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@gallaxian
04.12.2023I liked Raj’s season 9 situationship, Claire.
aldo rdz
15.11.2023I really wish Raj had found the woman he always dreamed of. I understand fans having their own favorite Raj girlfriend they wish he ended up with at the finale. I personal favorite was the second Emily, but after so long since I finish the show and now and then watching content of it of it, I think by the time of the last episode, Raj needed a new love interest. If I remember correctly, from the episode he calls all his ex-girlfriends over to found out how to improve himself, each of them found someone they felt strongly about and said that their time with Raj in a way help with that. I believe that after all the character development he experience after that including his breakup with Anu would luckily send him off as better boyfriend material. The first Emily introduce the problem Raj had with his parent's money that was dealt with after the reunion, Lucy might have break Raj's heart but also gave him that final push he needed to talk to women while sober, the second Emily tough Raj what having a stable relationship for more time that he could imagine was and what happened with Claire luckily will teach him not mess things up when things are going good in a relationship, and Anu was as Raj put it his last chance for true love but although they like each other, there was compromise and even if they didn't mind, they probably wouldn't had the best type of relationship each of them wanted for themselves. I hope young Sheldon, or something gives us a clue that at the end he found someone. And on an unrelated note, Zach had a good ending. He's rich, married to a woman who loves him, is always to have Leonard, Penny and the rest of the gang as friends. I hope he and his wife found a sperm donor or decide to adopt.
112313
07.11.2023Leonard is a hornfog… And didn't deserve penny.
Krista Shafer
05.11.2023Thanks for putting Zach in the top spot! He might have been dumb as a post, but you can’t deny he was sweet and had a good heart.
Khalid Henry
04.11.2023Only one person deserved a better ending in the finale: Raj
DJ Lucas
04.11.2023Hey watchmojo crew
FitnessWolf
04.11.2023Personally Amy was always my favorite I didn’t really care for Bernadette and penny because the love wasn’t there
Disneyfan1104
04.11.2023I wish we learned what happened between Leonard and Stephanie. I also really liked Leslie Winkle, Lucy and Penny's ex, Zack.
I wish they got more episodes.
If only Lucy and Raj stayed together..
Anna Fowdy
04.11.2023I'm glad Stuart found a girl who loves comic books and not just the movies with attractive actors.
Esau Villegas
04.11.2023Zack was the worst one; couldn’t stand him.
Jamal Vargas
04.11.2023I Liked The Redheaded Woman Raj Dated I have a weakness for Redheads like Charlie Brown or Fred Flintstone.
Tanaka Sigauke
04.11.2023Bruh I don't get why Stuart got a girl right at the end of the show like cmon bruh
Samuel Collantes
02.11.2023Even though i don't watch The Big Bang Theory, this was a nice top nonetheless. Happy friday morning, Samantha. Take care and God bless you, greetings from Colombia to you as well.
Alexius Nemo
02.11.2023📺🎶🎞🧙🏻♂
Jonso Tbh
02.11.2023the girl that they found after the sciency treasure hunt riddles whatever episode to find sheldon a girlfriend, she had so much potential for less than a minute of screentime
Chelsea Canales
02.11.2023This is me, but when Priya and Leonard were together I like how it bothered Penny a lot
Karen Littlefield
02.11.2023Denise & Zack are my favs.
Filthy Animal
02.11.2023How is it possible that Alex didn't make this list? She was clearly the best fit for Leonard. I think that's why they wrote her off how they did with no story. Because it became obvious that people would have wanted that.
Solar System
02.11.2023They should have had a spin off of raj, that tall guy and zack. Unlikely guys as friends looking for a love interest.
buciallstar
02.11.2023I wish they knew what to do with Leslie Winkle. She could have stuck around as a side character in the institute, just like kripke
Paul Cucchi
02.11.2023Penny & leonard ❤
NotrustHydro
02.11.2023I love that most of this list is just Raj and his failed dating life
Jean Bacar
27.10.2023"Zack doesn't know how to steal bitcoin. He waves at trucks".
Zack is such a manchild 😊
Jason Bean
27.10.2023I was born either too soon or too late. In the '70's, my obsession with comics alienated me.
Today, I wish I had been born in time for Woodstock.
Lue Danger
27.10.2023Lucy was my favorite! Herself and Romona actually have a successful music career
Solar System
27.10.2023Zack should have had more screen time. Raji and zack would have been a great team then being back the guy who played Sheldon’s strung out cousin wannabe actor. Big bang theory 2. It would have been great
Erick Mazur
27.10.2023I find Lauren Lapkus really pretty
EmBee
27.10.2023Sheldon should have forced Zach to gain weight
Socky Galdamez
27.10.2023I really liked Emily and Raj together I thought even though they have different personalities they connected really well and honestly he should of ended with her 😔 to bad that didn’t happen. Also I loved Denise and Stuart relationship and also loved that Zac was frequent returning character I loved every single episode he was in 😁😊❤️❤️
Abi Starr
27.10.2023Emily, Zack and Dave were my faves.
RodCleaves
27.10.2023Yes, I loved Zack. Perfect #1
Vanessa Samuels
27.10.2023Which of rajs girls was the best according to the fan base
Dimidrugg
26.10.2023Raj ending things with Emily for Claire who wasn't into him at the time is one of the most unforgivable things about this show. They had so much potential as a couple, I could easily imagine Emily becoming a permanent character (since she was very likeable). One of the biggest "what could have been"s of the show.
By the way, my least favourites out of these were Leonard's girlfriends since all of them (including Penny) mistreated Sheldon at some point (especially Leslie Winkle who had a continuous feud with him). Even if they were being reasonable, I couldn't help but side with Sheldon. Priya in specific was a toxic partner to Leonard (she forced him to wear contact lenses and stop hanging out with Penny only to eventually cheat on him with her ex).
Also they sure had a lot of girlfriends considering they are a group of nerds. The only one of them which counts as a female nerd is in fact Denise.
To close, I wouldn't rank Zack 1st because he was a poorly-written and stereotypical character. I never enjoyed him personally. I would like to have seen more male love interests throughout the show.
CRAZYCHRIS291
26.10.2023I would totally date Zack he was a sweetheart and I think he was smarter than any of them actually thought
Andrew Mwilwa
26.10.2023Top 10 two and a half men love interests
worldsboss
26.10.2023It’s such a shame that Zack wasn’t a part of the main cast. He was brilliant
millerhxc
26.10.2023They did Stephanie so bad in just writing her out like that. Granted, she was getting clingy but an extra episode or 2 seeing how it ends or even if they came to a compromise would have been good. Even just having her pop again later would have been nice.
I also think she should have been higher up the list – Sara Rue played her perfectly and she was generally a nice character.
Andre Pringle
26.10.2023I was pretty much rooting for Leonard and Leslie aka David and Darlene.
Corey L. Jackson
26.10.2023Emily should have been number one on this list and she should have been brought back in the last season.
Davide Manzoni
26.10.2023Un consiglio basta Chuck bass per favore
Frank Brodie
26.10.2023Am I the only one who disliked Priya with a passion? She's a horrible horrible person. (the character of Priya. I'm sure the actress is a delight.)
Frank Brodie
26.10.2023Watching this and thinking about the romances and bromances even on TBBT, it did occur to me that Penny pretty much went through half the cast. At least in the dating sense.
Leonard, Raj, Stewart, Sheldon in a sisterly sense. Amy in an unrequited lesbian curious sense from Amy's perspective.
Christopher Bingham
25.10.2023I don't think there were 10 love interests that I liked. I did not like the deaf gold digger, Leslie Winkle, or Priya. I also grew to dislike Stephanie, who, similarly to Priya, became too controlling by the end. Lucy was okay but it'd be difficult to be in a relationship with someone like that.
Christopher Bingham
25.10.2023My ranking:
10. Isabella. She's the cleaning lady who Raj briefly dated. The age difference made them incompatible, but I really liked her. Too bad Raj was kind of a jerk to her.
9. Claire. Why Raj dumped Emily for her is beyond me, but that's mostly a comment on how great Emily was and not a jab at Claire. We didn't get to know Claire very well but she seemed to be pretty smart and likable
8. Stuart. He was briefly a love interest of Penny and later one of Amy. Those relationships didn't go far but he's still WAY better than 99% of Penny's boyfriends.
7. Dave Gibbs. He talked about Amy's ex too much during his date with her, but you can't blame him for being a huge fan of Sheldon Cooper. And even though it was hard for him, he convinced Sheldon to kiss Amy and helped them reconcile. He was really a great guy.
6. Zack. His lack of intelligence made him too frustrating even for Penny to deal with. But he is a very kind man.
5. Alice. It's unfortunate that Leonard only found her while he was dating Priya, but that's not her fault. She was one of 2 female comic book nerds on the show
4. Yvette the vet. Any woman that loves animals is a winner in my book. Any woman that's certified to take care of sick animals is REALLY a winner in my book
3. Anu. She didn't have a lot of the same interests as Raj, but she was smart, kind, and beautiful
2. Denise. She was beautiful and she was the only woman on the show besides Alice who was a comic book nerd. She was great.
1. Emily Sweeney. She was smart, kind, and beautiful. There weren't many flaws with her that would have bothered me.
Wow, I was wrong. There were 10 love interests that I liked
Simran Nandu
25.10.2023I wish we could have seen more about Stephanie and leaonard and Stuart with Denise ❤❤🤞🤞
Kathryn Molesa
25.10.2023Lucy was too weird.
Zack was delightfully dumb.
Denise and Stuart: nerds in love.
Stephanie was unlovable
SOMBRERO SUE
25.10.2023I disliked Priya, and Lucy, Deaf Emily and hated that Sheldon and Amy got married.
JD's House of Hobbies
25.10.2023Every time one of these BBT list pops up, I really wanna go back and re watch it.
gfear24
25.10.2023I liked Denise. She was undeniably cute is a dorky way.
Getting off the Struggle Bus with Pain & Anxiety
25.10.2023I know she was cray-cray but I really enjoyed Ramona Nowitzski. She was just the right amount of obsessive and needy to match Sheldon. It was, “Wholly crap on a crack” as Penny would say