How do you keep a long-running sitcom going?
That's a huge question to answer, because over time we've seen that naturally the characters become a bit more OTT than they were in the early days, and the plots become less "this would happen" and more "this could happen". When in doubt, throw in weddings, pregnancies and then children we never see.
'The Big Bang Theory' was starting its eleventh year at this point, and ends up going down both the wedding and pregnancy route at the same time.
The results are a bit patchy to be honest, and it does feel like they've exhausted the 'Sheldon is a man child with not empathy skills' angle.
The cast all look a bit too long in the tooth for the shenanigans they are being made to play out, and perhaps this is the reason 'Friends' ended before their characters got to this point because there seems like there's very little new to say.
The best bit was Raj's scene with Stuart, that had some genuine heart to it.
Overall, fair but not great.
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