by Melissa Haggar
The highly anticipated Star Wars themed episode of The Big Bang Theory has arrived, and it’s an agreeable mix of sombre events and light-hearted humour, which balance out the episode, not making it too dark or heavy. Assisting in the episode creation is LucasFilms, and as expected, the Star Wars-related puns are out in full force, and there are a couple of great ones involving food from Howard and Raj; and continuing the food theme is Bernadette and Amy, who concoct a Star Wars ‘Death Star’ cake.
The highly anticipated Star Wars themed episode of The Big Bang Theory has arrived, and it’s an agreeable mix of sombre events and light-hearted humour, which balance out the episode, not making it too dark or heavy. Assisting in the episode creation is LucasFilms, and as expected, the Star Wars-related puns are out in full force, and there are a couple of great ones involving food from Howard and Raj; and continuing the food theme is Bernadette and Amy, who concoct a Star Wars ‘Death Star’ cake.
Back as a Jedi Master for the episode is Professor Proton/Arthur (Bob Newhart), whose unexpected passing causes Sheldon to be rather upset. Having seen how the character of Sheldon deals with his problems in the past, the episode laid the ground for some sort of meltdown; fortunately, Sheldon instead envisioned a dream sequence where Arthur came back as a ghostly Jedi to assist Sheldon, offering him helpful advice. On the advice of Arthur to appreciate his friends more, we got a glimpse of a rare moment where Sheldon acknowledges and appreciates his friends’ actions. This came in the form of Leonard, who often appears as the stable and supportive friend that Sheldon can (and does) rely on, so it was comforting to see Sheldon acknowledging Leonard’s support by giving him one of his famous hugs.
Also on the cards for character progression were Leonard and Penny, who are pulled closer together through the death of Arthur, by attending the funeral together, in the absence of Sheldon. It was satisfying to see the topic of regret coming up in conversation between the two, and for Leonard to say he regrets not saying yes to Penny’s proposal ties up a loose end in the series (even if Penny said it wasn’t the right time). This moment of emotion is of course, combated with some light humour, with the two keeping score on who has proposed the most times. Whilst it is never clear what direction Penny and Leonard’s relationship is going in, this would seem to be a positive sign for progression in their relationship, and perhaps they can move forward with it.
Also on the cards for character progression were Leonard and Penny, who are pulled closer together through the death of Arthur, by attending the funeral together, in the absence of Sheldon. It was satisfying to see the topic of regret coming up in conversation between the two, and for Leonard to say he regrets not saying yes to Penny’s proposal ties up a loose end in the series (even if Penny said it wasn’t the right time). This moment of emotion is of course, combated with some light humour, with the two keeping score on who has proposed the most times. Whilst it is never clear what direction Penny and Leonard’s relationship is going in, this would seem to be a positive sign for progression in their relationship, and perhaps they can move forward with it.
The moments of light relief combated what could have been a rather dark episode, especially considering the subject matter, but managed to not detract from the touching points in the episode either – neither turning it into some sort of ridiculous joke or making the episode entirely morbid. Gearing itself up to be a firm fan favourite, the latest episode of The Big Bang Theory managed to fuse two fan universes together, and created a situation which ensured maximum hilarity and progression for its audiences.
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