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The Big Bang Theory (season 4)
Release
Original networkCBS
Original releaseSeptember 23, 2010 (2010-09-23)
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This is a list of episodes for the fourth season of the American sitcom The Big Bang Theory, which began airing on CBS on September 23, 2010.[1] During the season, Kaley Cuoco was absent from some episodes after she broke her leg in a horse-riding accident. When she returned to the series, she was shown working as a bartender, instead of waitressing, at her job The Cheesecake Factory.

Cast

Main article: List of The Big Bang Theory characters
  • Leonard Hofstadter Ph.D., portrayed by Johnny Galecki, is an experimental physicist with an IQ of 173 who received his Ph.D when he was 24 years old. He shares an apartment with colleague and friend, Sheldon Cooper. He and Penny dated at one point during the series, but they have since broken up.
  • Sheldon Cooper, Ph.D., portrayed by Jim Parsons, is a theoretical physicist. Originally from East Texas, he was a child prodigy, starting college at the age of 11, right after completing the fifth grade. He has an IQ of 187 and exhibits a strict adherence to routine; a lack of understanding of irony, sarcasm and humor; and a complete lack of humility.
  • Penny, portrayed by Kaley Cuoco, is the attractive, blonde neighbor who lives across the hall from Sheldon and Leonard. She has an IQ of 97. She has aspirations of a career in show business, and has been to casting calls and auditions but has not been successful thus far. To pay the bills, she works as a waitress at The Cheesecake Factory. Her last name has never been revealed. She and Leonard dated at one point during the series, but they have since broken up.
  • Howard Wolowitz, M.Eng., portrayed by Simon Helberg, works as an aerospace engineer. He is Jewish, and lives with his mother. Unlike Sheldon, Leonard, and Raj, Howard lacks a Ph.D. He defends this by pointing out that he has a master's degree in Engineering from MIT and the apparatus he designs are actually built and launched into space, unlike the purely abstract work of his friends. He provides outrageous pick-up lines and fancies himself a ladies man with suitably unimpressed reactions from Penny; however, he has limited success with other women.
  • Rajesh Koothrappali, Ph.D., portrayed by Kunal Nayyar, originally comes from New Delhi, India. Known commonly as "Raj", he works as a particle astrophysicist at Caltech. He is very shy around women and is physically unable to talk to them unless he drinks alcohol. However, he has much better luck with women as opposed to his overly confident best friend Howard.
  • Bernadette, portrayed by Melissa Rauch, is a waitress and co-worker of Penny paying her way through graduate school microbiology studies. Bernadette is introduced to Howard by Penny. At first she and Howard do not get along, as they appear to have nothing in common. When they find out that they both have overbearing mothers, they feel a connection. She was upgraded to main cast status in the episode "The Hot Troll Deviation".
  • Amy Farrah Fowler, Ph.D., portrayed by Mayim Bialik, is a woman Raj and Howard meet on an online dating site using a faux account for Sheldon. She is essentially a female duplicate of Sheldon and she and Sheldon become friends although, as Sheldon claims she is a girl and is his friend, but she is not his girlfriend. She was upgraded to main cast status in the episode "The 21-Second Excitation".

Kaley Cuoco's broken leg

During this season, Kaley Cuoco broke her leg in a horse-riding accident and missed two episodes, "The Desperation Emanation" and "The Irish Pub Formulation". When she returned, she was shown working as a bartender, instead of in her normal employment as a waitress at The Cheesecake Factory. Her cast was concealed, and no mention of the unseen broken leg was made. A body double was used in scenes where Cuoco's character, Penny, walks, such as near the end of the season's eighth episode, "The 21-Second Excitation." [2] This was the first time that a regular cast member has not appeared in an episode.

Episodes

Overall
episode # 		Season
episode # 		Title Directed by Written by Original air date Prod.
code 		Viewers
(millions)
641"The Robotic Manipulation"Mark CendrowskiStory: Chuck Lorre, Lee Aronsohn & Dave Goetsch
Teleplay: Steven Molaro, Eric Kaplan & Steve Holland		September 23, 2010 (2010-09-23)3X665114.04[3]
652"The Cruciferous Vegetable Amplification"Mark CendrowskiStory: Bill Prady, Lee Aronsohn & Steve Holland
Teleplay: Steven Molaro, Chuck Lorre & Jim Reynolds		September 30, 2010 (2010-09-30)3X665213.05[4]
663"The Zazzy Substitution"Mark CendrowskiStory: Chuck Lorre, Bill Prady & Jim Reynolds
Teleplay: Lee Aronsohn, Steven Molaro & Maria Ferrari		October 7, 2010 (2010-10-07)3X665312.59[5]
674"The Hot Troll Deviation"Mark CendrowskiStory: Chuck Lorre, Steven Molaro & Adam Faberman
Teleplay: Bill Prady, Lee Aronsohn & Maria Ferrari		October 14, 2010 (2010-10-14)3X665412.57[6]
685"The Desperation Emanation"Mark CendrowskiStory: Bill Prady, Lee Aronsohn & Dave Goetsch
Teleplay: Chuck Lorre, Steven Molaro & Steve Holland		October 21, 2010 (2010-10-21)3X665513.05[7]
696"The Irish Pub Formulation"Mark CendrowskiStory: Chuck Lorre, Lee Aronsohn & Steven Molaro
Teleplay: Bill Prady, Eric Kaplan & Maria Ferrari		October 28, 2010 (2010-10-28)3X665613.04[8]
707"The Apology Insufficiency"Mark CendrowskiStory: Chuck Lorre, Lee Aronsohn & Maria Ferrari
Teleplay: Bill Prady, Steven Molaro & Steve Holland		November 4, 2010 (2010-11-04)3X665714.00[9]
718"The 21-Second Excitation"Mark CendrowskiStory: Chuck Lorre, Bill Prady & Jim Reynolds
Teleplay: Lee Aronsohn, Steven Molaro & Steve Holland		November 11, 2010 (2010-11-11)3X665813.11[10]
729"The Boyfriend Complexity"Mark CendrowskiStory: Chuck Lorre, Lee Aronsohn & Jim Reynolds
Teleplay: Bill Prady, Steven Molaro & David Goetsch		November 18, 2010 (2010-11-18)3X665913.02[11]
7310"The Alien Parasite Hypothesis"[12]Mark CendrowskiStory: Chuck Lorre, Steven Molaro & Steve Holland
Teleplay: Lee Aronsohn, Jim Reynolds & Maria Ferrari		December 9, 2010 (2010-12-09)3X666012.03[13]
7411"The Justice League Recombination"[14]Mark CendrowskiStory: Chuck Lorre, Lee Aronsohn & Maria Ferrari
Teleplay: Bill Prady, Steven Molaro & Steve Holland		December 16, 2010 (2010-12-16)3X666113.24
7512"The Bus Pants Utilization"[15]Mark CendrowskiStory: Chuck Lorre, Lee Aronsohn & Maria Ferrari
Teleplay:Bill Prady, Steven Molaro & Eric Kaplan		January 6, 2011 (2011-01-06)3X6662N/A
7613"The Love Car Displacement"[16]UnknownUnknownJanuary 20, 2011 (2011-01-20)3X6663N/A

Ratings

Canadian ratings

Order Episode Viewers (millions) Rank
1 "The Robotic Manipulation" 3.112 #1[17]
2 "The Cruciferous Vegetable Amplification" 2.964 #1[18]
3 "The Zazzy Substitution" 2.692 #1[19]
4 "The Hot Troll Deviation" 2.837 #2[20]
5 "The Desperation Emanation" 3.028 #1[21]
6 "The Irish Pub Formulation" 3.204 #1[22]
7 "The Apology Insufficiency" 3.408 #1[23]
8 "The 21-Second Excitation" 3.304 #1[24]
9 "The Boyfriend Complexity" 3.247 #1[25]
10 "The Alien Parasite Hypothesis" 2.659 #3[26]

See also

References

  1. ^ "CBS ANNOUNCES 2010-2011 PREMIERE DATES". The Futon Critic. July 22, 2010. Retrieved July 22, 2010.
  2. ^ Masters, Megan (October 12, 2010). "Kaley Cuoco Returns to Big Bang Theory After Injury as a—Pregnant Amputee Bartender?!". Retrieved November 5, 2010.
  3. ^ TV Ratings Broadcast Top 25: "Sunday Night Football", "Glee", "Grey's Anatomy", "Dancing with the Stars" Top Premiere Week, TV By the Numbers, September 28, 2010
  4. ^ Gorman, Bill (October 1, 2010). "Thursday Finals: Grey's Anatomy, Big Bang Theory, $#*! My Dad Says, CSI Adjusted Up; Vampire Diaries, Private Practice, Apprentice Down". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved October 1, 2010.
  5. ^ "CBS makes it three for three on Thursday". CBS PressExpress. October 8, 2010. Retrieved October 8, 2010.
  6. ^ Gorman, Bill (October 15, 2010). "Thursday Finals: The Big Bang Theory, $#*!, 30 Rock, The Office, Outsourced, Grey's Anatomy, Fringe All Adjusted Up". Retrieved October 15, 2010.
  7. ^ Gorman, Bill (October 22, 2010). "Thursday Finals: Grey's Anatomy, Big Bang, CSI, Vampire Diaries Adjusted Up; Private Practice Down; Plus NLCS Game 5 Ratings". Retrieved October 22, 2010.
  8. ^ Gorman, Bill (October 29, 2010). "Thursday Final Ratings: Grey's Anatomy, Big Bang Theory, Shrekless, Office Adjusted Up; Nikita Down; Plus World Series Game 2". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved October 29, 2010.
  9. ^ Gorman, Bill (November 5, 2010). "Thursday Final Ratings: Big Bang Theory, The Mentalist, Office, Vampire Diaries Adjusted Up". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved November 5, 2010.
  10. ^ Seidman, Robert (November 12, 2010). "Thursday Final Ratings: Fringe, Community, 30 Rock, Outsourced, The Office Adjusted Down; Bones, $#*! My Dad Says Adjusted Up". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved November 12, 2010.
  11. ^ Seidman, Robert. "Thursday Final Ratings: $#*! My Dad Says, 30 Rock, Outsourced Adjusted Down; The Office Adjusted Up". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved November 19, 2010.
  12. ^ "Listings - BIG BANG THEORY, THE on CBS". the Futon Critic. Retrieved November 18, 2010.
  13. ^ Gorman, Bill. "Thursday Final Ratings: 'Bones,' 'Fringe,' 'Community,' '30 Rock,' 'Office,' 'Apprentice' Adjusted Down; 'Big Bang Theory,' 'Walters: Oprah' Up". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved December 10, 2010.
  14. ^ "Episode Title: (#3X66??) "The Justice League Recombination"". The Futon Critic. Retrieved November 24, 2010.
  15. ^ "Episode Info: The Bus Pants Utilization". MSN TV. Microsoft. Retrieved December 8, 2010.
  16. ^ -Primetime-Calender-thru-to-March-4-2011 "CW - Primetime Calender thru to March 4, 2011". Doc Stoc. Retrieved December 15, 2010. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
  17. ^ http://bbm.ca/_documents/top_30_tv_programs_english/2010/nat09202010.pdf
  18. ^ http://bbm.ca/_documents/top_30_tv_programs_english/2010/nat09272010.pdf
  19. ^ http://bbm.ca/_documents/top_30_tv_programs_english/2010/nat10042010.pdf
  20. ^ http://bbm.ca/_documents/top_30_tv_programs_english/2010/nat10112010.pdf
  21. ^ http://bbm.ca/_documents/top_30_tv_programs_english/2010/nat10182010.pdf
  22. ^ http://bbm.ca/_documents/top_30_tv_programs_english/2010/nat10252010.pdf
  23. ^ http://bbm.ca/_documents/top_30_tv_programs_english/2010/nat11012010.pdf
  24. ^ http://bbm.ca/_documents/top_30_tv_programs_english/2010/nat11082010.pdf
  25. ^ http://bbm.ca/_documents/top_30_tv_programs_english/2010/nat11152010.pdf
  26. ^ http://bbm.ca/_documents/top_30_tv_programs_english/2010/nat12062010.pdf
General references
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