Agreed. I think these people have only seen TSCC (if even that) and are jumping to conclusions. River Tam from Firefly – a truly wonderful series – showed equal measures of fear, happiness, love, hate, affection, humour: in short, they showed off the range and ability of Glau as an actress. She has a beautiful laugh, by the way.

I was, however, quite disappointed by this episode and by how small and pointless Glau’s part in it was. I have to say that I continue to watch TBBT for the lame jokes, but it’s certainly not the best series in the world, and its horrible geek stereotypes are definitely about as far from reality as possible. Pretty much the only thing that’s missing from the four is buck teeth, acne, and thicker glasses for Leonard.