Starring:
Year(s) Aired: 2007-2008
Year of DVD Release: 2008
Rated: Not Rated
Approx. Running Time: 355 minutes
Format(s): DVD (3 discs)
My Rating: 4 Stars (Out Of 5)
From Back Cover:
"A Broad, Funny Show. Awfully Endearing. When the Entire Geek Squad Is Assembled, It's a Riot."
-Matt Roush, tvguide.com
Physicists Leonard and Sheldon understand everything from the inescapable gravitational pull of a black hole to the intricate structure of an atom. But take those atoms and assemble them into a woman, and their comprehension comes to a grinding halt. And when Penny, a woman with all those atoms in all the right places, moves in across the hall, Leonard and Sheldon's universe begins to expand in ways they never could have imagined.
When series creators Chuck Lorre (Two and a Half Men) and Bill Prady (Dharma & Greg) combine equal parts science, superheroes and sex and add stars Johnny Galecki (Roseanne) and Jim Parsons (Judging Amy), the result is an explosively funny comedy for the nerd in all of us.
Episode Summary:
DISC ONE
Episode 1: Pilot
Brain doesn't have much of a chance against braun when Leonard and Sheldon try to retrieve Penny's TV from her muscle-bound ex.
Episode 2: The Big Bran Hypothesis
Leonard tries to keep Sheldon from fighting chaos in the universe, the center of which is Penny's messy apartment.
Episode 3: The Fuzzy Boots Corollary
Leonard has a date - with Penny. Too bad he hasn't told her about it.
Episode 4: The Luminous Fish Effect
Fish nightlights. Hand-loomed ponchos. A visit from Mom. Things get freaky when Sheldon gets fired.
Episode 5: The Hamburger Postulate
Leonard's relationship with co-worker Leslie takes an unexpected turn, causing Sheldon to ponder the meaning of a tie on a doorknob.
Episode 6: The Middle Earth Paradigm
Leonard discovers "hobbit" is the wrong costume to wear to Penny's Halloween party when her ex-boyfriend shows up. Also, Sheldon is not a zebra.
DISC TWO
Episode 7: The Dumpling Paradox
Wolowitz gets a girl. Penny beats Sheldon at Halo. Sometimes truth is stranger than science fiction.
Episode 8: The Grasshopper Experiment
Rajesh flips over his gorgeous blind date. But she only has eyes for Sheldon. Sheldon?!
Episode 9: The Cooper-Hofstadler Polarization
Leonard and Sheldon go from physics to fisticuffs when tempers flare at the symposium.
Episode 10: The Loobenfeld Decay
Sheldon cannot tell a lie. He has to tell at least seven. And they are all "un-unravelable!"
Episode 11: The Pancake Batter Anomaly
Everyone knows to head to the hills when Sheldon gets sick. Everyone except Penny, that is.
Episode 12: The Jerusalem Duality
When a child prodigy arrives on campus, Sheldon graciously sets out to destroy him.
DISC THREE
Episode 13: The Bat Jar Conjecture
Sheldon is the MVP on the guys' Physics Bowl team: "Most Vain Physicist."
Episode 14: The Nerdvana Annihilation
Leonard is thrilled with his prop Time Machine from the 1960 film, until Penny tells him it's unhip to play Morlocks and Elois.
Episode 15: The Pork Chop Indeterminacy
Sheldon's twin Missy is nothing like Sheldon... which makes her the other guys' newest dream girl.
Episode 16: The Peanut Reaction
Leonard's birthday finds Wolowitz and Leonard in the ER and Penny and Sheldon sharing a shopping trip from hell.
Episode 17: The Tangerine Factor
Nervous about their first date, Leonard and Penny seek advice from the same romance-savvy sage: Sheldon.
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My Comments:
This was given to me as a gift and I'd never even heard of the show. What a great surprise this turned out to be. The premise - an awkward, socially retarded nerd falls for a beautiful woman - has been done countless times before but it's done so well here that it almost feels fresh. Johnny Galecki is fantastic as Leonard, Jim Parsons is a stand-out as Sheldon and their uber-geek friends also make for some laugh out loud moments. Also keep an eye out for special appearances from Galecki's former Roseanne castmates Sara Gilbert and Laurie Metcalf.
Great show. Thanks Kerry and Jamie!
B
Not Rated (MPAA)
4 Stars
2007
2008
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Year(s) Aired: 2008-2009
Year of DVD Release: 2009
Rated: Not Rated
Approx. Running Time: 481 minutes
Format(s): DVD (4 discs)
My Rating: 4 Stars (Out of 5)
From Back Cover:
"TV's funniest traditional sitcom."
-Michael Ausiello, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
The science of funny is back! At work, physicists Leonard and Sheldon an their geek pals conquer the cosmos. At home, real life - from dating to driving - conquers them. This season, Leonard gets a girl. So does Sheldon (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, überconfident Leslie Winkler reduce mere men to spineless jellyfish. Twenty-three laugh-filled episodes from series creators Chuck Lorre (Two and a Half Men) and Bill Prady (Gillmore Girls) and a talented cast with astronomical comedy IQs shows why Big Bang is such a big hit.
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Episode Summary:
DISC ONE
Episode 1: The Bad Fish Paradigm
Can you keep a secret? Sheldon can't, as Penny discovers when she confides in him about her date with Leonard.
Episode 2: The Codpiece Topology
After his romance with Penny goes toes up, Leonard rebounds into the arms of Sheldon's nemesis, Leslie Winkler.
Episode 3: The Barbarian Sublimation
Sheldon gets Penny playing Age of Conan online. Before you can say quest to the black castle, she's hooked.
Episode 4: The Griffin Equivalency
When People names Raj one of "30 Under 30 to Watch," watch out. The honor goes straight to his head.
Episode 5: The Euclid Alternative
The guys talk Sheldon into finally learning how to drive. What could possibly go wrong?
Episode 6: The Cooper-Nowitzki Theorem
Tall, dark and handsome. One out of three is enough for a pretty grad student with designs on Sheldon.
DISC TWO
Episode 7: The Panty Piņata Polarization
This means war. Hostilities escalate after Penny violates some of Sheldon's weird house rules.
Episode 8: The Lizard-Spock Expansion
To impress a girl, Howard takes her to the Mars Rover control room - and promptly drives the Rober into a Martian ditch.
Episode 9: The White Asparagas Triangulation
"Now we've got McCoy!" Star Trek enthusiast Sheldon is thrilled that Leonard is dating a doctor.
Episode 10: The Vartabedian Conundrum
When Stephanie puts her relationship with Leonard into romantic overdrive, Leonard turns to Penny for advice.
Episode 11: The Bath Item Gift Hypothesis
Penny gives Sheldon the most exciting, wonderful, amazing Christmas present ever. Sheldon gives Penny soap.
Episode 12: The Killer Robot Instability
Penny's cutting remark crushes Howard's spirit just before the guys' big fighting-robot competition.
DISC THREE
Episode 13: The Friendship Algorithm
Let others use charm, kindness or congeniality to make friends. Sheldon would rather employ science.
Episode 14: The Financial Permeability
Penny's financial problems stem from a loan that Kurt, her loser ex-boyfriend, never repaid.
Episode 15: The Maternal Capacitance
Leonard's analytical, self-absorbed, socially tone-deaf mother visits. Sheldon immediately bonds with her.
Episode 16: The Cushion Saturation
Howard Wolowitz, boy toy. Leslie treats Howard like a sex object when the unlikely duo hits the streets.
Episode 17: The Terminator Decoupling
Traveling to San Francisco on the Coast Starlight, the guys meet a star: Summer Glau of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.
Episode 18: The Work Song Nanocluster
Capitalism is an eye-opening experience when Sheldon combines web commerce with his very first cup of coffee.
DISC FOUR
Episode 19: The Dead Hooker Juxtaposition
Penny is no longer the belle of the building when another hot blonde moves in - and moves in on the guys.
Episode 20: The Hofstadter Isotope
Heartbroken that Penny's dating the ultimate nerd - a comic salesman - Leonard tries the bar scene with Howard and Raj.
Episode 21: The Vegas Renormalization
Vegas, baby! In Sin City, the guys hire a Jewish hooker to snap Howard out of his dumped-by-Leslie funk.
Episode 22: The Classified Materials Turbulence
That flushing sound you hear is Howard's career. His International Space Station toilet design is a washout.
Episode 23: The Monopolar Expedition
When the guys arrive in the Arctic for a summer-long scientific expedition, they discover the place to be strangely familiar.
My Comments:
This show has quickly become a favorite. Its characters are so incredibly over the top, yet very much like some real people I know.
B
Not Rated (MPAA)
4 Stars
2008
2009
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Year(s) Aired: 2009-2010
Year of DVD Release: 2010
Rated: Not Rated
Approx. Running Time: 472 minutes
Format(s): DVD (3 discs)
My Rating: 4 Stars (Out of 5)
From Back Cover:
"The top-rated comedy on television."
-TV GUIDE MAGAZINE
Worlds collide in Season 3! A love affair with Penny has opened a big, wide, wonderful world of romance for Leonard. But Sheldon likes the world just the way it was, thank you. All of which makes for a zany comic triangle with brainy, clueless Sheldon and practical, grounded Penny hilariously vying for the role of hypoteneuse. This complete 3-Disc, 23-Episode Season 3 Set also features Raj, Howard, tattoos, football, awkward dates, jail time, Stan Lee, a The Lord of the Rings ring and all the fun of a series that only gets better. The big Bang Theory "has transformed from a cute comedy about eggheads and their hottie neighbor into an addictive ensemble piece that could be this decade's answer to Friends." (Lynette Rice, Entertainment Weekly)
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Episode Summary:
DISC ONE
Episode 1: The Electric Can Opener Fluctuation
A grand deception in the Arctic puts Sheldon's friendship with Leonard, Howard and Raj in the deep freeze.
Episode 2: The Jiminy Conjecture
Friends and lovers, Leonard's hook-up with Penny wasn't quite the night of passion he expected. Can this relationship be saved?
Episode 3: The Gothowitz Deviation
"Just remember we are Lost Boys." Howard and Raj don tattoo sleeves to score hot sex with chicks at a Goth bar.
Episode 4: The Pirate Solution
Facing deportation unless he finds a new job, Raj goes to work for Sheldon. Suddenly, deportation starts looking good.
Episode 5: The Creepy Candy Coating Corollary
Adversaries: Sheldon and Wil Wheaton at a Mystic Warlords of Ka'a tourney. Howard and Penny's friend on a date.
Episode 6: The Cornhusker Vortex
Hoping to fit in with Penny's football-fan crowd, Leonard seeks an education in the sport from an unlikely tutor: Sheldon.
Episode 7: The Guitarist Amplification
"The disruption in your relationship is making my life intolerable." Leonard and Penny fight, but it's Sheldon who suffers.
Episode 8: The Adhesive Duck Deficiency
Clothes encounter of the nerd kind: First-time-driver Sheldon dresses a naked, injured Penny for a slow-mo ride to the hospital.
DISC TWO
Episode 9: The Vengeance Formulation
Sheldon's interview on NPR goes terribly, terribly wrong and Howard shares a bubble bath with Katee Sackhoff.
Episode 10: The Gorilla Experiment
If someone can teach sign language to Koko the gorilla, Sheldon is sure he can teach Penny rudimentary physics.
Episode 11: The Maternal Congruence
I saw Mommy kissing... who? Christmastime brings Leonard's mother and a number of surprises, including that smooch.
Episode 12: The Psychic Vortex
To help him pick up women at a university mixer, Raj needs a lady-killing wingman. Say, Sheldon, are you free tonight?
Episode 13: The Bozeman Reaction
"I've seen the underbelly of Pasadena." A break-in drives an unnerved Sheldon to a drastic decision.
Episode 14: The Einstein Approximation
If Einstein discovered the theory of relativity at a patent office, what wonders will Sheldon achieve waiting tables at the Cheesecake factory?
Episode 15: The Large Hadron Collision
Valentine's Day, a supercollider and a trip to Switzerland test the Leonard-Penny romance and the Leonard-Sheldon friendship.
Episode 16: The Excelsior Acquisition
Comic legend Stan Lee signs autographs for everyone... except Sheldon, who's doing hard time in the Pasadena jail.
DISC THREE
Episode 17: The Precious Fragmentation
"Give us the precious!" A prop ring from The Lord of the Rings film trilogy unleashes Sheldon's inner Gollum.
Episode 18: The Pants Alternative
Penny has the remedy when Sheldon is paralyzed by stage fright before an awards ceremony. But there's an unfortunate side effect.
Episode 19: The Wheaton Recurrence
Eager for retribution after the Mystic Warlords of Ka'a debacle, Sheldon goes mano a mano with Wil Wheaton at the bowling lanes.
Episode 20: The Spaghetti Catalyst
After Leonard and Penny break up, one question remains: who gets custody of Sheldon?
Episode 21: The Plimpton Stimulation
A libidinous Princeton cosmological physicist is Sheldon's houseguest, but it's Leonard, Raj and Howard who get their cosmos rocked.
Episode 22: The Staircase Implementation
When Leonard Met Sheldon: Leonard tells Penny how he and Sheldon become roommates... and why the elevator is eternally out of order.
Episode 23: The Lunar Excitation
The dating games. Howard and Raj sign Sheldon up for internet dating, and Penny's new squeeze is another dumb hunk.
My Comments:
More wonderful hilarity.
B
Not Rated (MPAA)
4 Stars
2009
2010
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Year(s) Aired: 2010-2011
Year of DVD Release: 2011
Rated: Not Rated
Approx. Running Time: 528 minutes
Format(s): DVD (3 discs)
My Rating: 4 Stars (Out of 5)
From Back Cover:
2010 Emmy Winner: Jim Pasons
(Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series)
"Frakking Fantastic!"
-TV Guide
"Four seasons in, it is still laugh-out-loud funny. Every episode, every week," says USA Today's Robert Bianco about the hit series The Big Bang Theory. Subject his conclusion to empirical analysis by watching all 24 episodes of Season Four on 3 discs. This season, the Big Bang gang's romantic universe expands. On the rebound from Penny, Leonard falls for Raj's sister Priya. Sheldon gets a girlfriend - Amy, a dour neurologist who declares herself Penny's BFF. Howard and Bernadette heat up; meanwhile Raj is romancing her in Bollywood daydreams. Observe all the forces of attraction in this genius, award-winning comedy.
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Episode Summary:
DISC ONE
Episode 1: The Robotic Manipulation
While Sheldon and Amy share an impersonal date (with Penny as chaperone), Howard has an intimate encounter with a robotic hand.
Episode 2: The Cruciferous Vegetable Amplification
Sheldon's plan to increase his life span includes the consumption of gas-producing veggies, a tactic that...ummm...backfires.
Episode 3: The Zazzy Substitution
When Shamy comes to a rancorous end, Sheldon fills his companionship void with cats. Twenty-five of them.
Episode 4: The Hot Troll Deviation
This means war! Raj and Sheldon armor up over a desk. Howard reveals the embarrassing reason he broke up woth Bernadette.
Episode 5: The Desperation Emanation
"I want to invoke the girlfriend pact." Lonely Leonard asks Howard to find him a date. Howard finds a doozy.
Episode 6: The Irish Pub Formulation
To help Leonard keep his fling with Raj's sister a secret, Sheldon concocts an elaborate lie involving a auburn-haired barmaid Maggie McGarry.
Episode 7: The Apology Insufficiency
When Sheldon tactlessly torpedoes Howard's top-level security clearance, he makes the ultimate sacrifice to win his friend's forgiveness.
Episode 8: The 21-Second Excitation
Waiting to see a 21-second-longer Raiders of the Lost Ark, Sheldon is outraged when Wil Wheaton and his crew jump the line.
DISC TWO
Episode 9: The Boyfriend Complexity
Penny and Leonard are back together - at least until Penny's dad, who thinks Leonard is son-in-law material, goes home to Nebraska.
Episode 10: The Alien Parasite Hypothesis
"I obviously have the flu coupled with sudden-onset Tourette syndrome." Amy misdiagnoses her flushed reaction when she meets Penny's cute ex.
Episode 11: The Justice League Recombination
It's Wonder Woman (Penny) and Superman (Zack) to the rescue when the guys need help portraying the Justice League at a New Year's Eve party.
Episode 12: The Bus Pants Utilization
Leonard's great idea for an app that solves differential equations leads to a rift in his friendship with Sheldon.
Episode 13: The Love Car Displacement
The gang (including Penny) heads to a Big Sur spa for a science symposium and a round of musical hotel rooms.
Episode 14: The Thespian Catalyst
That's entertainment: Sheldon takes acting lessons from Penny; Raj and Bernadette share a Bollywood fling.
Episode 15: The Benefactor Factor
Grandma, what big bucks you have! Leonard becomes the amorous target of a wealthy Cal Tech donor who's had her AARP card many, many years.
Episode 16: The Cohabitation Formulation
Howard switches roomies: Bernadette instead of Mom. But it seems the more things change, the more they stay the same.
DISC THREE
Episode 17: The Toast Derivation
Since Sheldon is the center of the universe, shouldn't he be the center of his social circle, too? Dr. Cooper goes looking for a posse.
Episode 18: The Prestidigitation Approximation
How'd you do that? Sheldon becomes obsessed with mastering a card trick Howard performs with ease. And Priya wants Penny out of Leonard's life.
Episode 19: The Zarnecki Incursion
The guys need some serious muscle to get revenge on the ginormous dude who hacked Sheldon's World of Warcraft account. Enter Penny.
Episode 20: The Herb Garden Germination
"Sheldon and I engaged in sexual intercourse. In other news, I'm thinking of starting an herb garden." To test group social dynamics, Sheldon and Amy fabricate two pieces of gossip.
Episode 21: The Agreement Dissection
Shake it, Sheldon, Shake it! Penny, Amy and Bernadette's girls' night out includes a physicist who thinks he can dance. (He can.)
Episode 22: The Wildebeest Implementation
Under the influence of an experimental drug, Raj sheds more than his inhibitions. Bernadette discovers the dangers of texting while dining.
Episode 23: The Engagement Reaction
Matters of the heart (attack). The first meeting of Mrs. Wolowitz and her future daughter-in-law starts in a deli and ends in the ER.
Episode 24: The Roommate Transmogrification
Leonard and Priya's "astronomically inaccurate" Star Trek sex talk compels an uncomfortable Raj to move in with Sheldon.
My Comments:
The hilarity continues, though new addition "Amy Farrah Fowler" isn't quite as funny as the established nerds.
B
Not Rated (MPAA)
4 Stars
2010
2011
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Year(s) Aired: 2011-2012
Year of DVD Release: 2012
Rated: Not Rated
Approx. Running Time: 498 minutes
Format(s): DVD (3 discs)
My Rating: 4 Stars (Out of 5)
From Back Cover:
"The geeks really have inherited the earth"
-New York Post
The geniuses of The Big Bang Theory get thrown for a bell curve in all 24 episodes of the phenomenally funny Fifth season of the hit show. In "Tv's top-rated comedy" (New York Post), Penny and Leonard's relationship is relaunched in full "beta test" mode, while Sheldon, Howard, and Raj discover the feminine mystique is something that cannot be easily graphed or calculated. As Sheldon makes begrudging amendments to his "Relationship Agreement" with his "friend-who-happens-to-be-a-girl" Amy Farrah Fowler, Raj contemplates an arranged marriage, and Howard is all-systems-go for both his NASA space launch and wedding to the spirited Bernadette.
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Episode Summary:
DISC ONE
Episode 1: The Skank Reflex Analysis
When Penny and Raj come out of Leonard's bedroom togther, accusations fly and a friendly paintball tournament becomes a chance to get the guys' feelings out in the open.
Episode 2: The Infestation Hypothesis
While Leonard tries to maintain his long-distance relationship with Priya, Penny takes in a chair she found on the street, to Sheldon and Amy's absolute horror.
Episode 3: The Pulled Groin Extrapolation
Jealousy is in the air when Amy asks Leonard to escort her to a wedding, and Howard discovers that Bernadette may be a too-close-for-comfort version of his mother.
Episode 4: The Wiggly Finger Catalyst
While Penny sets up Raj with his dream girl, Sheldon relies on Dungeons and Dragons dice to make some seemingly minor decisions.
Episode 5: The Russion Rocket Reaction
Emotions run sky-high when Sheldon discovers that Leonard plans to attend Wil Wheaton's party, and Howard ponders an opportunity to work on the International Space Station.
Episode 6: The Rhinitis Revelation
Sheldon's mother comes for a visit, and he finds himself in the awkward position ofhaving to share her attentions with his friends.
Episode 7: The Good Guy Fluctuation
Scares are everywhere as Leonard admits to Priya that he's attracted to someone else, and Sheldon pulls a slew of Halloween pranks on his friends.
Episode 8: The Isolation Permutation
Amy's feelings are hurt when Penny and Bernadette go dress-shopping without her, and Sheldon's attempts to help just aggravate the situation.
DISC TWO
Episode 9: The Ornithophobia Diffusion
It's time for facing fears head-on when Leonard and Penny attempt to be together just as friends, and Sheldon must deal with a bird camping out in the living room.
Episode 10: The Flaming Spittoon Acquisition
When Stuart asks Amy out on a date, Sheldon must make a big decision regarding his feelings for her.
Episode 11: The Speckerman Recurrence
Old feelings from high school resurface when a former bully askes Leonard to meet for a drink, and Penny realizes she wasn't the nicest person back then either.
Episode 12: The Shiny Trinket Maneuver
Some relationship therapy is needed when Sheldon doesn't acknowledge Amy's recent accomplishment, and Bernadette reveals to Howard that she can't stand kids.
Episode 13: The Recombination Hypothesis
In the show's 100th episode, Leonard asks Penny out on a date, and their evening together begins with an argument-filled dinner...but still ends in the bedroom.
Episode 14: The Beta Test Initiation
Now that they are a couple again, Leonard and Penny put their relationship through a testing period in which they scientifically report problems - or "bugs" - to each other.
Episode 15: The Friendship Contraction
A frustrated Leonard hurts Sheldon's feelings, and Sheldon retaliates by consulting their Roommate Agreement and invoking the clause that ends their friendship.
Episode 16: The Vacation Solution
The chemistry just isn't right when Sheldon, who has been forced to take two weeks of vacation time from work, joins Amy in her biology lab.
DISC THREE
Episode 17: The Rothman Disintegration
Sheldon and Kripke go the whole nine yards to get Professor Rothman's empty corner office when they agree to compete in a sports contest devised by Leonard, Raj and Howard.
Episode 18: The Werewolf Transformation
When he learns that his longtime barber has passed away, Sheldon decides to embrace his inner hippie in an attempt to match his new, shaggy hairstyle.
Episode 19: The Weekend Vortex
Amy is upset when Sheldon decides to join his friends for a weekend-long Star Wars game instead of going with her to a family birthday party.
Episode 20: The Transporter Malfunction
Sheldon and Leonard agree to preserve the value of their new collectible action figures by keeping them in the packaging, but Sheldon's urge to play soon gets the best of him.
Episode 21: The Hawking Excitation
Stephen Hawking visits the university, and Sheldon will do almost anything for Howard in exchange for an introduction.
Episode 22: The Stag Convergence
Bernadette threatens to call off the wedding after Raj shares some stories about Howard's romantic past.
Episode 23: The Launch Acceleration
Surprises abound when Howard's space mission is moved to a time that conflicts with the wedding, and Leonard utters something unexpected to Penny in the bedroom.
Episode 24: The Countdown Reflection
It's new horizons for the newlywed Howard as he sits on the launch pad and waits to blast off, and for Leonard, who popped the question under surprising circumstances.
My Comments:
More awesomeness. Unfortunaely, Amy is still here and appears to be here to stay. Oh well.
B
Not Rated (MPAA)
4 Stars
2011
2012
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Year(s) Aired: 2012-2013
Year of DVD Release: 2013
Rated: Not Rated
Approx. Running Time: 496 minutes
Format(s): DVD (3 discs)
My Rating: 4 Stars (Out of 5)
From Back Cover:
"In its sixth year, Big Bang is bigger than ever."
-Rob Moynihan, TV GUIDE
Whether on Earth or above it, hilarity is outrageously universal in TV's most popular comedy featuring four foward thinking but socially backward geniuses. Fun discoveries multiply: Leonard leanrns jealousy is bad for a relationship (with Penny) but science is good for seduction (of Penny). Howard finds life on the International Space Station is no escape from terrestrial turmoil between his overbearing mom and his new wife Bernadette. Raj meets someone special who may be a good match, if only he can keep her from fleeing mid-date. Even Sheldon learns a few things: a) what not to say when called in to meet the university's employee relations director, b) what happens to childhood TV idols, and c) that a Dungeons & Dragons adventure can be the icebreaker his relationship with Amy needs. For those who need laughter with scientific regularity, this 3-disc, 24 episode Season Six set of The Big Bang Theory will rock your cosmos.
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Episode Summary:
DISC ONE
Episode 1: The Date Night Variable
Episode 3: The Higgs Boson Observation
Episode 4: The Re-Entry Minimalization
Episode 5: The Holographic Excitation
Episode 6: The Extract Obliteration
Episode 7: The Habitation Configuration
Episode 8: The 43 Peculiarity
DISC TWO
Episode 9: The Parking Spot Escalation
Episode 10: The Fish Guts Displacement
Episode 11: The Santa Simulation
Episode 12: The Egg Salad Equivalency
Episode 13: The Bakersfield Expedition
Episode 14: The Cooper/Kripke Inversion
Episode 15: The Spoiler Alert Segmentation
Episode 16: The Tangible Affection Proof
DISC THREE
Episode 17: The Monster Isolation
Episode 18: The Contractual Obligation Implementation
Episode 19: The Closet Reconfiguration
Episode 20: The Tenure Turbulence
Episode 21: The Closure Alternative
Episode 22: The Proton Resurgence
Episode 23: The Love Spell Potential
Episode 24: The Bon Voyage Reaction
My Comments:
More awesomeness, though perhaps not as good as previous seasons.
B
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Year(s) Aired: 2013-2014
From Back Cover:
"Nothing is hotter than Big Bang."
Socially challenged they remain, but the scientific geniuses of The Big Bang Theory always deliver hilarious results. Leonard returns from his North Sea expedition to find that his relationship with Penny involves more beta-testing then he's ever done in a lab. Howard's attachment issues with the women in his life in particular and Raj's social breakthrough with women in general provide more laughs. Bernadette and Amy stand staunchly by the men in their lives, even when they're sitting in marathon role-playing games. Sheldon sees his mom (Laurie Metcalf) in a totally different way, parties with James Earl Jones, establishes a (sort of) bond with his idol Professor Proton (Emmy winner Bob Newhart) and makes a scientific breakthrough that breaks down before you can say Science Friday. Experience your own humor breakthrough with this 24-episode Season Seven set of TV's most popular comedy.
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Episode Summary:
DISC ONE
Episode 1: The Hofstadter Insufficiency
Episode 3: The Scavenger Vortex
Episode 4: The Raiders Minimization
Episode 5: The Workplace Proximity
Episode 6: The Romance Resonance
Episode 7: The Proton Displacement
Episode 8: The Itchy Brain Stimulation
DISC TWO
Episode 9: The Thanksgiving Decoupling
Episode 10: The Discovery Dissipation
Episode 11: The Cooper Extraction
Episode 12: The Hesitation Ramification
Episode 13: The Occupation Recalibration
Episode 14: The Convention Conundrum
Episode 15: The Locomotive Manipulation
Episode 16: The Table Polarization
DISC THREE
Episode 17: The Friendship Terbulance
Episode 18: The Mommy Observation
Episode 19: The Indecision Amalgamation
Episode 20: The Relationship Diremption
Episode 21: The Anything Can Happen Recurrence
Episode 22: The Proton Transmogrification
Episode 23: The Gorilla Dissolution
Episode 24: The Status Quo Combustion
My Comments:
This season really seemed to kind of dull and, tbh, I lost interest in the show and haven't finished the season. I'll keep it at four stars though because the show overall was a great one.
B
On the International Space Station, Howard is caught in a feud between Bernadette and his mom. Back on Earth, lone wolf Raj becomes a third wheel on not one but two dodgy dates.
Episode 2: The Decoupling Fluctuation
Secrecy isn't Sheldon's strong suit, especially when he attempts an intervention after learning that Penny has second thoughts about Leonard. Howard is picked on by his fellow astronauts.
Highest anxiety! The pressures of being in space start to take a toll on Howard. Amy feels threatened when Sheldon hires a young female assistant.
Howard's back from space... and in the doldrums because his hero's welcome fails to materialize. Meanwhile, Game Night turns into a battle of the sexes.
Leanard seduces Penny with science. Preparations for Stuart's Halloween Costume Party consume Raj. Howard can't stop talking about space, until astronaut Buzz Aldrin gets him grounded again.
Sheldon and Leonard are both driven to distraction: the former when he plays Words With Friends with Stephen Hawking, the latter when Penny enrolls in a college class.
Caught in the middle of a feud between "girl-friend" Amy and "good-friend" Will Wheaton, Sheldon seeks advice from Penny. Bernadette pressures Howard to move completely out of his mother's house.
Howard and Raj investigate a mystery of where Sheldon goes every afternoon at 2:45, while Leonard struggles with his jealousy of Penny's British classmate.
Parking Spot-aggedon! When the university reassigns Sheldon's (unsused) parking space to Howard, the resulting turf battle involves everyone.
Doctor in the house: Sheldon plays nursemaid to an ailing Amy. Man in the making: Howard tries to bond with his stern father-in-law about an upcoming fishing trip.
Holiday Frivolity: Sheldon relives a few Christmas memories during a holiday-themed Dungeons & Dragons game, while the girls try to find the perfect match for Raj when he joins ladies' night.
You can't say that! But Sheldon does, resulting in a workplace sexual harrassment charge that drags Leonard, Raj and Howard into the human resources fray.
En route to a Bakersfield comic book convention dressed as Star Trek: The Next Generation characters, the guys' vessel is stolen. At home, the girls try to appreciate the world of comics ...a little too much.
Forced to work with his university nemesis Barry Kripke, Sheldon gains the upper hand in an unexpected way. Howard and Raj make a huge investment in action figures of themselves.
A Leonard/Sheldon fight drives Leonard to move in with Penny - and Amy to move in on Sheldon! With Howard away, Raj checks in on Mrs. Wolowitz.. and finds he can't check out.
The guys make some not-so-best-laid Valentine's Day plans to romance their significant others. Raj and Stuart throw a lonely people party at the comic book store.
After a terrible date, Raj vows never to leave his apartment again. Sheldon is struck by Penny's acting skills ...but not enough to actually see her in a play.
Back to school! Leonard, Sheldon and Howard try to advance the cuase of women in science by talking to junior high girls about future careers, while Raj plans a library liason with Lucy.
When an obsessive closet cleanup uncovers a letter from his absent father, Howard doesn't want to know its contents. That generates a multiple choice dynamic for Leonard and Penny's subsequent party.
Let the battle begin! Leonard, Sheldon and Kripke fight for tenure at the university - but the competition really heats up when the girls get involved.
Sheldon feels lost after a TV favorite gets canceled, so Amy tries to help him get over his compulson for closure. Raj discovers Lucy's blog and gets compulsive himself.
Sheldon and Leonard hire Professor Proton (Bob Newhart), the host of their favorite childhood TV show, to be their friend. Howard and Bernadette run into trouble babysitting Raj's dog.
When the girls' Vegas trip falls through, theyy join the guys in a Dungeons & Dragons marathon - and Sheldon and Amy's relationship takes a gamey turn. Raj and Lucy have a very awkward date.
New success for Leonard makes Sheldon jealous and throws Penny for a loop. Meanwhile, Raj pushes Lucy too far in their relationship.
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The Big Bang Theory: The Complete
Seventh Season - 2013-2014 (Not Rated)
Year of DVD Release: 2014
Rated: Not Rated
Approx. Running Time: 486 minutes
Format(s): DVD (3 discs)
My Rating: 4 Stars (Out of 5)
-Matt Roush, TV GUIDE
With Leonard away on his North Sea expedition, Sheldon and Penny bond (really?), Amy and Bernadette get flirty at a conference (somewhat), and Raj and Mrs. Davis (Regina King) reach an understanding (sort of).
Episode 2: The Deception Verification
Leonard's back - and keeping it as secret as possible with Sheldon across the hall. Howard's care of his mother causes and unusual threat to his masculinity.
When the gang competes in a cutthroat scavenger hunt designed by Raj to test their science knowledge and street smarts, it brings out the best - and worst - in everyone.
Amy ruins a favorite movie of Sheldon's - Raiders of the Lost Ark - and he seeks revenge. Leonard finds a maternal gambit will get Penny to do anything. Raj and Stuart create online dating profiles.
When Amy takes a job at sheldon's university, his relationship with her is put to the test. As collateral damage, Howard finds himself sleeping on Raj's couch after a fight with Bernadette.
Sheldon's latest scientific breakthrough makes him feel like a fraud - and his friends feel the pain of Sheldon's feelings. Meanwhile, Howard's romantic gesture to Bernadette causes Penny to step up her game with Leonard.
Sheldon feels slighted when Professor Proton (Bob Newhart) seeks advice from Leonard and not him. His revenge: befriending rival science TV host Bill Nye. Howard rankles Raj when he crashes girls' night.
Leonard strives to keep Sheldon from overreacting over an unreturned DVD rental... but it ain't happening, and boy, does it itch. Penny confronts Raj's ex-girlfriend, Lucy, about the breakup.
An upset Sheldon protests when the entire gang drags him to Mrs. Wolowitz's house for Thanksgiving. Meanwhile, Penny and Leonard must deal with a mistake from her past.
Leonard and Amy (and Wil Wheaton) help Sheldon cope with the shame he feels after his scientific discovery is disproved. Howard and Bernadette also need help coping - with temporary houseguest Raj. Science Friday host Ira Flatow guests.
It's a wonderful what-if. With Sheldon away in Texas, everyone gathers to decorate the apartment Christmas tree and imagines what their lives would be like if they never met Sheldon.
When Penny's big acting break is a bust, Leonard tries to console her, resulting in Penny asking Leonard a bold relationship question. Meanwhile, Sheldon tries to learn how to be funny, and Raj tries to work on his "game" before talking to girls.
When Sheldon is forced to take time off, he ends up spending it with an unemployed Penny. Leonard struggles to be supportive of Penny's choice, and Bernadette seeks Stuart's help to replace one of Howard's comic books.
After the guys can't score Comic-Con tickets, Sheldon decides to hold his own convention and winds up spending a wild night with James Earl Jones. While the guys hustle to secure ducats, the girls try to act like grown-ups. Carrie Fisher makes a cameo appearance.
Love is in the air: Amy convinces Sheldon to join her (and Howard and Bernadette) for a romantic Valentine's Day train ride. Cinnamon is indisposed: Leonard and Penny must rush Raj's dog to the vet.
The purchase of a dining room table causes Sheldon to reevaluate the changes in his life. Another life-changer: Howard is offered a chance to go back to space, and Bernadette struggles with the idea.
After insults fly, Bernadette tries to make peace by having Howard and Sheldon travel together to Houston to improve their friendship. Penny is offered an embarrassing movie role, and Raj asks Amy to write to a woman on his behalf.
While visiting his mom (Laurie Metcalf) in Houston, Sheldon is forced to confront a new reality. At home, Raj's murder-mystery party generates more scuffles than solutions.
Decisions become dilemmas. Raj feels guilty for simultaneously dating two women, Penny wrestles with take a role in a cheesy horror movie, and Amy helps Sheldon through the utter hell of choosing between two gaming systems.
Sheldon faces a personal crisis after deciding his wasting his time on string theory. In other relationship news, a double date between Raj, Emily and the Wolowitzes ends in a monster sized embarrassment for Howard.
Give us a break! Sheldon tries to be spontaneous in a revival of Anything Can Happen Thursday, but it only leads to unexpected friction between Penny, Amy and Bernadette. Raj seeks Howard's help to prepare a date with Emily.
May the "4th" be with you! On Star Wars Day, Professor Proton helps Sheldon cope with grief about a personal loss, while Leonard turns a relationship milestone into a competition with Penny.
Penny's lousy workday prompts her to reevaluate her life choices - including taking a big step with Leonard. More choice situations: Howard and Bernadette struggle to care for an ailing Mrs. Wolowitz, and Raj gets relationship advice from Sheldon.
With is entire world in flux around him, Sheldon is forced to confront an uncertain future and considers a major move... by train, of course! Raj and Emily take it to the next level.
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