'The Big Bang Theory' - 'The Pants Alternative' Recap

Raj: “Okay Sheldon, I’m going to be leading you through a series of meditation exercises: these methods come from the ancient gurus of ancient India and have helped me overcome my own fears.” Sheldon “And yet you can’t speak to women?” Raj: “True but thanks to meditation I’m able to stay in the same room with them without urinating.” Ha ha! Blockbuster was my first choice in the past and I used them for many years until I started using Netflix but when they raised my price I started using Blockbuster when I got my free mail membership and now I’m all for Blockbuster. I got it free with my new DISH Network employee account but it’s free for anyone. http://bit.ly/jYtohY

Was that Tom Lehrers "The Elements" Sheldon was singing?

The most disappointing thing to me about this episode is that CBS didn't have the full speech up on YouTube. They could have had the cameraman pan away at the "Uranus" line. Way to miss an opportunity.

did anyone catch the card at the end about "we are often accused of using of using a laugh machine... here is a picture of our laugh machine." There was a post on tvsquad with the youtube video they are referencing.

Ok,
Bruce, I do agree that I would love to see Raj over that fear of talking to girls, however last night during meditation I almost peed my pants when he said that because of meditation, he was able to stop urinating in front of girls. (I don't even want to comment on your heroin vs alcohol comment...way out there)
Matthew, I love the idea of a walowitz or raj episode.. It's been a long time since the focus was off of Sheldon, you are right... but I don't think I stopped laughing at all...
And the drinking plot was hysterical bc Sheldon, or as we now know him as Shelly, doesn't drink. Look, they didn't show him driving, and he had a night (or forgot a night) and most of us has done that once... As for the too much drinking plots... well, Raj has the thing where he neeeeeds it..lol.. He needs to get over it, but Penny used alcohol as most of us do... when the in laws are in town. Hell, when my Mother - In - Law (and grandmother in law) come into town, I booze it up. My in laws are Raymond's Mother, Marie. So instead of taking all the criticism a little too critically (as it's apparently meant for), I brush it off, and have a drink. (pretty much only time I drink these days) Not a crime mind you, and they are young.

How hot was Sheldon in a "good" suit?!

@Bruce - jeez, relax, it's a show.

People doing things that are out of character and thus "silly" while they are drunk is just not funny. Alcohol doesn't turn people into opposites of themselves, it just brings out whatever bit of asshole resides in the drinker. I just find it to be a lame plot device. If anything happens as a result of getting drunk aside from a vehicular accident or a rape, it's a load of crap and a really stupid plot device. I really wish this show wouldn't rely so much on the "alcohol makes them funnier" principle of TV sitcoms. I can handle Raj talking (like there's ever such a thing as a quiet drunk) but even that should be resolved by now - I'd like to see Raj get over that and finally be able to talk in front of a woman, if not directly to her. He always has funny things to say. At this point every character, including Leonard's mom, has had a dumb experience with alcohol.

I love the show, but enough with alcohol-based plots. No, I'm not against alcohol I just think people should recognize it as the dangerous, poisonous, extremely intoxicating drug that it is. Something is seriously wrong as long as alcohol is perfectly legal but heroin is not. I'd rather be around a room full of heroin users than a room full of drunks. I'd also rather be on the road with a driver high on heroin than high on alcohol (if it has to be one of the two).

i loved the line about a "million-sized pants," too!

Very disappointing episode. There were some great lines but everything felt disjointed and strangely out of place especially Sheldon's drunk scene. And i hate the fact that this great ensemble cast is now being used simply to service the Sheldon character every week now that he's become the focus. Make an episode revolve around Wolowitz, Raj, Penny. This isn't the big bang everyone fell in love with in its first two seasons.

Everything up to the banquet was so very excellent, but I hated Sheldon getting drunk and embarrassing himself. Even muting my TV and using the CC didn't distance me enough from the humiliation. And the Youtube bit at the end was way overkill (and derivitive of a Season 1 ep, I think "The Cooper-Hofstadter Polarization?"). I agree with you about not letting Sheldon get drunk again--Raj isn't the only one who uses booze as a crutch; so does Penny (and Sheldon's dad was established as an alcoholic, in "The Guitarist Amplification").