There are some shows you just like.

And then there are shows that become your people.

For me, The Big Bang Theory is the latter.

Fifteen times. That’s how many full rewatch cycles I’ve done.

Not clips on YouTube. Not random episodes while folding laundry.

Fifteen actual marathons. Start to finish. Opening theme to final fade-out.

It’s excessive, yes. But also… essential.

This show is my fallback, my reset button, my soft landing after long days and quiet nights.

There’s something oddly comforting about a world where Sheldon will always have his spot, the elevator will always be broken, and somehow, these misfit weird humans always find their way back to each other and to Chinese takeout on that same living room couch.

It works because it’s good. Not just familiar. Genuinely good.

It’s easy to dismiss sitcoms. But The Big Bang Theory was made with actual care.

Real scientists advised the writing team. The whiteboard equations were accurate. International Space Station scenes played by real-life NASA astronaut Mike Massimino. Mayim Bialik (Amy) actually has a PhD in neuroscience, so when she nerds out, it’s not acting. It’s her.

Even the jokes are layered. If you get the science references, great. If not, the delivery still lands.

You’re either laughing with your brain or your bones – either way, you’re laughing.

And it’s not just about the laughs.

It’s Sheldon softening.

Penny grounding.

Leonard always trying.

Howard — yelling “Ma!” & cringey flirting.

Raj learning to speak up.

Amy teaching emotional intelligence in a lab coat.

Bernadette being five feet tall and terrifying.

The show evolves – gently. Like real people do.

My all time favourites – Sheldon and Howard.

No one weaponized a door knock and ‘Bazinga’ like Sheldon Cooper.

No one turned awkward pick-up lines into a personality like Howard Wolowitz.

And scenes i could never skip, even on Round 15:

Sheldon’s napkin breakdown – When Penny gives him a signed Leonard Nimoy napkin and he literally malfunctions from happiness. He brings her all the gift baskets in his closet. Then hugs her. Sheldon Cooper. Hugged. Voluntarily.

Amy’s tiara – She doesn’t want it. Then she sees it. “PUT IT ON ME.” Iconic. Every under-celebrated person in the world would have felt that.

Howard singing – a math-filled love song to Bernadette – awkward, off-key, and somehow… adorable.

Raj’s wedding toast – “You’re all my family.” Simple, soft, unexpectedly emotional and somehow just feels right.

Leonard slaps Sheldon – ‘A blink and you miss it’ moment of sweet revenge. Group project trauma, healed.

The final scene – No overly emotional monologue. Just six friends eating silently. Exactly like always. Peaceful, comfortable, perfect.

At first, I watched it because everyone said it was a must watch.

Then I kept watching because I found it to be genuinely funny.

Now? I go back because it feels like home.

Fifteen times. And I know there’ll be a sixteenth.

Because no matter what stage of life I am in, Pasadena still feels like home.

And maybe that’s all we’re ever really looking for – something that stays, even when everything else feels like changing.❤️