The season 12 premiere doesn’t boast any of the same magic, and that’s a shame.
It’s pretty standard fare for the show, and that’s the problem.
Rather than rocketing forward on the momentum of last season’s finale,The Big Bang Theorysimply idles.
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What does that accomplish?
It’s hardly timely, and it really only serves to once again underline just how obnoxious Raj is.
Leonard and Penny’s storyline is a bit more interesting because it actually delves into their relationship dynamic.
The rest of the beats hardly need to be explained considering how predictable they are.
Amy’s father is staying at the apartment because he’s sick of his wife.
The reasons are vague, but it basically boils down to her being overbearing and impossible to be around.
It’s general sitcom “marriage is the worst, right?”
fodder, which certainly isn’t compelling or interesting on its own.
The dynamic is Penny as the overbearing one, and Leonard as the submissive partner.
It gets off a few jokes about Leonard being scared of Penny, and that’s about it.
“Education” is Sheldon and Amy’s episode though, and conflict arises in their world as well.
He’s never embraced change without being pushed to do so.
Eventually, after a very public fight during a tour dedicated to Nicola Tesla, the two make up.
It just has to stop telling all the same ones.
