![the big bang theory s12 e18 ending the big bang theory s12 e18 ending](https://www.dkoding.in/wp-content/uploads/Sheldon-Cooper-Trending-Today-DKODING.jpg)
That’s not what made it work for so long. But that’s not what “The Big Bang Theory” was. Certainly, Chuck Lorre and the 11 other credited writers - yes, eleven - could’ve spiced things up a bit. There’s no birth no cut to 10 years from now to see what everyone is up to no hint at whether Raj was able to get a real date with Sarah Michelle Geller (the cameo no one saw coming because it tied into nothing.) The final scene shows the group eating together in Leonard and Penny’s apartment as a slow version of the theme song plays over their muted chatter. It’s a nice message and comes about a bit too easily - Sheldon has never been told he’s insensitive before? Really? - but it works. (There’s even a joke that Leonard and Sheldon spent the last two months rebuilding a broken map of the perfect human genome.) Here, Sheldon learns to appreciate his friends to see them as the true prize and value them more than the medal he’s been talking about since childhood. Aside from Penny’s pregnancy, nothing has changed. The final half-hour, “The Stockholm Syndrome,” does start with a two-month time jump, but that’s only so the story can include the Nobel Prize ceremony. Maybe Leonard grew a goatee - anything could’ve happened after Sheldon accepted change as a part of life, but instead, “The Big Bang Theory” refused to change at all.
![the big bang theory s12 e18 ending the big bang theory s12 e18 ending](https://media.glamour.com/photos/5ca636cb19b9286b64705c31/master/pass/114576_1145b.jpg)
Maybe Howard and Raj (Kunal Nayyar) convinced them to invest in a start-up. This kind of adjustment would’ve worked quite well to introduce a drastic time jump into the future filled with many momentous shifts: Maybe the couple used their Nobel prize money to buy a house. It’s a predictable arc ending with a sweet chat between he and Penny (Kaley Cuoco) at the bar she used to tend - the two reminisce over how far they’ve come, and Sheldon sees the logic in accepting change as inevitable. The A-plot of “The Change Constant” focuses on Sheldon’s struggles to adjust to how his win could change his life. Whack! With gleeful force and great timing, Leonard (Johnny Galecki) slaps his friend, paying off on the promise and sending the group into joyous cheers instead of angry fits - one last comedic contrast before the titles roll. “Can you believe it?” she asks Sheldon, who, of course, takes the question literally and wonders if he’s dreaming. Third time proves the charm, both for comic timing and Amy, who’s then told she and her husband have won. But it’s not the prize committee, it’s their prankster friend Barry (John Ross Bowie), then their earnest friends Howard (Simon Helberg) and Bernadette (Melissa Rauch) checking to see if there was any news. After arguing over who’s earned the right to slap their annoying friend, it appears no one gets to - the phone rings. Then, Chekhov’s gun arrives in the promise of a slap: Sheldon told his friends if he fell asleep before the Nobel call came, they could slap him. So what happened? Not much! The Season 12 build-up to Sheldon (Jim Parsons) and Amy (Mayim Bialik) winning their Nobel Prize was honored with a sharp cold open that showed what “Big Bang” was capable of when clicking on all cylinders.
THE BIG BANG THEORY S12 E18 ENDING SERIES
'I Am the Night': Chris Pine Breaks Down the 'Euphoria of Killing' at TNT's Wild FYC EventĮmmy Predictions: Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series - 'Ted Lasso' vs. 'Better Things' Review: Season 3 Finale Wraps a Powerful, Unparalleled Ghost Story And as other endgames go horrifically off-the-rails, this one felt refreshingly true to itself. While not as sharp in its dialogue or performances as the mecca of friendship sitcoms, “Friends,” “Big Bang” treated its ending like one precious, yet not too precious, final hour to spend with the gang. (Though, it’s quite likely any revival would be part of the WarnerMedia portfolio.) But what “The Big Bang Theory” did best was make time for its characters to just be - to sit and talk and eat and speculate about impossible pop culture pairings or concoct ludicrous big-brained ideas. In 10 years, when the cast’s second careers don’t go as planned and CBS needs to drum up a hit, maybe they will come back. Cynics may say these choices were made to preserve any chance of a revival.