It’s a predictable arc ending with a sweet chat between he and Penny (Kaley Cuoco) at the bar she used to tend - the two reminisce over how far they’ve come, and Sheldon sees the logic in accepting change as inevitable. The A-plot of “The Change Constant” focuses on Sheldon’s struggles to adjust to how his win could change his life. Whack! With gleeful force and great timing, Leonard (Johnny Galecki) slaps his friend, paying off on the promise and sending the group into joyous cheers instead of angry fits - one last comedic contrast before the titles roll. “Can you believe it?” she asks Sheldon, who, of course, takes the question literally and wonders if he’s dreaming. Third time proves the charm, both for comic timing and Amy, who’s then told she and her husband have won. But it’s not the prize committee, it’s their prankster friend Barry (John Ross Bowie), then their earnest friends Howard (Simon Helberg) and Bernadette (Melissa Rauch) checking to see if there was any news. After arguing over who’s earned the right to slap their annoying friend, it appears no one gets to - the phone rings. Then, Chekhov’s gun arrives in the promise of a slap: Sheldon told his friends if he fell asleep before the Nobel call came, they could slap him. So what happened? Not much! The Season 12 build-up to Sheldon (Jim Parsons) and Amy (Mayim Bialik) winning their Nobel Prize was honored with a sharp cold open that showed what “Big Bang” was capable of when clicking on all cylinders. Guillermo del Toro's Favorite Movies: 30 Films the Director Wants You to See 'I Am the Night': Chris Pine Breaks Down the 'Euphoria of Killing' at TNT's Wild FYC EventĤ5 Directors Pick Favorite Horror Movies: Bong Joon Ho, Tarantino, del Toro and More 'Better Things' Review: Season 3 Finale Wraps a Powerful, Unparalleled Ghost Story And as other endgames go horrifically off-the-rails, this one felt refreshingly true to itself. While not as sharp in its dialogue or performances as the mecca of friendship sitcoms, “Friends,” “Big Bang” treated its ending like one precious, yet not too precious, final hour to spend with the gang. (Though, it’s quite likely any revival would be part of the WarnerMedia portfolio.) But what “The Big Bang Theory” did best was make time for its characters to just be - to sit and talk and eat and speculate about impossible pop culture pairings or concoct ludicrous big-brained ideas. In 10 years, when the cast’s second careers don’t go as planned and CBS needs to drum up a hit, maybe they will come back. Cynics may say these choices were made to preserve any chance of a revival.
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