Big Bang Theory Lost Episode
I’m a writer and in my field I make a few contacts, some of them being fellow writers, directors etc. I’d been friends with this guy called Chad awhile. He was a film maker and writer that made a few award winning shorts and documentaries. We chatted a fair bit and I remember him being so excited when he told me that he had applied to interview Chuck Lorre as part of the 100th episode of “The Big Bang Theory”. I was excited to as I was fan of the show. I couldn’t wait to hear what it was like being on the set and meeting a writing legend. He said he only got to have an interview with Chuck and not the cast but it’s still pretty cool. He said he’d let me know how it went.
I knew roughly when he was supposed to have the interview so sent an email just saying to le me know when he had time to catch up. I got an email back pretty quickly saying “get on IM now! Something to tell you”. I figured maybe he got to meet the cast after all or even got some work from someone at the network so I logged on and he was online. I barely had chance to open the box before an IM message appeared “Chuck Lorre is seriously fucked up!” Well I figured someone that big might have been a dick or something but I wasn’t prepared for what he told me.
Chad said how he interviewed Chuck and it was a normal standard thing – ‘what are your influences?’, ‘did you know the big bang theory would be so big?’ etc and Chuck answered all the questions fine. Then they got to the end of the interview and Chad was just finishing up and apparently Chuck said “Hey you wanna see an unreleased episode?” Chad immediately said yes, thinking it was just a new episode not going to be shown for awhile. Chuck had a TV and system already set up in his office and popped a DVD in. “I wanted to do something a bit out there, go to the darker place rather then some of the goofball stuff we’ve done”. The episode opened with the cast in Sheldon & Leonards flat with Raj and Howard bickering about something – seemed fine until Raj said “If you don’t shut your mouth I’m going to put you in the oven!” Chad picked up on the reference immediately – “was that a holocaust joke?” “Yeah why not?” was all Chuck replied. Howard retorted by stating he’d make a wave machine to “finish off all you stinking brown skins once and for all”. Chad asked why they would make those jokes “the actors just went with it” was all Chuck said. Sheldon then interjected making comments of his superiority not only of his intelligence but being a “white, Texan in a nation of gun toting yeehaws that massacre the brown skins and kike’s alike” I asked what the reaction from the audience was and Chad said he didn’t hear any laughs, gasp or anything so figured there wasn’t the usual studio audience there.
It then went to the normal credits although the images were darker – war, explosions, death, dead animals and ended with the “Bang!” being louder, more booming and sinister. Chad watched the episode through growing more and more uncomfortable. The plot revolved around Penny’s brother coming to stay; apparently they made jokes about the two sleeping together with Leonard growing more and more annoyed of his inability to be with Penny. He attempts to bond with her brother who actually makes crystal meth and tells Leonard “On this shit (yes they swore in it) you can do ANYTHING”. Leonard ends up making his own crystal meth and grows increasingly erratic and dishevelled. He gets Howard and Raj to try it while Sheldon grows more and more withdrawn – not making the cracks or criticisms as he usually does.
The climax came when Penny confronts Leonard about his meth usage and is extremely distressed. Leonard seems to have visible marks on his arms and face and the hand holding thing he does became more prominent – twisting and turning over and over again. Leonard goes really quiet before he snaps and calls Penny a “whore who opens it up to everyone but me!” Howard and Raj aren’t saying anything but making noises with the odd giggle and stare at Penny constantly. Leonard rants at Penny before he suddenly grabs her and says he’s “gonna take what I want just like all the other men in your life” and drags her towards the bedrooms. He calls for Raj and Howard to “get in on this” and they followed like dogs. You didn’t get to see the bedroom but hear loud bags and screams from Penny saying “No!” “Stop” “Please!” while Raj and Howard laugh. The camera just focuses on the corridor and goes silent before a heart wrenching scream is heard as it is clear Leonard, Howard and Raj rape Penny. Chad apparently kept changing his gaze from the screen to Chuck to see any reaction but Chuck remained fixed to the screen. The shot pans to Sheldon on the couch crying and curling up in a foetal position. He wails and jumps at every scream and crash – reverting to how he was when Penny and Leonard was fighting or when he was acting his childhood dream of being taken to the future by Spock.
