The Big Bang Theory (2007)
By all rights, I should’ve hated this series. For starters, there’s its shameless appropriation of nerd and geek culture, which traffics in the simplest and most obvious clichés concerning comic books, Dungeons & Dragons, video games, etc. And then there are the characters, which are frequently insufferable and whose constant treatment of each other makes you wonder why they’re even friends in the first place. And yet, its short, bite-sized episodes made The Big Bang Theory perfect lunchtime viewing for my wife and I, and we thoroughly enjoyed it — and now that it’s over, we’re a little sad. We both agree that Mayim Bialik’s Dr. Amy Farrah Fowler was our favorite character, though we also enjoyed Howard and Raj’s “ersatz homosexual marriage,” Howard and Amy’s mutual love of Neil Diamond, and the various celebrity cameos (e.g., Wil Wheaton, Mark Hamill, Bob Newhart).
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