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The Big Bang Theory Season 5 Episode 22

The Stag Convergence

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AIRED: Apr 26, 2012

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A bachelor party and his sexual past puts Howard's marriage to Bernadette in jeopardy.

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The Big Bang Theory: Howard the Schmuck?

Well, Howard adhered to Bernadette’s wishes and didn't have any strippers at his bachelor party, but that didn’t stop things from taking a turn into call-the-whole-thing-off territory.

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Finally A bazinga!

9.5

By EliasAad, May 02, 2012

Well Bazinga all you haters ! Sheldon is back! :D:D

And as for howard perhaps he lost his funny nonsense with this wedding thing and love......

Anw the show is great!
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After 2 weeks of returned form, could it be 3 in a row...?

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By stevex, Apr 30, 2012

And the answer is.... not even remotely. Straight back to dire, with not even a single smile raised in the whole episide.

I get it - this was the heartfelt, romantic one, the one that addresses Howard's past and sets up the wedding and everything comes out well in the end. And, Howard makes such a wonderful speech about how he's a much better man (incidentally pointing out all the things that used to make him funny). And that's great if this a soap opera, but it's supposed to be a comedy. Remember when it used to actually be laugh out loud funny? Remember when it used to be funny?

Sheldon at a bachelor party! Raj makes a drunk speech! How funny would those things be? Well, as it turns out, not at all.

Dreadfully depressing episode... I really thought they'd got a clue again, but this was just dismal - all set up and no punchline. Even Sheldon wasn't remotely funny, and there's normally a couple of Sheldon minutes to get me through 20+ minutes of filler each episode.moreless
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A Stag party gone Sour *may contain spoilers*

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By jinsoncme, Apr 29, 2012

One phrase will draw you here - 'Sheldon goes to a Bachelor party'.

One phrase will get you to stay - 'Raj gets drunk and gives a speech'.

While this may not be the best episode of the season, this goes a long way in expanding Wolowitz's character and his and Bernadette's relationship. Wolowitz celebrates his lacklustre (as promised to Bernadette) bachelor's party with his friends where Raj gets drunk and reveals several embarrassing stories of Howard's past sexual experiences. The recorded video goes viral and Bernadette second guesses the marriage.

While it is evident that the season will end with their marriage, the series shows no sign of losing steam. All the main characters are used pretty well, including a nice cameo by Wil Wheaton. Howard is the center of this episode, yet this episode forces us to explore how each character is in some sort of a relationship, whether it be the Howard-Bernadette marriage, Leonard-Penny on/off beta-testing relationship, Sheldon-Amy's what-can-you-call-it? or Raj's loneliness/dependency on Howard. The writing is pretty solid taking us through the comedy of the beginning to the emotional highs of the middle where Bernadette may break off the marriage to a final solemn resolution. A great watch.moreless
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A viral bachelor party-gone-bachelor roast gets Howard in jeopardy with Bernadette.

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By pudgebyrd722, Apr 27, 2012

Finally we get to hear some more about Howard & Bernadette's wedding. And not only that, but there's even a date involved! Apparently the wedding is in "a couple of weeks" and it looks clear that their wedding will be the Season 5 finale. Anyhow, the guys try to throw Howard an awesome but appropriate bachelor party like he promised Bernadette. This episode set itself up for a lot of laughs. I mean Sheldon at a bachelor party? That's like #2 on my list of storylines I would love to see him play in, behind a pregnancy. I mean, Sheldon and a baby. How funny would that be!? But back to the episode, it was brilliant. I sorta felt sorry for Howard when his bachelor party turned into a Celebrity Roast on Comedy Central. But it was pretty funny, and Wil Wheaton did reappear, to my pleasure. However, Wil filmed the entire scene and it quickly got to Bernadette, who now is considering calling off the wedding because of Howard's disgusting sexual past. However, you can tell Howard is really sorry he didn't reveal any of that stuff, and that he's changed since before meeting Bernadette. He then shows up at her apartment with the other girls. Hiding in her bathroom, Penny opens the door to hear Howard give an impressive speech from the bottom of his heart that eventually gets Bernadette to come out and completely forgive him. I hope this wedding falls through, although I've had my doubts ever since they became engaged. No matter what happens, overall, this has been a pretty good quality Season 5 after a lackluster Season 4 in my opinion.moreless
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Johnny Galecki	Leonard Hofstadter
Jim Parsons	Sheldon Cooper
Kaley Cuoco	Penny
Simon Helberg	Howard Wolowitz
Kunal Nayyar	Rajesh Koothrappali
Melissa Rauch	Bernadette Rostenkowski

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Kevin Sussman	Stuart Bloom	Recurring Role
John Ross Bowie	Barry Kripke	Recurring Role
Wil Wheaton	Himself	Recurring Role

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- Bernadette: For a while in Poland, [Howard's] family and mine lived next door to each other.
  Penny: Oh, cool!
  Amy: No, it's not… I'll tell you later.
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- Leonard: Are you drinking whiskey?
  Sheldon: Indeed! If I'm to participate in the social convention that is the "stag night," then I must embrace all its components, including tobacco, swear words and, yes, alcohol. (takes a sip) Jeepers, that's yucky!
  Leonard: Whoa, it's a little early to start dropping J-bombs, don't you think?
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- Wil Wheaton: (holding video phone) Oh, Internet, this is so going all over you!
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- Sheldon: I wish you all could be inside my head. The conversation is sparkling!
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- Howard: Tell [Bernadette]... I'm really sorry, and if she doesn't want to marry me... I get it. But, what I really want her to know is that the guy she's disgusted by is the guy I'm disgusted by, too, but that guy doesn't exist anymore. He's gone, and the reason is... because of her. So, if this relationship is over, let her know that she made me a better man, and... tell her "thank you."
  Penny: (moved to tears) Oh, my God, Howard! That's the most beautiful thing I ever heard... and it came out of you!
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- International Airdates: Czech Republic: July 24, 2012 on Prima COOL; Turkey: January 8, 2013 on CNBC-e
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- This episode's end titles has Chuck Lorre's Vanity Card #386.
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