The Big Bang Theory (TV Series) The Solder Excursion Diversion (2016) User Reviews

A Discovery

[Hitchcoc · 8/10 · 12 November 2021]

When Sheldon's laptop dies, Amy buys him a new one. He almost gets abusive with her for overstepping her bounds. After he gets over it, he takes Amy to his storage unit. It is quite a place. I won't spoil it for you. The other, less interesting plot element, is the girls stopping to see Leonard and Howard in their lab. It leads to some subterfuge.

For some odd reason... I loved it.

[deepfatfriedoreos · 10/10 · 1 April 2016]

Okay, let's get something straight here. After reading some spoilers before the episode aired, I gotta admit, I didn't hold much hope for this episode. I thought that it sounded a little bit boring and clichéd, but last nights episode really defied my expectations.

The Main Plot (Sheldon & Amy): For me, this plot was a great example of how 'The Big Bang Theory' has developed its characters. To see Sheldon feel so embarrassed and ashamed was not what I expected. He finally opened up to Am y and connected with her on a human level. It was really nice to see Amy try to comfort Sheldon, even though she was kind of shocked. I really like to see the human side of Sheldon every now and then, like in this episode. (P.S. I laughed so much at the laptop's funeral service)

The Sub-Plot (Penny, Leonard, Howard, Bernadette & Raj): I liked to see Penny finally taking an interest in Leonard's work. I really enjoyed the dialogue between each couple and I enjoyed the Raj jokes about the closet. I think the writers had the choice of either;

-Letting Howard and Leonard feel bad and let the girls (and Raj) tell them off (In my opinion, this would have felt a little overplayed.)

-Letting Howard and Leonard figure out that they had done wrong and do the right thing and apologize. (This, I felt, was a good choice as it symbolized the growth of the characters.)

So, overall, I loved tonight's episode and felt that the show has returned to the feel-good sitcom we all grew to love. (The golf ball.. Classic Sheldon!)

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[GeraltTargaryen · 9/10 · 6 October 2022]

Funny story. I watched this episode at work, just to kill time. BBT has deteriorated so much in the last few seasons that I wasn't expecting to laugh at all, and was just prepared to spend twenty minutes in stupor, quietly. But things went wild right from the beginning, as Sheldon's computer starts to fail when he's Skyping with Amy. And then I can't stop laughing. Unfortunately, I was also sipping a milk tea. And by the end of it, everything around me was in a total mess.

Nevertheless, it's a pleasant surprise. It's like somehow the writers bumped into the inspiration that made the first few seasons of BBT so great a comedy in their own storage unit. This episode for once dropped the romance topic, and is actually funny!