Spoilers Leonard And Penny Season 7 *spoiler* Discussion Thread

[SRAM]

I truly believe the writers wanted to get Leonard off canvas so there would only be P/S storyline.  There is no showing of how the others guys feel with Leonard missing ---- so it would lead you to only one conclusion.

 

Not one picture of Leonard on the boat -- yet there is at least one picture of everyone else in the cast in scenes. 

 

I remember Simon joking about Johnny finding out that Leonard would be off on a boat and 'what's going on with his character' or something to that effect.

 

 

Finally I wonder will the writers finally get Sheldon off canvas so the other characters can be without him and get a storyline without him popping up in every scene?

I'm beginning to believe you are right, the whole purpose of Leonard going away was to show how Sheldon would act and to give us some Shenny without Leonard. The got rid of Leonard so Penny could seek comfort in Sheldon. Plus Penny could confide her secrets to Sheldon.

[ArmyGirl]

I'm beginning to believe you are right, the whole purpose of Leonard going away was to show how Sheldon would act and to give us some Shenny without Leonard. The got rid of Leonard so Penny could seek comfort in Sheldon. Plus Penny could confide her secrets to Sheldon.

 

Also, I notice Penny didn't tell Leonard that Raj could talk to women without drinking.  I mean come on this was a big deal in Season 6 final (as it is Raj spoke to her) -- yet it didn't cross her mind to tell him about it during their talks while he was on the boat.  Heck she still didn't tell him about it after he got home. 

 

Things like this make me wonder where the writers are going with Lenny.

Edited August 29, 2013 by ArmyGirl

[Tensor]

I think the big thing was for Penny as a bookend to last year. Showing Penny had gone from not talking about the relationship, to talking about something that affected both of them. From someone who was so unsure of what she felt, to the point of possibly breaking up with him, to a heartfelt I love you before he leaves. From someone who was shown as self-centered within the relationship, to showing someone who supported him and was willing to sacrifice so he could have a fantastic career opportunity.

Along with showing the further growth of Leonard. Yes they showed him partying on the boat, so? People in isolated situations do that, when they are off duty, unless they isolate themselves. Would the Leonard of season 1,2 or even 3 or early 4 been that gregarious? But, we also heard, from Leonard, that the data that was collected by the team Leonard was a part of looks like it might lead to supporting Hawking's ideas, although there is more to do. So we know he did good work there, career growth.

[Nogravitasatall]

I'm beginning to believe you are right, the whole purpose of Leonard going away was to show how Sheldon would act and to give us some Shenny without Leonard. The got rid of Leonard so Penny could seek comfort in Sheldon. Plus Penny could confide her secrets to Sheldon.

I'd suspect that might look that way, but wasn't it analogous to throwing a rock in a billabong? The big splash was the visible effect but maybe it's roused the 5m saltie lurking on the bottom. Next thing you know, someone becomes "takeout". What if Leonard's absence and the joy at his return jolts her into recognition of the passage of time and that life is short. She might have reflected on that in Leonard's absence. Things can still be happening below the surface. We don't know that yet because we have only seen the splash.

[Nogravitasatall]

I have got to say, I'm kinda bummed out by all the Lenny fatalism in this thread. It's taken me two days to read through all of it mostly because everyone seems to assume that all of the writers for TBBT just want to break Leonard and Penny up. When I first read the taping report for the first episode I thought the Tag was potentially funny, if a little stupid, but I read through this thread and suddenly I feel the need to step in and defend it.

Don't be bummed. Just consider that five and a half years of conditioning that some of us were subjected to. Duration matters. I'm sure marathoning is a different experience ( if I can make an assumption). But waiting that long, for an axe to drop again, has an effect. Me, I thought it was in character, once I took it out of the Hilton/Kardashian realm. And welcome to the forum. Edited August 29, 2013 by Nogravitasatall

[eirwinrommel]

I am bringing an extract from eirwinrommel post from the S7 spoiler thread here because my response is too Lenny-centric for the more general board. Sorry for the inconvenience.

 

Leonard is as far from an idiot as they come but he can be pretty oblivious, especially when under pressure. 

 

While I, very much like you, cannot imagine a scenario in which he would simply tel her that he showed the horror film to some of his colleagues, I think it would be possible for him to blurt it out, innocently almost, in the middle of a conversation about something else.

Let's say Penny has serious doubts about her career and whether she has any talent as an actress, Leonard could try to reassure her by mentioning the production of A Streetcar Named Desire in which he thought she was fantastic and, to make his point more valid by refering to the opinions of people who are not biased by their love for her, add that his crewmates thought her performance was great in that horror film she did. He would not even have to mention the shower scene; it would be implied. 

 

Thanks to MJ, we know that the "That's my girlriend" scene plays out as innocuously as possible and for that I am glad. It could definitely mean that nothing will ever come out of it. Nevertheless, I would like it to come back in some way. Not because I am a big angst-fan but because I think there is some uncharted territory there that deserves to be explored. 

It is now the third time in recent TBBT history that Penny's remarkable physique is put forward as a matter of pride for Leonard : first there was the Comic-Con "hostage" photograph, then there was Pr Proton "You're the genius" and "What do the two of you talk about ?" lines (which, when put together, imply that the only reason Leonard should be happy/proud to be with Penny is because she is hot) and now this... It could be a mere running gag or it could be something more meaningful than that. 

 

We can only assume that Leonard's affections run much deeper than that otherwise he would have given up on Penny a long time ago. However, the writers have so far always managed to sidestep any more in-depth exploration of the nature and reasons of his feelings for her.They had an opportunity when Penny was jealous of Alex and Leonard had to reassure her of his preference but they (willingly, I think) dropped it : instead of having Leonard explain Penny why he wants to be with her and no other woman, they just made him state that he does. No further detail. 

We, the audience, can pretty much guess why : Penny loves Leonard's friends including Sheldon (contrarily to Alex), does not try to change him and enjoys certain aspects of the geek culture (unlike Priya), values and loves him as a person (contrarily to Leslie), accepts him and gives him proofs of her affection (unlike mommy dearest Beverly), serves as a female counterpart to Leonard's daddy role in the Geek Squad family, fights (literally) for them when need be, teaches the boys manliness lessons, etc. We know why she is the one for him. But does Leonard know it ? And what about Penny ? 

 

For a long time, Penny did not question Leonard's affection for the writers had simply not provided her with the introspective qualities necessary to such an exercice; she just took his love for granted, even if it freaked her out a bit. However, since mid-Season 5, Penny has developped a healthier sense of perspective : the first evidence of that was when she asked Leonard if he had "thought it through" when he asked her out in The Recombination Hypothesis. From then on, the writers decided to make her aware of the fact that a relationship with her was no picnic. She showed the same analytical abilities in The Tangible Affection Proof when she explained her reasons for not wanting Leonard to propose anymore and again, with her epiphany, in The Closure Alternative. 

The writers have given her self-awareness and doubt, two qualities she used to display only when inebriated in the first couple of seasons. Now that she has them, it would be a shame to see them unexploited when it comes to the single most important relationship of her life. 

 

Perhaps the writers are preparing something here.

Perhaps Penny will come to question these instances in which Leonard's love for her appears (I wrote "appears", do not murder me just yet) motivated by her superb physionomy and perhaps she will start feeling slightly uncomfortable as a result of it. 

Perhaps it is all a setup for the Hofstadter version of the epiphany Penny had in the lab in The Holographic Excitation ("sometimes I forget how smart you are"): there, she was reminded that the reason why she cannot let Leonard go is because he is so incredibly intelligent, kind, passionate and willing to do whatever it takes to make her understand the beauty of what he sees. 

 

A little crisis brought forth by Penny's challenge of his motives for being with her may be exactely what they need. After all, Leonard is painfully aware of why he should not want to be with his neighbour (he had a whole daydream about it). It may be high time he figured out and told Penny why, in spite of every good reason under the sun, he still wants her and nobody else.

While I like your reasoning, I disagree that we'll ever hear about Leonard showing the shower scene again. Given the track record of the show it just doesn't seem that likely. For example when Sheldon claimed (to Kripkie) that he'd had coitus with Amy it would have been much more likely to have gotten back to her, but it never did. Now that would have been something for her to get mad about 'You'll brag about having sex, but you act like it's a punishment to hold my hand!' As for Penny's movie, she has to know it's out there in the wild (she may even have watched it on You-Tube to see just how bad it looked). So on some level she is prepared to deal with Leonard (or other people she knows) finding it. Since she HAS to be in other scenes, besides the shower scene, only the king of idiots would mention showing the shower scene to a bunch of guys. He'd probably say something like 'I showed them a few minutes of it, just enough to prove you were in it.' If he was stupid enough to admit he'd shown them the shower scene I imagine his next sentence would go like this 'OW! OW! OW! Stop hitting Me!'

I think the big thing was for Penny as a bookend to last year. Showing Penny had gone from not talking about the relationship, to talking about something that affected both of them. From someone who was so unsure of what she felt, to the point of possibly breaking up with him, to a heartfelt I love you before he leaves. From someone who was shown as self-centered within the relationship, to showing someone who supported him and was willing to sacrifice so he could have a fantastic career opportunity.

Along with showing the further growth of Leonard. Yes they showed him partying on the boat, so? People in isolated situations do that, when they are off duty, unless they isolate themselves. Would the Leonard of season 1,2 or even 3 or early 4 been that gregarious? But, we also heard, from Leonard, that the data that was collected by the team Leonard was a part of looks like it might lead to supporting Hawking's ideas, although there is more to do. So we know he did good work there, career growth.

I'm hoping that the trip will be used to justify giving Leonard Tenure.

Edited August 30, 2013 by eirwinrommel

[ArmyGirl]

I think the big thing was for Penny as a bookend to last year. Showing Penny had gone from not talking about the relationship, to talking about something that affected both of them. From someone who was so unsure of what she felt, to the point of possibly breaking up with him, to a heartfelt I love you before he leaves. From someone who was shown as self-centered within the relationship, to showing someone who supported him and was willing to sacrifice so he could have a fantastic career opportunity.

Along with showing the further growth of Leonard. Yes they showed him partying on the boat, so? People in isolated situations do that, when they are off duty, unless they isolate themselves. Would the Leonard of season 1,2 or even 3 or early 4 been that gregarious? But, we also heard, from Leonard, that the data that was collected by the team Leonard was a part of looks like it might lead to supporting Hawking's ideas, although there is more to do. So we know he did good work there, career growth.

 

Tensor I agree this could be the reason for having him off canvas of a while  --- but why four months the whole summer.  I will wait to see if anything really becomes of said data (i.e. helping with his career) or if it was a throw away line.

Edited August 29, 2013 by ArmyGirl

[Occam's Chainsaw]

Don't be bummed. Just consider that five and a half years of conditioning that some of us were subjected to. Duration matters. I'm sure marathoning is a different experience ( if I can make an assumption). But waiting that long, for an axe to drop again, has an effect. Me, I thought it was in character, once I took it out of the Hilton/Kardashian realm. And welcome to the forum.

True, maybe I just don't get that way since I really only got into the series two weeks ago when I marathoned all 6 seasons in 4 days. But still, it's like some of you are going out of your way looking for something to be bummed about.

 

As for Leonard's trip being pointless, I don't think it necessarily was, a lot may have happened off camera that will come up in the next few episodes and it may very well act as a catalyst to advance Leonard and Penny's relationship faster than would have seemed reasonable at the end of S6. And I don't think it is that big of a deal that Penny didn't tell Leonard that Raj could talk to women now since he was bugging her and the girls right out of the gate and the last thing she would want to do when talking to Leonard would be talk about Raj. When Raj finally cools off with the talking to them sober Penny may have assumed someone else had Told Leonard about it since she probably wasn't the only one calling him in those four months. All 6 of them simply assume that someone else already told Leonard and no one realizes that he doesn't know until they are all together again.

[ArmyGirl]

......

 

 And I don't think it is that big of a deal that Penny didn't tell Leonard that Raj could talk to women now since he was bugging her and the girls right out of the gate and the last thing she would want to do when talking to Leonard would be talk about Raj. When Raj finally cools off with the talking to them sober Penny may have assumed someone else had Told Leonard about it since she probably wasn't the only one calling him in those four months. All 6 of them simply assume that someone else already told Leonard and no one realizes that he doesn't know until they are all together again.

 

Since it was Penny that he talked to first, I think it's a big deal and as much as Penny loves to gossip you would think she mention how Raj is dating like crazy and talking her and the girls head off without drinking.

[Tensor]

Tensor I agree this could be the reason for having him off canvas of a while  --- but why four months the whole summer.  I will wait to see if anything really becomes of said data (i.e. helping with his career) or if it was a throw away line.

Even if it's not a throwaway line, if nothing ever did come of the data, we wouldn't hear about it either. All we know for sure was the data was successfully gathered, in part because of Leonard's efforts. So, even if the data doesn't show anything, he would still get credit for gathering the data.

[phantagrae]

I think that Leonard's trip will have ongoing repurcussions the same way that Howard's trip did for him, for better and for worse.  While Howard made something of an ass of himself when he first got back and wouldn't stop talking about it, now it's a career feather in his cap--enough to have the university recognize him as a notable asset.

Well, imagine what Leonard's successful trip could do for him.  Whether or not it affects the tenure position remains to be seen, but at the very least it should put him in a favorable position at the university as the data from the experiments is developed, etc.

 

There are, after all, 22 episodes left in the season in which to deal with the results of his trip.  And the point of having him gone over the summer is that that way Leonard doesn't take a minor trip to do a minor experiment and be gone during the actual season.

 

Since everyone was gone for the summer (on hiatus, obviously) then Leonard can be absent, but still be present and be separated from the cast really for only one episode.  I don't think they'd do that just to create a moment for Sheldon and Penny to be together, especially since Molaro is such a big Lenny fan.  By showing how Leonard's absence affected his two closets relationships, it realy is about Leonard as the nucleus.  I don't think that all of a sudden we're going to have Sheldon and Penny still hanging now that Leonard's back.  It was a way to explore some other dynamics, maybe show how each of them has grown, but in the end, there aren't going to be any drastic changes in that sort of thing.

[Chiara]

I'm beginning to believe you are right, the whole purpose of Leonard going away was to show how Sheldon would act and to give us some Shenny without Leonard. The got rid of Leonard so Penny could seek comfort in Sheldon. Plus Penny could confide her secrets to Sheldon.

I think you are both correct in the short term but it might change in the longer run. 

 

The writers obviously like to give the audience Penny/Sheldon moments. Not because they want them together as a couple (if they did, they could have made it happen a long time ago) but because these two are very funny together. They have a lot in common (same social background -"respectable white trash" as Roseanne Conner would have put it-, same callousness, same confrontational personality, same deep attachment to Leonard) yet are as different as could be. Scenes between these two always pay off because the writers can up the ante in terms of cruelty or affection without any negative side effect. Penny and Sheldon can fight and insult each other without either of them, or anybody else, getting hurt emotionally. And they can get close without it being any danger to the established pairings in which they are otherwise engaged. 

 

However, I doubt playing around with Penny and Sheldon was the writers' sole motivation for sending Leonard away for four months. There are other storylines on the backburner and Leonard's little trip may come back to revive them. 

As an example, the tenure business is still unfinished and Leonard's contribution to a potentially major study, validated and sponsored by the single most iconic scientist of the past couple of decades, might play a role in that. Speaking of Hawking himself, considering he introduced TBBT panel at Comic Con this year, he might very well come back on the show to talk to Leonard about the results of the study. Which would not only be awesome in and by itself but could also cause more friction between Leonard and Sheldon, given the latter's adoration of the great man. 

 

Ultimately, Leonard and Sheldon will have to "separate". Not completely, of course, but they cannot live together forever. The current situation maintains the characters in a form of status quo and I believe the writers are aware of that. While they are probably not in a rush to change things for the moment, they might be in the process of setting up the right elements that will lead, eventually, to a different living arrangement. And, in this context, any source of tension between Leonard and Sheldon could help. Hawking is one and so is tenure. 

 

The writers will tell you what happened, but they will resist specifying why. Let the audience figure it out for themselves. It allows for varying interpretations, glorious 1500 word essays on motivation, and most importantly, widest possible viewership.

You are right about the writers' "less is more" approach when it comes to the characters' emotions.

Nevertheless, this need for vagueness does not exclude the possibility of more introspective moments. After all, The Recombination Hypothesis was nothing but a tour of Leonard's mind yet was still very entertaining and left enough to the imagination not to be overly explanatory. 

Leonard is the hero. As such, his motivations are particularly important to the plot. While I most certainly do not advocate for the show to turn into an Oprah lifeclass in which everybody opens up about every single emotion/thought/idea/vague feeling that goes through their head at any given time, it would be nice to know what is going on under Leonard's (heavily moussed, according to Sheldon) curly tresses.

 

Only the king of idiots would mention showing the shower scent to a bunch of guys. He'd probably say something like 'I showed them a few minutes of it, just enough to prove you were in it.' If he was stupid enough to admit he'd shown them the shower scene I imagine his next sentence would go like this 'OW! OW! OW! Stop hitting Me!'

You definitely have a point. However, Leonard is the guy who, after he found out Penny would not date him because of her lack of academic credentials, gave her a brochure from the Pasadena City College and thought she would be happy... He can be very, very, very oblivious.

Edited August 29, 2013 by Chiara

[ArmyGirl]

Even if it's not a throwaway line, if nothing ever did come of the data, we wouldn't hear about it either. All we know for sure was the data was successfully gathered, in part because of Leonard's efforts. So, even if the data doesn't show anything, he would still get credit for gathering the data.

 

Thanks for reminding me that at least Leonard will get credit for gathering the data.

[Occam's Chainsaw]

Since it was Penny that he talked to first, I think it's a big deal and as much as Penny loves to gossip you would think she mention how Raj is dating like crazy and talking her and the girls head off without drinking.

Yeah, but at the time Penny was probably really tired of Raj, after all he had been talking her ear off for who knows how long. The first time she can call Leonard the last thing she would want to do is think about Raj so he probably didn't even come up in the conversation. That pattern probably repeated itself for a couple of weeks at least and by then it probably slipped her mind that she had never mentioned it to Leonard.

[phantagrae]

Since it was Penny that he talked to first, I think it's a big deal and as much as Penny loves to gossip you would think she mention how Raj is dating like crazy and talking her and the girls head off without drinking.

 

Why would Penny waste her exclusive alone-time with Leonard talking about Raj?  Why would she even be thinking about Raj when her boyfriend, who has been gone for 4 months, has now done something romantic like sneaking back early so that he could be alone with her.

"Oh, honey, I love you so much, I've missed you so much.  By the way, Raj can now talk to women.  Oh, let's go have sex!"

 

After 4 months, the novelty of Raj's talking to women without alcohol may have simply worn off.  No one in the gang thinks anything of it when they're all together since it's apparently become the new normal.

 

Why should Penny waste her time talking about everyone else when she has Leonard to herself?

[Carlos]

Season 6 released in  12 days.

 

New episodes in 28 days.

 

I can hardly wait to get Season 6 on blu-ray and be able to watch it back to back to back to.... I'm saying this because I get a completely different feel for a season when i can watch it in a few days as opposed to when it's broadcast. Also, in the case of TBBT I enjoy the episodes more when I'm watching them  for second third or fourth time.

I also believe that the expedition to the North Sea will have some repercusions as far as tenure is concerned.

[ArmyGirl]

Why would Penny waste her exclusive alone-time with Leonard talking about Raj?  Why would she even be thinking about Raj when her boyfriend, who has been gone for 4 months, has now done something romantic like sneaking back early so that he could be alone with her.

"Oh, honey, I love you so much, I've missed you so much.  By the way, Raj can now talk to women.  Oh, let's go have sex!"

 

After 4 months, the novelty of Raj's talking to women without alcohol may have simply worn off.  No one in the gang thinks anything of it when they're all together since it's apparently become the new normal.

 

Why should Penny waste her time talking about everyone else when she has Leonard to herself?

 

Leonard's been gone for 4 months and we are suppose to believe that at no time did Penny talk about what the guys were doing?  It's not about the novelty -- it's about Penny bringing Leonard up to speed on what is happening on the home front.

[I.Am.Molly]

Yeah, but at the time Penny was probably really tired of Raj, after all he had been talking her ear off for who knows how long. The first time she can call Leonard the last thing she would want to do is think about Raj so he probably didn't even come up in the conversation. That pattern probably repeated itself for a couple of weeks at least and by then it probably slipped her mind that she had never mentioned it to Leonard.

 

I completely agree with this. There would have been so much more for the two of them to talk about, especially on their first few conversations, other than Raj. He was more than likely the last person either of them were thinking of. And to be honest i kind of get the feeling that Penny wouldn't have seen much of Raj anyway after that girls night. The first episode has the group very much separated and i think that is how they were saying it was as Leonard was gone. Then they finally all came together again in the end, showing off just how much Leonard is the 'glue' of the group. They only all hang out together when he is there. I doubt it was an intentional thing on her part not to tell him, she probably simply forgot, escpecially with having Sheldon to deal with as well. Im sure he would have come up in conversation a lot! haha

Edited August 29, 2013 by I.Am.Molly

[SRAM]

I think that Leonard's trip will have ongoing repurcussions the same way that Howard's trip did for him, for better and for worse.  While Howard made something of an ass of himself when he first got back and wouldn't stop talking about it, now it's a career feather in his cap--enough to have the university recognize him as a notable asset.

Well, imagine what Leonard's successful trip could do for him.  Whether or not it affects the tenure position remains to be seen, but at the very least it should put him in a favorable position at the university as the data from the experiments is developed, etc.

 

There are, after all, 22 episodes left in the season in which to deal with the results of his trip.  And the point of having him gone over the summer is that that way Leonard doesn't take a minor trip to do a minor experiment and be gone during the actual season.

 

Since everyone was gone for the summer (on hiatus, obviously) then Leonard can be absent, but still be present and be separated from the cast really for only one episode.  I don't think they'd do that just to create a moment for Sheldon and Penny to be together, especially since Molaro is such a big Lenny fan.  By showing how Leonard's absence affected his two closets relationships, it realy is about Leonard as the nucleus.  I don't think that all of a sudden we're going to have Sheldon and Penny still hanging now that Leonard's back.  It was a way to explore some other dynamics, maybe show how each of them has grown, but in the end, there aren't going to be any drastic changes in that sort of thing.

 

 

I believe that is the big thing with Leonard's trip, it is going to be used in future episodes.  The trip itself doesn't add anything to Lenny except the sweet moments of the last season 6 episode.  The first episode of season 7 is all about friendship Shenny and their bond without Leonard there.  I don't find the coming home episode that exciting and I am hoping the actors make it better than it sounds, they have done it before.  The trip gives the writers a way to move Leonard up in his career, but also gives them a way to cause more Lenny conflict and they have always used Lenny conflict to slow down the Lenny relationship in the past.  We will have to watch the next 22 episodes to find out what the writers want to do with the trip plot.

[Tensor]

The trip gives the writers a way to move Leonard up in his career, but also gives them a way to cause more Lenny conflict and they have always used Lenny conflict to slow down the Lenny relationship in the past.  We will have to watch the next 22 episodes to find out what the writers want to do with the trip plot.

I disagree. Season six was a multitude of Leonard and Penny conflict, even if only one was aware of it at the time, and the writers used it to advanced the relationship all year, rather rapidly.

[ArmyGirl]

Yeah, but at the time Penny was probably really tired of Raj, after all he had been talking her ear off for who knows how long. The first time she can call Leonard the last thing she would want to do is think about Raj so he probably didn't even come up in the conversation. That pattern probably repeated itself for a couple of weeks at least and by then it probably slipped her mind that she had never mentioned it to Leonard.

 

Then I have to wonder if it will be okay if Leonard don't mention showing the movie on the boat.  I mean Sheldon is already being a PITA and making Leonard life he!!!, and maybe he will be doing things with data.  So he will get back into his old routine and not give the movie  second thought --- so all will be good if and when it comes to light, right? 

Edited August 29, 2013 by ArmyGirl

[I.Am.Molly]

Then I have to wonder if it will be okay if Leonard don't mention showing the movie on the boat. I mean Sheldon is already being a PITA and making Leonard he!!!, and maybe he will be doing things with data. So he will get back into his old routine and not give the movie second thought --- so all will be good if and when it comes to light, right?

Well actually I kind of agree. I don't think Leonard will mention the movie. I really do think it will just become another one of those things that is never mentioned again. I can't think of a situation where it would be brought up, unless Leonard says it sort of by accident in casual conversation and even then I don't think Penny can get mad at him. She done the movie, and depending on just how 'topless' she is in it, she shouldn't get too pissed about him showing her off. She's probably used to it. Haha! But anyway, I may have to eat my words but i bet we never hear about that movie again after the premiere.

[SRAM]

I disagree. Season six was a multitude of Leonard and Penny conflict, even if only one was aware of it at the time, and the writers used it to advanced the relationship all year, rather rapidly.

 

 

Normally you and I agree, but to me, all the season 6 conflict was not all positive as I see it.  The valentine conflict and the resultant 'Penny must propose', seems to me to be a deliberate ploy to delay the relationship by the writers,  Penny is in no hurry, as we see when Bernadette mentions marriage to her, that it made her feel better to be married to Howard before he went on his trip.  I also thing the school report conflict did nothing for the relationship, because Penny should have used Leonard to help her, instead she completly pushed him out of that part of her life.  You are right not all the conflict was bad, the Cole incident made her confess her love for him, but I am saying not  all of it was good either.

Well actually I kind of agree. I don't think Leonard will mention the movie. I really do think it will just become another one of those things that is never mentioned again. I can't think of a situation where it would be brought up, unless Leonard says it sort of by accident in casual conversation and even then I don't think Penny can get mad at him. She done the movie, and depending on just how 'topless' she is in it, she shouldn't get too pissed about him showing her off. She's probably used to it. Haha! But anyway, I may have to eat my words but i bet we never hear about that movie again after the premiere.

 

 

It is not necessaryily Leonard that could do it, it is Sheldon and his big mouth, that could mention it.

[Nogravitasatall]

Why would Penny waste her exclusive alone-time with Leonard talking about Raj?  Why would she even be thinking about Raj when her boyfriend,

 

Why should Penny waste her time talking about everyone else when she has Leonard to herself?

Still waiting for the cranberry juice. Heheheheheheheheheheh. There is time. (Oh I make myself laugh. They broke a bed you know)

[Occam's Chainsaw]

I doubt they really need to add more Lenny conflict to slow things down with that relationship. They have plenty of milestones left before things would get boring:

1. Moving in Together

2. The Proposal

3. The Wedding

4. Kids? (Please )

 

The first could happen at any time so if things become stale they can always throw that in, the earliest they could have the proposal without it feeling rushed would be maybe the last episode before they take the winter off and it seems much more likely to happen in May or June if it happens at all this season. If it does happen in S7 then the wedding probably wouldn't happen until the end of S8 (I really can't see them having a shorter engagement than Bernie and Howard). That gives them all of S9 to have them adjusting to being married, then for S10 they find out Penny is pregnant and you have plenty of material for that season as well and end S10 with the birth of the first of their 'Smart and Beautiful' babies. Personally I think that would be a great way to tie off the entire series with a call back to the very first episode, but even if they want to go to 11 or more seasons you have a whole new aspect of the show to add with Leonard and Penny being parents.