S05.E04: Pish Posh and a Secret Back Room

[Yeah No]

1 hour ago, shapeshifter said:

Dale may have been hoping he could go back to Connie with bad news from his Cop Buddy so she wouldn’t buy the laundromat, simply because, as he mentioned to Connie, running a business is a lot of work and aggravation--as we saw in this episode.
Not to mention a business can fail.

I took it that Dale assumed his buddy wouldn't rat out his girlfriend, but the guy betrayed him anyway.

Although I don't know if Dale is or will be angry enough at his buddy for doing this since it didn't seem to me that he really loved the idea from the way he acted when she told him.

1 hour ago, shapeshifter said:

Heh. At least not as far as you know. 😈
I'm sure that part of the script was based on at least 2 writers sharing that they had peed in utility sinks. 🤮

My husband told me that if women knew how much this goes on we'd be really disgusted with men.  Or I should say we'd be even more disgusted with men, LOL.  😉

Edited October 30, 2021 by Yeah No
Verb tense, ugh.

[Yeah No]

1 hour ago, shapeshifter said:

I'm sure that part of the script was based on at least 2 writers sharing that they had peed in utility sinks. 🤮

I think those writers have to have also written for BBT, because this was also a part of the BBT episode when Raj considers moving into the garage at Howard and Bernadette's house.  I seem to recall him asking about the bathroom situation when Howard said, "Well, there's a sink out there so that takes care of half your problems".  🤮

[Tom Holmberg]

4 hours ago, Yeah No said:

My husband told me that if women knew how much this goes on we'd be really disgusted with men.  Or I should say we'd be even more disgusted with men, LOL.  😉

Yeah, basically true.  Once I was in a hotel in NYC, There was a building under construction across the street and a construction worker was peeing off the building on everyone walking far below.

[Gimmick Genius]

On 10/28/2021 at 8:40 PM, LisaM said:

The former owner of the Laundromat looked like Horace from Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman. 

Never saw that. I recognized him as Pete's (John Turturro) cousin from O, BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU? But he had a badly shaved head and beard in that one.

[Sarah 103]

19 hours ago, Twilight Man said:

and let's not forget about the loft that Mike Seaver had as well.   Where did they live?????

I'm pretty sure the Seavers were in Long Island or a bedroom community close to New York City.

14 hours ago, Kiddvideo said:

They wanted to get the teachers and principal off the payroll? Is George’s job going to be nothing more than referenced?

Having fewer people on the payroll might make sense. We could see still George and his co-worker in thier office the way we have seen them. Once Sheldon left high-school, we rarely saw Georgie in school, so it makes sense to free up the money to pay other guest cast/actors. 

[aqusdealer]

4 hours ago, Tom Holmberg said:

Yeah, basically true.  Once I was in a hotel in NYC, There was a building under construction across the street and a construction worker was peeing off the building on everyone walking far below.

Was he trying to convince them it was raining?*

*Big fan of Judge Judy :)

 

Edited October 31, 2021 by aqusdealer

[marypat57]

On 10/29/2021 at 10:11 PM, Twilight Man said:

and let's not forget about the loft that Mike Seaver had as well.   Where did they live?????

The Seaver family in Growing Pains, as I recall, lived on the north shore of Suffolk County on Long Island.  The Seaver family was named after the NY Mets pitcher Tom Seaver, and  another family mentioned on the show was the Koosmans, after another Mets player…

[SmithW6079]

On 10/29/2021 at 9:52 PM, aqusdealer said:

The show's title is Young Sheldon and I think the episodes should mainly feature him and how he reacts to the world and people around him. shark.

Young or old, Sheldon Cooper is a selfish, self-centered prick. I like when the show focuses on other family members, but I'm sad we're seeing the trajectory of the break-up of George and Mary's  marriage.

[Sarah 103]

On 10/29/2021 at 10:11 PM, Twilight Man said:

Can anybody remember any other TV shows where a character lived in the garage????

I remembered another show that had this later in the series. When the twins in Sister, Sister were attending college but living at home, they moved into a garage apartment. 

[eel21788]

23 hours ago, Sarah 103 said:

I'm pretty sure the Seavers were in Long Island or a bedroom community close to New York City.

It was Huntington, Long Island.

[Tom Holmberg]

23 hours ago, SmithW6079 said:

Young or old, Sheldon Cooper is a selfish, self-centered prick. I like when the show focuses on other family members, but I'm sad we're seeing the trajectory of the break-up of George and Mary's  marriage.

I like the kids, but last season (after some great early episodes) it seemed almost like the show could be almost be retitled "Old Meemaw."   

[anna0852]

3 hours ago, Tom Holmberg said:

I like the kids, but last season (after some great early episodes) it seemed almost like the show could be almost be retitled "Old Meemaw."   

Annie Potts is a scene stealer for sure!

[SusanM]

On 10/31/2021 at 9:35 AM, SmithW6079 said:

Young or old, Sheldon Cooper is a selfish, self-centered prick.

I like Sheldon, here and on BBT, not because he is a sweetheart - he isn't! but because he's a nuanced character and he makes me laugh.  What I am enjoying about him on YS is that those of us who watched and still watch BBT can clearly see where the Sheldon of BBT came from.  It would be less than believable if young Sheldon was an adorable moppet without any behavior issues!

Edited November 1, 2021 by SusannahM

[AriAu]

Quote

I like when the show focuses on other family members, but I'm sad we're seeing the trajectory of the break-up of George and Mary's  marriage.

Given the story line from TBBT, it would have been hard for them to retcon that it all ends happily for George and Mary.....and if this worries you,

Spoiler

wait until you find out that George dies....and fairly soon if they dont change the time line!

 

[Johannah]

On 10/29/2021 at 1:36 PM, DoYouLikeMutton said:

I thought this was a bummer episode.  Meemaw laundromat is a drag, then the backroom casino is closed down.  Georgie moves into the garage and resorts to urinating in the slop sink. Mary's not happy and neither is George, although that is not such an oddity.  And Sheldon isn't happy about being separated from Missy.  Maybe Missy is somewhat happy.  Doesn't seem like any of the Cooper's won this week. 

Weird.  Everything you said is true, yet, I found it one of the more enjoyable episodes.  When it was over, I remember thinking, "I laughed more this episode than maybe any other this season."  I think it was because it didn't have the cheating/divorce angst the other episodes this season had.  It also made me realize that I don't give a rat's patootie if this series follows the canon of TBBT (and I LOVED that show).  I just want it to be fun and happy.  I'm tired of sitcoms tackling issues.  

[SusanM]

4 minutes ago, Johann said:

I'm tired of sitcoms tackling issues.  

Absolutely!  And never more than now for me.  I watch sitcoms to laugh and escape from the real world for a half hour.  That said I do admit I am in a conundrum with regard to YS - I don't want them to ignore what was established on BBT but I also don't want them to follow through on what was established on BBT.  Which means no matter what they do I probably won't like it.

[Katy M]

6 minutes ago, SusannahM said:

Absolutely!  And never more than now for me.  I watch sitcoms to laugh and escape from the real world for a half hour.  That said I do admit I am in a conundrum with regard to YS - I don't want them to ignore what was established on BBT but I also don't want them to follow through on what was established on BBT.  Which means no matter what they do I probably won't like it.

I was hoping that black hole last season was going to suck them into an alternate reality where all the bad didn't happen.

[shapeshifter]

13 minutes ago, Johann said:

I'm tired of sitcoms tackling issues.  

Sitcoms have been tackling issues since Maude, so that’s a lot of fatigue, LOL. I’m okay with issues in sitcoms as long as there’s enough comedy. 
 

1 minute ago, Katy M said:

I was hoping that black hole last season was going to suck them into an alternate reality where all the bad didn't happen.

Aww. Totally a missed opportunity!

[Johannah]

Just now, shapeshifter said:

Sitcoms have been tackling issues since Maude, so that’s a lot of fatigue, LOL. I’m okay with issues in sitcoms as long as there’s enough comedy. 

And I'm old, so, yes, years and years of fatigue.

Or I just stop watching.

[SusanM]

18 minutes ago, shapeshifter said:

Sitcoms have been tackling issues since Maude, so that’s a lot of fatigue, LOL. I’m okay with issues in sitcoms as long as there’s enough comedy. 

I think the difference for me here with YS is that mostly sitcoms of yore would tackle an issue and then move on to the next episode.  Very Special Episode territory - most of which that I ever saw I hated!  I know other sitcoms have had characters get divorced, and die for that matter but I can't really think of any offhand where the central characters had a marriage that was slowly self destructing the way Mary and George's seems to be.  It's sad but it's also real life of course.

[ams1001]

9 hours ago, shapeshifter said:

Sitcoms have been tackling issues since Maude, so that’s a lot of fatigue, LOL. I’m okay with issues in sitcoms as long as there’s enough comedy. 

At least YS can't do the current issues we're probably all actively sick of hearing about.

[SusanM]

Finally saw this episode (thank you to whoever invented PVRs) and I must say I liked the storyline involving Sheldon, Missy and Georgie and found it interesting that for once it was George who was humouring Sheldon and not Mary.  She was on board with the idea that Missy needed her own room now while George was the one prepared to let Sheldon call the shots.  I guess at least in part though that was because he didn't want to do anything that might help Georgie.

I also liked the way Sheldon asked to sleep in  Missy's room and she let him.  A nice bit of foreshadowing to the relationships he has later with Leonard and with Penny.

Edited November 3, 2021 by SusannahM

[Chaos Theory]

That’s actually the problem with prequels.  Unless you put it in a whole other universe you know a lot of details about Sheldon’s childhood.   Since Sheldon is such an unreliable narrator of his own life you can push aside some things like how big of a bully was Georgie really to Sheldon or did Sheldon just perceive his older brother who he had nothing in common with  as being cruel when he wasn’t trying to be.   Like the scene in the garage.  I am guess Sheldon remembers it as Georgie kicking him out when the truth was Georgie was willing to look for the plastic piece when he realized Sheldon was genuinely upset.     What the show can’t do is change the trajectory of Sheldon’s destiny or the destiny of the family.   

If you wanted pure comedy the show might have been better off being about Penny and her white trash family upbringing or even Leonard and the siblings were never actually shown on BBT.   There is alot that could be mined out of what we know about Leonard.   But Sheldon had a solitary life until Leonard knocked on his door so focusing on other family members who might have made it a little brighter even when they had issues if their own is a smart move.  Besides Sheldon and Missy are sweet together and Meemaw is usually funny.   I just don’t like her with Dale.

[MaryMitch]

On 11/1/2021 at 3:50 PM, SusannahM said:

I like Sheldon, here and on BBT, not because he is a sweetheart - he isn't! but because he's a nuanced character and he makes me laugh.  What I am enjoying about him on YS is that those of us who watched and still watch BBT can clearly see where the Sheldon of BBT came from.  It would be less than believable if young Sheldon was an adorable moppet without any behavior issues!

It's funny.. I watched BBT since the beginning, so am very familiar with Sheldon and his quirks, but the other day I was watching an episode and "adult" Sheldon did something and I thought "he's doing a good job of imitating YS", then I realized it was the other way around.  Iain Armitage does such a good job!

[Mrs. Landingham]

On 10/29/2021 at 5:23 AM, freeser said:

I hope she does.  I found Dale's attitude and actions pretty unpleasant in this episode.  Of Meemaw's boyfriends, I like Dale the least.  Ira the furniture store owner and Dr. Sturgis treated Meemaw so much better than Dale.  My thought throughout the story was 'what does she see in him"?

I agree completely. If he was merely a curmudgeon, I’d find it funny. But he’s just plain unpleasant and rude. And you’re right, he doesn’t treat her that well. 

[chediavolo]

On 10/29/2021 at 4:36 AM, AD35 said:

I'm calling it, Connie breaks up with Dale.

They deserve each other. Two shitty people.