Three plots this week:
Plot the First
Under their contracts at Caltech, the guys have to think up ways to get more women into the sciences. It's a noble goal and one Leonard takes seriously. Conversely, Sheldon prefers to live in a gender-blind society and Howard would rather play Xbox than help.
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| One can see their points as well. |
After some cajoling, Leonard gets Sheldon to give it five seconds of thought and he comes up with the idea of creating a middle school outreach program. Since Howard's from California, he offers to call his old school and set something up so the three of them can do a trial run.
When they get there, things don't go so well. Leonard has entirely too much faux enthusiasm, Sheldon tells a story about how famous female scientist Marie Curie died of radiation poisoning, Howard gets upset when one of the girls compares his trip into outer space to being a flight attendant, and the girls give precisely zero fucks about anything the guys say.
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| Particularly the one who's front and centre. She is the queen of not giving a fuck. |
When Leonard's depressing stories of being forced to play the cello instead of pursuing his real dream to be a gangster rapper (which is actually in the episode and not something I made up) become too much, Sheldon does the only sensible thing and calls Amy and Bernadette so they can talk to the girls a little bit about what it's like to be a woman in the sciences. The day is saved!
Plot Number Two
Raj is finally ready to take Lucy out on a date. He joins the girls for girls' night so they he can pick their brains for ideas. But, instead of helping, they just plan a day-trip to DisneyLand.
However, Raj is a genius, so he figures that since he can't talk to women and Lucy's uncomfortable around crowds, that they should have a lunch date in the library and communicate solely via text message.
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| It's just as awkward as you'd think. |
The date goes as well as possible, given the circumstances, and Lucy almost works up the nerve to kiss Raj goodbye, but then has a panic attack at the last second. He doesn't have a lot of luck with the ladies, though, so he considers it foreplay.
Plot: With a Vengeance
The girls ditch work and go to DisneyLand. Penny just wants to get drunk and go on rides, but Bernadette and Amy convince her that the first thing they should do is get princess makeovers.
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| Melissa Rauch makes a really cute Cinderella. |
When they get home, Bernadette and Penny's men get huge boners over seeing their ladies dressed as princesses. Sheldon, however, refuses to kiss Snow White to wake her up. Not that it would've worked, anyway.
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| Sheldon is many things, but a handsome prince is not one of them. |
What I Liked
-When they reverse the angle to show the TV screen in Sheldon and Leonard's apartment, we get to see the fourth wall. That's kinda neat, although I assume it was in one of the producers' offices, rather than on an actual set.
-Sheldon has no experience entertaining small children, so he does an internet search on "How do I get 12-year-old girls excited." Now all the pervs will be visiting my blog instead of A/S/L-ing little girls. I'm performing a public service here.
-Howard is his middle school's most famous alum, if you don't count the serial killer who ate all those prostitutes. I'd say it's probably best not to count that guy.
What I Hated
-By virtue of the fact that they need to leave a bit of time for the actors to pretend to type, Raj and Lucy's text conversation is reeeeeeeeeeealy slow. Not as slow as it would've been in real life, but still slow enough that it was annoying to watch.
Final Thoughts
Hey, they finally used Lucy's name. That means I don't get to call her Kate anymore. I still might, though, because I'm a rebel.
The B and C plots seemed a tad underdeveloped this week, the writers managed to intertwine them with the main plot to some extent, but they still didn't really get enough time.
I'm not sure if this episode is sexist or not. I'm a guy, so I don't really have to deal with sexism all that often, and I'm not really qualified to pick it out. That being said, it sure feels sexist. The guys go to use their patriarchal whatevers to try to tell young women what they should do with their lives, while the girls go off to get dressed up as stereotypical princesses, which basically turns them into sex objects for their significant others. Of course, Amy and Bernadette were actually hoping that their men would pop huge chubbies for their fancy get ups, so perhaps it was empowering.
In any case, this wasn't a great episode, but it was pretty funny.
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