TV Review The Big Bang Theory The Cooper Nowitzki Theorem

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Spoiler alerts Season 2 Episode 6 Among my favourite episodes of the series as painfully platonic genius Sheldon finds himself stalked for his mind by a girl called Nowitzki (Riki Lindhorne of comedy singing duo Garfunkel & Oates). She presents herself as an admirer of his physics theories and refuses to let him stop working on his latest quantum project to play Halo or read Batman comics. The rest of the gang are convinced that Sheldon has found love at last but he is frightened by her possessive pushiness up to finding out her motive – sharing credit with him for the discoveries he will make. The episode makes brilliant use of The Be My Yoko Ono song by The Barenaked Ladies who also provide the series theme tune. It’s a real shame Lindhorne has not reappeared in the programme. She’s a real scene stealer throughout. Arthur Chappell