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The Big Bang Theory
S12.E19
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The Inspiration Deprivation

  • Episode aired Apr 18, 2019
  • TV-PG
  • 20m
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
2.6K
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Mayim Bialik and Jim Parsons in The Big Bang Theory (2007)
ComedyRomance

Contemplating what it would mean to all women if she were to win a Nobel Prize causes Amy to have a meltdown. Koothrappali and Wolowitz try to relive the good old days after Wolowitz buys a ... Read allContemplating what it would mean to all women if she were to win a Nobel Prize causes Amy to have a meltdown. Koothrappali and Wolowitz try to relive the good old days after Wolowitz buys a scooter that looks like the one he had years ago.Contemplating what it would mean to all women if she were to win a Nobel Prize causes Amy to have a meltdown. Koothrappali and Wolowitz try to relive the good old days after Wolowitz buys a scooter that looks like the one he had years ago.

  • Director
    • Mark Cendrowski
  • Writers
    • Chuck Lorre
    • Bill Prady
    • Steve Holland
  • Stars
    • Johnny Galecki
    • Jim Parsons
    • Kaley Cuoco
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.0/10
    2.6K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Mark Cendrowski
    • Writers
      • Chuck Lorre
      • Bill Prady
      • Steve Holland
    • Stars
      • Johnny Galecki
      • Jim Parsons
      • Kaley Cuoco
    • 9User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Johnny Galecki
    Johnny Galecki
    • Leonard Hofstadter
    Jim Parsons
    Jim Parsons
    • Sheldon Cooper
    Kaley Cuoco
    Kaley Cuoco
    • Penny Hofstadter
    Simon Helberg
    Simon Helberg
    • Howard Wolowitz
    Kunal Nayyar
    Kunal Nayyar
    • Raj Koothrappali
    Mayim Bialik
    Mayim Bialik
    • Amy Farrah Fowler
    Melissa Rauch
    Melissa Rauch
    • Bernadette Rostenkowski
    Regina King
    Regina King
    • Janine Davis
    Joshua Malina
    Joshua Malina
    • President Siebert
    Brian Posehn
    Brian Posehn
    • Bert Kibbler
    Brooke Dillman
    Brooke Dillman
    • Bebe
    Doreen Calderon
    Doreen Calderon
    • Woman #1
    Sarah J. Eagen
    Sarah J. Eagen
    • Woman #2
    • (as Sarah Eagen)
    Claudia Choi
    • Woman #3
    Tiffany Commons
    Tiffany Commons
    • Woman #4
    Krishna Smitha
    Krishna Smitha
    • Woman #5
    Susan Leslie
    Susan Leslie
    • Woman #6
    Cassidey Fralin
    Cassidey Fralin
    • Woman #7
    • Director
      • Mark Cendrowski
    • Writers
      • Chuck Lorre
      • Bill Prady
      • Steve Holland
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    3Hitchcoc

    Nothing to Say

    Amy is full of guilt. Sheldon is insensitive. Howard buys a scooter. Bernadette is as rotten as she has ever been. She is so mean, she is almost vicious. This may be the worst episode I've seen and I really like this show.
    1koofrety-1

    It doesn't get worse than this

    All of the watered down friends replication being made are already over, all that is left is the watered down version of an unnecessary prolonged version of a nothingness. It's like they are performing rabbit tricks in front of a live audience , but there are no actual rabbits. This is ridiculously bad, season 12 is ending in nothingness of Sheldon and Amy's world. It's a shame Lorre had to forget about writing a "story". I'm not gonna watch the rest, It's already over for me.
    1HeavenlyKing

    Such a disappointment

    This episode, and the last season in general are such a disappointment. There is no plot... probably the actors don't even want to act in some occasions or the scriptwriters are bored writing down a few scripts with some decent content.

    The messages the producers are trying to pass to the audience, the weird nonsense jokes the actors make all the time, and the constant useless recording laughters have made this show completely boring and not worth watching at all.

    I'm suprised with how this show is still getting over 7 stars on average for the past 3-4 years. It used to be funny. Not anymore. Thank God this is the last season.
    1ct_54017

    This show is a trainwreck

    Why is it so hard to write a compelling script to a show that used to be so great? Big Bang went from a goofy/nerdy show to a melodramatic/unfunny crapfest.

    The decline started around seasons 6/7, and it somewhat coincides with when Bernadette and Amy Farrah Fowler joined the show, because the introduction of them eventually ruined the characters and storylines we all know and love and turned them into characters we don't recognize (not the women's fault, all the blame goes to the writers). The women (Bernadette and Amy Farrah Fowler, not so much Penny) should've been more geekier and joined in on all of the nerdy stuff the guys used to do, because that used to be mostly what this show was about (they teased us with a couple of episodes where Penny and Bernadette went on gaming binges, or the scene where the women were talking about superheroes and who would win in a showdown).

    There's nothing unique about this show anymore besides the episodes they bring in special guests. There's rarely ever anything compelling or funny episode to episode. It's sad, but I will truly be happy once this show ends. Luckily, Young Sheldon is a great spin-off prequel, but how long until Chuck Lorre and co ruins that show as well? Time will tell.

    Now, lets hope we get that episode the writers teased us with where everyone goes to India and Raj finally gets married. It would be a great ending, and they could bring back Rajesh's parents and sister Priya to the show, along with numerous of other special guests. It's the ending we all deserve to see after putting up with all this nonsense the last 6-7 seasons.
    1steve-667-10190

    Please lay down and die

    Enough. The gags are horrible now. The nerds don't work any more. Thanks for some great laughs but this is now an embarrassment. Time to go.

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    • Trivia
      This is the tenth and final time that "Soft Kitty" is sung on this show, and the first time since The Recollection Dissipation (2017). Due to a lawsuit with the estate of the song's original composer, the song was only rarely heard since season 8, but the lawsuit has since been dropped.
    • Goofs
      When Amy goes in to the HR office to speak with Miss Davis, she says "you were right about this Nobel Prize being bigger than I am" As someone with such high intellect, she would know that the correct way to use this phrase is "....being bigger than I" as the word 'than' acts as a conjunction which is then followed by the subject pronoun 'I' instead of the object pronoun 'me'
    • Quotes

      President Siebert: [sternly and angrily to Amy and Sheldon] Listen up. You have a shot to win a Nobel Prize... and you're blowing it!

      Janine Davis: [calmly to Amy and Sheldon] I think what President Siebert is trying to say is that you have a shot to win a Nobel Prize, and you're blowing it.

      Sheldon Cooper: [confused, pointing at President Siebert] That's exactly what he said.

      Janine Davis: Yes, but I said it in my calming HR voice.

    • Crazy credits
      CHUCK LORRE PRODUCTIONS, #616

      For as long as I can remember, I believed that the trajectory of humankind arced toward improvement. Yes, we may have begun in ignorance and brute force, but I fervently believed we were slowly and inexorably evolving into creatures of greater intelligence and compassion.

      I was wrong.

      It appears as if the only thing that's inexorable is stupidity and violence. Sadly, Nature or God - take your pick - has designed an ecosystem in which intelligence and compassion are anomalies. (Martin Luther King Jr. said the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice. He was right about most other stuff.)

      Now if you've been reading my vanity cards over the years, you know I rarely end them with words of pessimism and despair. So let me leave you with what I hope is an uplifting sentiment:

      While we all know that a person can go mad, so can a small group of people, or a town, or a state, or a nation, or a world. But the madness always begins with one, dark, deranged soul.

      Make America Great Again!
    • Soundtracks
      History of Everything
      (uncredited)

      Written by Barenaked Ladies

      Performed by Barenaked Ladies

      [Series theme song played during the opening titles]

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    • Release date
      • April 18, 2019 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • Swedish
    • Filming locations
      • Stage 25, Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA(Studio)
    • Production companies
      • Chuck Lorre Productions
      • Warner Bros. Television
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      20 minutes
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    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 16:9 HD

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