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The Big Bang Theory

Thursdays, 8PM EST, CBS

Current Season: 5 - Total Episodes: 83
Highest Rated: Ep 8, Season 2

They're still having fun with flags.

A

“The Vacation Solution”

by Oliver Sava February 9, 2012 -

The women of The Big Bang Theory take the spotlight for this season's best episode and a series highlight.

I wear that sort of thing all the time.

B+

“The Friendship Contraction”

by Oliver Sava February 2, 2012 -

Leonard decides to ditch his friendship with Sheldon in one of this season's strongest episodes of The Big Bang Theory.

He's in love, he's in love, he's in love, he's in love, he's in love with a wonderful phone.

C

“The Beta Test Initiation”

by Oliver Sava January 26, 2012 -

Penny and Leonard give their relationship a trial run while Raj falls for Siri in a run-of-the-mill The Big Bang Theory.

100 episodes! 100 episodes! 100 episodes!

C

“The Recombination Hypothesis”

by Oliver Sava January 19, 2012 -

Ep. 16, Season 5
“The Vacation Solution”
Ep. 15, Season 5
“The Friendship Contraction”
Ep. 14, Season 5
“The Beta Test Initiation”
Ep. 13, Season 5
“The Recombination Hypothesis”

Features Reviews

Season

newest oldest

The Big Bang Theory
Episode 1

(Premieres tonight on CBS, 8:30 pm ET/ 7:30 pm CT) Really bad television shows tend to pander to the mean:...
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D+

“The Monopolar Expedition”
Episode 23

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B+
“The Classified Materials Turbulence”
Episode 22

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B
“The Vegas Renormalization”
Episode 21

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B+
“The Hofstadter Isotope”
Episode 20

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A-
“The Dead Hooker Juxtaposition”
Episode 19

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B+
“The Work Song Nanocluster”
Episode 18

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B+
“The Terminator Decoupling”
Episode 17

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A
“The Cushion Saturation”
Episode 16

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B-
“The Maternal Capacitance”
Episode 15

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C+
“The Financial Permeability”
Episode 14

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A-
"The Friendship Algorithm"
Episode 13

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B
“The Killer Robot Instability”
Episode 12

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B
"The Bath Item Gift Hypothesis"
Episode 11

that elf sticker says "To Sheldon"
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B
"The Vartabedian Conundrum"
Episode 10

Got to keep tonight's entry short, because it's the thick of best-of/worst-of season, and I think like I've got about...
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B-
"The White Asparagus Triangulation"
Episode 9

Hello. What is shaking? Do you find the weather satisfying? Are you currently sharing the triumph of some local sports...
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B
"The Lizard-Spock Expansion"
Episode 8

I realize that there are people out there who will never like The Big Bang Theory, and I understand why. Not...
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A
"The Panty Piñata Polarization"
Episode 7

Hey, Penny's back! After spending the last couple of episodes mostly on the sidelines, the character who used to be one of...
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B+
"The Cooper-Nowitzki Theroem"
Episode 6

Tonight's Big Bang Theory attempted to answer a question that's been weighing on fans' minds for well over a...
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A-
"The Euclid Alternative"
Episode 5

I have to keep tonight's entry short, because I'm on HIMYM duty as well I thought this week was...
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B
"The Griffin Equivalency"
Episode 4

So why a Big Bang Theory blog? Mainly we decided to add BBT to our Monday TV Club lineup because...
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C+

"The Lunar Excitation"
Episode 23

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B+
“The Staircase Implementation”
Episode 22

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A-
"The Plimpton Stimulation"
Episode 21

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B
"The Spaghetti Catalyst"
Episode 20

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B+
"The Wheaton Recurrence"
Episode 19

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C+
"The Pants Alternative"
Episode 18

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B
"The Precious Fragmentation"
Episode 17

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A-
"The Excelsior Acquisition"
Episode 16

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B
"The Large Hadron Collision"
Episode 15

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B
"The Einstein Approximation"
Episode 14

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B+
"The Bozeman Reaction"
Episode 13

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B-
"The Psychic Vortex"
Episode 12

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A-
"The Maternal Congruence"
Episode 11

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C+
"The Gorilla Experiment"
Episode 10

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B
"The Vengeance Formulation"
Episode 9

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A-
"The Adhesive Duck Deficiency"
Episode 8

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B+
“The Guitarist Amplification”
Episode 7

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B+
"The Cornhusker Vortex"
Episode 6

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B
"The Creepy Candy Coating Corollary"
Episode 5

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B+
"The Pirate Solution"
Episode 4

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B+
"The Gothowitz Deviation"
Episode 3

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A-
"The Jiminy Conjecture"
Episode 2

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B
"The Electric Can Opener Fluctuation"
Episode 1

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B

"The Roommate Transmogrification"
Episode 24

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B+
"The Engagement Reaction"
Episode 23

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B
"The Wildebeest Implementation"
Episode 22

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B
"The Agreement Dissection"
Episode 21

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C-
"The Herb Garden Germination"
Episode 20

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B
"The Zarnecki Equation"
Episode 19

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B-
"The Prestidigitation Approximation"
Episode 18

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B-
"The Toast Derivation"
Episode 17

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C-
"The Cohabitation Formulation"
Episode 16

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B
"The Benefactor Factor"
Episode 15

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B
"The Thespian Catalyst"
Episode 14

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B
"The Love Car Displacement"
Episode 13

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C-
"The Bus Pants Utilization"
Episode 12

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C-
"The Justice League Recombination"
Episode 11

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A-
"The Alien Parasite Hypothesis"
Episode 10

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C+
"The Boyfriend Complexity"
Episode 9

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B-
"The 21-Second Excitation"
Episode 8

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B+
"The Apology Insufficiency"
Episode 7

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B-
"The Irish Pub Formulation"
Episode 6

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C
"The Desperation Emanation"
Episode 5

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B
"The Hot Troll Deviation"
Episode 4

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C+
"The Zazzy Substitution"
Episode 3

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C+
"The Cruciferious Vegetable Amplification"
Episode 2

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B
"The Robotic Manipulation"
Episode 1

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B

“The Vacation Solution”
Episode 16

The women of The Big Bang Theory take the spotlight for this season's best episode and a series highlight.
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A
“The Friendship Contraction”
Episode 15

Leonard decides to ditch his friendship with Sheldon in one of this season's strongest episodes of The Big Bang Theory.
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B+
“The Beta Test Initiation”
Episode 14

Penny and Leonard give their relationship a trial run while Raj falls for Siri in a run-of-the-mill The Big Bang Theory.
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C
“The Recombination Hypothesis”
Episode 13

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C
“The Shiny Trinket Maneuver”
Episode 12

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B+
“The Speckerman Recurrence”
Episode 11

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B+
“The Flaming Spittoon Acquisition”
Episode 10

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C
“The Ornithophobia Diffusion”
Episode 9

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C-
“The Good Guy Fluctuation”
Episode 8

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C
“The Isolation Permutation”
Episode 7

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B+
“The Rhinitis Revelation”
Episode 6

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B
“The Russian Rocket Reaction”
Episode 5

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A-
“The Wiggly Finger Catalyst”
Episode 4

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D+
“The Pulled Groin Extrapolation”
Episode 3

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B+
“The Skank Reflex Analysis”/"The Infestation Hypothesis"
Episode 1-2

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Jessica Walter
The Arrested Development vet talks about playing an alcoholic spy boss on Archer and more.
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Oh hey, Up All Night—we almost forgot you were over there
Oh hey, Up All Night—we almost forgot you were over there. Also: A supersized 30 Rock, partying French aristocrats, and the undeniable allure of… El Talismán.
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Ratings roundup: NBC opens February sweeps in strong tie with Univision
It used to be that picking on NBC was wholesome fun for the whole family. You'd open with some gags about Jeff Zucker supersizing something, segue to a few riffs on Ben Silverman and Knight Rider, then wrap it all up with a couple of knocks on Whitney.
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The Vampire Diaries wants to (literally) steal your heart
Elijah is back on The Vampire Diaries, and we couldn't be more pleased about this development. Also: Big Bang's Wolowitz goes into space, and 30 Rock rips from the headlines.
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The Parks & Recreation gang goes bowling and hopefully not alone
An all new Parks & Rec centers on bowling somehow, and we couldn't be more excited. Also: Archer, two new 30 Rocks, fat chefs, and Seinfeldvision in more ways than one.
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Archer is back, and he's brought Burt Reynolds to entertain you
Archer's back, and that means we're headed right into the danger zone. Also: Zack Handlen moves on to Deep Space 9, Unsupervised debuts, and Tracy Jordan says awful things.
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FX at the TCAs: Charlie Sheen is coming back, whether you like it or not
FX just had what its executives call its “best year ever,” with the launch of their top first-season comedy (Wilfred) and top first-season drama (American Horror Story) in 2011.
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Ratings roundup: Further proof that America is indifferent to the things you like, loves Rob Schneider
If there's ever going to be a starker demonstration of just how little America cares about the kinds of shows that are popular on this here Internet than the fact that the debut of Rob Schneider's new "Rob Schneider marries into a Mexican family...
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30 Rock is back, and all is well
After being away since last May, 30 Rock returns triumphantly this evening for another season of Liz and Jack. Also: More NBC comedy, Rob Schneider, and the West Memphis Three.
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The best TV series of 2011: The ballots
Who voted for which series? Which shows barely made the cut? And which less-heralded shows do you need to start DVRing? Read on.
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Community offers up some holly-jolliness; see you again in Unspecified Return Date, 2012!
Community Community Community Community Community Community Community Community Community Community Community Community. Also: Community and golf.
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Pure Sabacc wins again: 22-plus fictitious pop-culture games with convoluted rules
The A.V. Club’s weekly list.
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Ratings roundup: Five reasons Community could see season four
When news went out that Community had been left off NBC’s midseason schedule, it was only natural for fans to panic.
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All must bow before The Big Bang Theory and its tales of comical romance!
The Big Bang Theory takes a potentially big step forward. Or doesn't. It's impossible to know, really. Also, new NBC comedies, Wesley Crusher, and some movie about an explosive boat.
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We need a TCM for television
How television might reclaim television history.
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TV Club Classic formally invites you to its neighborhood bar for drinks and conversation
Today, we begin a new feature designed to bring you more into the TV Club Classic conversation, as we'll be learning all of your names. Also: Sheldon Cooper fears birds.
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Will this be the season Burn Notice gets its verve back?
USA's Burn Notice returns and hopes to return to its one-time glory. Also: Almost everything we cover on Thursdays is new, and have we got a soccer game for you!
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Beavis And Butt-Head return to remind you of what you spent most of fifth grade obsessing over
Beavis And Butt-Head make their return to MTV, and we've got an early review of the first episode. Also: Halloween comedies, Great Pumpkins, and a boring Runway finale.
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The Vampire Diaries lets you know that if you're ready for batshit insanity, it'll be there for you
The Vampire Diaries is having a hell of a season, and you should be paying attention to it. Also on: an ancient Roman murder and its Always Sunny.
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Multiple universes mean multiple Troy and Abeds on a new Community
An excellent episode of Community leads off an evening filled with comedy, classic Stephen King adaptations, and a real-life Eagleheart.
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Why are most sitcom pilots not very funny?
Whether they fizzle out or thrive, TV comedies’ pilots rarely feature their finest half-hour. Why?
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Ratings report: CBS picks up 2 Broke Girls, and old people love Andy Rooney (surprise, surprise)
To kick off the inaugural installment of our weekly ratings report, it seems like a good idea to give you some sense of what the top programs on television actually are.
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Iris Bahr: Machu My Picchu: Searching For Sex, Sanity, And A Soul Mate In South America
In this candid memoir, a sitcom staple tells tales of tampons, masturbation, a South American sojourn, and attempted true love.
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Thursday ratings: The world hates everything you love
There's just no good way to put this: The things you love baffle and confuse over 95 percent of the American population.
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Rob McElhenney
The creator and star of the hit FX series talks about Sunny’s strange road to success, its future, and, yes, why he gained all that weight for the seventh season.
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