The Big Bang Theory season 2
The Big Bang Theory | |
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Season 2 | |
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No. of episodes | 23 |
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Original network | CBS |
Original release | September 22, 2008 May 11, 2009 | –
Season chronology | |
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 was reissued on July 10, 2012, with remastered surround sound audio, whereas the DVD version only had stereo. Season two starts immediately after the end of season one with Leonard and Penny's date.
Jim Parsons submitted the episode "The Bath Item Gift Hypothesis" for consideration due to his nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series at the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards. In 2009, TV Guide ranked the episode the #60 on its list of the 100 Greatest Episodes.[1] Christine Baranski submitted the episode "The Maternal Capacitance" for consideration due to her nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series at the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards.
Overview
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. Meanwhile, Rajesh manages to briefly apologize to Penny for what he did in "The Griffin Equivalency" without having consumed alcohol.
Cast
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Episodes
No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions) |
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18 | 1 | "The Bad Fish Paradigm" | Mark Cendrowski | Story by : Bill Prady Teleplay by : Dave Goetsch & Steven Molaro | September 22, 2008 | 3T7351 | 9.36[2] |
19 | 2 | "The Codpiece Topology" | Mark Cendrowski | Story by : Chuck Lorre Teleplay by : Bill Prady & Lee Aronsohn | September 29, 2008 | 3T7352 | 8.76[3] |
20 | 3 | "The Barbarian Sublimation" | Mark Cendrowski | Story by : Nicole Lorre Teleplay by : Steven Molaro & Eric Kaplan | October 6, 2008 | 3T7353 | 9.33[4] |
21 | 4 | "The Griffin Equivalency" | Mark Cendrowski | Story by : Bill Prady & Chuck Lorre Teleplay by : Stephen Engel & Tim Doyle | October 13, 2008 | 3T7354 | 9.36[5] |
22 | 5 | "The Euclid Alternative" | Mark Cendrowski | Story by : Bill Prady & Steven Molaro Teleplay by : Lee Aronsohn & Dave Goetsch | October 20, 2008 | 3T7355 | 9.28[6] |
23 | 6 | "The Cooper–Nowitzki Theorem" | Mark Cendrowski | Story by : Stephen Engel & Daley Haggar Teleplay by : Tim Doyle & Richard Rosenstock | November 3, 2008 | 3T7356 | 9.67[7] |
24 | 7 | "The Panty Piñata Polarization" | Mark Cendrowski | Story by : Bill Prady & Tim Doyle Teleplay by : Jennifer Glickman & Steven Molaro | November 10, 2008 | 3T7357 | 10.01[8] |
25 | 8 | "The Lizard–Spock Expansion" | Mark Cendrowski | Story by : Bill Prady Teleplay by : Dave Goetsch & Jennifer Glickman | November 17, 2008 | 3T7358 | 9.76[9] |
26 | 9 | "The White Asparagus Triangulation" | Mark Cendrowski | Story by : Dave Goetsch & Steven Molaro Teleplay by : Stephen Engel & Richard Rosenstock | November 24, 2008 | 3T7359 | 10.19[10] |
27 | 10 | "The Vartabedian Conundrum" | Mark Cendrowski | Story by : Chuck Lorre & Steven Molaro Teleplay by : Bill Prady & Richard Rosenstock | December 8, 2008 | 3T7360 | 10.80[11] |
28 | 11 | "The Bath Item Gift Hypothesis" | Mark Cendrowski | Story by : Bill Prady & Richard Rosenstock Teleplay by : Stephen Engel & Eric Kaplan | December 15, 2008 | 3T7361 | 11.42[12] |
29 | 12 | "The Killer Robot Instability" | Mark Cendrowski | Story by : Bill Prady & Richard Rosenstock Teleplay by : Steven Molaro & Daley Haggar | January 12, 2009 | 3T7362 | 11.81[13] |
30 | 13 | "The Friendship Algorithm" | Mark Cendrowski | Story by : Bill Prady & Richard Rosenstock Teleplay by : Chuck Lorre & Steven Molaro | January 19, 2009 | 3T7363 | 11.10[14] |
31 | 14 | "The Financial Permeability" | Mark Cendrowski | Story by : Chuck Lorre & Steven Molaro Teleplay by : Richard Rosenstock & Eric Kaplan | February 2, 2009 | 3T7364 | 10.89[15] |
32 | 15 | "The Maternal Capacitance" | Mark Cendrowski | Story by : Chuck Lorre & Bill Prady Teleplay by : Richard Rosenstock & Steven Molaro | February 9, 2009 | 3T7365 | 13.11[16] |
33 | 16 | "The Cushion Saturation" | Mark Cendrowski | Story by : Chuck Lorre Teleplay by : Bill Prady & Lee Aronsohn | March 2, 2009 | 3T7366 | 10.94[17] |
34 | 17 | "The Terminator Decoupling" | Mark Cendrowski | Story by : Bill Prady & Dave Goetsch Teleplay by : Tim Doyle & Stephen Engel | March 9, 2009 | 3T7367 | 9.46[18] |
35 | 18 | "The Work Song Nanocluster" | Peter Chakos | Story by : Bill Prady & Lee Aronsohn Teleplay by : Dave Goetsch & Richard Rosenstock | March 16, 2009 | 3T7368 | 9.76[19] |
36 | 19 | "The Dead Hooker Juxtaposition" | Mark Cendrowski | Steven Molaro | March 30, 2009 | 3T7369 | 9.77[20] |
37 | 20 | "The Hofstadter Isotope" | Mark Cendrowski | Dave Goetsch | April 13, 2009 | 3T7370 | 10.13[21] |
38 | 21 | "The Vegas Renormalization" | Mark Cendrowski | Story by : Jessica Ambrosetti, Nicole Lorre & Andrew Roth Teleplay by : Steven Molaro | April 27, 2009 | 3T7371 | 9.31[22] |
39 | 22 | "The Classified Materials Turbulence" | Mark Cendrowski | Story by : Chuck Lorre & Lee Aronsohn Teleplay by : Bill Prady & Steven Molaro | May 4, 2009 | 3T7373 | 9.25[23] |
40 | 23 | "The Monopolar Expedition" | Mark Cendrowski | Eric Kaplan & Richard Rosenstock | May 11, 2009 | 3T7372 | 9.81[24] |
References
- ^ "TV Guide's Top 100 Episodes". Rev/Views. Retrieved July 4, 2016.
- ^ Seidman, Robert (September 23, 2008). "Ratings Monday, September 22: First Night Wins to ABC, CBS & NBC". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved June 13, 2010.
- ^ Seidman, Robert (September 30, 2008). "Monday Night Ratings: Wins for ABC, CBS and NBC". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved June 13, 2010.
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- ^ Seidman, Robert (October 14, 2008). "Monday Night Ratings: Dancing With the Stars, Two and a Half Men Lead Night". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved June 13, 2010.
- ^ Seidman, Robert (October 21, 2008). "Monday Night Ratings: Chuck, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Languish". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved June 13, 2010.
- ^ Seidman, Robert (November 11, 2008). "Top CBS Primetime Shows, November 3–9". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved June 13, 2010.
- ^ Gorman, Bill (November 11, 2008). ""The Big Bang Theory" Getting Bigger... Ratings Bang Getting Louder". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved June 13, 2010.
- ^ Seidman, Robert (November 25, 2008). "Top CBS Primetime Shows November 17–23, 2008". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved June 13, 2010.
- ^ Seidman, Robert (November 25, 2008). "Monday Nielsen Ratings: Heroes Stabilizes, Sarah Connor Fades". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved June 13, 2010.
- ^ Seidman, Robert (December 9, 2008). "Monday Ratings: CBS is king of comedy, Denny Crane bids farewell". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved June 13, 2010.
- ^ Seidman, Robert (December 16, 2008). "Updated Monday Ratings: Big Bang Theory and How I Met Your Mother continue climb". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved June 13, 2010.
- ^ Seidman, Robert (January 13, 2009). "Monday Ratings: Two and a Half Men and 24 rule Monday night". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved June 13, 2010.
- ^ Gorman, Bill (January 20, 2009). "Monday Ratings: House + 24 = Win". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved June 13, 2010.
- ^ Seidman, Robert (February 3, 2009). "Monday Ratings: Super Bowl promotions don't help NBC's ratings woes". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved June 13, 2010.
- ^ Seidman, Robert (February 10, 2009). "Loud BANG at 9:30pm". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved June 13, 2010.
- ^ Seidman, Robert (March 3, 2009). "Monday Ratings: The Bachelor stands tall above the crowd". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved June 13, 2010.
- ^ Seidman, Robert (March 10, 2009). "Monday Ratings: Dancing with the Stars returns bigger than before". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved June 13, 2010.
- ^ Seidman, Robert (March 17, 2009). "Monday Ratings: Dancing with the Stars propels ABC to top". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved June 13, 2010.
- ^ Gorman, Bill (March 31, 2009). "Monday Ratings: Fox & ABC Tie At The Top Lead By House, Dancing With The Stars". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved June 13, 2010.
- ^ Seidman, Robert (April 14, 2009). "Monday Ratings: FOX and CBS battle for youth, Castle slips". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved June 13, 2010.
- ^ Seidman, Robert (April 28, 2009). "Updated Monday Ratings: Chuck, Heroes finales, Castle hanging on?". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved June 13, 2010.
- ^ Gorman, Bill (May 7, 2009). "ABC Wins As Castle Surges After Dancing". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved June 13, 2010.
- ^ Seidman, Robert (May 12, 2010). "Monday Ratings: House wins, Castle hangs on". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved June 13, 2010.
- General references
- "The Big Bang Theory Season 2 episodes". TV Guide. Retrieved May 16, 2010.
- "Shows A-Z – big bang theory, the on CBS". the Futon Critic. Retrieved May 16, 2010.
- "The Big Bang Theory: Episode Guide". MSN TV. Retrieved May 16, 2010.