The Big Bang Theory

The Cooper/Kripke Inversion

by Alan Rapp on February 2, 2013

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“Tell him my coitus with Amy is frequent, intense, and whimsically inventive.”

The Cooper/Kripke Inversion

Sheldon (Jim Parsons) is outraged to lean he’ll be forced to work with Kripke (John Ross Bowie) on the proposal for the university’s new fusion reactor. What frustrates Sheldon even more is admitting to Amy (Mayim Bialik) that after trading research with Kripke, as they prepare to work on the proposal together, he has discovered his nemesis work is “leaps and bounds” ahead of his own.

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The Bakersfield Expedition

by Alan Rapp on January 12, 2013

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While on a road trip to a comic convention in Bakersfield with Sheldon (Jim Parsons), Howard (Simon Helberg) and Raj (Kunal Nayyar), Leonard’s (Johnny Galecki) car is stolen leaving the foursome stranded in the middle of nowhere dressed as Star Trek: The Next Generation characters.

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The Egg Salad Equivalency

by Alan Rapp on January 5, 2013

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The Egg Salad EquivalencySheldon’s (Jim Parsons) overreaction on hearing his assistant Alex (Margo Harshman) has made a pass at Leonard (Johnny Galecki) backfires for both roommates when Dr. Cooper is accused of sexual harassment after turning to Penny (Kaley Cuoco), Bernadette (Melissa Rauch), and Amy (Mayim Bialik) for advice. As Penny becomes upset by how much Leonard enjoyed getting hit on by an attractive younger woman Sheldon meets with a representative of the university’s human resource department (Regina King) which only makes matters worse.

Throwing his colleagues under the bus to save his own skin, Leonard, Raj, and Howard all find themselves called before human resources to defend recent actions. By the end of the episode things get back to normal as Sheldon apologizes to Alex for his behavior (and then enlists her assistance in a university mandated sexual harassment workshop), and Penny’s jealousy slowly fades with Leonard’s apology and her discovery of a new tool to keep his interest.

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The Santa Simulation

by Alan Rapp on December 14, 2012

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The Santa Simulation

As Christmas grows near Leonard (Johnny Galecki) plans a X-Mas-themed Dungeons & Dragons night for Sheldon (Jim Parsons), Howard (Simon Helberg), and Stuart (Kevin Sussman), which includes Sheldon singing all five verses of “Good King Wenceslas” and the quest party playing “Jingle Bells” on hand bells. Meanwhile, the girls plan their own night out as Penny (Kaley Cuoco), Amy (Mayim Bialik) and Bernadette (Melissa Rauch) attempt to find Raj (Kunal Nayyar) a woman.

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  • Title: The Big Bang Theory – The Fish Guts Displacement
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Characters step outside their comfort zone as Sheldon (Jim Parsons) attempts to nurse a sick Amy (Mayim Bialik) back to health and Howard (Simon Helberg), during an awkward dinner with Bernadette’s (Melissa Rauch) parents, agrees to go on a fishing trip with Bernadette’s father (Casey Sander), a retired police officer with whom he has nothing in common.

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The Parking Lot Escalation

by Alan Rapp on December 1, 2012

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“Don’t try to change the subject. This is about a parking space, it has nothing to do with cars.”

Despite the fact that he doesn’t own a car, has never properly learned to drive, and has never used his university parking spot, Sheldon (Jim Parsons) becomes incensed when the university reassigns it to Howard (Simon Helberg) without his knowledge. The fight escalates quickly bleeding over into Amy (Mayim Bialik) and Bernadette’s (Melissa Rauch) girl’s night out with Penny (Kaley Cuoco).

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The 43 Peculiarity

by Alan Rapp on November 16, 2012

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Howard (Simon Helberg) and Raj (Kunal Nayyar) become obsessed with where Sheldon (Jim Parsons) disappears to every day at 2:45pm as Leonard (Johnny Galecki) deals with his own obsession when Penny (Kaley Cuoco) starts to hang out with a new study partner (Ryan Cartwright).

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The Habitation Configuration

by Alan Rapp on November 10, 2012

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The return of Will Wheaton (once again playing himself) causes a dust up between the Star Trek: The Next Generation celebrity and Amy (Mayim Bialik) when Will agrees to make an appearance on Sheldon’s (Jim Parsons) webseries “Fun with Flags.” Looking for guidance from Penny (Kaley Cuoco), who offers him one too many Long Island Ice Teas, a drunken Shelton shows up at Wheaton’s home to defend his girlfriend’s honor.

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The Extract Obliteration

by Alan Rapp on November 3, 2012

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“What does Sheldon Cooper and a black hole have in common?”

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Sheldon’s (Jim Parsons) excitement over Stephen Hawking accepting his invitation for a friendly game of Words With Friends soon becomes an obsession when Hawking suddenly stops playing. Based on Howard’s (Simon Helberg) experience with the scientist, Sheldon believes the he was beating him so soundly that Hawking decided to move on to other pursuits. However, when given the change to throw the game to cement his friendship Sheldon has a crisis of faith.

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The Holographic Excitation

by Alan Rapp on October 27, 2012

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“Two weeks ago I was an astronaut.”
“Yeah? Well now you’re a Smurf.”

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As Halloween rolls around the gang gets ready for comic books store’s annual party which Raj (Kunal Nayyar) agrees to help Stuart (Kevin Sussman) pull off this year. Sheldon (Jim Parsons) and Amy (Mayim Bialik) attempt to find the perfect couple’s costume for their first Halloween together. Meanwhile, the group grows tired of Howard (Simon Helberg) constantly steering every conversation back to his NASA experiences, whose hurt by the fact that they don’t want to hear him talking about the biggest event of his life and isn’t ready to go back to being plain old Howard so quickly.

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