Billy Bob Thornton's Big Bang Theory Character Is Creepy

That YouTuber isn't wrong about Billy Bob Thornton, whose acting resume is indeed rife with characters who follow a dodgy moral compass. If you've seen "The Big Bang Theory" episode in question, you know Thornton is at his low-key skeezy best throughout. And as @michabranchard later noted in the comments, their expectations for Dr. Oliver Lorvis were impacted dramatically by one of Thornton's other roles, claiming, "I watched this episode literally one day after finishing first season of 'Fargo.' And I honestly believed that he is going to kill them." 

Reading through those YouTube comments, it's clear "TBBT" fans had a few other issues with the episode, with @thepetaaaaaa pointing out the brief clip is glaring proof of the series' infamous overreliance on a laugh track. Meanwhile, over on Reddit, u/imtchogirl deemed this episode to be the cringiest of the series' run. This is partly because they were genuinely disturbed by the male characters' reactions to Penny dealing with a potentially dangerous stalker, posting, "Leonard immediately gets jealous and they all blame her for 'leading him on.'"

They further take the series to task for ignoring the obvious peril Penny might've been in, noting playing it for laughs completely undermines the possible danger. "The Big Bang Theory" is, of course, first and foremost a comedy series, so it would've been pretty off-brand to go full-on horror movie creepy with the storyline. But it's also hard not to see where u/imtchogirl and other concerned fans are coming from.