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The Big Bang Theory: The Complete Fifth Season
Leonard and Sheldon are brilliant physicists – wizards in the
laboratory, but socially inept outside of it. Enter beautiful,
free-spirited neighbor, Penny, who s to teach them a thing or
two about life. While Leonard spends his days looking for love,
Sheldon is quite content video-chatting with platonic partner and
neurobiologist Amy Farrah Fowler (Mayim Bialik), or playing Star
Trek three-sided chess with their ever-expanding universe of
friends, including fellow scientists Raj Koothrappali and Howard
Wolowitz, and Howard’s new fiancée, the adorable
micro-biologist/waitress, Bernadette (Melissa Rauch).
Emmy®-nominated for Outstanding Comedy Series as well as
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for both Jim Parsons
and Johnny Galecki, this award-winning comedy is nothing short of
genius!
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The fifth season of The Big Bang Theory settles into a solid,
enjoyable groove. The original quintet of four nerds and a pretty
girl has been complemented by two nerd girls, creating a dynamic
social world that retains all the social awkwardness needed for
comic effect. Much of the season revolves around relationships:
Howard (Simon Helberg) is engaged to Bernadette (Melissa Rauch),
though that bond is tested by everything from Howard getting
commissioned to be an astronaut to online revelations of Howard's
former sleaziness; Leonard (Johnny Galecki) and Penny (Kaley
Cuoco) start dating again, this time as "Leonard & Penny 2.0,"
promising to treat problems as bugs that can be reported and
fixed; and Sheldon (Jim Parsons) and Amy (Mayim Bialik) formalize
their relationship with--what else?--a contract, though a
dissatisfied Amy later decides to make Sheldon a better boyfriend
through sneaky behavior modification.
But some of the most delightful bits come from Raj (Kunal
Nayyar), the show's remaining singleton, whose ambiguous
sexuality flavors everything he says. Nayyar's performance grows
increasingly charming, as does Bialik's; in addition to her
grappling with Sheldon's impermeable narcissism, the strange
undercurrent of lust in Amy's friendship with Penny stirs up
comic anxiety. And of course Sheldon never fails to delight as,
among other things, he lets all his decisions be determined by a
roll of the dice; treats Leonard as "Schrödinger's Friend"; and
embraces chaos in his life by playing os in the middle of the
night and wearing Tuesday pajamas on Thursday night. All in all,
though season five feels less surprising than previous seasons,
the quality of the writing and performances remains high. The
extras on The Big Bang Theory: The Complete Fifth Season are
unremarkable, except for a featurette about the series' director
and designers, which shows a different side of network
television. Guest appearances included the recurring Wil Wheaton,
Brent Spiner, Stephen Hawking, and a vocal performance by Leonard
Nimoy as Sheldon's conscience. --Bret Fetzer
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Review
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Big Bang is the funniest new sitcom of the season. --Tom Shales,
The Washington Post
It's bright and obvious as a cartoon yet written with a clean,
precise patter of jokes. It's also very well cast. --Tom Gliatto,
People Weekly
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