When Penny reveals to Amy and Bernadette that she thinks she might break up with Leonard, Amy is unable to keep it from Sheldon (aka: the worst secret keeper ever), and while Sheldon may not feel much in the way of affection for Penny (Or anyone for that matter), he likes things the way they are and proceeds to do what he can to keep Leonard and Penny together.
Howard’s time aboard the space station is not the fun time he’d expected when he becomes the butt of all the jokes for the other two astronauts on board. And when he takes Bernadette’s advice to stand up for himself, things don’t go well.
Stewart has slipped into the group as a Howard replacement for the time being, and politely asks Leonard not to ruin it for him while Sheldon scientifically goes about determining whether he would work in the long term. And though he’s a far cry from Howard, Raj – of all of them – seems to genuinely like his company.
My Thoughts:
Sheldon’s desire to maintain their friend circle’s homeostasis, while seeming to be purely selfish in its motivations at first is redeemed when he quietly asks penny “Please don’t hurt my friend.” There’s something beautifully childlike about the way he says it, and that emotion is not one that you see often from Sheldon, which makes glimpses of it all the more special.
With Howard in space for the time being, it makes his and Bernadette’s portions of the episodes feel segmented and a little awkward. It feels like they’re so distant from the group and because of that I have a hard time sliding between group dynamics to their portions.
I’m interested to see how Stewart fits into the show as the episodes go on, and how he’ll cling to the group when Howard returns.
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