What Penny says? Yeah, kinda what I feel about the show now.
I wanted Penny to be more than just pretty, and since she is an actress, she should know these things.
"I'm sorry, but this is ridiculous." Sheldon stated firmly before grabbing another slice of pizza.
Penny nodded, her mouth full of food. Once she forcibly swallowed she said, "Yeah, the last two or three seasons seemed to get that way more and more. I think all shows do eventually. You run out of stories, but the ratings are still pretty good, so you keep going. It goes from being about people you care about, to people you like, to cartoon versions of what you used to love." Penny thought for a moment and then added, "Still pretty decent though."
"Why does this Hilary person not move out? She has her own successful show, and her family doesn't hurt financially. She is in her late twenties. It is time she became independent."
Penny gave a slight huff. "This isn't meant to be realistic, Sheldon. It's meant to entertain. And it has a lot of wonderful examples of acting tropes."
Sheldon looked at her with interest. "I am not familiar with this. Please elaborate."
She looked at him for a moment. His eyes were all lit up, he was excited. He was ready to absorb any and all information that she was willing to share. It was almost like the first time they were tangled up in her bed, Sheldon practically demanding that she inform him how to preform to her satisfaction.
Penny took a deep breathe to calm down. He had conditioned her to really like that look.
"Well, right there! He says 'You don't get it Will, parents just don't understand.' Will Smith has a song called parents just don't understand. It's an actor allusion. If you understand the actor's work, it's a bit of an inside joke."
She could practically see him storing the information for future use. "More." He demanded.
Penny took another shaky breath. Demanding Sheldon seemed to be quite the turn on for her. "They do an Aesop pretty much all the time, they summarize the entire episode at the end." Without a word from Sheldon, she kept going. "They break the fourth wall a lot. They shouldn't do that really. It breaks you out of the fantasy."
Penny was interrupted by Sheldon standing and pulling her with him. "Penny, I have discovered that when you are educating me my pulse and blood pressure raises dramatically."
"And what does that mean exactly, Dr. Cooper?"
Sheldon chose to lead her into his bedroom, ignoring her excited laugh the entire way.
Later, when Leonard came home with Howard, both of them looked curiously at the hallway when they heard Penny explain the difference between a protagonist and antagonist.
