The Big Bang Theory – To kiss or to karaoke, that is the question

Why, yes! Penny and Leonard are finally kissing once again! However could that have happened? Could it be the meteor of love crashing to the Earth? Did Kurt dump Penny once again? Did Leonard’s chivalrous acts of last week make him her knight in shining armor? Or …?

… are they just stone drunk and driven to tequila lust due to a visit from Leonard’s mother?

So, it was just a drunken kiss and that’s not what I want to focus on here. I want to talk about Leonard’s mother, both on her own merit and in conjunction with Sheldon. Hey, hey … I said “conjunction,” not “conjugal.” There’s a big difference and, after all, it’s Sheldon we’re discussing here.

First, I want to mention that once again this show has gone for excellent casting. I’ve written before how well-suited each actor is in his role. Now they introduce Christine Baranski as Leonard’s mother. She’s almost royalty in the field! Emmy, Screen Actors Guild and Tony awards under her belt, she was absolutely perfect as Leonard’s scarily Sheldon-esque mother.

Oh. My. God. She’s Sheldon transgendered and sent 25 years into the future. As I watched, I kept thinking they couldn’t have an affair as Leonard’s father seems to be still married to her. But it seemed to get close. They clicked. He made her tea the way she liked it. She scanned his brain. They communicated!

Just when I thought they might … they did. They sang karaoke. It releases endorphins, you know.

This episode was one of the keepers for me this season. Well, most are, but I found both the Kripke and Stephanie appearances (and disappearances) annoying. If Leonard’s mother is a one-shot, it was indeed an excellent and worthy one-shot.

“Jim, in another life, we could have been lovers.”

Clacked by Jackie Schnoop
on Feb 10, 2009 @ 08:00 EST5EDT