The Big Bang Theory, there is a scene that we will never see again: it would ruin Sheldon

Chuck Lorre in agreement with Jim Parsons has definitively deleted a sequence from any future reruns of the show

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Not everyone knows that a scene initially present in the glorious sitcom The Big Bang Theory was subsequently cut, and has never been broadcast in reruns of the series by will of the same co-creator Chuck Lorre. We know that the twelve seasons of the show, broadcast starting in 2007 for a total of two hundred and seventy-nine episodes, have never lost their luster and, whether it is in the United States, Italy, or other countries in the world, the reruns continue to air again and again, always conquering new generations of viewers (without failing to entertain the fans of the first hour, who never tire of seeing an old gag with their favorites). 

Yet, today we are talking about one of the very rare sequences judged by the authors as a big misstep, and the protagonist Sheldon Cooper himself, alias Jim Parsons, expressed his consent to the definitive cancellation of this segment of the story. Lorre and Parsons agreed on this point: that simple scene, if it had not been cut, could have completely ruined the perception of the viewers about Sheldon or in any case later suggested a sensational incongruity in his narrative arc.

In the book The Big Bang Theory: The Definitive, Inside Story of the Epic Hit Series, it is the creator and showrunner Chuck Lorre himself who explains this choice. The incriminated scene was present in the pilot, or rather the very first episode of the first season. We are talking about the sequence in which the brilliant young Physics researcher Sheldon Cooper and his roommate, as well as future best friend Leonard Hofstadter (Johnny Galecki), decide to go to a special Sperm Bank reserved only for people with a high IQ. It will be Sheldon himself who insists that Leonard accompany him to the place since he intends to sell his precious genius DNA because at that moment he needs money. 

Too bad that the scene is really in total contrast with many fundamental characteristics of the character, and the incongruity is so strident that there really could not be any other solution than to completely eliminate this passage. First of all, one of the fundamental narrative lines concerns Sheldon's extreme difficulty in having sex with his girlfriend Amy Farrah Fowler (Mayim Bialik). His instinctive refusal towards physical contact itself and his difficulties in expressing himself through the most common gestures of love and affection will represent obstacles for him and the couple that are not easy to overcome, even after their marriage. For this reason, thinking that Sheldon could go with the most absolute nonchalance to a place where it is possible to sell the sperm in exchange for money is absolutely, totally incompatible with his character.

Think of how many hilarious and tender scenes we would have lost if he had been a young man more at peace with affection, intimacy, and sex. Furthermore, the idea that the very organized and rigorous Sheldon Cooper of The Big Bang Theory urgently needed money, so much so that he thought of such a bizarre solution, is also completely nonsensical. In a famous subsequent sequence, when the aspiring actress Penny (Kaley Cuoco) confesses her financial difficulties to him, his friend will have no hesitation in offering to lend her money. In fact, we will discover that he cleverly hides handfuls of dollars in the strangest places, scattered practically in every corner of the house. This is just one example of the fact that the character played by Jim Parsons, although he is not of illustrious birth, is very careful in managing his earnings and the salaries guaranteed by Caltech University (California Institute of Technology) in Los Angeles.

Source: Screenrant