OMG Leonard’s Mom! The Big Bang Theory 2x15- The Maternal Capacitance Reaction!

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[@jonjohns8145]

Great props to the Writers of the show, they effectively showed us WHY Leonard puts up with Sheldon's Crap without actually spelling it out for us.

[@vetarlittorf1807]

Makes me feel bad for Leonard. His mother isn't just like Sheldon, she's downright pure evil and abusive. No wonder her husband cheated on her.

[@olavihekandjo2928]

@@vetarlittorf1807 evil requires intend. Beverly doesn't mean to be mean or cold, that's all she knows to be.

[@vetarlittorf1807]

@@olavihekandjo2928 In that case she's a psychopath.

[@elovejapan7818]

More like HOW

[@ThunderForce2000]

I love the expression on Leonard’s face when Penny sobs ‘Your mother’s here.’ It’s obvious this isn’t the first time she’s caused one of his friends to cry.

[@GhostInPajamas]

Penny sobbing “your mothers here” gets me every time 😂

[@felixftw4702]

that's the best line in the show imo

[@lemondedunegeek8785]

Raj and Howard do act like a married couple *-* That's one of my favorite episode of the show

[@ChefNourhan]

Leonard's Mom Beverly is my absolute favorite side character of TBBT, Christine Baransk is an absolute genius actress in all her roles, this one is no exception!

[@JoshHowardChannel]

I really like her in The Good wife/fight

[@ChefNourhan]

@@JoshHowardChannel Sameee

[@JPuReTaLeNt]

I love her as Leonard’s mom. Perfect casting choice

[@_Shadoh_]

Nah, my favourite side character has to be Will Wheaton.

[@daniellanctot6548]

8:13 - Fun fact, that part about Penny being too perky is an inside joke: TBBT had a pilot episode made long before the one that aired as the first episode of this series, but many of the characters where different (Some non-existent) from that version and the character of Penny/the next door girl was much darker and more toxic than the Penny charcater it became. Turns out, Kaley Cuoco (Our current Penny) did audition for that role originally but lost it to another actress precisely because she was deemed too perky and nice for it. Fortunately for us, the failure of that original pilot sent Lorre and Prady back to the drawing board and they lightened up the role of Penny and Kaley easily got the role the second time around.

[@xcellent-records]

Original Big Bang Theory Pilot. Leonard and Sheldon go to clinic to make some money. On the way home they come across Katie (reworked into Penny) kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z6DWXniOmsqcgNk

[@vetarlittorf1807]

Another interesting fact is that Sheldon originally had perverted tendencies (which somehow made it into the pilot episode with Leonard calling Sheldon a "semi-pro" at masturbating), but the producers took his perverted side and used them to create Howard.

[@angin.9947]

One of the episodes that makes you just want to hug Leonard !!

[@shannyd1]

As much as my bby sheldon envys leonard having his mother and complains about his own mother. I doubt Sheldon would be better off with Leonard's mom. Simply because Sheldon adores his mother and how she babys him and made him her priority growing up. Sheldon needs the mom he has and would be lost without his soft kitty song and being taken care of when hes sick. Most of the things Lenoard and the guys do for Sheldon is what his mother did before he left home im sure.

[@wuxin5847]

i agree -

[@chaimalekkam4233]

Leonard's mom is one of the best if not the best side character on the serie, she's a cold-hearted bitch everytime but hilarious, the actress did an amazing job playing the role, and it definitely gives us the reasons of why Leonard has this constant need of approval

[@vaultshadow]

now you know the source of leonard's traumas, beverly never loved him as a son but as a pet project for her psychology experiments and she always belittled him for not being as successful as his siblings in her mind she's like a midaged version of sheldon, maybe that's the reason leonard can barely tolerate living with him

[@GoldenQuill16]

It's always a great episode if it has Leonard's mother in it.

[@tejida815]

This casting of Baranski was fabulous.

[@Bricriu20]

Beverly is my absolute FAVORITE side character! Christine Baranski is amazing!!!

[@agenttheater5]

6:40 Raj and Howard were both asking for that

[@Emburbujada]

You're anticipating a lot of Sheldon's lines... I don't know if you should be proud or worry XD

[@karindwarswaard1507]

I was waiting for this one. I have seen it so many times, still funny 🤣

[@worldpeace6322]

Fun fact: Christine Baranski (Leonard's mom) also plays a similar style mother in Bad Moms 2. I suppose she as a person probably has some features that make one think she would be like that 😅

[@mothified1676]

6:36 release the beast

[@SprayInk-And-CritGlitch]

3:19 Penny: "Im an actress" Leonard's Mother: Why 🙂

[@elmars302]

I just finished rewatching BigBangTheory, but I still watch these episodes. One of the benefits of the show being so long... I kind of forgot the subtle jokes from the first seasons.

[@redviper6805]

She might as well be from the planet Vulcan!

[@darthken815]

Are you kidding? Even the Vulcans would get sick of her after a while.

[@DanSolo0119]

@@darthken815 The Vulcans would be even more sick of Sheldon.

[@tlinit]

I can't help but feel sorry for Leonard. He really got screwed up by his mother, which is why there Sheldon.

[@caseybean1305]

Yes, Beverly will return several more times over next 10 seasons. Surprised you weren't aware of stereotype of grown Jewish man living with mom. Some, not all (hence stereotype) Jewish mothers are often overbearing and super protective....like Howard's mom. It's not a healthy relationship and Howard will eventually admit that fact.

[@emilsinclair4190]

I have also never heard this stereotype before but I have to admit that we don't really have much jews since the second World War.

[@shortznig2938]

One of my favorite episodes.

[@KaiLucasZachary]

Most psychiatrists only see a patient every few weeks or months. Therapists see a patient at least once a week usually.

[@MTTT19]

Poor Leonard. I still think that somewhere deep in the back of his mind, he wishes he had smothered her with a pillow a long time ago.

[@bookwoman53]

Hi. I really like your reactions. My best friend Diana told me that she wished for years that her mom would give her a hug or say I love you. She accepted that it would never happen when she was twelve. Diana’s parents are divorced. Her dad is a very easygoing and warm man. Diana grew up living with her mom.

[@jjjones8609]

Therapy would make the characters whole. We the audience need them broken for comedy reasons.

[@88happiness]

I knew you'd love meeting Leonard's mum!!

[@mothified1676]

She might be insensitive but she's a pro nonetheless. I think she's pretty cool just cause she's like Sheldon except more composed and actually right most of the time. It's like I want to dislike her but most of the time I find myself "well, you're not entirely wrong so fair enough". She hits with a glove except it's a medieval gauntlet

[@Xethuron]

Finally! I was so looking forward to this episode. Great reaction

[@susiewolf4318]

I'm glad you liked this episode 😊 I enjoyed your reactions

[@sharonjoan1970]

Yes! Was waiting for this episode...

[@ericstorm6582]

I just want to fucking know what kind of growing up Beverly had that turned her into that

[@caminski4177]

I personally think she was a lot like Sheldon growing up. Leonard had warm memories of his uncle Floyd which makes me think it was a normal household and she was the weird one in her family growing up.

[@w1nterplays]

Thanks 😊 for uploading soon. Please upload tbbt reactions more often

[@Itsant33]

She can actually sing really well. Broadway star

[@KaiLucasZachary]

I'm pretty sure Howard was purposefully saying he was right about a colonoscopy in that Leonard's mother visiting is exactly like one. That's how I've always interpreted that line anyway.

[@wuxin5847]

yes - that is obvious

[@Tuberiascaesar]

FYI a 'hugging' machine of sorts was invented by the infamous Temple Grandin

[@katie5920]

I love this episode

[@KaiLucasZachary]

Another classic episode of the show.

[@sparkequinox]

I love her so much.

[@astragalusson]

So, you're saying there's never a floor 0 (or Lobby) in the states? 🤯

[@Naylte]

That's just it. To them the Ground Floor is the First Floor, though some places use L for Lobby; I originally thought L meant 'Lower' (i.e. just below Ground, but above the Basement).

[@Wulfbear]

This is one of my favorite shows, but I can barely tolerate some of the episodes with Leonard's Mom. This one isn't too bad, but wow, a couple further on got really painful to watch. My Mom was more like Sheldon's, though ironically, my Dad was probably more like Leonard's. You'll meet him down the road quite a ways.

[@wuxin5847]

it got penny and leonard to make out and it got raj and howard upset that she called them a gay couple - so she did served a good purpose

[@romanhardware]

I think Sheldon and Leonard were switched at birth.

[@DanSolo0119]

Is there a class for bedside manner? If there is, I bet Beverly's instructor in that class committed suicide after her first session.

[@bromega2477]

Who else thinks that Leonard and Sheldon were switched at birth?

[@Xethuron]

You could think that. Would only be possible if East Texas and New Jersey share the same hospital.

[@thierrychun80]

React to dead meat kill count aleans 1986

[@homeiswhereukeepurdealdoe]

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