The fact that Leonard’s mother was more like Sheldon, is exactly why Leonard could be so empathetic and patient with Sheldon given his experience with that personality type

Y'all are comparing her to Sheldon. Sheldon is largely unaware that he does this kind of thing. Beverly knows EXACTLY what she's doing and she does it on purpose. They are not the same.

Leonard's face when he opens the door and sees Penny crying, like it’s a regular occurrence for people to be crying when they first meet his mother

"Your mother's here!" Impressive how she managed to reduce Penny to tears in the time it took to go from the third floor to the fourth floor.

One of the best introductions to a character

The best part is Leonard's face when he opens the door.

"Your Mothers here" Leonards smile "of course she is"

The way she broke Penny is so hilarious

Penny had no idea she was meeting her future mother-in-law.

"I'm an actress"😇🙂🌞 "WHY?🧐🤨🤔

Now I know how Leonard tolerates Sheldon 😅

She knew she was Leonard’s mom immediately 🤣🤣

"I am an actress." *puts down the luggage because this will be fun*

Sheldon: "What an remarkable woman!"

Penny: "I'm an actress." Beverly: "I'm about to end this woman's whole career."

Oh my God, Penny's expression after she asks five or six, and Beverly 's resulting stare🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Beverly literally broke Penny within a few minutes of meeting her😂😂😂

Christine Baranski plays mean people so wonderfully that I end up liking the characters. Both here and on the Gilded Age.

Is Leonard's Mother's was dressed like a detective?!😂😅😂😅😆🤣😆🤣

Christine Baranski is amazing. I always loved her role as the camp consoler in Addams Family Values.

damn she gave leonard a very good tip.

3:03 supportive and practical mother.

The second she said “I’m an actress” Beverly looked at her like a shark smelling blood in the water. 😂

Leonard's mom can be a tearjerker.

Penny wasn't Slugger Anymore 😢

He must have figured out the scent!

Show basically had 3 Sheldon's. 1st Sheldon is Sheldon 2nd Sheldon is Leonard's mom 3rd Sheldon was Amy when she was first introduced

Wow, she really knows how to break people. 😢

Christine Baranski is such an incredible actress!!!

Christine Baranski is absolutely brilliant in this scene :D

Leonard's mom was a narcissist.. she was so condescending towards leonard because of his emotions but couldnt control her emotions when her husband left her.. she was just like sheldon, narcissistic and selfish and condescending and totally irrational

a neighbor of mine actually had a mother who was a psychiatrist... people would be shocked how close this is to reality...

1:53 that giggle is really good acting lol contagious!

Fantastic script, great acting!!!

Leonard's Mom act like Sheldon!!

Wow. She gave Leonard gold advice there.

I was expecting Leonard to say, "Here we go," when he opened the door to Penny bawling next to his mother.

So this is why Leonard didn't kill Sheldon or didn't let the others kill Sheldon... He had training all his life with his mother. That's why Leonard is my favourite nerd of the show

This is one of the best written scenes in TV... and also well cast.

Wow, she has a way of breaking people.

I loved Beverly 🤣🤣🤣🤣

It’s Cybill Shepherd’s famous sidekick!

Well, her advice to Leonard was correct.

How did they manage to get through filming without breaking character? 😂😂

Seriously with that explanation on the elevator being non-functional for so long I would have pegged her to be Sheldon's mom 😂

Happy Birthday Christine Baranski

That is the perfect sit-com scene.

You meet people like this from time to time and it's always a nice gesture to ask them how they feel about self analysis. They always understand the question without assistance and can appreciate the opportunity to stop working for 5 minutes of their lives because, of course, they also understand their own answers.

Leonard's mom is such a sweetie 🤣🤣

She actually reminds me of Sheldon lol

As horrible she is she stilled tried to be a wingman to her son

First : first BEFORE EVERYONE !!! MOUAHAHAHA ! Second : Leonard’s face when a crying Penny knocks on his door after 5 minutes with his mom that seems to say « Yep, never fails » 😂😂😂😂

In the script Show emotion Got it 😂

Christine Braransky is a national treasure.

I remember this scene 😂

I really hated the near end of the episode.

When she asked tell her about the childhood, Penny should say "be more specific"

She made Penny cry during their first meeting. Maybe that's a sign that she is a bad mother.

Love how they kept the scene where she mispronounced statistics while talking to Penny about the actress job....😂😂 I think no one noticed that...did you?

But she did gave Leonard good tip at the end.

Knowing she was as iconic as Maryann and she is as Beverly and she always knows how to steal the scene

Imagine if she told the advice of getting penny’s father’s Cologne to Howard

I like how Penny meets Leonard's mom for the first time!😅😅😅😅

God, Leonard's mother was the worst

And this is why Leonard doesn't want to leave Sheldon. Also, in comparison, Sheldon is downright easy to deal with.

Oh you are a handshaker, interesting.

Oh you're a handshaker.

Beverly and Evelyn would be grreat friends both are cold and in love with themselves

Shes a good wingman

It's even funnier by the fact they're all actors

I wonder how disappointed she'd be if she knew her son is the reason why the elevator is broken.

The bestwing(wo)man indeed.

Ironically, there is much truth to be found in humor.

It is also interesting that her son is the reason the elevator is not functioning in the first place.

And later both become near besties

The cologne comment would make Uncle Ben angry. No, the Spiderman character, not the minute rice incremental.

Beverly’s not entirely wrong about those who go into the performing arts…

IMHO she was straight-up abusive to Leanord. Any success he has is despite her.

Leonard's mom is so cool, using her skills to offer suggestions to help Leonard score with his hot neighbor. the real BIG BANG not the theory

Is there a funnier segment anywhere?

If Leonard listened to his mother, he probably would have bagged Penny much sooner.

i wondering how life would have been if she was sheldons mom

Always one of the most unlikeable characters in the show. A good match to Sheldon's mother who (despite her overbearing religious streak) was so likeable. The fact that they were both written to have a side of their character with, erm, easy virtue, is (adopts Beverley's voice, lower glasses)... interesting

OMG, wearing her Dad's cologne will seal the deal??!!

Ohhhhh TBBT... The show that had the potential to be smarter, but didn't believe it's audience would appreciate that 😂

I guess Meghan Markle watched this episode about the cologne.

That is Sheldon's real mother somehow Sheldon and Leonard got mixed up and ended up with each other's mothers tell me that we're not explain everything

Mother so suits her she was never a mom.

It's weird how Sheldon, Leonard's Mother, and Sheldon's girlfriend are robot twins in scaringly intelligent way and how their brains can channel grumpy trumpy and many more presidents

Considering Leonard's mother advice, it's funny how Leonard was completely the opposite of Penny's father and still ended up marrying her.

Nothing normal about that family 😊

in real life all these people are actors so it must be a bit awkward for them to diss their own careers

But didn't penny have a brother?

Love this show . Its hilarious.

Leonard's mom gave him a dating advice that is out of character

Face it Leonard was always a push over when it came to Penny even before they got together And penny always took advantage of Leonard And she has the nerve to say that he took her for granted never really like Penny and Leonard as a couple

Meghan Markle wore Diana's favourite perfume on her first date with H. Thanks TBBT.

It’s so gross when Sheldon dates Leonard’s mom!

I always wondered why they didn't use reverse psychology on Lenny's mom. Or attack her own weaknesses, For some reason she had a strange curiosity for Lenny private parts

I know her character is exaggerated for comedic effects but I just can't imagine this person existing in society. Just one conversation shows how rude and uncaring she is. In our society you need other people to function. Even if you are like her you would need to pretend to be caring just to fit in. Even if you are brilliant no way she can get people to assist her to succeed or even not have people sabotage her to spite her. Sheldon is the same but at least he has friends and a enabling Leonard to support him. Beverly make have her own supporter or enablers to be so successful.