It's tough writing a character like Sheldon on The Big Bang Theory. The annoying know-it-all even has an "eidetic memory" (or "photographic memory" for those of us who are not smart enough to know that term). But of course this challenges the writers to carefully keep track of what Sheldon has said and done in the past, and they trip up every so often.
Case in point is yesterday's new episode of The Big Bang Theory, "The Agreement Dissection." After Priya (Aarti Mann) rips Sheldon and Leonard's roommate agreement to shreds, Sheldon joins Penny, Amy, and Bernadette at a nightclub, and the question comes up: which women have kissed Sheldon? Apparently none, if you don't count Sheldon's female relatives or the nun to whom Sheldon once gave CPR to. The guy is hardly a Casanova, so this sounds plausible, right?
The writers forgot that Leonard's mom, Beverly (Christine Baransky) actually kissed Sheldon! See "The Maternal Congruence" from last season. Beverly kisses Sheldon, then declares she'd "rather have the busboy." Sheldon seems a little puzzled by what just happened, but you would think he would at least remember this and mention it when this topic of kissing comes up with Penny's girlfriends. Of course "You kissed Leonard's mom?" would have taken the conversation in a different direction that Sheldon would rather it didn't, but don't you think Sheldon would fail to foresee that?
By the way, besides series creators Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady, writers Steven Molaro and Dave Goetsch also worked on both episodes.
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