TBBT has that problem alot of sitcoms have like you said such as Friends, Seinfeld, How I Met Your Mother etc which is it's easy story writing and cheap laughs to have characters insult each other. TBBT though makes it worse because of Sheldon. Sheldon in many many episodes really makes it hard to understand why anyone but Lenard would be around him. Plenty of situations throughout history I am sure where everyone stays away from the 'weird roommate of the friend we like to hang out with'.Nealithi wrote: ↑Mon May 27, 2024 4:56 amNot that hard. The first episode started fine, but had the 'jock' beat up the 'nerds' with no real consequences. These are adults and that would be battery, not some eighties movie. It was a cheap laugh when they had better humor to offer. Then as the show went on they would have a scene I could chuckle at. But like the show Friends there was something wrong with the dynamic. Why are these people friends? They do not seem to even like each other.Madner Kami wrote: ↑Sun May 26, 2024 10:11 pmOh? Please do go on. I have a complicated relationship with that series. I watched it mainly, because it was running on TV at a decent time when I just needed some background noise and it got some laughs out of me. At the same time the show itself irked me in many small things that I often couldn't even put my finger on, so I didn't really develop a close relationship with it. What is your fly in this particular soup?
I actually enjoyed the scene where Sheldon explained that being around many people was draining and he needed some time alone to be better. But overall it was not for me. Others like it and I understand where many see the appeal. It didn't to me.
Then it's shallow nerd/geek related trivia or humor. The cringey misogynistic stuff Sheldon or Howard says. Cringey stuff Rajesh does especially later in the series. Leonard is the only that seems to be more normal than the others.
There are plenty of YouTube videos out there where someone removed the laugh track out of scenes to show how the humor isn't that humorous or their banter is downright bad.
Penny is Penny and it really doesn't make sense for her to hang out with the guys. Amy started off awkward like Sheldon but got better over the series but she also has this weird obsession for Penny. Bernadette started mousy but eventually got really damned mean. Like really bad.
That being said I still do enjoy the show and I did like Young Sheldon. Especially George Senior who seems to be one of the best sitcom Dads in a long time.
With all that said I still do like the show.