Leonard Hofstadter and Sheldon Cooper are both brilliant physicists working at Cal Tech in Pasadena, California. They are colleagues, best friends and roommates, although in all capacities their relationship is always tested primarily by Sheldon's regimented and non-conventional ways. They are also friends with their Cal Tech colleagues, mechanical engineer Howard Wolowitz and astrophysicist Rajesh Koothrappali. The foursome spend their time working on their individual work projects, playing video games, watching science fiction movies or reading comic books. As they are self-professed nerds, all have little or no luck with "popular" women. When Penny, a pretty woman and an aspiring actress originally from Omaha, moves into the apartment next to Leonard and Sheldon's, Leonard has another aspiration in life, namely to get Penny to be his girlfriend.
When my boyfriend tuned into the premiere I thought the show was going
to be stupid. I was so surprised. This is the first TV show to really
showcase nerds with pretty much dead on accuracy. This has a sparkling
cast (Jim Parsons is the new and improved David Hyde Pierce) and
fantastic humor that ranges from light slapstick to seriously quick
wit. This show is a great love letter to nerds, and as such any nerd
should give this a try. With a bunch of new (and very lame) shows
debuting, it's good to see something worth
watching! This premise isn't
exactly new but the execution is nothing short of brilliant. Give it a
shot!!