Predictable, but enjoyable Coming up with an original sitcom idea is definitely a huge challenge. TBBT presents us a pretty much recycled idea, with a new glare. I guess you could compare it to an interesting song cover. No matter how pleasing, it still is in its essence something we'we seen or heard before. And I mean long before. A couple of awkward guys forced to make contact with a beautiful woman must be one of the most used comedic situations ever. Forming another group like this and adding a bunch of science terms in order to further establish the awkwardness of the characters themselves is a bit disturbing because it in fact once again demonstrates what we'we always known: in a world we live in being smart makes you "socially challenged". From what I have figured out the main character should have been Leonard, but since Sheldon proved to be much more interesting, the show's focus translated to him. You can pretty much consider it a logical choice, since Sheldon is in fact one of the most interesting characters in sitcoms ever. Highly intelligent, but socially unpleasant characters have always been potentially very popular. Currently, two of the most dominating TV characters possess this kind of appeal: Gregory House and Sheldon Cooper, each with his own extra attractiveness. Sheldon is even crazier than House, but somehow it doesn't make him less plausible for the majority of the viewers. Other characters in the show are not that great, but simply serve as a supporting cast for Sheldons antics. In fact, I have met people who actually believe the shows title is "Sheldon". This striking difference between the level of the popularity of main characters is something the Friend's creators successively avoided. Unfortunately, TBBT mostly proves to be a one man show, with Sheldon displaying every possible negative quality that an average person believes brilliant physicists posses, while the rest of the crew simply deliver clichéd sentences, designed to provoke Sheldons not so unique madness. Not to be mistaken, not even him is something we might call "an original character" but he's entertaining enough to make me indifferent to this problem. Well, since most of the people don't even think this is a problem, the shows success is quite predictable, as most of the things concerning this sitcom. Nevertheless, you should still be able to enjoy it, if you find a way to cope with it's lack of originality. Unfortunately, lack of originality is one of the biggest problems in the entertainment industry at the moment, while the world of science and technology that Sheldon and his colleagues inhabit is exactly the opposite. If we can't have both, I guess this is for the better. Real Sheldons out there, please don't get insulted by certain show's premises, and keep up with the work, so that the rest of us could laugh at the stereotypical portrayals of you as much as we did till now. OK, we know you're not insane, but would you let our stupid minds be entertained with the same kind of stereotypes you had to live with for years?