(*) Did they name her Bernadette because they knew at some point Howard was going to do his own mangled version of The Four Tops song? Here, he made tangible progress with Bernadette(*), and the idea of him having a regular girlfriend has real promise, and at the very least, will take the character out of his rut. There, it felt like the writers were paying lip service to the idea that Howard's not just a clown, but their hearts weren't in it. And I thought this one did a better job than the episode last year where Penny tore into Howard for being an utter loser. So I commend any episode which attempts to humanize him - even if part of that humanization involves his masturbatory fantasy of taking a bath with Katee Sackhoff. Howard is by far the most problematic character, the one the show usually seems to be laughing at, rather than with. But I want to mainly talk about Wolowitz. Kripke storyline, with the one-two punch of Sheldon way overdoing the prank and the ill-timed, overly-explanatory video that followed it. The biggest laughs in "The Vengeance Formulation" were contained in the Sheldon vs. Thoughts on last night's "Big Bang Theory" coming up just as soon as I try to be the 101st caller to my favorite radio station.
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