Leonard Forgives His Mother | The Big Bang Theory 

Johnny’s acting in this scene is so good…the way his voice breaks around 1:12 really makes you feel for him

Beverly failed as a mother, wife, and/or as a human being. If Leonard is a drama queen, blame her.

When I saw that scene the first time, I couldn’t stop crying the moment she hugged him and he hugged her back 😢😢😢😢.

Leonard is a great guy man.

Good that they didn’t add Sheldon and add some unnecessary pun

In all honesty, i bet the actors actually did legitimately get emotional in this sequence. I mean how could you not

I can't help but think there was a moment before this, possibly *years* ago, when she had a moment of clarity for how her actions affected Leonard but simultaneously realised that no matter what she did *now* it wouldn't erase the past, so she just accepted that their relationship was irrevocably broken and it was on her and she didn't have the emotional capacity to fix/make up for it. She never thought she could be forgiven so him *actually* forgiving her was both unexpected and a relief that she probably never expected to happen anywhere but her deathbed. Or maybe I'm giving her too much credit, who knows.

0:02 The way Penny got up 😂😂😂😂

The laugh track at "Doesnt matter, I forgive you anyways", was definitely worst timing.

I can not believe they put a laugh track in this scene

That is one of the many things I like this show for: In between all the jokes and fun, there are such moments that actually are intense acting, and they are so strong as the actors playing are really brilliant at their jobs.

This proves that comedy can intertwine with real sentimental scenes… absolutely breathtaking and tear jerking

So well-acted, very moving scene. I always identified with Leonard a tiny bit in his difficult relationship with his mother. My dear mom was not really very much like Beverly, but she *was* blunt and abrupt and impatient. With 5 kids, me being the youngest, I get that… but my tender sensitivity was always a little shattered by it. She loved us fiercely but wasn’t demonstrative with it. I did totally forgive her for any unintended hurts (and they were ALL unintended - she did everything that she did out of the best, selfless reasons, truly). I never told her that because I think that would’ve hurt her greatly to know I was hurt by anything she did or didn’t do.

Sometimes it's difficult to forgive one's parent or parents because we are full of resentment 😭💔

2:06 Awww.

At some point you have to let go of the past and move on. You have to forgive people and forgive yourself. Moving forward you know who you can trust and who you need to keep at a distance.

Did you realise how they didn’t play the theme music at the end of the video? Out of respect for Leonard and his family.

I really felt it for Leonard the whole series. His mother was well intended. But basically destroyed his self esteem. I have had a similar relationship with my hyper religious mother. Is not easy or fun at all

I never was a big fan of the last few seasons, but moments like these were really good

She got off way too easy

I’ve seen this episode a million times and I’m just now realizing Beverly was actually crying. That type of realization that you never know you needed something till you got it is amazing. She never knew how much she wanted to hear her son forgive her for not being the best parent until he actually said it and it sunk in. Top tier acting.

Emmy worthy performance

Which episode is this

Leonard's mother is like Sheldon. She can't understand what she did wrong...

Well, dammit. I’ve been watching light-hearted funny stuff this evening and now I’m wiping tears… I guess we all need to forgive our parents (or *someone* ) for their unintended hurtfulness, don’t we.

Solid scene...

What I can see in this scene is that Leonard did the "forgiving" more for himself than for his mother. Sometimes it's better to just let go of something than to stubbornly cling hard on to it despite not getting what you want. Do note that part of why Leonard has issues in himself is that he is trying very hard to gain Beverly's approval even when it doesn't seem that she will give it to him. The relief Leonard felt when he chose to "forgive" her than to call her out for everything that made her a failure of a mother is proof of that. Leonard realized that from that point on, he doesn't need to gain his mother's approval in order to complete himself. That there is emotional maturity. Some people may not like how he addressed the Beverly issue, but it is a valid way to do so nevertheless.

The characters in this series are not realistic human beings but rather completely artificial constructs, so it’s really awkward and out of place when the writers decide for a moment to make out of them real feeling humans. It just doesn’t work

It´s good that they showed how the most smart people are socially often very difficoult. I have met many people that were like this.

So glad they didn't go for the laugh, there at the end.

too bad they didnt have Leonard disown her

To the writers of this scene, thank you. This helped me forgive myself for my past resentment to my mother for her neglect growing up. (We had reconciled years ago, but it took a while to let go of my guilt.)

Still think that she is more suitable for being Sheldon's mother

Imagine your entire life is an experiment to your mother! And you are nothing but a variable in her experiment, no more, no less! I don’t think I have the courage to forgive someone like that! Ever

"I forgive you. Now get out of my apartment and my life."

2nd: Re George in Young Sheldon - Hey TBBT channel why don't you upload AN EDITED version of the scene with Penny & Sheldon eliminating or rewriting the scene that was RETCONNED. hahahaha lol it's totally a retcon this is exactly the solution i had in mind except i couldn't think of how it was a retcon. COME ON how is this not a retcon? the writers should've owned up and said 'pretend the scene with penny never happened and now we're doing a new thing' Sheldon even had that catholic confession thing w/ Tam over something not as big as adultery. And you think Sheldon would keep quiet over adultery??!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHA the writers should rewrite that scene with sheldon & penny. What they could've done is say 'hey we changed our minds. Actually it makes more sense Sheldon's dad isn't a neglectful drunk. Sheldon's dad's support is a big part of why Sheldon is so successful. We'll rewrite TBBT scenes later. Bear with us please.' Better than a RETCON.

One of the few Christian moments on the show.

Dualistic Adversary Theory

Needy baby greedy baby

😭😭😭😭😭😭

This was too quick. This should've have been a multi episode arc that built up to this point. Leonard's mother shouldn't have been reacting , she should've been ambiguously evolving until she reached this tipping point. Seems like producers have a habit of tying up loose ends because tge series was winding down and it felt rushed.

His mother is very much like Sheldon with her emotional intelligence. She may not mean to do something, but she will still do it with how she acts. The reason he handles Sheldon so well is that she grew up with the female version of him.

I’ve always been under the impression that the authors wanted us to believe that Beverly loved her son, despite her countless Flaws as a mother. And there was some kind of development in that regard, like when she was so happy to see him getting married and approved Penny because she could see how the girl Made him happy. But they should have handled the ending better, it was way too rushed and that woman took a huge step back with that experiment shit. What a shame. In the end I still like this though: he did it for himself, not for her. And it was the right thing, he deserved it. She didn’t. (Possibly bad english, I apologize.)

I so wanted her to get her comeuppance

It's good to forgive. But that woman was absolutely toxic to Leonard for his entire life, and she never changed. After he left home, he should have never let her back into his life. She's an accomplished author in child psychology and knew exactly what Leonard needed in terms of emotional wellbeing. But she didn't give him that because she "simply had no interest" in putting in that effort. And she never had any remorse for it either. It would have been much healthier for him to forgive her while also distancing himself from her until she did show true remorse for her actions (or lack thereof).

What if this was yet another research for her lol?

I hope after this Leonard and mom fixed there relationship

His mom is so cold

Leonard’s mother is sitting in Sheldon’s spot

I don't get the commentors who think this is a good outcome for Leonard and Beverly. She has spent his entire life actively ignoring or discouraging his accomplishments and has even mocked him for wanting his mother's affection/approval. Yes, Leonard needs to accept that she will not change. That doesn't mean he needs to continue to be a doormat to someone who makes it a point to be a negative aspect of his life. And if he has kids? You can guarantee Beverly will crap all over them the way she did him whatever chance she got. This resolution was so rushed and just another time Leonard is rolling over for his mom treating him badly.

Leonard is such the girl in his relationship

Hey they forgot to put laugh tracks in this scene

Fuck that. This is forced no man will forgive whole life of torture. Leonard in reality would have humiliated her bad and sued her at the end to strip her of license and doctorate

The way it was handled, was SHIT. It would’ve made more sense to have him say, “I can forgive you, and I will, but I don’t EVER want to hear from you again.” Also Penny was a fool and an idiot for wanting to get close to her. I hate how they ruined both Leonard, Penny, AND their relationship to generate cheap laughter.

_Is_ she a bad mother? Look how bloody brilliantly Leonard turned out.

Leonard finally grew up...

Guess,some people should not have childrens.

I honestly wish Leonard hadn't forgiven his mother. Beverly didn't deserve it. Forgiving isn't always easy nor mandatory

HI

Why the HELL should he forgive her? she didn't make the slightest effort to apologize and doesn't even seem to understand what she did was wrong. god Leonard is such a pushover and makes questionable life choices all the time when it really matters. He should have NEVER married Penny just because he had a crush on her, someone who clearly was not interested in him and took pity in him and laughs at his interest all the time and belittles him daily, borderline delusional about her acting career, never communicated enough to discuss having a kid BEFORE getting married, never took accountability so she was MARRIED without her knowing it (or just denying the responsibility of her dumb choices), and constantly jealous of her past boyfriend's girlfriends and never truly happy with Leonard and use the word "settle" all the time. And his mother? used him as a lab rat entirety of his life and played favorites among his siblings and neglected Leonard despite him very academically successful. His ENTIRE life reeks of giving in and compromising when he really needed to fight for himself. He should have dated Alex, and confronted his mother. Confront it and don't let them push you aside when it REALLY matters

Son of Hamas epilogue: Mosab Yousef forgives father. 'I love you. You will always be my father.'

I didn’t know robots could give birth to human children

This pissed me off simply because her response to that (to me at least) is proof that she knew exactly what she was doing to Leonard and didn’t care. She is a deeply abusive and manipulative person and Leonard should have gone no contact with her a long time ago. People like Beverly don’t change and the only way for Leonard to heal from the damage she caused him is to cut all ties and seek therapy.

Even though I hate Beverly I admit I love her legs

Badly handled. Chuck Lorre is an idiot that always mixes these themes up and ends up with a GARBAGE result. The reason the last four seasons were ASS, is because they had TAAHM humor in them.

As much as I love this show, the way all the women are portrayed leaves a lot to be desired. Beverly is portrayed as this uncaring robot because she dared to be a careless person, the same could be said for Bernie as well which isn't a bad thing at all yet the show makes it seem like it is when it isn't and this, along with the other problems with the show leaves the show with a tainted look despite the success this show has had. On the topic of this scene alone, it's cool that Leonard got over his mommy issues( I'm personally against parental issues in media because it's usually handled in a rather unconvincing manner ) however his mommy issues *CAME* *FROM* *HIM*, *NOT* *BEVERLY* (per se) and yet the show makes it seem like Beverly was bad for merely being careless which is completely unfair to the character of Beverly but like I mentioned before, none of the women on the show are portrayed fairly here. Beverly wasn't a ''bad mother'' at all, she was just someone that clearly valued her work and others' accomplishments more than personal feelings and there's nothing bad about that at all. My problem here is the show's kind-of-but-not-really insinuation that a woman like Beverly is evil for valuing accomplishments over personal feelings as though it's bad to value accomplishments in the first place when that's not true at all. Beverly simply needed to recognize that Leonard needed recognition from her *AND* Leonard needed to realise that he should live with his own life and not seek validation. I apologise for for this long comment but I *JUST* can't overlook the minor problems of the show as they're so apparent that I can't help but think that the show's success was born out of a fluke but it obviously wasn't, the show's storylines and plotlines are consistent but it definitely could've been better in some areas.

Bev got off way too easily. She should have been called out on her atrocious behaviour and paid him a ton of money for putting him in her book. In the end, he should have disowned her and kicked her to the kerb. Personal note: It's not the first the writers and lorre have raised some fuced up shiz disguised as humour. In later series, human experimation, pedo, and misogyny are all used as a source of humour. Sick stuff.

Forgiveness is weakness.