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|ShortSummary = A smitten Howard thinks he's found his soul mate, until the woman, [[List of The Big Bang Theory characters#Recurrent characters|Dr. Stephanie Barnett]] ([[Sara Rue]]), meets Leonard. Howard invites Stephanie to drive the [[Mars rover]] at the [[Jet Propulsion Laboratory]], but the plan fails when the rover winds up stuck in a Martian ditch. Subsequently, to hide evidence of what he did, Howard destroys all the security tapes and hard drives relating to the mission. Afterwards, Leonard has a hard time deciding how to tell Howard that he has started dating Stephanie. Leonard decides to go to Howard's house to tell him personally, but while there, Stephanie calls Howard and gives him the news. Howard becomes very upset with Leonard, but this only lasts until Stephanie sets up Howard with another friend, and invites him on a double-date. In the end, Howard hears the news on TV that the rover found water on Mars in the bottom of the ditch, but as so much data was "inexplicably" lost no one will know who was responsible for the amazing discovery.
|ShortSummary = A smitten Howard thinks he's found his soul mate, until the woman, [[List of The Big Bang Theory characters#Recurrent characters|Dr. Stephanie Barnett]] ([[Sara Rue]]), meets Leonard. Howard invites Stephanie to drive the [[Mars rover]] at the [[Jet Propulsion Laboratory]], but the plan fails when the rover winds up stuck in a Martian ditch. Subsequently, to hide evidence of what he did, Howard destroys all the security tapes and hard drives relating to the mission. Afterwards, Leonard has a hard time deciding how to tell Howard that he has started dating Stephanie. Leonard decides to go to Howard's house to tell him personally, but while there, Stephanie calls Howard and gives him the news. Howard becomes very upset with Leonard, but this only lasts until Stephanie sets up Howard with another friend, and invites him on a double-date. In the end, Howard hears the news on TV that the rover found water on Mars in the bottom of the ditch, but as so much data was "inexplicably" lost no one will know who was responsible for the amazing discovery.


The episode is titled for its minor sub-plot where Sheldon and Raj play a game of [[rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock]], which is "The Lizard-Spock Expansion" of the traditional game of [[rock-paper-scissors]]. They play to decide who gets to watch what on TV, but they choose [[Spock]]. They, along with Howard, play the game for the last dumpling. When they choose Spock again, They play it for one of them not holding up Spock, but they chose Spock again.
The episode is titled for its minor sub-plot where Sheldon and Raj play a game of [[rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock]], which is "The Lizard-Spock Expansion" of the traditional game of [[rock-paper-scissors]]. They play to decide who gets to watch what on TV, but they choose [[Spock]]. They, along with Howard, play the game for the last dumpling. When they choose Spock again, they play it where non of them may hold up Spock, but they choose Spock again.


'''Recurring characters''': [[Sara Rue]] as Dr. Stephanie Barnett and Carol Ann Susi as Mrs. Wolowitz<br />
'''Recurring characters''': [[Sara Rue]] as Dr. Stephanie Barnett and Carol Ann Susi as Mrs. Wolowitz<br />

Revision as of 21:05, 16 August 2012

The Big Bang Theory (season 2)
Season 2
Second season DVD cover art
No. of episodes23
Release
Original networkCBS
Original releaseSeptember 22, 2008 (2008-09-22) –
May 11, 2009 (2009-05-11)
Season chronology
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Season 1
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Season 3
List of episodes

The second season of the American sitcom The Big Bang Theory was originally aired on CBS from September 22, 2008 to May 11, 2009 over 23 episodes. The Complete Season DVD was released September 15, 2009, and a Blu-ray version will be reissued July 10, 2012 with remastered surround sound audio, whereas the DVD version only had stereo

Cast

Main article: List of The Big Bang Theory characters
  • Leonard Hofstadter, portrayed by Johnny Galecki, is an experimental physicist with an IQ of 173 who received his doctorate when he was 24 years old. He shares an apartment with colleague and friend Sheldon Cooper and is the straight man of the series. He and Penny dated once at the beginning of the season.
  • Sheldon Cooper, 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. Leonard describes Sheldon as being "one lab accident away from being a supervillain".
  • Penny, portrayed by Kaley Cuoco, is the attractive, blonde neighbor who lives across the hall from Sheldon and Leonard. 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.
  • Howard Wolowitz, 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 and has limited success with other women.
  • Rajesh Koothrappali, 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.
  • Leslie Winkle, portrayed by Sara Gilbert, is an experimental physicist who has casual sex with both Howard and Leonard during the show's airing. She does not get along well with Sheldon and frequently mocks him.

Episodes

Main article: List of The Big Bang Theory episodes

Season two begins to deal with character development, including Sheldon becoming more and more obsessive. Leonard and Penny's relationship takes a turn for the worse when they break up, but quickly is resolved. Soon their relationship progresses into a stronger friendship than before, while Sheldon and Penny's friendship slowly begins. In the season finale Penny hints at her true feelings for Leonard. Howard's character remains similar to that of season one in his attempts to seduce women, managing to start a short-lived sexual relationship with Leslie Winkle in the second half of the season, while Rajesh manages to briefly apologize to Penny without having consumed alcohol.

No. in
series 		No. in
season 		Title Directed by Written by Original air date Prod.
code 		U.S. viewers
(millions)
181"The Bad Fish Paradigm"Mark CendrowskiStory: Bill Prady
Teleplay: Steven Molaro & David Goetsch		September 22, 2008 (2008-09-22)3T73519.36[1]
192"The Codpiece Topology"Mark CendrowskiStory: Chuck Lorre
Teleplay: Bill Prady & Lee Aronsohn		September 29, 2008 (2008-09-29)3T73528.76[2]
203"The Barbarian Sublimation"Mark CendrowskiStory: Nicole Lorre
Teleplay: Steve Molaro & Eric Kaplan		October 6, 2008 (2008-10-06)3T73539.33[3]
214"The Griffin Equivalency"Mark CendrowskiStory: Chuck Lorre & Bill Prady
Teleplay: Stephen Engel & Tim Doyle		October 13, 2008 (2008-10-13)3T73549.36[4]
225"The Euclid Alternative"Mark CendrowskiStory: Lee Aronsohn & David Goetsch
Teleplay: Steven Molaro & Bill Prady		October 20, 2008 (2008-10-20)3T73559.28[5]
236"The Cooper–Nowitzki Theorem"Mark CendrowskiStory: Stephen Engel & Daley Haggar
Teleplay: Tim Doyle & Richard Rosenstock		November 3, 2008 (2008-11-03)3T73569.67[6]
247"The Panty Piñata Polarization"Mark CendrowskiStory: Bill Prady & Tim Doyle
Teleplay: Jennifer Glickman & Steven Molaro		November 10, 2008 (2008-11-10)3T735710.01[7]
258"The Lizard–Spock Expansion"Mark CendrowskiStory: Bill Prady
Teleplay: Jennifer Glickman & David Goetsch		November 17, 2008 (2008-11-17)3T73589.76[8]
269"The White Asparagus Triangulation"Mark CendrowskiStory: David Goetsch & Steven Molaro
Teleplay: Stephen Engel & Richard Rosenstock		November 24, 2008 (2008-11-24)3T735910.19[9]
2710"The Vartabedian Conundrum"Mark CendrowskiStory: Steven Molaro & Chuck Lorre
Teleplay: Richard Rosenstock & Bill Prady		December 8, 2008 (2008-12-08)3T736010.80[10]
2811"The Bath Item Gift Hypothesis"Mark CendrowskiStory: Richard Rosenstock & Bill Prady
Teleplay: Eric Kaplan & Stephen Engel		December 15, 2008 (2008-12-15)3T736111.42[11]
2912"The Killer Robot Instability"Mark CendrowskiStory: Richard Rosenstock & Bill Prady
Teleplay: Daley Haggar & Steven Molaro		January 12, 2009 (2009-01-12)3T736211.81[12]
3013"The Friendship Algorithm"Mark CendrowskiStory: Bill Prady & Richard Rosenstock
Teleplay: Chuck Lorre & Steven Molaro		January 19, 2009 (2009-01-19)3T736311.10[13]
3114"The Financial Permeability"Mark CendrowskiStory: Chuck Lorre & Steven Molaro
Teleplay: Richard Rosenstock & Eric Kaplan		February 2, 2009 (2009-02-02)3T736410.89[14]
3215"The Maternal Capacitance"Mark CendrowskiStory: Chuck Lorre & Bill Prady
Teleplay: Richard Rosenstock & Steven Molaro		February 9, 2009 (2009-02-09)3T736513.11[15]
3316"The Cushion Saturation"Mark CendrowskiStory: Chuck Lorre
Teleplay: Bill Prady & Lee Aronsohn		March 2, 2009 (2009-03-02)3T736610.94[16]
3417"The Terminator Decoupling"Mark CendrowskiStory: Bill Prady & Dave Goetsch
Teleplay: Tim Doyle & Stephen Engel		March 9, 2009 (2009-03-09)3T73679.46[17]
3518"The Work Song Nanocluster"Peter ChakosStory: Bill Prady & Lee Aronsohn
Teleplay: Dave Goetsch & Richard Rosenstock		March 16, 2009 (2009-03-16)3T73689.76[18]
3619"The Dead Hooker Juxtaposition"Mark CendrowskiSteven MolaroMarch 30, 2009 (2009-03-30)3T73699.77[19]
3720"The Hofstadter Isotope"Mark CendrowskiDavid GoetschApril 13, 2009 (2009-04-13)3T737010.13[20]
3821"The Vegas Renormalization"Mark CendrowskiStory: Jessica Ambrosetti, Nicole Lorre & Andrew Roth
Teleplay: Steven Molaro		April 27, 2009 (2009-04-27)3T73719.31[21]
3922"The Classified Materials Turbulence"Mark CendrowskiStory: Chuck Lorre & Lee Aronsohn
Teleplay: Bill Prady & Steven Molaro		May 4, 2009 (2009-05-04)3T73739.25[22]
4023"The Monopolar Expedition"Mark CendrowskiEric Kaplan & Richard RosenstockMay 11, 2009 (2009-05-11)3T73729.81[23]

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General references
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