The humour of Georgie is this episode is so good it could not be left without a positive review.
Young Sheldon (TV Series)
A Computer, a Plastic Pony, and a Case of Beer (2018)
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Horrible parenting
deeeeekun26 March 2022
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I know they're probably trying their best to raise their kids with what they have but they were both just petty and uncompromising. This blows over and they're putting their petty fight over the welfare of their children. In this episode, the kids were the most insightful.
The Computer and the Divorce
claudio_carvalho5 July 2023
Sheldon sees a computer in Radio Shack and asks Mary to buy it for him. However, his mother tells him that she cannot afford to buy it. Later, Meemaw offers to lend the money to the family to buy the computer and George says no. But Mary decides to use her savings to buy the computer and George questions her, starting a serious argument in the family.
"A Computer, a Plastic Pony, and a Case of Beer" is not an episode of "Young Sheldon" to laugh all the time, since involves an argument between parents that is not good for the children. Their perception is that the parents are going to divorce and they blame Sheldon that involuntarily caused the situation. Mary is a limited woman that does not work and lives in the fictional suburb of Medford, Texas. Therefore, she has the problem of women that do not work and need to save money from the shopping to have some of her own. Sad but reality in many families. My vote is eight.
Title (Brazil): "A Computer, a Plastic Pony, and a Case of Beer"
"A Computer, a Plastic Pony, and a Case of Beer" is not an episode of "Young Sheldon" to laugh all the time, since involves an argument between parents that is not good for the children. Their perception is that the parents are going to divorce and they blame Sheldon that involuntarily caused the situation. Mary is a limited woman that does not work and lives in the fictional suburb of Medford, Texas. Therefore, she has the problem of women that do not work and need to save money from the shopping to have some of her own. Sad but reality in many families. My vote is eight.
Title (Brazil): "A Computer, a Plastic Pony, and a Case of Beer"
Are they trying to make the mum unlikable?
williamgriff28 November 2021
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This episode seems unnecessarily poor. Sheldon wants a computer and the dad says they can't afford it. It turns out the mother has been saving money from 'here and there' and might have enough to buy it. Dad asks how much, mum says it's not his business.
He reasonably responds with 'so my money is our money, but your money is your money', she says 'yes'.
Then the rest of the episode tries to convince you that she's 'right' and he should apologise, which in the end, he does. Ridiculous. All it does is make the mum and grandmother out to be extremely unlikable, unreasonable and petty.
He reasonably responds with 'so my money is our money, but your money is your money', she says 'yes'.
Then the rest of the episode tries to convince you that she's 'right' and he should apologise, which in the end, he does. Ridiculous. All it does is make the mum and grandmother out to be extremely unlikable, unreasonable and petty.
29 years before GPT
GeraltTargaryen14 March 2023
I wasn't born in 1989 yet, but I do know ELIZA. It's a textbook artificial intelligence dialogue system that's built on RULES, which means it matches specific patterns in your input, and returns rigid, pre-defined answers with segments of your inputs in them so that it appears to be intelligent and interactive. Back propagation was just discovered. Deep learning was non-existent. LSTM would be born eight years later. Transformer and GPT were thirty years away.
And as a genius, it seems unlikely that Sheldon didn't know that. I don't really expect him to predict the future, but I do expect him to know how ELIZA works. I guess the writers just don't feel like bothering themselves.
And as a genius, it seems unlikely that Sheldon didn't know that. I don't really expect him to predict the future, but I do expect him to know how ELIZA works. I guess the writers just don't feel like bothering themselves.
Divorce Worthy
scottwilliam-1110711 January 2022
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The husband did ABSOLUTELY nothing wrong here and has every right to be upset that his wife has been secretly hiding money for years. She's the one who should be apologizing! Marriage is a partnership. You share everything. You don't hide things and keep secrets! Marriages have fallen apart on much less than this.
A Computer, a Plastic Pony, and a Case of Beer
studioAT23 March 2023
I disagree with a previous reviewer - I don't think they are making the mother character of Mary Cooper unlikable at all. She's just like many mothers across the world who think the sun shines out of the backside of their son and will do anything to give them what they want.
I thought this was another very good episode of the show, and it's a credit to all involved that even at this early stage it seems to be taking on a life of its own and not needing a reference to the show that spawned it every two minutes.
It's not overly laugh out loud funny, but each episode provides some nice gentle laughs and a sense of genuine heart.
I thought this was another very good episode of the show, and it's a credit to all involved that even at this early stage it seems to be taking on a life of its own and not needing a reference to the show that spawned it every two minutes.
It's not overly laugh out loud funny, but each episode provides some nice gentle laughs and a sense of genuine heart.
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