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The Big Bang Theory Season 2

The Big Bang Theory

Season 2

September 22, 2008 23 episodes

This season, Leonard gets a girl. So does Sheldon. Howard drives the Mars Rover into a ditch. Raj woos a terminator. Gorgeous girl-next-door Penny falls under the spell of Age of Conan. And super-smart, ueberconfident Leslie Winkler reduces mere men to spineless jellyfish.

All Episodes

The Bad Fish Paradigm
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E1. The Bad Fish Paradigm

22m Sep 22, 2008

Penny's first date with Leonard goes awry; Penny finds Sheldon to be an unwilling confidant.

The Codpiece Topology
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E2. The Codpiece Topology

21m Sep 29, 2008

A jealous Leonard reacts to Penny's new guy by rebounding with Leslie.

The Barbarian Sublimation
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E3. The Barbarian Sublimation

21m Oct 6, 2008

Sheldon creates a monster when he introduces Penny to online gaming.

The Griffin Equivalency
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E4. The Griffin Equivalency

21m Oct 13, 2008

Raj gets an inflated ego and makes a play for Penny after being referenced in a magazine article.

The Euclid Alternative
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E5. The Euclid Alternative

20m Oct 20, 2008

Leonard and his friends stage an intervention to force Sheldon to face his fear of driving.

The Cooper-Nowitzki Theorem
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E6. The Cooper-Nowitzki Theorem

21m Nov 3, 2008

Sheldon and the gang are confused when a young grad student is attracted to him.

The Panty Piñata Polarization
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E7. The Panty Piñata Polarization

21m Nov 10, 2008

When Sheldon bans Penny from the apartment for numerous minor infractions, she decides to retaliate.

The Lizard-Spock Expansion
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E8. The Lizard-Spock Expansion

20m Nov 17, 2008

Leonard inadvertently steals away the new woman Wolowitz thinks is the love of his life.

The White Asparagus Triangulation
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E9. The White Asparagus Triangulation

21m Nov 24, 2008

Sheldon is thrilled when Leonard starts dating a woman who meets Sheldon's stringent standards.

The Vartabedian Conundrum
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E10. The Vartabedian Conundrum

21m Dec 8, 2008

Leonard asks Penny for advice when his new relationship starts moving too fast.

The Bath Item Gift Hypothesis
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E11. The Bath Item Gift Hypothesis

21m Dec 15, 2008

Penny starts dating Leonard's handsome colleague; Leonard and his friends are tortured by Sheldon's obsession with gift-giving etiquette.

The Killer Robot Instability
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E12. The Killer Robot Instability

21m Jan 12, 2009

Penny's criticism of Wolowitz's romantic life pushes him into depression and AWOL for a fighting robot battle the rest of guys are depending on him for.

The Friendship Algorithm
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E13. The Friendship Algorithm

21m Jan 19, 2009

Sheldon creates a scientific procedure for making friends.

The Financial Permeability
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E14. The Financial Permeability

21m Feb 2, 2009

Sheldon's solution to Penny's financial difficulty leads to a confrontation between Leonard and Penny's ex-boyfriend.

The Maternal Capacitance
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E15. The Maternal Capacitance

21m Feb 9, 2009

Leonard and Penny are drawn together after a disastrous visit from Leonard's mother.

The Cushion Saturation
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E16. The Cushion Saturation

21m Mar 2, 2009

A paintball game leads to a fight between Sheldon and Penny, and romance for Leslie and Wolowitz.

The Terminator Decoupling
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E17. The Terminator Decoupling

21m Mar 9, 2009

Leonard, Sheldon and Wolowitz are ecstatic to learn that a famous science-fiction actress (Summer Glau) is on board the train they are taking to San Francisco.

The Work Song Nanocluster
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E18. The Work Song Nanocluster

20m Mar 16, 2009

Penny's home business turns into a complete nightmare when Sheldon takes over.

The Dead Hooker Juxtaposition
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E19. The Dead Hooker Juxtaposition

20m Mar 30, 2009

Penny squares off with a new beautiful female neighbor who may become the building's "new Penny."

The Hofstadter Isotope
E20
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E20. The Hofstadter Isotope

20m Apr 13, 2009

A fellow comic book enthusiast's hitting on Penny leads to Leonard and Howard going to a bar's Ladies' Night.

The Vegas Renormalization
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E21. The Vegas Renormalization

22m Apr 27, 2009

Leonard and Koothrappali escort a heartbroken Wolowitz to Las Vegas, and Sheldon becomes locked out of his apartment and must stay with Penny.

The Classified Materials Turbulence
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E22. The Classified Materials Turbulence

19m May 4, 2009

Penny's second date with Stuart sees her making a comment that gives Leonard new hope for a relationship with her. Wolowitz realizes there's a crucial error in a NASA project he's working on.

The Monopolar Expedition
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E23. The Monopolar Expedition

21m May 11, 2009

The guys' plan to work over the summer at the North Pole makes Penny revaluate her feelings for Leonard.

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