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In the epi I'm watching (S11 E4) Raj is wearing a tee shirt, proper shirt with a collar, a jumper (sweater vest?) and a jacket. Seems a lot! I've noticed the men often wear tee shirts under their more formal shirts. Surely Pasadena can't be that cold? It's mid/southern California isn't it??

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Why is Mary not at Sheldon's Birthday party in Season 9?

I was thinking about if the other main characters other than Sheldon got a prequel centering on them as a kid, which ones would be interesting to watch?** **Heres what I personally think each would be like and my opinion, feel free to debate me! I’m interested in other peoples opinions. (:

Young Leonard

I feel like Leonard’s would be way too sad and it’s the only one I’m 99 percent sure that CBS couldn’t market since they primarily do comedy’s. I just can’t see it working.

It would likely just be Beverly being an awful and abusive mother, his parents crappy marriage, and poor little kid Leonard sad in his room. And also him getting bullied at school. And since Leonard is well liked? I can’t see anyone tuning into that. Even if he wasn’t well liked I couldn’t see anyone actively wanting to watch that. Maybe it would depend how they wrote it or if they softened the characters like in Young Sheldon, it could work? But I think within the canon, it’d be a hard pass.

Young Penny

I think after Sheldon, this would be the most realistic angle they could take. And honestly, I could see it working.

I imagine it’d be something like Green Acres or Schitt’s Creek with a family living on a farm but focusing on Penny wanting to be an actress. I think it could be cute. Granted, I don’t know where they’d go with it plot wise but it could definitely work.

Young Howard

Like Leonard, I imagine it’d be pretty sad. HOWEVER… I think it could actually work.

I feel they’d go with a single mom raising a ten year old boy angle. Howard getting into magic, science. Things like that. Plot wise, not sure where they’d take it but I think it could be fun to watch.

Young Raj

Omg this? I feel like this would be really interesting in terms of setting. Could you image a show set in India? Some rich kids running around a palace? In my opinion, I think that’d be super cool.

Also Raj canonically has a big family. I think three brothers and two sisters if I remember correctly. We only know about one, Priya, so they could definitely create some interesting dynamics.

I would totally watch this one.

Young Amy

This one would be tricky. It’d be a lot like Leonard’s where I think it’d be too sad. Just repeat about what I said with Leonard here, honestly.

Also, as much as I love Amy, I don’t think we know much extra about her childhood aside from her mom being overly strict. All I could see is a tv show with a dynamic like the mom and daughter in Carrie, and that seems wayyyyyy too dark.

Hard pass honestly. Which is sad cause a younger version of Amy could be really cute. It just gets ruined by the fact her childhood canonically sucked… However so did Sheldon’s but they fixed that up so maybe they could do the same, but I don’t know how they’d market it.

Young Bernadette

Lastly, Bernadette. Honestly, they could have a lot of creative freedom here because we know basically nothing from Bernadette’s childhood aside from that she did beauty pageants (unless I’m missing something)

I don’t know what they’d do here tbh, but maybe they could make something interesting? But with how much they butchered Bernadette in later seasons, I don’t see many people tuning in unless they market it well.

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Anyway, those are my thoughts. Like I said, I’m curious what other people think! So discuss away and thanks for reading!

I'm on Season 3 Episode 7 where Leonard and Penny had a fight. I really felt bad about Sheldon. Given that he has eidetic memory, he remember all of his parents fight word for word. He's traumatized to the point that he will go back to his childlike state whenever someone's fighting. Got irritated when they add the laugh whenever Sheldon says his experience when his mom and dad fought. I get that it's a comedy show, but still. I'm watching this show for the first time ever, I've seen clips of it in social media and also seen clips of Young Sheldon. Join this sub hoping to have some discussions and conversations about the show.

I have been binging TBBT, and am currently at the end of s10. It has gotten a bit boring but still some funny moments here and there. After each episode I have a habit of checking reddit and reading others opinions. One thing that really struck me is that people really hate Leonard. I mean he is a bit whiny but not as hatable as some make him out to be. I thought Sheldon would be the most hated cause he sometimes is just too insufferable. However, posts criticising sheldon often have the comments like "it's a sitcom, treat it as a sitcom". But when it comes Leonard and even Bernadette, there are lengths of paragraphs criticising. Even Penny isn't as hated, though her screentime got very less as the show progresses. Maybe Leonard's hate relates to him being the most relatable? For Bernadette's hate, I don't really get why she is hated, yeah she is mean but most of it is comedic and not necessarily MEAN mean. I hate how Raj is done so dirty. Instead of giving him character development, he is kinda turned into creep. But I like they made Amy better, cause in the earlier episodes she was a bit creepy but now she is so good. I think Sheldon and Amy's relationship might be my favourite. However, tbh, from the reels and shorts I saw before starting the show, I expected more humour in the show, but most of it is just all characters being mean to each other. I am gonna finish the show in a week or 2 though.