The Big Bang Theory Season 3

Synopsis

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 hypotenuse.

Main Cast

Johnny Galecki

Leonard Hofstadter

Age : 48 | Popularity : 13%

Jim Parsons

Sheldon Cooper

Age : 51 | Popularity : 18%

Kaley Cuoco

Penny

Age : 38 | Popularity : 57%

Simon Helberg

Howard Wolowitz

Age : 43 | Popularity : 13%

Kunal Nayyar

Rajesh Koothrappali

Age : 42 | Popularity : 16%

Episodes

Episode 1

21 September 2009 - The Electric Can Opener Fluctuation

When Sheldon learns the guys tampered with his expedition data he got from the arctic, he leaves to Texas in disgrace. This results in the guys following him, which threatens Leonard's hope for some romantic time with Penny and the guys' friendship with Sheldon.

Episode 2

28 September 2009 - The Jiminy Conjecture

Leonard and Penny struggle to recover from an awkward first hookup while Sheldon and Howard stake their best comic books on a bet to determine the species of a cricket.

Episode 3

05 October 2009 - The Gothowitz Deviation

Howard and Raj visit a Goth nightclub to pick up women while Sheldon attempts to build a better Penny using chocolate-based behavior modification.

Episode 4

12 October 2009 - The Pirate Solution

Raj must find a new job or be sent back to India, but Sheldon has a solution, which leaves Leonard and Penny dealing with Howard as a third wheel.

Episode 5

19 October 2009 - The Creepy Candy Coating Corollary

After overhearing that Wil Wheaton is entering a trading-card competition, Sheldon decides to enter it himself. Meanwhile, Penny sets up one of her friends on a date with Wolowitz.

Episode 6

02 November 2009 - The Cornhusker Vortex

Sheldon becomes Leonard's teacher in order to understand football, while an incident with flying a kite threatens Howard and Raj's friendship.

Episode 7

09 November 2009 - The Guitarist Amplification

A squabble between Leonard and Penny sees Sheldon playing mediator, though out of his own incovenience from the sitiation rather than altruism.

Episode 8

16 November 2009 - The Adhesive Duck Deficiency

With Leonard, Howard and Raj away camping in the desert, an injured Penny has only Sheldon to rely on.

Episode 9

23 November 2009 - The Vengeance Formulation

After he's humiliated on National Public Radio, Sheldon vows to destroy Kripke, while Wolowitz tries not to destroy his new relationship with Bernadette.

Episode 10

07 December 2009 - The Gorilla Experiment

Penny gets help from Sheldon in order to understand what Leonard's work is, while Wolowitz develops a jealousy when Leonard starts hanging out with his new girlfriend.

Episode 11

14 December 2009 - The Maternal Congruence

A Christmas visit from his mother has Leonard discovering she's kept a lot of news from him that she shares with Sheldon and worrying if she'll approve of his romance with Penny.

Episode 12

11 January 2010 - The Psychic Vortex

Leonard is aghast to find out a secret of Penny's: she believes in psychics. Meanwhile, Sheldon tries to assist Koothrappali in picking up a girl at a university mixer.

Episode 13

18 January 2010 - The Bozeman Reaction

When their apartment is robbed, Leonard and Sheldon turn to their friends to create a state-of-the-art security system.

Episode 14

01 February 2010 - The Einstein Approximation

Sheldon's search for the answer to a physics problem leads him to work at the Cheesecake Factory with Penny.

Episode 15

08 February 2010 - The Large Hadron Collision

Leonard can only bring one guest on a trip to see CERN's Large Hadron Collider (the world's largest and highest energy particle accelerator) in Switzerland on Valentine's Day.

Episode 16

01 March 2010 - The Excelsior Acquisition

Sheldon winds up in traffic court when he gets a ticket because of Penny.

Episode 17

08 March 2010 - The Precious Fragmentation

When the guys find a ring from "The Lord of the Rings" at a garage sale, it threatens to tear them apart.

Episode 18

22 March 2010 - The Pants Alternative

Sheldon's friends come to his aid when his fear of public speaking stands between him and a coveted award.

Episode 19

12 April 2010 - The Wheaton Recurrence

A fight between Leonard and Penny threatens their relationship, while Sheldon battles Wil Wheaton in bowling.

Episode 20

03 May 2010 - The Spaghetti Catalyst

When Leonard and Penny aren't speaking, Sheldon goes to extremes to keep them both happy.

Episode 21

10 May 2010 - The Plimpton Stimulation

Leonard and Sheldon compete for the attention of a famous female physicist.

Episode 22

17 May 2010 - The Staircase Implementation

Leonard tells Penny about how he met Sheldon for the first time...and what happened to the elevator.

Episode 23

24 May 2010 - The Lunar Excitation

While Penny worries that dating Leonard has ruined her for normal guys, Wolowitz and Koothrappali search for Sheldon's perfect match online.

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Production	Producer	Jim Reynolds Peter Chakos Faye Oshima Belyeu
	Co-Producer	Steve Holland Kristy Cecil Kelly-Anne Lee Mary T. Quigley
	Associate Producer	Brian George
	Co-Executive Producer	Steven Molaro Eric Kaplan David Goetsch
	Consulting Producer	Richard A. Rosenstock
	Coordinating Producer	Mona Garcea
	Executive Producer	Lee Aronsohn Bill Prady Chuck Lorre
	Executive Consultant	Mark Roberts Eddie Gorodetsky Don Foster
	Unit Production Manager	Kelly-Anne Lee
	Casting	Nikki Valko Ken Miller
Writing	Executive Story Editor	Maria Ferrari
Sound	Sound mixer	Bruce Peters
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Charlie McDaniel Bob La Masney
	Production Sound Mixer	Bruce Peters
	Theme Song Performance	Barenaked Ladies
Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	Peggy Nichols
	Hairstylist	Faye Woods
	Costume Design	Mary T. Quigley
Lighting	Gaffer	John Greene
Directing	Second Assistant Director	Chris Klausen
	First Assistant Director	Anthony Joseph Rich
Art	Set Decoration	Ann Shea
	Production Design	John Shaffner
Crew	Property Master	Scott L. London
	Scientific Consultant	David Saltzberg
Editing	Editor	Peter Chakos
Camera	Director of Photography	Steven V. Silver
Department	Role	Name

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