TV Review: TBBT Season 9 Episode 16

Title: The Positive Negative Reaction

The Gist: Bernadette tells Howard that she is pregnant, to which he freaks out. Boys try to calm him down and girls try to cheer Bernie up.

Key Points:

1. Even though Howard has always wanted to be a dad, it is natural that he is freaking out. Especially as it wasn't planned. (Though how she conceives is a fun story :P)
2. The men try to drink and celebrate and the women too (except Bernie, who now can't have her favourite sushi or hot tub dips too).
3. Drinks lead to some cool scientific brainstorming.
4. Sheldon; "Forget helium, you know what's a super-fluid? This fruit punch". :D
5. All the friends get together and enjoy a karaoke night to welcome the baby with their renditions of various "Baby" songs.

My Say: 

1. It seems that after focussing the first half of this season on ShAmy love story, the rest of the season would revolve around Howard-Bernadette's baby and the pregnancy related struggles and excitement of to-be parents. 
2. What's expected though is that now the writers bring back some geek stuff, especially when Sheldon's love life is sorted, Leonard's married track is boring and Raj is single again. I mean, in real world some scientists discovered a new planet. Sheldon and I agree that Raj should be digging that kinda stuff. 

TV Review: TBBT Season 9 Episode 15

Title: The Valentino Submergence

The Gist: Sheldon and Amy celebrate Valentine's Day with a "Fun with Flags" episode live streaming. Penny and Leonard do it by discovering that they are neither young nor have anything to do. Howard and Bernadette decide to break into their hot tub and this is what I'll talk about. Raj is Raj and finally breaks up with Emily and basically I am at peace now.

-ve points: Leonard and Penny track, which once was the fun core around the science stuff the boys were into, now is so repetitive, it's boring. I mean they are the stars so you gotta write some part for them in every episode, I get it. But they just plain bore me.

+ve points: 

1. Raj broke up with Emily. Finally. Because of the movie girl he met last time. As I suspected. The other girl didn't say yes. As I expected. Raj is single again. Let's see how this can-speak-with-women-without-alcohol-Raj deals with it.
2. ShAmy are back with an episode of Fun with Flags. It's Valentine's Day and Sheldon finds it the hard way that today the viewers would flag questions related to love and loneliness, not flags.
3. Howard and Bernadette are the only couple who make sense now. Their relationship has evolved so naturally over the years, it's real!
4. The couple decide to dip in the hot tub for Valentine's. What they find is a surprise in there.
5. Bernie has a surprise for Howie, which will change the course of the show. It makes sense at this point in their lives and I am excited to see what next.

TV Review: TBBT Season 9 Episode 14

Title: The Meemaw Materialization

The Gist: Sheldon's beloved Meemaw visits, 'to size Amy up'. It's Meemaw v/s Amy, people. In the side track, Raj meets a girl at the comic book store.

My Say:

1. In the classic girlfriend v/s guy's mother/grandmother face off, Amy doesn't knuckle under the old lady. Take that, Indian TV shows on 'working bahu' who 'tolerates saas ke taane, pati ke khatir'.
2. Sheldon stands up for his woman. And he understands that his Pop-Pop was a difficult man to live with. There are times when I miss the Sheldon of yore, when science and games ruled his heart. But it's situations like this, when Shelly acts as the wise one, that I continue to enjoy the Sheldon 2.0- the non-robot, human.
3. Don't get your hopes too up, Amy :P Sheldon gave you his virginity, he's not giving away his Meemaw's engagement ring so fast :D
4. Raj brings back those olden days where he would just see a girl and imagine about their kids and grand-kids. The last season had ended with Raj trying (and failing miserably) to end things with Emily because of her morbid fantasies. Whereas most of this season showed them doing just fine. Maybe if this other girl comes into picture, Raj can think through and sort his romantic life.