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Warning: There are spoilers ahead for the 11th season premiere of “The Big Bang Theory.”
After months of waiting, “The Big Bang Theory” premiered on a new night with the answer to the question that’s been on every fan’s mind since the season 10 finale: Does Amy Farrah Fowler accept Sheldon’s wedding proposal?
Viewers didn’t have to wait long to find out if Shamy would take their relationship to the next level. Instead of stretching the answer over the course of an episode, Amy quickly responded yes off screen after Sheldon received an ill-timed phone call from Leonard and Penny which was shown in teasers for the new season.
Despite the somewhat clunky manner in which Amy said yes, fans were thrilled.
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Sheldon was inspired to propose to Amy after another woman, Dr. Ramona Nowitzki, resurfaced from years earlier and kissed Sheldon.
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If fans were wondering whether or not Amy would learn about Nowitzki’s attempt to sabotage Shamy’s relationship, Sheldon broke the news in the midst of his proposal in the most oblivious Sheldon Cooper way possible.
After popping the question, Cooper received a call from Leonard and Penny asking where he wandered off to in a hurry. As Cooper explained his emergency trip to Princeton University to visit his girlfriend, he nonchalantly mentions that Dr. Nowitzki laid one on him.
“I came to Princeton to see Amy,” Cooper tells Leonard and Penny over the phone as Amy looks on in the season premiere. “It’s a funny story, actually. I was having lunch with Dr. Nowitzki and she kissed me.”
While everyone’s jaw drops, Cooper continues his story.
“In that moment, I realized that Amy was the only woman I ever wanted to kiss for the rest of my life so I came to New Jersey to ask her to marry me,” says Cooper.
Instead of having a giant discussion about the real motive behind his proposal, everyone brushes it off, including Fowler, who’s too swept up in the moment and ecstatic at the thought of becoming Mrs. Cooper.
But instead of celebrating an engagement that’s been in the works for several seasons, the episode quickly pivoted to an even bigger surprise about Bernadette and Howard expecting a second child. The surprise announcement pretty much overshadowed what could have been an episode centered around the newly engaged couple.
Even more shocking was that Fowler was okay with Nowitzki kissing her boyfriend. When Fowler has the opportunity to confront Nowitzki at the end of the season premiere she simply hugs and thanks the shocked doctor instead of giving her a stern talking to for making moves on her boyfriend. Even Nowitzki appeared shocked.
While we’re happy that Shamy is heading for the aisle, the premiere could have spent a bit more time exploring the couple’s engagement, which has been a long time coming, and the events which led up to it.
