***This article contains spoilers***
It’s been 12 seasons and 280 episodes, and The Big Bang Theory
has finally reached its conclusion. Since May of 2006, Chuck Lorre and CBS
have captured the hearts of millions around the globe and on May 16th,
2019, they released a final episode which aired to no less than 18.5 million
viewers in the U.S. alone.
The show centres around a group of geeky academics spending every
free waking hour together in an apartment in Pasadena, California. When a
gorgeous would-be actress named Penny moves into the opposite apartment, fate
throws the group a curveball which leads to a chain reaction that changes their
lives forever.
The timeless cast of characters led by Leonard (Johnny Galecki),
Penny (Kaley Cuoco) and the veritably insane genius Sheldon Cooper (Jim
Parsons) instantly created a sit-com backdrop like no other. They would be
joined swiftly by Raj (Kunal Nayyar), Howard (Simon Helberg) and later by
Bernadette (Melissa Rauch), Amy (Mayim Bialik) and last, but not least, sickly comic
book store owner Stuart (Kevin Sussman).
After 12 years of ups and downs and successful and failed
relationships alike, the show came to its eventual climax in the midst of the
newly married Sheldon and Amy discovering a fresh marvel in the field of physics
known as “super asymmetry”, a discovery which won them a much-coveted Nobel
Prize.
The final episode brought the audience a happy conclusion with an
absence of any tragedy we may have been expecting, finally ending on a high
note as the main cast assembled in the familiar living room with familiar
take-out food, a stripped-back acoustic version of The Bare Naked Ladies’
iconic theme song resonating in the background; a fitting ending to a
delightful sitcom that has brought a full generation of viewers unimaginable
joy for twelve long years.
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