Her second pregnancy storyline was somewhat forgivable, though, because it was the writers' way of working around Rauch's real-life pregnancy. With the decision to make Penny (Kaley Cuoco) pregnant in the series finale, however, the writers had no such excuse. It's especially frustrating because Kaley Cuoco was against Penny's pregnancy ending. "It was cute how the writers did it at the end with Penny's surprise pregnancy, and all in all I'm glad, but I was actually voting for her not to. While the finale's callback to that moment is sweet, it ultimately feels like wish fulfillment for Leonard at the expense of Penny's agency.