Creator: Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady
Genre: Sitcom
Rating: B-
This wasn’t my favourite season of hit comedy The Big Bang Theory. I think
a big part of that is the characters; a lot of this season feels more like it’s
trying to introduce you to the characters and the themes that would encompass
the show, than anything else. There is
very little overlaying plot to the season, beyond the character’s sexual
relationships, and a lot of the episodes can really be summed up by “this is
the one where we meet Howard’s mother” or “this is the one where Raj tries
alcohol.” The jokes are still good and
the reoccurring themes that the viewers have come to love are definitely here,
they’re just not to the full speed of the later seasons.
The Big Bang Theory follows experimental physicist Leonard Hofstadter (Galecki), theoretical physicist Sheldon Cooper (Parsons), aerospace engineer Howard Wolowitz (Helberg), astrophysicist Rajesh Koothrappali (Nayyar), and Penny (Cuoco) the blond waitress and aspiring actress that lives across the hall from Leonard and Sheldon. Leonard is the straightman of the series and the show's one source of a continued plot at this point in the series, his crush on Penny. Sheldon is a former child genius with an eidectic memory, who is very neurotic. Very, very neurotic - it is believed by some that he has Aspergers, OCD, and asexuality, and a lot of the show's jokes are based on him not really getting typical human interactions. Howard is... well, really at this point Howard is just a Jewish pervert who lives with his mother and makes inappropriate sexual advances towards everyone woman (other than his mother) who will talk to him. Raj, on the other hand, is completely unable to talk with women, unless he's drunk. Penny, meanwhile, provides the everyman to the four geeks. As I already mentioned, this season is primarily about introducing the characters and getting the audience familiar with some of their quirks. Not all of the later reoccurring gags appear in this season, but we do see "Soft Kitty", Sheldon's spot, sarcasm, and Howard's mother. The season isn't as good as later seasons, but it definitely shows the promise and genius of the show.
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