The Big Bang Theory
The Big Bang Theory: Season 2

Air Date

September 22, 2008

Episodes

23 episodes

The Big Bang Theory

Season 2

Overview

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.

Episodes

The Bad Fish Paradigm

1. The Bad Fish Paradigm

7.8
September 22, 2008
22 min

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

The Codpiece Topology

2. The Codpiece Topology

7.5
September 29, 2008
21 min

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

The Barbarian Sublimation

3. The Barbarian Sublimation

7.8
October 6, 2008
21 min

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

The Griffin Equivalency

4. The Griffin Equivalency

7.5
October 13, 2008
21 min

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

The Euclid Alternative

5. The Euclid Alternative

7.5
October 20, 2008
20 min

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

The Cooper-Nowitzki Theorem

6. The Cooper-Nowitzki Theorem

7.8
November 3, 2008
21 min

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

The Panty Piñata Polarization

7. The Panty Piñata Polarization

7.9
November 10, 2008
21 min

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

The Lizard-Spock Expansion

8. The Lizard-Spock Expansion

7.4
November 17, 2008
20 min

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

The White Asparagus Triangulation

9. The White Asparagus Triangulation

7.4
November 24, 2008
21 min

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

The Vartabedian Conundrum

10. The Vartabedian Conundrum

7.0
December 8, 2008
21 min

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

The Bath Item Gift Hypothesis

11. The Bath Item Gift Hypothesis

8.2
December 15, 2008
21 min

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

12. The Killer Robot Instability

7.4
January 12, 2009
21 min

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

13. The Friendship Algorithm

7.4
January 19, 2009
21 min

Sheldon creates a scientific procedure for making friends.

The Financial Permeability

14. The Financial Permeability

7.4
February 2, 2009
21 min

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

The Maternal Capacitance

15. The Maternal Capacitance

8.2
February 9, 2009
21 min

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

The Cushion Saturation

16. The Cushion Saturation

7.4
March 2, 2009
21 min

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

The Terminator Decoupling

17. The Terminator Decoupling

7.5
March 9, 2009
21 min

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

18. The Work Song Nanocluster

7.5
March 16, 2009
20 min

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

The Dead Hooker Juxtaposition

19. The Dead Hooker Juxtaposition

7.5
March 30, 2009
20 min

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

The Hofstadter Isotope

20. The Hofstadter Isotope

7.6
April 13, 2009
20 min

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

The Vegas Renormalization

21. The Vegas Renormalization

7.5
April 27, 2009
22 min

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

22. The Classified Materials Turbulence

7.5
May 4, 2009
19 min

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

23. The Monopolar Expedition

7.5
May 11, 2009
21 min

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