The producers of ‘The Big Bang Theory’ reveal the alternate ending of the series

Steve Holland and Steve Molaro, producers of ‘The Big Bang Theory’, have revealed 4 years later the alternate ending they had in mind for the series in the double chapter that marked the final closure of ‘TBBT’ in 2019.

The end of ‘The Big Bang Theory’ that we could see on television was like this: Sheldon collected the Nobel Prize and thanked one by one his friends, his “family”, reconciling with them after one of their multiple fights over the obsessive behavior of the scientist. Once back home, they lived happily ever after, but all together on the couch at Leonard and Sheldon’s house, of course. The image of the protagonists gathered in the living room of their apartment, the one that we saw so many times throughout the series and that gave us so much joy and laughter, is the last shot that ‘The Big Bang Theory’ gave us.. However, the original idea featured another element that was also present during all seasons: the broken elevator.

In Jessica Radloff’s book ‘The Big Bang Theory: The Definitive, Inside Story of the Epic Hit Series’Holland and Molaro discuss the original idea of ​​co-creator Chuck Lorre, who had always wanted the repair of the elevator was the final closurebut as season 12 progressed they decided against it.

“Chuck always thought that the elevator finally opening after 12 years, maybe it should be the final scene, but as we got closer, I think you could feel that people expected it. We wanted to do it, but we wanted to try to catch people off guard.says Steve Molaro. Steve Holland adds, “There was a version where everyone was going up the stairs after they got back from the airport and their trip to Stockholm, and just as they got to the fourth floor, Sheldon and Amy say, ‘It’s crazy; we won the Nobel Prize and, in a way, everything is exactly the same’, and then the elevator door opens by surpriseand that would have been the end of the show.”

“While we were telling the story, we thought about two things: the moment when Sheldon was scared because Amy had cut his hair; and the Nobel Prize, which was like the last straw. So it seemed right that the elevator would stop. open at that time, and also I thought it would be much less expected if it happened much earlier in the episodeHolland continues.

And indeed, it was. The elevator was fixed, but it was not at the end of the last episode, but at the beginning of the penultimate one. Leonard and Sheldon are arguing when suddenly the elevator door opens and Penny appears, announcing that the elevator is fixed.

Maybe Lorre was right, ending the elevator would have been a predictable ending since everyone expected it.. The scene described would not have been as emotional as ending up with everyone on the sofa, so we can assure that the chosen ending was definitely the best choice for everyone… right?