The Big Bang Theory Fans Are Split Over Howard's FBI Background Check Fiasco

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https://www.looper.com/932226/the-bi...-check-fiasco/

Was Howard's anger toward Sheldon justified?

Fans posting to the "The Big Bang Theory" subreddit have a lot of mixed opinions about whether or not Howard should be as angry at Sheldon — who ultimately proves to be the reason why Howard didn't score the clearance he needed — as he is in the episode. "Was Howard justified in being mad at Sheldon for the flopped FBI background check?" wondered u/kabovetti in their post.

Subreddit members ultimately had mixed opinions about Howard's reaction to Sheldon's incautious actions. Many fans responding to the thread sympathized with Howard and remember the many times Sheldon had flown off the handle during the show whenever he has to deal with a personal or career-related setback. "How do you think Sheldon would act. Howard acted pretty calm while Sheldon jeopardized a big step in his career[?]" wondered u/Colinsclapped. Several fans spoke up to blame Sheldon and his behavior for ruining Howard's attempt at bettering his career.

But Sheldon also has a number of defenders willing to point out that Howard had ruined his own chances to work on the project thanks to his reckless behavior. "Howard deserved it considering he destroyed NASA equipment trying to show off for a girl. It was simply karma catching up to him," u/Roman64s said, bringing up an incident which took place during Season 2's "The Classified Materials Turbulence," and the story that Sheldon repeats to Page which causes Howard's request for further clearance to be rejected. u/Silencer271 agreed with this, believing that Howard doesn't deserve to succeed due to this very behavior.