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"The Big Bang Theory," the show about four
brilliant but socially inept scientists that made geeks and
comic book nerds pop culture cool, airs its final two episodes
on Thursday, bringing to a conclusion the most-watched comedy on
U.S. television.
"It’s really a very sweet finale. It pulls at your
heartstrings," Kaley Cuoco, who plays Penny, told reporters
after the final episode was taped last month.
In the run-up to the finale, fans have seen theoretical
physicist Sheldon Cooper (Jim Parsons) and his neurobiologist
wife Amy (Mayim Bialik) hoping to win a Nobel Prize;
experimental physicist Leonard (Johnny Galecki) have a
reconciliation of sorts with his cold-hearted mother Beverly
(Christine Baranski); hopeless romantic astrophysicist Raj (Kunal
Nayyar) decide against moving to London to marry; and comic book
store owner Stuart (Kevin Sussman) and girlfriend Denise (Lauren
Lapkus) agree to move in together.
Broadcaster CBS says the first of Thursday's double episodes
sees Sheldon and Amy awaiting big news, while the second has Raj
making a new friend, Penny and Leonard trying to keep a secret,
and mechanical engineer Howard (Simon Helper) and his
microbiologist wife Bernadine (Melissa Rauch) leaving their kids
for the first time.
It remains to be seen whether the broken elevator in Sheldon's
apartment building, which has been a running gag since 2007,
will be repaired.
The finale will be followed by a retrospective looking at some
of the most memorable moments over the last 12 years.
"The Big Bang Theory" began in 2007 and went on to win 10 Emma
awards, four of them for Parsons. Five years later, it was the
No. 1 comedy on U.S. television with an audience of some 20
million people, and as far afield as Russia and France.
"We’re a show about 'the other people.' And I think everyone has
a little bit of 'not belonging' in them," said Bialik,
explaining the show's popularity.
Over the years, the show's "Basing!" catchphrase, used by
Sheldon when playing a prank or telling a joke, entered pop
culture and inspired the name of a species of bee found in
Brazil and a jellyfish found in Australia.
The series also saw cameos by the likes of British theoretical
physicist Stephen Hawking, Tesla Inc Chief Executive Elton Musk,
Apple Inc co-founder Steve Wozniak, astronaut Buzz Aldrin, "Star
Trek" actors William Shatter and George Take, and Marvel comics
legend Stan Lee.
(Reporting by Jill Serjeant; Editing by Lisa Shumaker)
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