Characters in the episode: Sheldon Cooper, Leonard Hofstadter, Rajesh Koothrappali, Howard Wolowitz, Penny, Amy Farrah Fowler, Bernadette Rostenkowski Wolowitz, Stuart Bloom, Mrs. Wolwitz & Dimitri.
An interesting thing to note was the addition of Amy and Bernadette in the final intro shot for the intro this season, as before that it was usually just Sheldon, Leonard, Howard, Raj and Penny in the shot I'm talking about. Also, Stuart who was just a minor character before is now pushed up to be the 8th major character on the show.
Well, this show is meant to be a comedy show aimed towards "geeks" or anyone into science-fiction stuff, and the humour certainly wasn't lacking, even after 5 seasons. This was a very funny episode for sure. From just light humour to dark, such as when Leonard pointed out to Sheldon and Raj that the water Howard and the others had in space was supposedly made from each other's recycled urine, which was a disgusting yet funny joke at the same time! And of course, the conversations between Howard and his mother, Mrs. Wolowitz, just never get dull! This below is a good example from this episode:
"HOWARD?! CAN YOU HEAR ME?!"
"I can hear you WITHOUT THE PHONE."
"So, what's this mishegas I hear about you going out to live with the little Polish girl?"
"How about calling her my wife?"
"Wives don't take boys from their mothers..."
"They do, that's why we MARRY THEM."
"I just hope I'm not dead from a broken heart before you get back."
"Ma, please. Everyone from NASA is listening to this phone call."
"Good! They should know what a horrible son you are!"
Classic humour between those two characters. :)
Also, it was very interesting to see Howard inside the space shuttle, which was barely shown in the season, and how he and his Russian counter-part in the shuttle, Dimitri, dealt with zero-gravity. It was really cool just watching them float inside the shuttle!
We also got to see more conflict between Howard and his his mother and Bernadette are on opposite sides of what they want for him, we got to see how lonely Raj is being the only single guy of the group and how he becomes really good friends with Stuart. We got our first hint at that rocky relationship between Leonard & Penny this season. It was amusing how Sheldon invited Raj to his and Amy's date, making Amy unhappy and forcing Raj to leave. Then we got to a part I really liked in that scene: Amy wasn't happy because she felt Sheldon wasn't being genuine with her anymore, so she prepared to leave but Sheldon called her back to tell her a speech. And I was thinking while watching, "Hey! That speech sounds familiar!", and I was right! It turned out that Sheldon used the very last quote in the first Spider-Man film, which I thought was really cool! Amy reluctantly took it.
It was also interesting to see more of the rocky relationship that Leonard & Penny are going through, even when he invites her over just to have a few beers and watch a football game it still ends up getting difficult, especially when Raj comes in and tries to force Penny to tells Leonard, "I love you", into Leonard's eyes, something Penny hasn't done yet, and Raj gets kicked out.
I really liked the ending of the episode too. While still in the space shuttle, Howard has to deal with his unhappy mother and wife, Bernadette, and try to make them both happy. He succeeds for now, but knows it won't last, which leads to the other dialogue scene in this review, between Howard & Dimitri:
"Loops, you just lied your ass off to your wife, and your mother." -Dimitri
"I know..." -Howard
"What are you going to do when you get back to Earth?" -Dimitri
"Oh I'm never going back!" -Howard
My verdict: A great start to the new season, with a good sign of things to come. I've already read a bit of what's come in the next episode, and it does sound interesting, and apparently the teasing Howard has been getting from his fellow Space crew will turn into proper bullying! So it will be interesting to see how or if Howard deals with that. Rating: 9/10
"I know..." -Howard
"What are you going to do when you get back to Earth?" -Dimitri
"Oh I'm never going back!" -Howard
My verdict: A great start to the new season, with a good sign of things to come. I've already read a bit of what's come in the next episode, and it does sound interesting, and apparently the teasing Howard has been getting from his fellow Space crew will turn into proper bullying! So it will be interesting to see how or if Howard deals with that. Rating: 9/10
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