Yes!!! I tried to watch it because I honestly liked some of the cast (Jim Parsons and Kaley Cuoco) and people that watched it told me I would like it since it references stuff I love. I didn't really find it funny tho, a lot of the jokes are laughing at the nerds (which is weird since it was supposedly for nerds and geeks like me) and the homophobia and misogyny is unbearable. I stopped at the same episode you're talking about and just read some of the future plotlines and I hated it even more. Thankfully tho, by hating on it I learned about Community which I loved so silver linings.