It’s been several years since the finale of The Big Bang Theory, but fans still can’t get over how the series decided to end Penny’s storyline compared to the series. Throughout the sitcom, , free-spirited, and knew what she wanted. It was no surprise that she fell in love with Leonard and their relationship continued up until the final season.
But the finale flipped the script with Penny’s overall stance on not having kids. In “The Procreation Calculation,” Penny tells Leonard she has no desire to have kids, which upsets . She also doesn’t have a problem with him being a sperm donor for Zack.
But as the finale approaches, her mindset changes, and she ends up pregnant. Yet, after all of these years, fans still don’t take to this storyline very well. On Reddit, a fan on how the sitcom built up Penny’s strong stance on not having kids, only to chuck it away in the finale.
“Anyone else find it odd that they spent a good amount of time establishing Penny simply didn’t want to have children, and then in the finale, she becomes pregnant and all we get for her motivation is Leonard saying ‘yeh well now she does’ – kind of a missed opportunity there to even explore penny’s decision making,” they explained. “Seems weird they did devote a lot of time to Penny not wanting children to then just have Leonard speak for her. Literally, she says nothing about why she decided on having a child.
” Another fan was angered by the fact that Penny’s pregnancy s.
