Big Bang Theory Betnadette Oregnant Again

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[Warning: This story contains spoilers from "The Valentino Submergence" episode of The Large Bang Theory.]

CBS' The Large Bang Theory had i epic special delivery for fans during Thursday'south Valentine's 24-hour interval-themed episode: Bernadette (Melissa Rauch) is pregnant.

The news, revealed in her final scene of the episode, comes as quite a bombshell to diehard viewers of the geek-tastic one-act series from Chuck Lorre, Bill Prady and Steve Molaro as Bernadette, initially, never wanted children.

During the episode, Howard and Bernadette opt to spend Valentine's 24-hour interval together at dwelling in their new hot tub — only find a rabbit fighting for its life in the h2o. The couple works together to revive the bunny — which they fittingly proper name Valentino. For now, Bernadette has yet to tell Howard as only Valentino is enlightened of her big baby news.

Elsewhere, Raj breaks upwardly with Emily and shifts his affection to Claire — who, as luck would take it, recently got back together with her boyfriend. Information technology sends Raj into a spiral and prompts a live online discussion well-nigh his (and Barry'southward) love life during Sheldon and Amy's broadcast of Fun With Flags.

As for Penny and Leonard, they realize they're getting older and try to bring some spontaneity dorsum to their marriage by surprising Sheldon and Amy with a costumed confetti parade.

To go the scoop on Bernadette's pregnancy and what to expect from the remainder of flavour nine, The Hollywood Reporter turned to showrunner Molaro.

When did you come up with Bernadette's pregnancy?

We've touched on the thought of Bernadette and Howard and children hither and there just we didn't really have plans to pull the trigger at whatsoever indicate. Information technology wasn't even part of the outline for the episode. We were writing it and getting toward the end of the story and I guess maternity was in the air because Bernadette was holding this wrapped-up bunny and they named it, and we were writing the final page of that storyline. Half-kidding, I said, "What if Bernadette tells the rabbit, 'We'll observe another time to tell him I'm meaning.' " The room had such a stiff, positive reaction to it. We idea it seemed like an organic moment and we decided to put it in. Because in that location was no programme for information technology, it felt very heady to us when we did it; like it was a affair that should happen and maybe this was the time to do it. I handed [co-creator] Chuck Lorre the draft of the script and didn't tell him it was in at that place. He got to the cease and thought, "Wow, OK sure, that totally makes sense. Permit'due south do it."

Why is now the right fourth dimension for information technology?

Function of what makes the time correct is that information technology maybe doesn't feel completely right — and that's what we 're attracted to. In that location were a lot of questions not that long agone when Sheldon and Amy were consummating their relationship and we'd get asked, "Why now?" Part of me feels that the fact that you lot're surprised plenty to ask me, "Why now," is a skilful reason that now is a good time. Having a baby in real life and on a show, information technology seems like there's never going to be a actually clear and advisable time. If it seemed like the obvious time, information technology wouldn't be heady for united states to practice information technology. Babies accept a long time to come up. This baby wouldn't be due until halfway through flavor 10 of the show. We're in the middle of our ninth year, why not at present?!

How did Melissa and Simon reply to the reveal?

Off-white levels of excitement and some business organization — like what does this mean, how does this affect the show — and understandably knowing it would lead to actually absurd storylines for them. Like Howard and Bernadette in the show, they felt a lot of emotions. But I know they're zip but excited about it.

Bernadette initially didn't want children and that was explored in previous seasons. What changed for her?

In the episode, they weren't really working difficult at having a baby. I don't think either Bernadette or Howard has wrapped their heads around the thought of it. They're nervous, they're excited and they're not 100 percent prepare to go with confidence. So it'southward fun to come across two people who just got on a rollercoaster that they weren't entirely certain they wanted to go on but they're ready to make the best of information technology.

Will Bernadette come up with a fun and creative way to tell Howard? How might he respond? (Check out an exclusive look at next week'due south episode, below.)

I hesitate to go into the details of that but in the following week's episode, you lot go to run into her tell him correct at the first of the episode and it turned out beautifully. He'll experience many emotions! Nosotros really dig into the unabridged group and everybody's reactions to it. They're more often than not positive but manifestly with some surprise and concern virtually what this ways for the future.

Whose reaction might surprise us the well-nigh?

It'due south safe to say Sheldon's response isn't typical.

How might the residue of the gang respond to Bernadette'southward news? How will the group dynamic change?

Other than her not being able to drink when she'south hanging with the girls, I don't recollect it will modify that much. The guys still work together; babies come up and don't move a whole lot that first year. I don't think it's going to be a huge upheaval.

Howard doesn't take much of a human relationship with his father. Will his own impending fatherhood propel him to explore that human relationship?

We oasis't been talking about it in the immediate future. Plainly it's been floating around for years. Howard and Bernadette beingness meaning is certainly a valid reason why his dad could float back in at any given point. It's not something we're talking about correct now. But you never know, given how even having her be pregnant was a surprise.

Allow united states to suggest Rick Moranis for the part of Howard'due south dad.

That name has come up up. Everybody loves him and thinks he's corking. We haven't talked most anything. When the time comes, it'll exist interesting to recollect about who could play him.

How volition Bernadette's pregnancy change Howard? Will it mature him a bit faster? One of his dandy attributes is that he'south eternally a kid at center.

I don't think he'south going to mature overnight simply he'll be feeling some extra pressure to pace up and exist the dad that his own begetter wasn't able to be. It's a nice conflict between someone with a strong inner child being faced with a situation that very soon is going to crave some extra maturity.

You've got four months of the flavor left, is this a pregnancy that will last the residuum of the season or could it dip into flavor 10?

I think it volition final well into season x.

Take the writers already started talking about names? If information technology's a girl, has to be named later on Carol Ann Susi or Howard'due south mom, right?

We've talked about information technology a little but it's so off in the altitude that we haven't dug in likewise deep.

Is it fair to expect a certain number of babe-themed stories: baby showers, godparents debate, etc.?

We haven't really figured out how much we want to let the pregnancy bubble into the ongoing stories. The evidence is still full of the current relationships, science and nerdery and at present there'due south this extra wrinkle going on. It will bubble upward hither and there but I don't see it taking over the bulk of the storylines as we keep moving forward.

Raj finally broke upward with Emily — though he regretted it immediately when Claire was unavailable. Take we seen the last of Claire? They had existent chemistry.

I don't call up we've seen the last of Claire or Emily. Raj has never broken up with anybody or been single before — or dealt with an ex-girlfriend that he's broken upward with before. It'south all new territory for him and he's got a grouping of savvy ladies and friends to try and help guide him through information technology.

Where does Raj go from here? He's seen that y'all tin can have chemistry with someone — will he have a newfound confidence or is it more instant regret?

It's going to exist a mix. When yous pause up with somebody, it's like shooting fish in a barrel to wonder very soon after, "What have I done?" But things settle downwardly and maybe he volition go a little confidence. I'd like to see him at some point … rather than be but a serial monogamist that he's been, it could be fun to see him try and appointment multiple women at the same time and play the field, which is something I think he'd exist interested in and also non well-equipped for.

Leonard and Penny are grappling with getting older. Where do they go after their reality check here? Could they move out on their own and maybe out of the apartment building at some point?

At that place are no plans for them to leave that apartment anytime before long. That would be the kind of modify where it could apace start to not feel like the show. But Leonard has some exciting things brewing professionally and now that they're married, they both have people who are at present their in-laws. We're going to observe plenty of new, fun stuff to dig into for the ii of them. We haven't gotten a take chances to let Penny and her new mother-in-law (played by Christine Baranski) spend a lot of time together yet and that'due south something we're interested in downwards the line.

You lot're checking off major milestones for anybody here. What else is on your Saucepan List for season nine?

I'm feeling pretty comfy with the amount of big swings we've taken this season. I'g ready to let things settle downwards now and tuck in to some very fun, very Big Bang-y episodes.

What tin can y'all say almost the 200th episode?

Nosotros've establish a really fun way — that'south very true to the evidence — to bring together a lot of sometime friends who take been on it in the past. It feels like a commemoration within the episode and of the prove itself. We weren't quite certain what we were going to do to brand it experience similar an event and celebration but we did practice a practiced task of that.

The Large Blindside Theory arrogance Thursdays at 8 p.m. on CBS.

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Source: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/big-bang-theory-bernadette-pregnant-863926/

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