This is one series that unfortunately will not go out with a Big Bang, but with a fizzle. Lest people think this review is unfair, I have seen all seasons, hoping for a return to the cleverness of seasons 1-5 but alas it shall not be.
Actually at my Dad's university they were pretty much all stable family types with successful careers, and there were a few loners, too.
Grew up around researchers and no, they were not men-children who spent their time at the comic book store. A woman who moves into an apartment across the hall from two brilliant but socially awkward physicists shows them how little they know about life outside of. When binge-watching it, you also notice disturbing patterns like the demeaning portrayals of both the men and women scientists, for different reasons. But you did need a modicum of (popular) science knowledge to get the jokes, so apparently by season 6 they rolled out the usual array of mindless comedy writers to turn it into a yawn-worthy series of relationship clichés and rake in more viewers. Like physicist Sheldon "embracing the chaos" or using classical conditioning techniques on his roommate's girlfriend. I thoroughly enjoyed seasons 1 to 5 with some of the most intellectually-stimulating and subtle humour since Seinfeld.
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