Although i am giving it an 8 on 10.. it is because i cannot assign something like 7.5 or something similar. Don't get me wrong, it had many moments.. But was lacking the finesse which regular watchers of BBT have witnessed in Season 1/2/3.
The pairing was done pretty well and really, this is THE way to bring out the relationships forward on the BBT show. Of late it had been a drag really with less science/comic book quirkiness.
*** SPOILER ALERT *** Lacking: The scene where Raj brings out his 'showmanship', it looked a bit labored. Sure the scene where he coughed on the ninja bomb smoke was hilarious and i appreciate that the writers are getting back to what BBT was, but they are still far from it. But coming back, Howard's reaction was out of place. Penny/Kaley hasn't been very good at expressions, and he reaction needed fine tuning. The part where Bernadette makes up the story could have been more well written, preserving the old flavor of BBT from first 3 seasons.
These guys could have written in the script that the team entering the comic bookshop MUST purchase something from Stewart else entering is forbidden.. Giving Stewart a chance to fleece some good money (so he can have meat this week.. ) Maybe A fight could have been shown between intra/inter team members, with people fighting for articles. The writers did missed few tricks like these, and it's not a lone incident of late.
I can go on and on, but there could have been fine tuning attempt at various places. Good ep, but second viewing makes those glaring errors pop out in 3D.
The pairing was done pretty well and really, this is THE way to bring out the relationships forward on the BBT show. Of late it had been a drag really with less science/comic book quirkiness.
*** SPOILER ALERT *** Lacking: The scene where Raj brings out his 'showmanship', it looked a bit labored. Sure the scene where he coughed on the ninja bomb smoke was hilarious and i appreciate that the writers are getting back to what BBT was, but they are still far from it. But coming back, Howard's reaction was out of place. Penny/Kaley hasn't been very good at expressions, and he reaction needed fine tuning. The part where Bernadette makes up the story could have been more well written, preserving the old flavor of BBT from first 3 seasons.
These guys could have written in the script that the team entering the comic bookshop MUST purchase something from Stewart else entering is forbidden.. Giving Stewart a chance to fleece some good money (so he can have meat this week.. ) Maybe A fight could have been shown between intra/inter team members, with people fighting for articles. The writers did missed few tricks like these, and it's not a lone incident of late.
I can go on and on, but there could have been fine tuning attempt at various places. Good ep, but second viewing makes those glaring errors pop out in 3D.