This Cyber Crime Series Was ‘The Big Bang Theory’ With Drama

The series has not necessarily aged well, but The Big Bang Theory is still wildly popular. The sitcom wrapped up in 2019 with a well-received series finale that saw Sheldon (Jim Parsons) and Amy (Mayim Bialik) receive their Nobel Prize and ended with everyone being sent off with a promising, happy future (although even the elevator got an arguably better ending than Kunal Nayyar's Raj). But what if the series went off in a different direction with an earlier storyline, specifically Season 10's "The Military Miniaturization"? That's the episode where Leonard (Johnny Galecki), Howard (Simon Helberg), and Sheldon begin working with the Air Force on their gyroscope. If the series had used that narrative through to the finale, it's possible their work would have led to them working with other government agencies, perhaps even situations that threaten the world as we know it. It's a "what if" scenario that is actually played out, albeit in a more dramatic fashion, on another CBS series: Scorpion.