL wasn’t counting the viewership of ‘time-shifted’ DVR programming and internet-viewed programs in the Ratings system. I think that was due to the deal that was stuck with the writers’ union during the 2007/8 strike; by undercutting the viewership for many of the shows the networks didn’t own outright, the writers were still getting screwed.
To sum up, Big Bang Theory is the most offensive sitcom to me, for reasons both on the screen and off of the screen.
If I could give this show a negative score I would its an insult to all nerds truly a disaster.
Awful.
In case anyone needed to read this, I have to say despite all the good comments and ones who really enjoyed watching it I'm here to express my negative opinion on this.
I first started watching this show like 6 or 7 years ago when I finished watching Friends and HIMYM and felt the need to watch as more series as I could in this genre. I heard so many positive reviews about this show and I started watching it, but I couldn't even finish the whole first episode. I dropped it after like 5 minutes of watching it knowing I would never enjoy this show. Time went on till recently when I sat down and thought maybe I should give it another go, so I listed it in my watch list. Just finished watching the third episode forcing myself to like it, but I just can't stand it. It's neither funny or appealing. The acting is not really good in my opinion and the usage of that much "laughing voices" in parts that not slightly close to being funny made it insufferable. I just can't understand how could anyone find this enjoyable or even fun to watch and I'm saying this as someone who watched nearly 200 series and over 500 movies.
It was such a waste of time no matter how hard I tried to enjoy it. And I'm not comparing it to anything, but it's just not that good and definitely doesn't worth the hype and even overrated.
There may be many people who enjoyed watching it out there, but I'm just not one of them and I guess ones who find it really funny just haven't watched anything good in this genre.
It's just my honest opinion. Nothing more.
I am the target demographic for this show, and Big Bang Theory writing fails... Watch the IT Crowd, Silicon Valley, or Mythic Quest instead.
this show is so OVERRATED
this is a show made for stupid people to laugh at clever people.
This shit is the worst and I am trying to figure out how to stop it from showing u in my kodi steam feed. Heeeeelp.
if I could time travel I would go back and stop myself from seeing this shitshow
In case anyone needed to read this, I have to say despite all the good comments and ones who really enjoyed watching it I'm here to express my negative opinion on this.
I first started watching this show like 6 or 7 years ago when I finished watching Friends and HIMYM and felt the need to watch as more series as I could in this genre. I heard so many positive reviews about this show and I started watching it, but I couldn't even finish the whole first episode. I dropped it after like 5 minutes of watching it knowing I would never enjoy this show. Time went on till recently when I sat down and thought maybe I should give it another go, so I listed it in my watch list. Just finished watching the third episode forcing myself to like it, but I just can't stand it. It's neither funny or appealing. The acting is not really good in my opinion and the usage of that much "laughing voices" in parts that not slightly close to being funny made it insufferable. I just can't understand how could anyone find this enjoyable or even fun to watch and I'm saying this as someone who watched nearly 200 series and over 500 movies.
It was such a waste of time no matter how hard I tried to enjoy it. And I'm not comparing it to anything, but it's just not that good and definitely doesn't worth the hype and even overrated.
There may be many people who enjoyed watching it out there, but I'm just not one of them and I guess ones who find it really funny just haven't watched anything good in this genre.
It's just my honest opinion. Nothing more.
In case anyone needed to read this, I have to say despite all the good comments and ones who really enjoyed watching it I'm here to express my negative opinion on this.
I first started watching this show like 6 or 7 years ago when I finished watching Friends and HIMYM and felt the need to watch as more series as I could in this genre. I heard so many positive reviews about this show and I started watching it, but I couldn't even finish the whole first episode. I dropped it after like 5 minutes of watching it knowing I would never enjoy this show. Time went on till recently when I sat down and thought maybe I should give it another go, so I listed it in my watch list. Just finished watching the third episode forcing myself to like it, but I just can't stand it. It's neither funny or appealing. The acting is not really good in my opinion and the usage of that much "laughing voices" in parts that not slightly close to being funny made it insufferable. I just can't understand how could anyone find this enjoyable or even fun to watch and I'm saying this as someone who watched nearly 200 series and over 500 movies.
It was such a waste of time no matter how hard I tried to enjoy it. And I'm not comparing it to anything, but it's just not that good and definitely doesn't worth the hype and even overrated.
There may be many people who enjoyed watching it out there, but I'm just not one of them and I guess ones who find it really funny just haven't watched anything good in this genre.
It's just my honest opinion. Nothing more.
if you have seen episodes or are wondering if to start, turn away and watch 'The IT crowd'
My friends like it, my colleagues love it and nearly everyone here seems to want to marry it, but I don't get this show whatsoever. I've tried on a number of occasions but I just don't find it funny. I'm geeky, love tech, read comics, etc so maybe I'm just getting too old.
this show is just absolutely dire... and i'm a geek. and no stranger to american comedy. no idea why so many people watch this crap.
The reason Big bang isn't interesting anymore is because none of the writers want the characters to grow. Sheldon who once used to come in the ranks of House, Sherlock Holmes and Tony Stark is now lowered down to a blabbering buffoon. In fact every character had become a stereotype of themselves. Howard and Bernadette are dealing with parenting and most of the so called "jokes" come from her bossing him. Raj spends half the season failing in his attempts to get a girl and the rest is about his bromance with Howard. God knows why Amy is still with Sheldon when she spends 90% of the time bickering and complaining about him. And 90% of the time the episode ends with him saying something sweet to her and she forgives him. (If that is not calling a character shallow then what is?). Penny and Leonard's stories have exhausted. Penny is only left with jokes which include her making fun of geeky terms.
The characters descriptions sound so single-dimensional because they are single-dimensional. No idea what part do people find funny. Clearly they are watching a different show than me.
Just the funniest show of all time. Nothing more to say
The story as well as jokes has become too predictable and stale now. Nothing fresh. Good bye TBBT!
I hope they sign off after this season so as to prevent more embarrassment.
This was a favorite of mine for years.
This is not a great show. How it became the number one series in the US, I don't get... I started watching it, and after the first 5 minutes I got bored. I kept watching it because mz brother loved this series so much, but throughout 10 seasons I have laughed about 10 times. Most episodes I watch with a face that shows no emotions. Every laughter is forced by the canned laughter of the show. In opposite, series like friends make me laugh 10 times ever episode. The whole story of TBBT is Okay, but it is definitely not funny.
Also there are no other emotions. There was only one time I smiled and the feel of internal crying came on, which was after Raj was announced to be the Godfather of Hailey. All in all it is a really unfunny series.
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The big bang theory is funnier than most of the comedy series. Yet it’s underrated