The Big Bang Theory: 2.02 ‘The Codpiece Topology’ Recap
October 6, 2008 by Chandra
Original Air Date: September 29, 2008
This is yet another good episode for the boys and now two girls on The Big Bang Theory, largely because the second female regular, Sara Gilbert, reprises her role as Leslie Winkle in fine form.
The action begins with the guys returning from a Renaissance Fair, looking nerdier than ever in their medieval costumes and with Sheldon bitching continuously about how historically inaccurate everything was. While the group is on the landing outside Sheldon and Leonard’s apartment, Penny walks up with her new buff-looking “friend,” which immediately makes Leonard jealous.
No matter how much his friends try to convince him he doesn’t really have anyone to go on the rebound with, let alone to make Penny jealous over, Leonard stubbornly insists he does. So, it’s no wonder he jumps at the chance to make Leslie his new conquest when he bumps into her at lunch.
The Big Bang Theory: 2.01 ‘The Bad Fish Paradigm’ Recap
September 23, 2008 by Chandra
Original Air Date: September 22, 2008
The Good: There’s definitely rough seas ahead in Leonard and Penny’s budding romantic relationship (and everybody knows nobody likes boring couples who never experience any tension).
The Bad: It’s not really a negative to me, but once again Sheldon is the center of attention, and Jim Parsons does a fine job making his (verbose and often highly technical and/or nerdy) one-liners zing.
The Bad Fish Paradigm: After spying on Penny and Leonard as they part after their first date on the landing outside their apartments, Howard and Rajesh conclude the couple’s new relationship is doomed. Leonard counters that Penny’s claim she wants to take it slow is akin to someone wanting to eat a good meal slowly to savor it, but Howard insists taking it slow is like eating bad fish and wanting to spit it out. The fact that Leonard and Penny also decided to wing it instead of making a second date right away is further proof to Howard, Rajesh, and even Sheldon that the future is not looking bright for Leonard and Penny.
The Big Bang Theory: Season One Video Recap
September 22, 2008 by Chandra
If some fans of CBS’ The Big Bang Theory are anything like me, a certain amount of fuzziness has probably decreased their memory of everything that happened on the show during the first season.
No worries, though. CBS has put together a handy little video recap that condenses all of the most important details and events from the first season into three information-packed minutes.
Take a look after the jump to refresh your memory.
Bad Fish on ‘Big Bang’ in One Month
Exactly one month from today, on Monday, September 22, CBS’ hit sitcom The Big Bang Theory will return for its sophomore season.
The premiere, “The Bad Fish Paradigm,” sounds fun, with an embarrassing secret thrown in for good measure to stand in the way of Penny and Leonard’s ill-fated romance. Honestly — how many people really think they’re ever going to end up together? I don’t.
But the pair do go out on their first date during the episode, which turns out not so good (Shocker!). Fortunately for Penny, she soon learns that Sheldon is a perfect confidant, even if he doesn’t want to be confided in (Shocker #2!).
Make sure to catch the second-season premiere at the familiar time of 8pm EST.
The Big Bang Theory: 1.16 ‘The Peanut Reaction’ Recap
Original Air Date: May 12, 2008
This episode is all about Leonard’s birthday. When Penny learns his parents raised him without ever giving him a birthday party — they believed in celebrating achievements, not his passage through the birth canal — she becomes determined to throw him one.
Penny’s plans for a surprise party require Sheldon to buy a gift, an act the genius is initially opposed to since he approves of Leonard’s parents’ no-party mindset and respects Leonard’s claims that he doesn’t want a party; Howard to get Leonard out of the apartment long enough for the others to set up; and Rajesh to stay behind in the apartment decorating and greeting guests until the rest of the gang returns.
When Howard stops by, Leonard is determined to stay at home and finish his game of Halo. The only way to lure him out is for Howard, who’s allergic to nuts, to pretend he accidentally ate a peanut. This trick gets Leonard to the hospital, where a nurse refuses to play along with Howard’s game.
Meanwhile, Penny is at the electronics store helping a reluctant Sheldon — who doesn’t understand the concept of picking out and purchasing presents — buy his roommate a gift. He ends up assisting customer after customer after customer when one asks a question, and to encourage him to leave, Penny has to find a real employee to threaten Sheldon with calling security.
The Big Bang Theory: 1.14 ‘The Nerdvana Annihilation’ Recap
Original Air Date: April 28, 2008
LEONARD bids $800 online on what he thinks is a miniature time machine from the classic 1960 sci-fi movie The Time Machine. He doesn’t have the money to spend; he just wants to be a part of the action, and, unfortunately, he ends up being the only bidder.
Consequently, Leonard wins, and SHELDON, HOWARD, and RAJESH are nice enough (or nerdy enough) to chip in $200 each to help him cover the cost. The result is a time-share time-machine that they’ll swap among each other. When the purchase arrives, however, they finally realize why no one else wanted it — it’s both life-sized and very colorful.
The proportions of the machine and the broken elevator cause the guys to have a really difficult time getting the prop up to Leonard and Sheldon’s apartment. While they’re blocking the staircase trying to move it upstairs, PENNY comes out, anxious to leave because she’s already late for work. Since she has no time to wait, Sheldon suggests she jump over to the next building’s roof and use its stairs.
After the gang gets the prop inside, they start playing around with it, until Penny arrives to tell them that Sheldon’s alternative route downstairs was not as simple as he described it.
The Big Bang Theory: ‘The Bat Jar Conjecture’ Spoilers (4-21-08)
April 21, 2008 by Chandra
Roseanne fans take note: Sara Gilbert returns as Leslie Winkle on the April 21 episode of The Big Bang Theory. The guys rely on her help when Sheldon acts like a pain in the butt during preparations for a big physics competition.
I just hope they can win without him on “The Bat Jar Conjecture” since there’s a big brain to go along with Sheldon’s really big ego. In other words, he’s definitely not all talk and no action.
The Big Bang Theory airs Mondays on CBS at 8pm EST.
The Big Bang Theory: ‘The Jerusalem Duality’ Spoilers (4-14-08)
April 14, 2008 by Chandra
The plot of the April 14 episode of The Big Bang Theory is just downright pitiful.
On “The Jerusalem Duality,” big, grown man Sheldon gets jealous of a wee little teenager named Dennis (Guest Star Austin Lee). Why? Because the kid’s brain is bigger than his, as if anybody can control such things.
To make matters worse, Sheldon then schemes to sabotage Dennis’ work, demonstrating once again why whiny Sheldon/Jim Parsons is the heart and soul and funny of this sitcom. Love him.
The Big Bang Theory airs Mondays on CBS at 8pm EST.
The Big Bang Theory: ‘The Pancake Batter Anomaly’ Spoilers (3-31-08)
March 31, 2008 by Chandra
Just reading the title of the next episode of The Big Bang Theory makes me want to have breakfast for lunch.
On “The Pancake Batter Anomaly,” Penny takes care of one of the roommates when he gets sick. Guess who: Leonard or Sheldon? Hint: Pain in the butt. That made it easier, didn’t it?
The Big Bang Theory airs Mondays on CBS at 8pm EST.
The Big Bang Theory: 1.10 ‘The Loobenfeld Decay’ Recap
March 25, 2008 by Chandra
Original Air Date: March 24, 2008
SHELDON and LEONARD arrive home while having a discussion about why Skynet would create a hot, petite, 17-year-old Terminator on the Fox TV series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. As they climb the stairs, they hear PENNY singing, an event one roommate describes with the comment that if cats could sing, they’d hate it, too.
Penny meets them on the steps on her way down to rehearsal, and she tells them she just got a part in a workshop production of Rent because the original actress fell ill. She also invites them to her showcase performance on Friday, but Leonard lies on the fly that the roommates have to attend a symposium at the exact same time. Sheldon notes Leonard lied without even showing a physiological response, a clear sign of a sociopath.
Unfortunately, Sheldon isn’t comfortable being included in Leonard’s lie, and he becomes obsessed with Penny finding out. To preclude that happening, he tells her Leonard lied in order to spare him embarrassment. The real reason they can’t go to the production is because Leonard has to drive him to his first cousin Leopold’s drug intervention in Long Beach after the relative supposedly skipped rehab.