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One thing we have to remember is that Kaley is an actress. As her career goes along, we are finding she is a very good actress. Right now she is “playing” the role of a working woman immersed in her job, far away from home. From the looks of things, she is without her usual core support system (most particularly her sister Bri). I am sure that this is painful in a different way than with Ryan. There were many things that we will never know about with divorce no. 1 and whatever demons Ryan was dealing with. With Karl, I’m sure things have been happening for a while. As far as being loving toward each other on SM even recently, that could very well be true. They may still love each other “deeply” (we accept and believe that is true with Kaley and Johnny, why can’t that also be true with Kaley and Karl?). Note that (I have not looked since Saturday) that they are both present in each other’s Instagram feeds. Remember she totally erased Ryan immediately when they announced their separation. As much as we love seeing her and love to be talking about her, we need to be patient and let things play out as they will. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I regularly watch my favorite episodes. I can't (and I don't want to) move on from this show. TBBT will always accompany me.

Johnny and his production company Alcide Bava, with the producers of Netflix's Manifest Laura Putney nd Margaret Easley will be developing a medical drama for ABC, based on the book, Catching Babies. https://deadline.com/2021/12/catching-babies-medical-drama-johnny-galecki-manifest-duo-abc-1234887757/

When you talk about not having time together, you also have to look into the future. Karl's ranch, his source of income is in San Diego. He doesn't just ride, he, along with his business partner, also breeds and trains horses and he oversees the running of the ranch. That particular job requires him to be in San Diego for long stretches. It may be only a two hour drive, but that is each way. Each day, he'd be looking at a situation where he would be getting to their home north of LA, in time to get to bed. A situation that would be like he wasn't there. Also, I'm not sure if anyone here has really noticed, but since last year, he has been on a rather lengthly streak of doing well in tournaments. He now has three horses that he competes with in the Grand Prix and FEI events. Continuing to do well, and moving into a higher bracket, possibly the Olympics, would require more training time, more time with the horses, more traveling, as most of the big events are on the east coast, in Kentucky and Tennessee, along with Florida, even while continuing to run the ranch. I know we follow Kaley, and we know her career is really going well. But, as an executive producer, she'll be responsible for overseeing all the details of the productions. You add in her acting (we now hear she's shot an appearance on "Curb Your Enthusiasm" in addition to everything else), and she may have to work on those production details, for the next production, the same day she was acting in a current production. As a result of that, she's also not home because of the long hours and traveling. I think the triggering event could have been them sitting down looking for when they would have some time together, and realized that it wasn't going to happen in the near future, or even the far future, unless one or the other gave up their careers. And if neither one of them wanted to give up their careers, there may have been a realization that there was no reason to stay married. As far as kids, if they weren't willing to give up their careers, kids should be out of the question.

They've all said and done mean things to each other, I think we can all agree on that. The way I see it ( and it's a very biased and overly simplistic way to look at things ) is like this : I see 5 people ( I'm not including Raj 'cause I still don't know where I stand with him) who are mostly kind and good but who can be jerks at times and one jerk who can be nice at times. A few good deeds here and there didn't redeem the character in my eyes. Like I've just rewatched 7*22 , Professor Proton's funeral and the lesson for him was to learn and appreciate the people around him. He learnt nothing or so little. Granted he got better with Amy , he learnt a bit about empathy and how to offer half-arsed apologies.

You must be kidding yourself ... Now I watch TBBT another (probably already 20) time from the beginning, I'm now in season 8 and so far in almost every episode Sheldon is bulling somebody. Making an innocent face at the same time. From being humiliated in his childhood, he has become the "bullier" of his best and only tolerant friends. Always and everywhere, Sheldon is the most important - Stuart's bookstore burned down - and he tells him that his life is collapsing because Leonard is engaged and wants to move out. Poor injured Sheldon. Amy goes with Leonard to Arizona to get him - and he tells her: "what are you here for?" I can exchange and exchange this way. Sorry, but especially from season 8-9, Sheldon is just a normal self-righteous asshole. And believe me, Asperger doesn't excuse him.

Happy Easter to everyone.

This obviously isn't your first day, is it? I don't remember anyone overthinking anything here before. 😜

Wishing you all a merry Christmas my Lenny friends 😍

Something cute on Kaley’s stories today. She posted a clip of the show, the Lenny disaster when they go chop down a Christmas tree and bring it back to the apartment. She posted the clip. Lololols and a gif Christmas tree. At the bottom was @sanctionedjohnnygalecki It appears it’s her way of wishing him Merry Christmas.

It looks like they are wrapping up the shoot in Iceland. Sue McCormack ("Go.for.Sue" on instagram) the Senior Vice President for development at Yes, Norman productions did a humorous IG post. She posted a picture of the temperature in Reykjavik and LA, both were at 45 F. She told LA to get it's shit together, cause she'll be home Sunday, the 19th.

https://deadline.com/2021/11/johnny-galecki-developing-cbs-comedy-aok-1234866088/

Kaley and Karl's newest family member...they adopted a 9 year old Mastiff mix named Larry.

Kaley Cuoco Has Always Been Here Though she’s scaling new career heights with “The Flight Attendant,” the actor-producer has only ever wanted to do one thing: work Read the full article HERE

Nor my eyes.

Watching TBBT the first time I thought it was comical hearing Sheldon's psychotic rants and in the early seasons the gang stood up to him, especially Penny, but now they all seem to tolerate him and ignore him for the most part. However, now after watching multiple reruns of the seasons Sheldon has become to me such an annoying pain in the ass I wonder how he keeps his friends with all his insults, condescenion, and obnoxiousness. I know this is only a TV show but in the real world Sheldon would "Die Sheldon Die" And we cannot forget Sheldon diabolically manipulating Leonard with his sweater and the blackmail of Priya and Leonard just to get his way in the roommate agreement. Does a real friend do these things??

Johnny and Avery.... https://www.instagram.com/p/CNEAVZjjtK2/?igshid=100s2vgwm2lx1

hokie3457, I've enjoyed reading your stories as well. I'd put your writing right up there with Tensor. There are so many writers who's stories I enjoy reading. Some are Shamy writers. But I draw the line at shenny stories.

I'm starting a BBT Lenny storybook today, meaning I will post one or two pictures or a gif with Leonard and Penny in it from each episode (given that they have at least one scene together in an episode and are together on screen).

Anyone else see her IG stories post today? It was a picture of a billboard. A message on the billboard, which was added to the picture to make it look like it was on the billboard, said: Forgiveness is for you, remember that.

It has been said before but to drag it up again, when they were first together and married they both shared their passion of horses and going to competitions which seemed to create a bond between them. However, ever Kaley has been acting on sets away from home, it has been almost no horses, no competitions together, and she is separated from him a lot. Remember this divorce was announced after she was away in NYC filming and then came home for a little while before she was scheduled to start filming The Flight Attendant second season, which could have been a trigger for Karl to bring up how her career was impacting their time together. Anyway her statements, Tensor brought up, and previous statements we have read she made since her divorce filing, seem to support that this divorce was not very cut and dry, like it was with Ryan, and it may be impacting her on a more emotional level, maybe even with a little regret.

They didn't make any vows but they said nice things that the writers should have kept up.

I didn't like that line, it was unnecessarily harsh IMO, a classic Penny eye roll would have accomplished the same thing

I think we all love Mrs. Hofstadter and I don't mean Beverly. We all know she's Dr. Hofstadter.

Has anyone else noticed that KALEY has posted a couple times on Instagram that it is okay not to feel okay, even on your birthday? it seems to me that something is really bothering her, and since her divorce is the major emotional thing that has happened to her in the last few months, I can only assume she is taking her divorce quite badly. I hope her friends are seriously helping her because those recent posts sound like a cry for help to me.

I don't want to get off topic too much otherwise Tensor will spank us lol but my biggest disappointment when it comes to Leonard is that they didn't allow him to achieve anything big in physics. Don't get me wrong, he's built a good life for himself , he's a renowned academic, he's got a great job at Caltech but I was so hoping he'd get a big win at some point ( not a Nobel because that was never gonna happen for him, let's be realistic) but alas... I had so many hopes.

Happy birthday Tensor!

They even left the bedroom door open. That was an example of something the writers thought was funny, that I felt was ridiculous.

Happy birthday, chucky, you old man you. And, I get to call you old, I won't be 66 for another 6 days. 🎂🍾

Agreed! Another example was when they let him have his way with eating at the dining room table. I've always hated Sheldon's remark about "Sometimes the baby wins". The writers almost always let Sheldon win. That's why I love that Season 10 Episode where Sheldon hurt both feet, went head first into the water cooler and hurt his hand trying to Karate chop Burt. Also loved the episode with Bill Gates where Sheldon was hopelessly gullible.

I always felt that the girls scenes together were much funnier than the guys scenes

We've discussed how busy Kaley is, but only touched on how busy Karl is. Besides running his ranch, over the last year, he's spent 26 of the 52 weeks competing. The first five of those weeks were in California,(about a 2.5 to 3 hour drive from the home). After a four week break,(shipping horses can take some time) the next six of those weeks were in Florida. After a two week break, eight weeks were in Kentucky-Virginia, before another two week break before competing for five weeks in Michigan. Finally a two week break and he's competed for the last two weeks in North Carolina. He will be moving on to Kentucky, for the next two weeks. There were also various single weeks of not competing adding to the time at each place. North Carolina and Kentucky are important, because there are events there that are part of the North American League schedule, to qualify for the 2022 FEI World Cup. Karl was riding in the East coast and and the Midwest and missed the first two events, on the West coast. There are several more qualifiers over the next two months. Las Vegas, Florida, Texas and even in Mexico. I don't think he'll make all of them, but with his fourth place finish, he currently sits 9th in the standings. The top 24 go to the world cup final, in Germany, in early April, 2022. As for the World Cup, you just can't drop the horse off the day before. They generally ship, for Europe, four to six weeks prior to the competition. So, sometime late February or early March, so they can recover from the time change. So how does all this tie in with Kaley? Remember, Kaley's most recently announce project, Role Play, will start shooting in early 2022, about the time, or just before Karl would be leaving for Europe. They might not have seen each other for most of the first half of 2022, and when you add in his being gone and her being gone, this year, it gives a lot of support to their careers pulling them in different directions. Finally, if you add up the the weeks above, you are short about eight weeks. Well, in Michigan, he competed for there weeks, there was a break, then competed for two weeks. That break was eight weeks long, and took place from midish July until early September. About the eight weeks just before their announcement of their separating.

Kaley has a new rescued animal at her ranch, this time a baby rooster.

Not just hiatus time. The actors on the show would have to be in the building for ~26-34 hours a week (depending on how long a couple of things took (special costumes, pre-shoots, etc). And only about half that time was them being on set. That would give Kaley a lot of time to do work on other things versus the night and early morning shoots she is having to do these days. There's also a big time difference between being the executive producer and number one on the call sheet, versus being number three on the call sheet, in an ensemble. Add in the two weeks on, one week off schedule and there is a lot of free time for a sitcom actor.

I have to think that having that beautiful new home and everything, then finding yourself alone on your third anniversary had to be a eye opener for Kaley that their marriage was more like two ships passing each other in the night. So, just like Tensor said, they may have just discussed it, decided it wasn’t going to get any better and decided to end it.

"...I plan on speaking German when I land!" Wieviel Jahre dauert denn der Flug? (How many years is the flight?) 😉

Yep , for me too. And they spent seasons developing his character growth ( and he has shown some growth ) but he had his epiphany because yet again someone had to point it out to him that he had messed up and had been a jerk. To me , the real growth would have been him , on his own , realising he had hurt his friends.

We can only hope. At least she's getting the recognition of her talents as an actress. She's not just a pretty face anymore.

kaleycuoco: 💖What an honor to be recognized alongside my amazing cast and crew @flightattendantonmax by @sagawards ! This dream has always been in the back of my mind , but for it to happen feels like I’m still in that dream . I’m truly humbled by this experience... my pink moment courtesy of @prabalgurung @louboutinworld @messikajewelry 💗 thank you dream team!! @bradgoreski @daniela_viviana @jamiemakeup @clarissanya 💕

Happy Birthday @Tonstar17. I hope you have many more to come!

I just thought you were upset, because you keep saying you’re moving on, or are done, but keep answering. Lorre had previously decided the show would end, ( and this wasn’t through the grapevine, it was actual quotes) if either Kaley, Jim, or Johnny left. Jim decided to leave, triggering that decision. Is there something wrong with Jim deciding to leave? Nope. But, there no denying it was his decision to leave, that brought the show to an end. If Johnny or Kaley had decided to leave, that would have triggered the end of the show.

In no way do I fault JP for wanting to move on with his career. He wants to pursue other projects and opportunities and I hope he finds success and fulfillment in all of them. That does not mean I cannot simultaneously attribute the ending of TBBT to his decision not to continue. There is no ambiguity involved. Chuck Lorre, (and the rest of the cast), were prepared to do a season 13 until JP announced he would not return. Not only did that end the show. It put a lot of people out of work. No doubt many of the production staff found other jobs. No doubt some of them did not. This is a dilemma faced by successful people in any number of career fields. Their decisions impact many people and I have no doubt JP considered this and made a tough choice. TBBT without fresh ideas needed to end. Too many Shamy oriented, and juvenile Sheldon dominated, stories were lowering the quailty of the episodes. This had been the case for several seasons. Agreed. YS is not TBBT. However, JP is still tied to Sheldon. He still benefits professionally and financially from the character. The character he said he wanted to move on from to pursue other ventures.

I realize that you are a JP fan and you feel the need to defend him but I do not blame him for TBBT demise. Though there are many people who do. And we do not know what conversations went on with the cast and Jim. Before Chuck Lorre pulled the plug it seemed everyone involved wanted to continue with at least one more season. But the original point I was making was the writers focused so much on the SheldonShamy storyline that I believe the other cast members were sacrificed and their storylines were rushed into season 12 to gain closure.

https://www.instagram.com/kaleycuoco/ That’s our Penny, right? Hilariously funny! 😄

I have to say I've never seen her happier.

Nice to hear Kaley's thoughts about "The Flight Attendant" and the nominations.

Kaley Cuoco finally gets the awards recognition she deserves with 'The Flight Attendant.' She joins Gold Derby editor Christopher Rosen to discuss her recent Golden Globe and SAG Awards nominations.

Affirmative. It was a shame and waste of Johnny and Kaley's talent.

You know seeing Kaley get nominations for the awards and upon reading an interview she gave about how she came to make The Flight Attendant brought something to my mind. In the interview she stated that this project gave her room to grow as an actress. A way to to stretch her acting range and talent. Thinking back TBBT never really gave her that opportunity and moreso Chuck Lorre and the writers never gave Penny and Leonard the scenes to express their talent. They never wrote them with serious dramatic conversations. I know this is a comedy but the yardstick I always use is MASH. This was basically a comedy but had many dramatic scenes and overtones. Sure, there were some Lenny scenes where they tried to have a serious talk: like S9 Ep 2 after the wedding and when Zack offered Penny a job but they were few and far between. Many instances come to mind where they didn't have those conversations when they should have. When Penny feels Leonard is taking her for granted and she goes to the spa with Amy instead and Leonard goes there to talk but the writers wouldn't or couldn't write their talk. It just seems to me that these were comedy writers and could not come up with any meaningful dialogue for Lenny and so I think Kaley and Johnny careers suffered a little because of this approach.