Friday, June 23, 2017

THE BIG BANG THEORY INSIDE JOKES ― "S4"

Alphabetized By Kimberly Potts


Tuesdays are thai takeout night. Photo: Michael Yarish/CBS  

They love comic books, costumes, video games, and sci-fi in all forms of media, but what are the other recurring themes, jokes, and life experiences that make up Sheldon, Leonard, Howard, Raj, Penny, Amy, Bernadette, Stuart, and their Big Bang Theory characters we’ve been following for nine seasons? Just as each of those characters can be largely defined by his or her eccentricities (we could write a book on Sheldon alone), some of those quirks also point to how much each of them has evolved throughout the seasons (even if some of them still have a significant way to go). Here’s our rundown. 


Selective Mutism


Until the season-six finale, Raj suffered from selective mutism, a condition which prevented him from being able to talk to women, lest he imbibe copious amounts of alcohol. But in “The Bon Voyage Reaction,” a painful breakup with girlfriend Lucy — a woman whom he really liked but who suffered from more social anxieties than he did — finally helped him get over the mutism, which he discovered accidentally during a sober conversation with Penny.

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