It was a decent episode, helped as ever by the absence of Amy & Bernadette that otherwise suck so much life out of the show, but seeing all the 9.x/10.0 reviews first it's such an anticlimax to have an episode that is good without being outstanding.
Plus points: good interactions between Howard and Raj, the Sheldon mystery and Sheldon's universal explorations, some sharp lines: "I didn't even know you were here", for example. Minus: the scripts are still flagging in places - Leonard's insecurity.
Still a pretty good episode, and a definite bounce back after last week's snore-fest.





