The series premiered on September 24, 2007 on CBS about Caltech geniuses including an applied and theoretical physicist living next to an attractive blonde waitress/aspiring actress. Situations are further complicated when their other friends including an aerospace engineer and a particle astrophysicist enter their lives.
MAIN CAST
Johnny Galecki
Jim Parsons
Kaley Cuoco
Simon Helberg
Kunal Nayyar
CELEBRITY APPEARANCES
Steve Wozniak Co-founder of Apple Computer
Neil DeGrasse Tyson American Astrophysicist
Eliza Dushku (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
Wil Wheaton (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
LeVar Burton (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
Howie
Mandel
Astronaut
Buzz Aldrin
Bob Newhart
Bob Newhart
01 – Howard uses a robotic arm for his own personal pleasure
02 – Sheldon lives his life through a robotic substitute
03 – Sheldon breaks up with Amy and replaces her with cats
04 – Howard gets back with Bernadette and Sheldon and Raj go to war
05 – Leonard goes on a date and Sheldon hides from his “girlfriend”
06 - Raj's sister has a one-day layover and Leonard rekindles their past fling
07 - Howard's security doesn't go well as Sheldon reveals the Mars Rover incident
08 - Amy joins a slumber party while the gang waits on line for Raiders of the Lost Ark
09 - Penny lies to her father about still being together with Leonard
10 - Amy has a crush on Penny's ex-boyfriend
11 - The gang dresses as the Justice League for a New Year's Eve costume party
12 – Sheldon tries to take over Leonard’s creation for a smartphone application
13 – Bernadette runs into her ex-boyfriend and Howard is jealous
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15 – Leonard solicits himself to attract research funding for the university
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24 – Season Finale:
SEASON 5 EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS
01 – Raj
tells the truth about what happened with Penny last night
02 –
Penny gets a comfortable chair from the garbage
03 – Amy
believes Leonard is attracted to her
04 – Raj
dates a hearing impaired girl and spends lavishly on her
05 – Leonard plans to attend Will Wheaton’s party
06 –
Sheldon’s mother comes for a visit however she is not the mother he wants her
to be
07 –
Leonard dates a comic book artist while Sheldon scares the gang on Halloween
08 – Amy
becomes heartbroken when Bernadette and Penny go dress shopping
09 –
Sheldon tries to cure his phobia of birds while Leonard and Penny date
10 – Amy
goes on a date with Stuart and Sheldon proposes a relationship with her
11 –
Leonard deals with his former high school bully as Penny realizes she was a
bully
12 –
Bernadette discovers she is not good with children and Sheldon is in trouble
with Amy
13 –
Leonard asks Penny out for a date after thinking about it intensely
14 –
Leonard and Penny go on their date while Raj has a relationship with Siri
15 –
Leonard cancels the roommate agreement and Sheldon deals with the consequences
16 –
Bernadette needs to ask Howard for a prenup and Sheldon is asked to take a
vacation
17 – Amy
gives Penny a painting of themselves and Sheldon fights over an office
18 –
Howard goes for NASA training and Sheldon goes crazy after not getting a
haircut
19 –
Sheldon chooses between playing Star Wars or going to Amy’s aunt’s 93rd
birthday
20 –
Penny buys Leonard and Sheldon a mint in box Star Trek transporter
21 – Howard persuades Leonard to meet Stephen Hawkings
22 – A
video from Howard’s bachelor party hitting the Internet upsets Bernadette
23 – Amy
influences Sheldon to fall in love with her and Leonard proposes to Penny
24 –
Season Finale: Howard and Bernadette get married before he goes to space
SEASON 6 HIGHLIGHTS
01 – Amy
celebrates her first anniversary with Sheldon but brings Raj along
02 –
Sheldon learns that Penny may break up with Leonard
03 –
Sheldon gets a new assistant and she is making Penny jealous
04 –
Howard returns from space while the gang plays Pictionary and Sheldon loses
05 –
Penny takes an interest into Leonard’s work as the gang prepares a Halloween
party
06 –
Sheldon throws a game for Stephen Hawkings and Penny goes back to finish
college
07 – Amy
is angry at Sheldon for siding with Wil Wheaton and Harold moves out
08 – Raj
and Harold discover the missing 20 minutes Sheldon spends unaccounted for
09 –
Harold gets a new car and is assigned Sheldon’s parking spot
10 –
Sheldon takes care of Amy while Harold deals with having dinner with his
in-laws
11 – The
guys play Dungeons & Dragons while the girls have a night out with Raj
12 – Sheldon’s
assistant Alex hits on Leonard as sexual harassment suits follow
13 – The
guys go to a comic convention while the girls attempt to read comic books
14 – Harold
and Raj purchase a 3-D printer to make their self action figures
15 – Leonard
moves in with Penny while Amy moves in with Sheldon
16 – Valentine’s
Day hits the gang and Raj gets a date
17 – Penny
helps Sheldon with his flag videos and Raj reconnects to his date
18 – The
girls go to Disneyland while the guys
encourage science to middle school girls
19 –
Sheldon finds a letter from Howard’s father while Howard is hesitant to find
out
20 – Leonard,
Sheldon, and Raj fight for tenure which opened at the university
21 – Amy
helps Sheldon get over a cancelled TV Show Alphas and his need for closure
22 – Sheldon
meets his childhood TV star Professor Proton (Bob Newhart)
23 – The
girls and guys play Dungeons & Dragons and Raj goes out with Lucy
24 –
Season Finale: Raj finally speaks to women without alcohol
SEASON 7 HIGHLIGHTS
01 – Sheldon
and Penny get closer as friends while Leonard is away
02 – Leonard
returns and hides from Sheldon to spend personal time with Penny
03 – Raj
hosts a scavenger hunt with different significant others
04 – Amy
discovers a story problem with Raiders of the Lost Ark
05 – Amy
is working where Sheldon works and Bernadette kicks Howard out
06 – Sheldon
makes a scientific discovery by accident and Howard celebrates Bernadette’s
Anniversary
07 – Professor
Proton asks Leonard not Sheldon to read over his paper
08 – Sheldon
teaches Leonard a lesson and Raj meets his ex-girlfriend
09 – The
gang prepares for Thanksgiving dinner and finds out she is married
10 – Leonard
disproves Sheldon’s scientific discovery
11 – The gang realizes life without Sheldon and his importance
11 – The gang realizes life without Sheldon and his importance
12 – Penny
gets cut from a TV show while Sheldon tries to be funny
13 –
Penny quits her job to focus on her acting career and Sheldon goes on vacation
14 – Sheldon spends the day with James Earl Jones who invites him and his friends to Comic Con
15 – Amy
takes Sheldon on a train for Valentine’s Day and shares their first kiss
16 – The
gang wants a dining room table while Sheldon opposes
17 – Howard
and Sheldon decide to end their warfare against each other
18 – Raj
plays Murder Mystery Dinner and Sheldon sees his mother having sex
19 – Penny
and Wil Wheaton end up participating in the same movie
20 –
Howard meets Raj’s girlfriend who was once his blind date
21 – The
group thinks both Sheldon and Penny complain too much
22 –
Sheldon deals with Professor Proton passing away
23 – Raj
finds out why his girlfriend likes horror stories
24 –
Season Finale: Sheldon leaves his friends to be more independent
SEASON 8 HIGHLIGHTS
SEASON 8 HIGHLIGHTS
01
– Sheldon returns after 45 days and Penny gets a job in pharmaceutical sales
02
– Sheldon becomes a professor and Howard becomes his student
03
– Howard gets to throw the first ball at a baseball game
04
– Raj’s girlfriend has issues with Penny and the gang decides to buy a comic
book store
05
– The girls go to Las Vegas and the boys go on a science retreat to focus and
brainstorm ideas
06
– Leonard and Penny work out their differences as one is more successful than
the other
07
– Penny flirts with doctors while making sales leading to a doctor arriving outside
of her apartment
08
– The gang creates a prom and Sheldon says ‘I Love You’ to Amy
09
– Leonard needs surgery and Sheldon is worried and Raj’s parents get a divorce
10
– Sheldon ends Fun with Flags only to restart it again at the end of the
episode
11
– Raj, Leonard, and Howard attempt to get a pigeon out of the clean room
12
– Sheldon and Leonard decide to allow the girls do what they want leading to
shopping
13
– Sheldon is self-inflicting anxiety on himself to inspire his theory of Dark
Matter
14
– Leonard and Sheldon publish a paper which gets critique by Stephen Hawkings
15
– Howard loses his mom as both Sheldon and Amy conduct intelligence tests on
Penny and Leonard
16
– Penny and Sheldon test the theory of falling in love on Sheldon’s birthday
17
– Sheldon and Amy attempt to get a pet turtle as he applies to go to the Planet
Mars
18 - The gang eats the last meal by Mrs. Wolowitz while Leonard and Sheldon write a paper
19 - Leonard and Sheldon go to the Skywalker Ranch as Bernadette gets rid of Howard's TARDIS
20 - Sheldon and Amy build a blanket fort and Howard meets his half-brother
21 - Raj submits his NASA proposal and Penny decides to audition for a movie again
22 - Leonard gives a Commencement speech over Skype and Howard fixes Raj's helicopter
23 - Leonard and Sheldon's mothers finally meet and Howard does his share of the housework
24 - Penny and Leonard are getting married in Vegas while Sheldon and Amy separate as he prepares to propose
18 - The gang eats the last meal by Mrs. Wolowitz while Leonard and Sheldon write a paper
19 - Leonard and Sheldon go to the Skywalker Ranch as Bernadette gets rid of Howard's TARDIS
20 - Sheldon and Amy build a blanket fort and Howard meets his half-brother
21 - Raj submits his NASA proposal and Penny decides to audition for a movie again
22 - Leonard gives a Commencement speech over Skype and Howard fixes Raj's helicopter
23 - Leonard and Sheldon's mothers finally meet and Howard does his share of the housework
24 - Penny and Leonard are getting married in Vegas while Sheldon and Amy separate as he prepares to propose
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED – 5 OUT OF 5
