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May 11 - 17, 2019—3 The Greeneville Sun, Greeneville, TN The Greeneville Sun, Greeneville, TN May 11 - 17, 2019 — 3 2 x 3.5" ad a) greene cnty farmers b) swango's 2 x 4" ad williams electric 2 x 1.5" ad ymca 2 x 1.5" ad doughty stevens By Jay Bobbin Here comes the last "Big Bang." A ratings powerhouse for most of its 12 seasons, and now the longest- running multi-camera comedy in television history, CBS' "The Big Bang Theory" concludes with a one-hour series finale Thursday, May 16. Created by executive produc - ers Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady, the saga of lovably geeky geniuses Leonard, Sheldon, Howard and Raj (played by Johnny Galecki, multiple Emmy winner Jim Parsons, Simon Helberg and Kunal Nayyar) and their neighbor-and-later-more Penny (Kaley Cuoco) will live on in syndi - cated repeats. Before the finale was filmed, Nayyar talked about his "Big Bang Theory" experience. Q: How have the final weeks on the set been? A: There's been a real lightness. We've sort of climbed over the mountaintop and are just chilling. The pressure is off; for the finale, that's probably more on the writers than on the actors. We understand how grateful we are for this, and we want to enjoy every moment together. Q: What do you remember about your audition for the show? A: Originally, the character's name was Dave. I auditioned with many other different ethnicities — Korean, Japanese, Arabic — so there was a real sense that they wanted this diversity. There was a cadence in the language that felt very natural to me, and that's why I brought more of myself to the character. Q: When did you first feel "The Big Bang Theory" would stay around for a while? A: When the show went into syn - dication, I remember Chuck Lorre saying to me, "Your life is going to change forever." And I was like, "It already has." But what he meant was that with it being on different platforms, and people who had only heard of the show starting to binge- watch it, that was when my being recognized everywhere changed almost overnight. I realized this show had really touched people and could be at the level of "Friends" or something. Q: Are you satisfied with the arc of Raj? A: It's been really nice to play this character who has evolved, and that's a real testament to the writers. I'm going to miss Raj, and in the finale, I hope that he finds himself. I think that would be a really lovely mo - ment for him. Q: What will be your biggest take- away from the show? A: One of the things I'm going to miss most is seeing the kids from the Make-A-Wish Foundation, or the Sunshine Foundation, and hav - ing interaction with people whose time on this earth is really finite. Being able to make them laugh or to soothe their pain, those are the things that matter to me most. And make me the most proud of every - thing we've done. Celebrity Scoop Celebrity Scoop Going out with, yes, a bang: 'The Big Bang Theory' ends its CBS run Cover Story Cover Story It's been a year since the trauma of being rejected by her family as "Fleabag" returns for Season 2 this week on Amazon. Premiering Friday, May 17, the fresh batch of six episodes finds Phoebe Waller-Bridge's title character as angry and confused as ever as she goes toe- to-toe with the Almighty over the problems in her life and she meets a priest (Andrew Scott) who jolts her into seeing things in a different light. Meanwhile, there are still old wounds left to lick, especially ones regarding her sister Claire (Sian Clifford) and brother-in-law Martin (Brett Gelman), and new ones to tend to as she continues her turbulent journey. That that journey continued at all is somewhat of a surprise given that Waller-Bridge origi- nally conceived the series as a one-season-and-done proposi- Checking in with Phoebe Waller-Bridge By George Dickie tion, as she told a recent gather- ing of journalists in Pasadena, Calif. "The moment this character speaks to me is when I get surprised," explains the Lon- don native. "I didn't know that (Season 2) was going to be about religion or there was going to be a priest as the new main character, and I also didn't know what was going to hap- pen to these two. "I decided not to do a second season absolutely for sure, and I had great pride in my artistic integrity for not coming back," she continues. "And then I had the idea for the second series, and then did that again, and I've now decided there should absolutely not be a third series. So, I may be surprised again. I don't know. 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