🥰Leonard Confronts His Mother About His Childhood🥰 - The Big Bang Theory- Season 12
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- Experience an emotional and heartwarming moment from "The Big Bang Theory" as Leonard confronts his mother about his unconventional childhood in this touching scene. Fueled by his belief that his entire upbringing was merely an experiment, Leonard opens up to his mother, expressing his concerns and longing for validation. Watch as his mother's response surprises him and touches his heart deeply. With genuine warmth, she assures Leonard that he was not just an experiment but a fascinating individual, and those memories are among her fondest. Witness the powerful bond between mother and son as their connection transcends the scientific world and embraces the realm of love and acceptance. This heartwarming scene showcases the incredible depth of character development and explores the complexities of family dynamics. Join Leonard on his journey of self-discovery and emotional healing, reminding us all of the power of love and understanding.
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Imagine if he and Sheldon swapped families
They’d probably get along more than you think
Leonard wouldnt be able to handle Texas for more than two weeks. Hed die from sweet tea overdose
i dont think sheldon wouldn't be able to handle not being cuddled
2 serial killers exchange family's 😂 oh man there's a Netflix mini series.
You know people give Mary a lot of crap about being a bad mom for coddling Sheldon especially on Young Sheldon but I think Sheldon would have been much worse off if he had been raised by Beverly!
I loved this she said in the most clinical possible way "you'll always be my baby"
Thats what I heard to. That and " The experiment ends when I do "
Probably the nicest comment Leonard's Mother Saud to Leonard
The way she said "the experiment isn't over" probably wasn't meant to be as harsh as it sounded because of the laugh track. She already said she enjoyed watching him grow and tracking his progress. The fact that he's still around and the "experiment isn't over" meant she's still watching him grow and finds him fascinating. It was actually sweet but they ruined it with a laugh.
Beverly isn't sweet
She was here, for one moment.
But she willfully messed Leonard up and continues to do so.
What a bullshit
She was writing another book with Leonard as the test subject that is why she cared to ask about his work.
when you put it that way, it's kinda cute
still unfortunate that it messed him up
Or it shows that her being nice was also an experiment to see how leanord would react
That’s so sweet in a strange messed up way
No no its not
It really isn't. Also, her 'warm' could be fake and just part of another experiment. Or she wants to make sure that he doesn't cut her off, so she can continue experimenting on him.
The reality is every parent is doing this subconsciously. They are raising their children in a specific manner, judging how they react for their whole life. Atleast lenoards mum was aware of the cause and effect of all of her experiments
This.
Those are probably the kindest words Leonard’s mother has ever said to him🥲
*tick off* "Subject showed signs of appeasal, contentment and love, after a few words, despite having his world turned upside down. This shows..."
She doesn't love him. She loves what he can do for her. It's vile.
@@JuMiKu really that sucks, poor Leonard all the meaning of those words vanish as soon as she says this😿
@@gamingkat1419 You can headcanon that she loved him in her own way, but I don't think we have seen much to confirm this. To me, it sounds like a memorized script for when he inevitably realized the truth.
I figured she said that stuff because it was part of the experiment or to her back.
Probably the closest thing to "I love you" he's ever going to get.
I like the way beverly says “you were my baby and I found you fascinating”
Interesting he has his mom saved in contacts as “Beverly Hofstadter” instead of “Mom”
I've dug pretty deep into this show and that never dawned on me until I read your comment. Maybe because I'm one of those strange people with their mom in his phone with her name as well, but now that I think about it, her and I had a pretty similar relationship to Leonard and his mom. Thanks, I used to identify with Sheldon, and now I can identify with some of Leonard's struggles as well. Time to go watch the show for 1,493rd time, but this time with a different perspective. Have a beautiful day Matthew and thanks for the perspective.
Lol my parents are their full names in my phone but their pics are extremely zoomed in pics of their faces from a family photo of a graduation. Everyone is squinty.
Security professionals recommend that so if your phone is hacked or stolen they wont know the persons relation to you. That does sound like something practical Leonard would do.
I do that because I've been told that if a thief steals your phone, they can use your contacts to trick your parents into giving them money
They're still under my "favorites" tab, though
On the iPhone they have an area for Nickname. So I have my parents in with their names and then their nicknames are “Mom” and “Dad”
Christine Baranski never disappoints! She is just phenomenal in every role.
So underrated.
I'm surprised he never asked why she chose to experiment on him or if she does this with his other siblings, I could almost see her thinking that she already had a boy and a girl and then Lenard comes along as an extra kid she didn't really need so might as well put him to good use and experiment on him and see what happens.
Actually she did experiments with the others. She did different parenting techniques to track & watch how it affected their careers, intellect, etc. She probably became too detached from Leonard bc he was the “let’s see if he can float” experiment - at least that’s how it seems based on stories Leonard told in earlier episodes
He wets his bed until college so that's what happens
I'm assuming u didn't watch the show regularly
I always assumed it was cuz he was the oldest
Leonard's entire life is always crumbling apart, coming back together and then crumbling apart again
I know its a sitcom but I'm still shocked she made it to the end of the series alive.
🤣
Facts!
Me too
If I was her kid I would be throwing hands or disowned her.
Honestly that probably the closest to her saying I love you and showing some real emotions toward him
His constant begging for approval and attention, affection, validation are things he has to realise are HIS problems, not others’ even if the trauma arose elsewhere. He has to take responsibility. That’s ultimately why his relationship with Penny was so unhappy for so long.
Now imagine a show about Leonard's childhood!!
The way she ended the call……I never thought I’d hear her say anything nice to Leonard
Ironically enough from a psychological viewpoint most of Beverly’s experiments if not all would be considered unethical because of the continued use of deception on a human subject the experiments on a child subject that resulted in psychological issues later on in life if Beverly wrote a paper about it would be heavily criticized
Not really, because she might've kept the experiment a secret but the children grew up well provided for and only had different interactions with her. She wasn't demeaning nor abusing any of them in the common sense. The lack of approval she gave Leonard is how most boomer and older parents acted.
The rest is up to the child on how to react based on the presence of lack thereof the "approval", which is what comprised the experiment. Essentially a search for the Goldilocks treatment/parenting.
Glad it was actually said
Beverley annoys me, she's so willfully blind and Leonard's friends and wife just accept it and imply he's crazy.
Well the depends on what the paper is about. Strangely enough, it is fairly common for those studying child development to use their own children in their experiments.
@@amandajohnson3531 yes it is common for children to be used in studies however it is about whether or not they were used ethically children can not be put under stressful or harmful situations which could impact them physically or mentally for the rest of their lives in this situation Beverley has experimented on Leonard to the point where he has developed psychological issues later on in life and because of that Beverley’s experiments are viewed as unethical also when conducting a psychological experiment you are required to debrief your patient after otherwise it’s considered unethical and it’s quite clear that Beverley has not debriefed Leonard on the experiments which further adds to it being unethical
@@givanashakir6444 Nothing you're saying is incorrect, but it's not entirely correct either. This is the grey area of using your own children in experiments in that you can argue that it's your own parenting style that you're observing. Like how these experiments are being conducted on babies. You can't debrief a baby, you're just observing how they react to certain situations. This specifically applies to child development, not necessarily psychology as a whole. There is a long history in child development of researchers using their own children in order to circumvent the need of guardian permission to conduct experiments and sometimes the result of such experiments can't be observed until adulthood. It also allowed researchers constant access to their subjects so they could get the most recent data as it happens. Of course these are some older practices, it's more regulated now, but as long as nothing is shown to be out right abusive, Beverly could be in the clear of scrutiny from how she conducted this just on the technicality of it being her own child that's being observed. Of course, this is just me recalling some things from one year of child development studies and it is late, so I may be forgetting some points.
Poor Leonard - what a crazy mom! At least she admitted the memories were some of her "fondest."
Is that her way of saying
I'm your mother and I will love you till the day I die
'It Isn't Over"
Truthfully...that's love. My mom was a nurse and as a kid it's hard to deter when I was getting nurse mom and just mom. But when she said the experiment isn't over...what I think she means is that she'll always be his mother.
No
You don't know Leonard's mother
She's abusive
Very different from your mother's intent saying similar.
Your mother may be. However Leonard’s mother is not necessarily abusing him with malicious intent. She’s excessively honest without being sentimental. She’s not attempting to be abusive so much as remaining entirely scientific.
She literally say I will love you forever
Parenthood is essentially many little experiments as she said. You try different things to give your child the best possible future while raising them. You don’t know what’s right you only try what you hypothesise is the best course of action.
That’s the smartest way of saying “I love you son and I won’t stop loving you ever” without actually saying it.
Leonard mother is Sheldon but just in a female version...
That's kind of sweet. It doesn't make for anything, but at least Leonard can hear her say that she does have some sort of maternal love for him.
It is interesting if you look at Beverly’s shameless research papers and books as her actually gushing about her funny little baby the whole time. Like she’s that woman in the elevator who won’t stop showing you pictures on her phone, but she’s just doing it in this very clinical, uncomfortably frank, academic way.
You forgot emotionally neglectful in that list of adjectives
@@relic5752I assumed it was a given.
I know it’s wrong to hate people but I hate Leonard’s mother. She’s selfish cold and very self-absorbed. She should never have had children. She’s basically been using Leonard since the day he was born. But yet can’t seem to see anything wrong with how she treated him or how she is; I don’t understand why narcissist parents do this to their children and screw them up so significantly and monumentally and then can’t understand or I should say refuse to understand why it is they are the way they are and the fact that the way they treated their children contributed to how they handle social situations and other relationships they are in whether they be family,friend, or romantic relationships.
Another thing I noticed being raised by a narcissistic mother they intend on getting the last word always. My mother has this habit of whenever she’s gotten everything off of her chest she leaves the room while I’m still talking and closes the door in my face as if I don’t matter and my opinion doesn’t matter because she’s already gotten out what she has to say so anything else after that doesn’t matter; especially if it’s going to be an opposing argument or rebuttal to whatever she’s already said, she’ll know she’s wrong and will argue just as hard as if she were correct! Then is So quick to play the victim card it’s never her fault she’s always justified in anything she says or does and never sees fault in her actions.
It’s not wrong to hate people, it’s wrong if you hate them unjustly but if they’re terrible people that have treated others terrible. It’s very okay to hate them. It makes you human.
His mother treated him like an experiment his entire life. Honestly I don’t really understand why he just cut her out completely. What I really and I do mean really hated about her is the fact that she had the audacity to feel insulted to not witness his wedding.
@@JamailvanWestering I agree
I believe Beverley failed in her job as a psychiatrist and as a mother. Her son hates her and she fails to see what damage she did to him by being a horrible mother when she tells the whole world what is wrong with them yet fails to see what's wrong with her and her own child because of her. She failed to understand the most basic of concepts that every child is unique and needs to be treated differently.
You're right about all of this
Beverly is so messed up in the head that she would make Diane Downs blush.
Point is, I abhor Leonard's mother too
@@rishabhjindal9062 she doesn’t see that she’s failing because of Leonard’s far more successful older siblings, so to her it’s like if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it
Leonard’s mom played Tanya from mamma mia
So a 30+ year old experiment? Wow she's sure dedicated 😂❤️
In a way all children are thousands of small experiments. Each child is different (I would know after 5 kids so far at the age of 34.) you have to experiment with everything from their likes and dislikes to what kind of discipline works best for them to figuring out interactions with siblings etc.
Lenard's mother reminds me of a VULCAN 😂😂
Poor Leonard 😂
His Mum was a follower of Jean Piaget.
i love her dedication to her study
Think outside the box with her last reply. She's still fascinated.
I’m crying & sobbing because this is so sweet, beautiful, touching, heartwarming. Also, because I miss my mom; she passed away when I was younger, & I wish she was still around for me to love, & to look up to. I miss her so much; my heart broke when she died; she was my hero. I miss her hugs, her warm, loving snuggles, her telling me that she loves me. (Wiping the tears running down my face) I miss you momma…
That is both sweet and ominous. 😂
I love this character 😂
Finally she said something nice!
Kids are a long running sitcom...
Anyone realize Leonard’s mom is Sheldon?
Props to the writers for creating such a horrible mother character. Although heartbreaking, it was never a dull moment when Christine Baransky was on screen.
I wouldn't describe her as "horrible" exactly. She doesn't do the things she does out of any sort of bad intentions. She's just not a nurturing person. I suppose it's more she was bad at BEING a mother rather than that she was a bad mother, if you see what I mean.
In a way, Leonard has a lot in common with Picard if you consider Q to be like Leonard's mother
Ya know, a lot of shows will use “I’m not the most affectionate parent” as an excuse for a parent being neglectful, abusive, or downright hateful. But I love how Leonard’s mom states it like she’s always known it and she feels bad about it. But even if she never showed it, she always cared about her son. They just couldn’t have the more conventional bond that a more affectionate parent and their child would have had.
Parenting really is an experiment … parents often hypothesize the future their children will have ..and do the work or conduct continuous observations …with the hopes the results will prove their hypothesis correct .
And just like with multiples different tests are performed in each stage (I.e.child) with the hopes the conclusion is a positive one that if these methods are employed this is what my child will become
She is a monster. Not all parental monsters look like the devil.
This relationship was really never concluded
Female sheldon
That was a deep a meaningful “I love you” from her.
HE SAVED HER CONTACT AS HER REAL NAME, AND NOT MOM LMFAOOO
Because she's never behaved like the mother he, or any not fully abled child, needed. So he is not one to her.
@@ginathecookie yeah, we know, we watched the show
Doesn't change the Fact th@ she treated her son like a an experiment n Not like a her child or a human being w/ thoughts n feelings.
In her own way she cared, his cabin was called Control Group, meaning that was the only cabin that wasn't being tested with abnormalities to the camping experience
They were just the group used to compare the kids that were
Poor Leonard.
This actually makes me like her more. This is her way of showing that she cares. In her own way, it was a fascination from an emotional view and not scientific, even though the experiments were scientific in nature.
That's so sweet in a weird kind of way.
People deal with parenting the best way they know how. Can't hate her for thinking she should use her best skill to do her most important job! 😅
This is a fascinating way to look at this. And I appreciate it :-)
He needs to sue her
Parenting really is just a set of thousands of small experiments though
Im confused why he thinks she doesn't love him. She created a genuis whis is kind loving empathetic and shares. Kids who have over loving parents don't always create such a wonderful child. Just because she is like men with her feelings and her approach or her lack of warmth doesn't mean she didn't do all the things that made him great. Cause out of all of them on the show he is the most loving and generous.
What you have just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it.
Those are credits to Leonard not her
@@Antoinedesignstudio So you think her way of nurturing her son wasn't the reason why he turned out so well? Imagine if she wasn't there to teach him all the things she taught him what would he be like? Where was his father in all this? Cause it sounds like the MOM spent all the time with him. I think you don't see that it isn't how much emotion or warmth you show but you Show up all the time.
She reminds me of Sophia Lamb from Bioshock 2.
TBH, Beverly's fault was only not giving Leonard praise when growing up, the rest of Leonard's bad memories was how he reacted to that "absent" approval... eg. him being needy...
Hillarious the experiment is not over 😂
Bro, if our Leonard, I would end up so depressed
I know it’s mostly played off for laughs, but Leonard is so psychologically damaged from his mothers abuse, he needs real therapy.
I feel for Leonard his mother is horrible, she is a horrible person. And this is gonna be the reason she's not allowed to see her grandkids, because he doesn't want them to be experiments.
Beverly is amazing! ❤
That's when you drop her out of your life because that's her admitting she never loved him but the experiments instead.
We need a show about Lenard childhood
Is no one going to talk about how the actress for his mom also plays Tanya in mamma Mia 😅
Leonard's mother is a female Sheldon.
Forget Georgie , do a spin off-off of Leonard's mom!
How did Lenard not kill her 😂
She sounded like siri
You know not all parents are openly affectionate, sometimes it’s a cultural thing. I’ve never had my parents tell me that they loved me and honestly I do think it would’ve freaked us out, but you know I always knew my parents loved me, and now they are both in spirit, I know they love me because it’s the feelings they bring to me. I also know that I’m not a physical emotional being, somewhat of a ‘cold fish’ but sometimes you’re the way you are not by upbringing but by experiences in life. I know my late sister wished that I was more demonstrative with my emotions, but I couldn’t, I didn’t know how to be this emotional being but I’m very certain she knew how I cherished her, we were very close as siblings. You know people do crave so much oral affirmation but they are missing the point, to know that someone loves you and cares for you, if you open yourself up you’ll be able to feel it. Just because somebody doesn’t tell you that they love you all the time and proud of you, their interactions with you and spending quality time with you should be appreciated as that affirmation. Anybody can say I love you but it’s not always meant, making a nice cup of tea for my parents, sister they knew my love. Strangely, in a very positive way I am still feel emotionally bonded to them even though they are on the other side
Poor Leonard!
That is so sweet
That is definitely better than how it sounds at first. She didn't have a baby as an experiment. She had a baby and in time, noticed the experiments, and started to take note of them. I'd think real psychiatrists do use their own experiences to understand those of others. Including parenthood
Yeah, the laugh track ruined this.
She seriously needs to be arrested
That was pretty much her just joking.
It still surprises me she is Martha may from the grinch
As a scientist myself I really can understand the thoughts and feelings of Beverly. I mean we are observing things every single day and then you have in your arms the most fascinating creature you will ever know.
You have to reapect the honestly
Watch them make a Young Leonard after Young Sheldon is done
He has an older bro and sis. Never mentions how they were treated. Never contacts them to compare notes.
And he could discredit the hell out of her if he wrote his own tell all book.
No informed consent I see
When he was the child, he needed his parents consenting to it, but now that he is an adults I think it's illegal
She's not just a bad mother but a pretty shit researcher as well😂 also not a very good psychologist
I wonder if she did this with all her kids or if it was just Leonard. If it was just him then it would’ve seemed like she was choosing to spend more time with him than her other children. In their eyes, Leonard might have seemed like her favourite. It’d actually explain why you never see his siblings. They might resent him for it, they’ve achieved more but Beverly still spends more time with him.
Interesting theory.
how about a young leonard show in the future? 🤔
Most so-called smart people dont focus on some experiments this long. ONly things they love.
could be worse actually 😬
Worst mother. I would have never spoken to her ever.
Before Beau is Afraid there's this.
What's the episode name or number i can't seem to find it.
The love of a sociopath.
Still love.
I guess . . .
I really hate her character the most among all shows and sitcoms. Leonard developed so many issues because of his childhood under that woman
Omg this is so sad. Leonards mothers contact on his phone isnt mom its Beverly Hofsteder
That was cute. Everyone shows love differently, For sure.
it ended when he forgave her
I'm just curious if she treated all his siblings the same way.
Haven't watched the series, but judging by clips I've seen she appears to be an obvious psychopath. She straight up had a child as an experiment and gave as minimal care as possible. She's also obviously aware of the effect her actions have had on her child and chose not to care and instead only gives glimpses of false kindness, just enough to stop him from blocking her out entirely.
actually her behaviour suggests asd given she does have emotions. to her the experiments are her fondest memories and she treasures them and this scene is pretty much her way of saying she loves him and will continue to do so cos the experiment which is primarily tracking his growth is not over. asd is commonly undiagnosed in women and it’s more likely that it’s the way she is and she does not know how to express certain emotions she’s feeling or is aware that leonard needs something. she’s very similar to sheldon and the only reason we accept sheldon is that cos of him being the protagonist we know his background and that he doesn’t intend to offend or hurt people and plus has a strong support circle. if sheldon didn’t have a missy growing up teaching him about how to deal with people or penny he would be just like beverley