But of course it's not unheard of for real people to have children close together. Having a 3-month jump at the end of the season premiere was probably done to get closer to Melissa's real-life status since the season premiere took up immediately following last season's finale. From the way she's already starting to look, they may need to add another jump fairly soon.

@ArcticFox12 said:

He hasn't even seen most of the rigors that come with a first child and soon he'll be preparing for a second one.

I think this will put on a damper on his storylines and all focus will shift to him coping with fatherhood. No more engineering projects and knocking back cold ones with the boys.

Honestly I don't like the direction their going but like Erica pointed out, Bernadette is only pregnant because Melissa Rauch is pregnant and they didn't have a choice but to give her maternity leave, hide it or write it in.

Howard knows all that. Next time he'll be pulling out faster than the last block in a Jenga game.

At least Penny isn't preggers.

@znexyish said:

At least Penny isn't preggers.

Don't give 'em any ideas.

I've had that idea for ten years!

Actually 11 years since she was on Charmed before that. (I never watched "8 Simple Rules...")

Howard knows all that. Next time he'll be pulling out faster than the *last block in a Jenga game. *

This made me laugh more than it should have.

Honestly, their reaction was as if they never wanted another child. MOST couples I know actually want the kids closer together. Not all, but a lot. If they actually DON'T want kids, there are ways to insure that. But, since the actress is pregnant, they just have to deal with it. This is one HUGE reason why they shouldn't have had the ORIGINAL pregnancy story. This was never a story about 'the kids', so they should have dealt with the topic naturally when it actually occurred with one of the lead actresses. Instead they jumped the gun and have to now deal with this situation - and have no choice. Watching Howard be neurotic all over again isn't going to be funny. It wasn't all that funny the first time.
The original story was a poor decision by Lorre and the showrunner Steven Molaro. Now the new showrunnner, Steve Holland, has to clean up this mess.

What might be funny is actually having an episode dealing with either Howard or Bernie getting fixed. That or Howard suggesting a 3 year moratorium on intercourse - and/or suggesting they have Clinton/Lewinsky style sex for half a decade or so. But that's probably too risque for CBS broadcast. Could get some jokes out of that if it were on HBO.

@ArcticFox12 said:

He hasn't even seen most of the rigors that come with a first child and soon he'll be preparing for a second one.

I think this will put on a damper on his storylines and all focus will shift to him coping with fatherhood. No more engineering projects and knocking back cold ones with the boys.

Honestly I don't like the direction their going but like Erica pointed out, Bernadette is only pregnant because Melissa Rauch is pregnant and they didn't have a choice but to give her maternity leave, hide it or write it in.

Twins run in our family; one great uncle has three sets. So, whenever anyone gets pregnant, it's one of the first question asked.

Anyway, aside from the spacing; having two kids so close together probably isn't that much different.

Of course, I've never had any, or asked anyone; so I could be wrong.

As for putting a damper on Howard's storylines, let's not write that epitaph just yet. A nanny (a real nanny) would be an easy fix.

In case anyone is wondering, approx. 500,000:1

@FormerlyKnownAs said:

@ArcticFox12 said:

He hasn't even seen most of the rigors that come with a first child and soon he'll be preparing for a second one.

I think this will put on a damper on his storylines and all focus will shift to him coping with fatherhood. No more engineering projects and knocking back cold ones with the boys.

Honestly I don't like the direction their going but like Erica pointed out, Bernadette is only pregnant because Melissa Rauch is pregnant and they didn't have a choice but to give her maternity leave, hide it or write it in.

Twins run in our family; one great uncle has three sets. So, whenever anyone gets pregnant, it's one of the first question asked.

Anyway, aside from the spacing; having two kids so close together probably isn't that much different.

Of course, I've never had any, or asked anyone; so I could be wrong.

As for putting a damper on Howard's storylines, let's not write that epitaph just yet. A nanny (a real nanny) would be an easy fix.

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In case anyone is wondering, approx. 500,000:1

I had one and didn't sleep for weeks so I can't imagine having two back to back, and twins is a Burtonesque nightmare.

If I know these writers as well as I think I do, they'll definitely play up Howard's insomnia and the Nannies will remain Stuart and Raj.

@ArcticFox12 said:

If I know these writers as well as I think I do, they'll definitely play up Howard's insomnia and the Nannies will remain Stuart and Raj.

Maybe it would be enough of a full-time job for Stuart to give up the comic book store...

@censorshipsucks06 said:

Honestly, their reaction was as if they never wanted another child. MOST couples I know actually want the kids closer together. Not all, but a lot. If they actually DON'T want kids, there are ways to insure that. But, since the actress is pregnant, they just have to deal with it. This is one HUGE reason why they shouldn't have had the ORIGINAL pregnancy story. This was never a story about 'the kids', so they should have dealt with the topic naturally when it actually occurred with one of the lead actresses. Instead they jumped the gun and have to now deal with this situation - and have no choice. Watching Howard be neurotic all over again isn't going to be funny. It wasn't all that funny the first time.
The original story was a poor decision by Lorre and the showrunner Steven Molaro. Now the new showrunnner, Steve Holland, has to clean up this mess.

What might be funny is actually having an episode dealing with either Howard or Bernie getting fixed. That or Howard suggesting a 3 year moratorium on intercourse - and/or suggesting they have Clinton/Lewinsky style sex for half a decade or so. But that's probably too risque for CBS broadcast. Could get some jokes out of that if it were on HBO.

Maybe the "early-baby decision" was before they knew if there would be anything beyond season 10, so to make sure it got covered they went ahead and did it before any of the female cast members actually "required" it?

@Knixon said:

@censorshipsucks06 said:

Honestly, their reaction was as if they never wanted another child. MOST couples I know actually want the kids closer together. Not all, but a lot. If they actually DON'T want kids, there are ways to insure that. But, since the actress is pregnant, they just have to deal with it. This is one HUGE reason why they shouldn't have had the ORIGINAL pregnancy story. This was never a story about 'the kids', so they should have dealt with the topic naturally when it actually occurred with one of the lead actresses. Instead they jumped the gun and have to now deal with this situation - and have no choice. Watching Howard be neurotic all over again isn't going to be funny. It wasn't all that funny the first time.
The original story was a poor decision by Lorre and the showrunner Steven Molaro. Now the new showrunnner, Steve Holland, has to clean up this mess.

What might be funny is actually having an episode dealing with either Howard or Bernie getting fixed. That or Howard suggesting a 3 year moratorium on intercourse - and/or suggesting they have Clinton/Lewinsky style sex for half a decade or so. But that's probably too risque for CBS broadcast. Could get some jokes out of that if it were on HBO.

Maybe the "early-baby decision" was before they knew if there would be anything beyond season 10, so to make sure it got covered they went ahead and did it before any of the female cast members actually "required" it?

But it wasn't that funny of a plot line in the first place. It's not like this show is the "Howard Walowicz Show". If they were worried Season 10 was it, don't you think they'd have dealt with something more pressing - like Sheldon and Amy getting married? I think they had a really good indication all year that this show was returning and just kept it mum. Lorre said last year about the 1st baby "it's going to open up doors to more stories without drastically changing the DNA of what Big Bang Theory is" Unfortunately, he was wrong. It massively changed TBBT. As all kids that are inserted into sitcoms do. And Lorre talks out of both sides of his mouth, as just a bit later in that interview he says

"But as far as the group dynamic goes, that's the fun part of this. That's where we get to explore and see what will happen eventually when Sheldon is alone with this baby. I don’t know when that's going to happen but it will be interesting to watch how it affects all of their dynamics in those episodes where we have the baby. "

So which is it Chuck? Is it not changing the DNA of TBBT, or is it changing the group dynamic? He's essentially turned Raj and Stuart into nannies.

I just am bummed that we have to rerun a plot we already saw all of last season. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

And tonight just confirmed it. Boy - Howard was REALLY FUNNY getting neurotic about having another baby. NOT.

@ArcticFox12 said:

@FormerlyKnownAs said:

@ArcticFox12 said:

He hasn't even seen most of the rigors that come with a first child and soon he'll be preparing for a second one.

I think this will put on a damper on his storylines and all focus will shift to him coping with fatherhood. No more engineering projects and knocking back cold ones with the boys.

Honestly I don't like the direction their going but like Erica pointed out, Bernadette is only pregnant because Melissa Rauch is pregnant and they didn't have a choice but to give her maternity leave, hide it or write it in.

Twins run in our family; one great uncle has three sets. So, whenever anyone gets pregnant, it's one of the first question asked.

Anyway, aside from the spacing; having two kids so close together probably isn't that much different.

Of course, I've never had any, or asked anyone; so I could be wrong.

As for putting a damper on Howard's storylines, let's not write that epitaph just yet. A nanny (a real nanny) would be an easy fix.

---

In case anyone is wondering, approx. 500,000:1

I had one and didn't sleep for weeks so I can't imagine having two back to back, and twins is a Burtonesque nightmare.

If I know these writers as well as I think I do, they'll definitely play up Howard's insomnia and the Nannies will remain Stuart and Raj.

Could always be Stuart and Raj vs. Real Nanny.