The Big Bang Babies

So I'm on vacation and due to the weather being shite, hubby and I were idling on the couch watching whatever was in and not depressing. All the interesting shows about food were making us hungry so we flipped channels a bit, mostly weird tween shows or renovations and the only exception was The Big Bang Theory.

Now full disclosure, I have always been sceptical of this show ever deserving its immense popularity but have watched the first twenty episodes of season one and found that despite some definite flaws it wasn't that bad.

The episode that came on was the follow up of Sheldon's proposal to Amy... I don't even know what season that is so I had a limited idea of what was going on I mean whaaaaat Leonard and Penny got married? Anyway, spoilers and stuff if you care.

(Edit: it's Season 11 episode 1 - aired Sept 25 2017)

Bernadette is told about the impending nuptials but has news of her own... She's taken a pregnancy test and it is positive. She's freaking out about it as Howard and herself had been careful as they didn't want this. She confides in Penny who encourages her to see it as the miracle it is as she herself was a surprise child.

When Bernadette finally tells Howard he has a bit of a hysterical moment because they already have one child and he decides they're not mature enough to have another one. Bernadette seems to be convinced that she wants the child but is still unsure.

During some social time together, Leonard and Penny are happy and supportive of the other couple, telling them they're great parents already and if they need anything to let them know.

Well, Bernadette has an idea about that. She suggests that Penny also conceive so they can be preggo together.

Now I know it's a comedy and it isn't the kind of show you should take seriously or look too hard into but I'm not going to pretend it didn't suck to hear someone so flippantly say that someone else should *just* get pregnant. And then go on to say 'do it do it do it' like it's high school peer pressure time.

For one thing, that's assuming that the other person CAN conceive that easily, for another that they should do it for someone else's benefit (and is not even a partner or someone involved in a surrogate process) and that's not even going into the idea that someone should have a child just because a friend is.

Penny and Leonard - to their credit - state that if they want to have a child they'll do it when they're ready. Leonard quips that or if Penny ever decides to leave him but I'm going to ignore that as it was obviously played for laughs, despite being a bit gross.

Penny did get in one excellent jab though - that one of her friends is having a baby and the other is marrying one!

So while I was disappointed in the writing for bringing the idea up in this way I was impressed with how Penny and Leonard handled the situation.