The early stages of development on “The Big Bang Theory” were a total mess. The original unrealized pilot, for example, had a Different actors playing Penny before Kaley Cuoco came on board. There was also no sign of Raj (Kunal Nayyar) or Howard (Simon Helberg), and even Leonard (Johnny Galecki) and Sheldon’s apartment (Jim Parsons) looked darker and more depressing. The final pilot “Big Bang Theory” We all know that the result of countless projections of discussion groups and many rewritings.

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A particularly important revision involved Gilda (Iris Bahr) by Leonard and De Sheldon. While Penny was rewritten and resumed after the uncommon pilot, the character of Gilda was completely erased from the series. It is difficult to challenge the choice, because the presence of Gilda would have radically changed the way Sheldon fell on. Indeed, in the non -acute pilot, it is established that Sheldon and Gilda have had sex at one point, a revelation which is out of character for the version of Sheldon that we know and love now.

As fans of “The Big Bang Theory” know, Sheldon is deeply not interested in sex during most of the show. Even when he finds a partner compatible with Amy (Mayim Bialik) at the end of season 3, it was only before season 9 that they do the act. Thereafter, they agree to have sex once a year on the day of Amy’s birthday. It seems sure to believe that Sheldon is a virgin before this point, a fact that he would admit himself with pleasure to anyone asked. Sheldon’s disinterest in sex is an absolutely crucial aspect of whom it is; For the show to do it this way, Gilda should go.

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There is no clear replacement for Gilda, but there are traces of her personality that can be seen in other characters on “The Big Bang Theory”. For example, she works in Caltech and has a vaguely antagonistic role with Sheldon in the non -acute pilot. In this sense, she looks a lot like Howard and Raj, two characters only written in the show after Gilda’s writing. It is also common for fans to speculate that Amy herself has a little Gilda in her, because she too is a scientist who sleeps with Sheldon and calls her nonsense.

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Most fans agree that the Gilda Cup made sense, although some have argued that there should have been at least another woman in the series from the start. The first seasons of the show were often criticized to be too centered on men, aggravated by the way some guys (mainly Howard) were frightening towards Penny. The detective of video video culture has talked a lot about the series’ “Misogyny Adovable,” That is to say, the way in which the status of the oppressed of the main characters cheeky allowed them to get away with behavioral viewers would not have tolerated anyone else. Having gilda around would probably have leveled the playing field, which would do so that Howard would probably have thought twice before offering a penny with a teddy bear with a hidden spy cam (to be quoted but One of the many moments of “Big Bang theory”).

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Finally, the show addressed this problem. He not only upgraded Amy and Bernadette (Melissa Rauch) to the regulars of the series in season 4, but he also did a surprisingly graceful job to manage the transition. Gilda may not have presented himself in the series broadcast, but at least the balance between the sexes in the show was finally biased in the way he was in the original pilot.