The Big Bang Theory - Recap & Review - The Vegas Renormalization

The Big Bang Theory
“The Vegas Renormalization”

Original Air Date: April 27, 2009

Theresa – Staff Writer
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It was inevitable. Despite their shared Judaism and love for the Large Hadron Collider, Leslie Winkle has decided to dump Howard.

Of course, they weren't actually going out, they were only “friends with benefits” – a situation Sheldon doesn't quite understand. The boys operationally define it for him as maintaining a friendship with someone you have sex with while having the freedom to date, though he still can't grasp the idea.

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The Big Bang Theory - Recap & Review - The Hofstadter Isotope

The Big Bang Theory
The Hofstadter Isotope

Original Air Date: April 13, 2009

Theresa – Staff Writer
theresa@thetwocentscorp.com

There was a hot girl in the comic shop this week – and it was Penny! Our previously superficial heroine ends up showing how far her penchant for geeky boys has progressed when she makes a date with the owner of the store. Or maybe it’s just because it was the boys’ self-proclaimed “Anything-Can-Happen Thursday”.

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The Big Bang Theory - Recap & Review - The Dead Hooker Juxtaposition

The Big Bang Theory
The Dead Hooker Juxtaposition

Original Air Date: Mar 30, 2009

Theresa – Staff Writer
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Move over, Penny! There's a new queen bee in the building and she's making the boys her drones! It's a TRAP! (Imagine Sheldon squawking that with a giant squid head...)

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Big Bang Theory - Recap & Review - The Work Song Nanocluster

Big Bang Theory
The Work Song Nanocluster

Original Air Date: Mar 16, 2009

Amanda - Senior Reviewer
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Score! CBS has ordered two more seasons of Big Bang Theory! I feel a need for something sparkly... and so does Penny, who’s started a small business making glittery flower barrettes. The guys? Well, they’re just having way too much fun with disinfectant spray and laser beams (I’ll explain in a minute), but soon get roped in by Sheldon’s marketing expertise. Sounds... intriguing, to say the least.

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The Big Bang Theory - Recap & Review - The Terminator Decoupling

The Big Bang Theory
“The Terminator Decoupling”

Original Air Date: March 9, 2009

Theresa – Staff Writer
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The latest episode of Big Bang Theory had a guest appearance that was sure to draw in tons of drooling fanboys. That's right, Nobel Prize-winning astrophysicist George Smoot. Oh, and Summer Glau was there too.

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The Big Bang Theory - Recap & Review - The Cushion Saturation

The Big Bang Theory
"The Cushion Saturation"

Original Air Date: March 2, 2009

Theresa - Staff Writer
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Sex, lies, and paintball - all the ingredients for another excellent episode. How I've missed my Sheldon fix after weeks of repeats!

Let's start with the paintball. The boys are playing against various other nerdy departments from the University when Howard gets chosen to stay behind and watch the others' backs as they plow into enemy fire. As he's waiting, Leslie Winkle does a dramatic tuck-and-roll into the safe haven (sorry, I don't know paintball) and for some random reason, decides to seize the invigoration of paintball war by making out with Howard. Oh, she also killed her entire squad. Oh Leslie, thou art a heartless... er, anyway...

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The Big Bang Theory - Recap & Review - The Maternal Capacitance

The Big Bang Theory
The Maternal Capacitance

Original Air Date: February 9, 2009

Theresa – TwoCents Staff Writer
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Raj singing “Under the Bridge” while he does a dance akin to the Running Man is the best opening ever. Of course, as soon as Penny comes in, it's all over, and instead the focus is on the very unpleasant phone conversation Leonard is having. Turns out Mama Hofstadter is coming for a visit.

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The Big Bang Theory - Recap & Review - The Financial Permeability

The Big Bang Theory
The Financial Permeability

Original Air Date: Feb 2, 2009

Theresa – TwoCents Staff Writer
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Another day, another crucial scientific problem for the geeky gang of four: they cannot find a Sheldon-approved restaurant within appropriate travelling distance of a Sheldon-approved movie theater. Solution? Leave Sheldon home. Thankfully, the logically minded Sheldon agrees that this is the only conclusion. (Though I still think that Slurpees are the same thing as Icees – who's with me?)

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The Big Bang Theory - Recap & Review - The Friendship Algorithm

The Big Bang Theory
The Friendship Algorithm

Original Air Date: 19 Jan 2009

Theresa – TwoCents Staff Writer
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Kripke is back! And he's even more obnoxious than last week. Unfortunately, he also controls the lab's new Open Science Grid computer, so Sheldon has to try to make friends with him to get some time on it.

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Big Bang Theory - Recap & Review - The Killer Robot Instability

The Big Bang Theory
“The Killer Robot Instability”

Original Air Date: Jan 12, 2009

Theresa – TwoCents Staff Writer
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It's that time again – a time for shows to return with new episodes, yes, but also time for the Southern California Robot Fighting League Round Robin Invitational. What, you didn't know about that?

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The Big Bang Theory - Recap & Review - The Bath Item Gift Hypothesis

The Big Bang Theory
“The Bath Item Gift Hypothesis”

Original Air Date: Dec 15, 2008

Theresa – TwoCents Staff Writer
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The boys are sitting in the cafeteria debating Superman's dry-cleaning habits when David Underhill, a (subjectively) more attractive award-winning physicist enters and asks to work with Leonard on a project. Leonard's sarcastic “big whoop” quickly turns to delight, and he gets some funny looks from the rest of the group, and even more disapproval when he nonchalantly skips Wii Bowling night.

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The Big Bang Theory - Recap & Review - "The Vartabedian Conundrum"

The Big Bang Theory
The Vartabedian Conundrum

Original Air Date: 8 Dec 2008

Theresa – Two Cents Staff Writer
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Sheldon continues to interject himself into Leonard's relationship with Dr. Stephanie Barnett by making her check his every psychosomatic symptom. However, it seems that Stephanie has interjected herself into the boys' apartment.

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The Big Bang Theory - Recap & Review - "The White Asparagus Triangulation"

The Big Bang Theory
The White Asparagus Triangulation

Original Air Date: 24 Nov 2008

Theresa – Two Cents Staff Writer
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Sheldon Cooper is, once again, on a mission. This time his ingenious plan is to inject himself into Leonard's relationship with Dr. Stephanie Barnett with the counter intuitive goal of saving it.

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The Big Bang Theory - Recap & Review - The Lizard-Spock Expansion

The Big Bang Theory
“The Lizard-Spock Expansion”

Original Air Date: Nov 17, 2008

Theresa – TwoCents Staff Writer
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Maybe Howard and Leonard should've settled their argument about a girl with a game of rock-paper-scissors-lizard Spock. Instead Leonard sneaks behind Howard's back to date Stephanie, a doctor Howard picked up while wearing an eye patch, and a cold war begins. But thankfully, it doesn't last long.

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The Big Bang Theory - Recap & Review - The Panty Pinata Polarization

The Big Bang Theory
“The Panty Piñata Polarization”

Original Air Date: Nov 10, 2008

Theresa – TwoCents Staff Writer
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So even though CBS cut out on me for a few minutes and I didn't get to see what Penny did to ruin Sheldon's laundry night, what I saw of the episode was hilarious. Great to finally see a nice B-plot for Howard and Raj too.

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Big Bang Theory - Recap & Review - The Cooper-Nowitzki Theorm

The Big Bang Theory
The Cooper-Nowitzki Theorem

Original Air Date: Nov 3, 2008

Theresa - TwoCents Staff Writer
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While, to me, it is not odd to have a hero worship situation toward Dr. Sheldon Cooper, it seriously throws the guys and Penny for a loop when a grad student starts to cling to Sheldon like triboelectrified laundry.

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Big Bang Theory - Recap & Review - The Euclid Alternative

The Big Bang Theory
"The Euclid Alternative"

Original Air Date: Oct 20, 2008

Theresa - TwoCents Staff Writer
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As someone who also does not drive, I sympathize with Sheldon's desperate search for someone to take him to Pottery Barn to return his over-stimulating Star Wars sheets in this episode. His more pressing problem, though, is getting to work while Leonard is working nights on electrons.

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The Big Bang Theory - Recap & Review - The Griffin Equivalency

The Big Bang Theory
"The Griffin Equivalency"

Original Air Date - Oct 13, 2008

Theresa - TwoCents Staff Writer
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Lesson: If you want to keep your friends, do not discover a celestial body. When Raj discovers 2008 NQ(17) - I think - he is chosen as one of People Magazine's 30 Under 30 to Watch. However, instead of thanking Howard for the mounting bracket that enabled the telescope he used to see, or being at all humble, he becomes a full-blown egomaniac within hours.

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The Big Bang Theory - Recap & Review - The Barbarian Sublimation

The Big Bang Theory
"The Barbarian Sublimation"

Original Air Date - Oct 6, 2008

Theresa - TwoCents Staff Writer
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Penny is having a bad day. She jammed her car key in her apartment door, got rejected at an audition, her groceries are all over the floor, she's sexually frustrated, and she swallowed a fly. Sheldon invites her in, begrudgingly, to wait for the locksmith while he returns to his MMORPG, Age of Conan. At first, Sheldon is quite encouraging of Penny's curiosity in the game and helps her get into it and level up. Unfortunately, since Penny's been crapped on lately and has nothing else to get excited about, she gets way - WAY - too into the game.

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Big Bang Theory - Recap & Review - The Codpiece Topology

The Big Bang Theory
"The Codpiece Topology"

Original Air Date: Sept 29, 2008

Theresa - TwoCents Staff Writer
theresa@thetwocentscorp.com

This episode marks the return of Leslie Winkle (Sara Gilbert), now a regular character. We get to see more of her rivalry with Sheldon, and really, aside from their disagreement about what matter is made of, they're two of the most socially blunt people ever. Leonard and Penny are still circling each other, this time using other people to stir up jealousy, which is where Leslie comes in.

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