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Glebe220 wrote:
But I find the Leonard-Penny storyline easily the most tiresome of the show. It's not funny, it's pathetic. Not because Leonard doesn't deserve a hot chick like Penny or necessarily that Penny is out of his league, it's that the two don't have any chemistry and there's no reason to believe they would be a good couple. So it's just Leonard pining after an unattainable woman that's not even a good match for him and it's pitiful. If they insist on continuing the Leonard has a crush on Penny plot at least give us reason to care about the two coming together so Leonard doesn't look like an idiot consistently. It seems to me Penny's role should be more as a friend who exposes the gang to the non-geek world.

That's it right there. Leonard has better chemistry with Sara Gilbert's character (go figure) than Penny. I actually do like the actress who plays Penny. I think she brings an intelligence and likability to her character that could easily be lost. But she and Leonard are better as friends. The show is forcing the old sitcom cliche of "will-they-or-won't-they" couple.

Otherwise, me likey. The nerd humor is refreshing. A fictional Beauty and the Geek (which I've always liked for its nerdiness but now grow tired of for its reality tv formula. Whole other thread that, though).