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The theme of The Big Bang Theory’s Season 7 finale was Sheldon’s inability to cope with change, negative or positive. He probably wouldn’t be very happy to note that the series made a change by shifting to Monday nights for the first few weeks of Season 8. But while the time slot may have changed, this premiere was pretty textbook Big Bang Theory. It’s become tradition these past few years for every season to end with one character leaving on an extended trip and then the early episodes of the following season to focus on the rest of the cast dealing with that character’s absence. But it seems that the writers couldn’t bear to have Sheldon remain apart from his crew for any longer than necessary. And maybe you can’t blame them given how much of the show’s humor revolves around Sheldon belittling or annoying his friends. In any case, where we saw Howard remain in space for several weeks in Season 6 and Leonard take a couple weeks to return from his sea voyage in Season 7, Season ...