The Transporter Malfunction

There are two quite funny things going on. Raj, sad because he can't seem to come up with a relationship, asks for an arranged marriage. The girl is attractive but has a certain kind of baggage. The other story involves a class toy Star Trek transporter, given to Sheldon and Leonard by Penny. Because its value diminished when it is played with, they are content to leave it in the box. But a toy action figure of Mr. Spock intervenes (his voice is that of Leonard Nimoy). Sheldon opens his box with sad results.

This was an odd little episode of 'The Big Bang Theory' indeed.

It manages to mix more surreal elements with actually some deeper material.

It's all very well played out, but actually I preferred the plotline involving Raj. I said in my review of the previous episode that I hoped the creatives behind the scenes would start to explore his loneliness in more detail, and here they do so. I thought there was a nice tenderness to this storyline.

It's a bit of an odd tonal mix, but on the whole it all comes together nicely and again proves that when this show is on top form it can be very good indeed.