The Big Bang Theory

2007
4.8
39.3K reviews
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Season 3 episodes (23)

1 The Electric Can Opener Fluctuation
9/21/09
On the third season premiere, Sheldon (series star JIM PARSONS) flees back to Texas in disgrace when he learns that the guys tampered with his arctic expedition data -- forcing his friends to follow him, and threatening Leonard's (series star JOHNNY GALECKI) hopes for a romantic encounter with Penny (series star KALEY CUOCO).
2 The Jiminy Conjecture
9/28/09
Leonard and Penny struggle to recover from an awkward first hookup, while Sheldon and Howard (series star SIMON HELBERG) stake their best comic books on a bet to determine the species of a cricket. LEWIS BLACK guest stars as an entymologist who settles the high-stakes bet.
3 The Gothowitz Deviation
10/5/09
Howard and Raj (series star KUNAL NAYYAR) visit a Goth nightclub to pick up women, while Sheldon attempts to build a better Penny using chocolate-based behavior modification.
4 The Pirate Solution
10/12/09
Raj must find a new job or be sent back to India. Sheldon, however, has a solution -- which leaves Leonard and Penny dealing with Howard as third wheel.
5 The Creepy Candy Coating Corollary
10/19/09
While Sheldon settles a score with his nemesis, Star Trek: The Next Generation's WIL WHEATON (guest starring as himself), Wolowitz begs Leonard to get Penny to set him up with one of her friends.
6 The Cornhusker Vortex
11/2/09
Sheldon teaches Leonard how to understand football, while a kite-fighting incident threatens Howard and Raj's friendship.
7 The Guitarist Amplification
11/9/09
Sheldon plays the peacemaker when an argument between Leonard and Penny proves "inconvenient" to him.
8 The Adhesive Duck Deficiency
11/16/09
With Leonard, Howard and Raj away camping in the desert, an injured Penny has only Sheldon to rely on.
9 The Vengeance Formulation
11/23/09
After he's humiliated on National Public Radio, Sheldon vows to destroy Kripke (guest star JOHN ROSS BOWIE), and the guys help Sheldon exact his revenge. Meanwhile, Wolowitz tries not to destroy his new relationship with Bernadette (guest star MELISSA RAUCH). KATEE SACKHOFF (Battlestar Galactica) makes a cameo as Wolowitz's dream girl.
10 The Gorilla Experiment
12/7/09
Sheldon takes on his greatest challenge when he attempts to help Penny understand physics, and Wolowitz becomes jealous when Leonard starts hanging out with his new girlfriend.
11 The Maternal Congruence
12/14/09
A visit from Leonard's mother (guest star CHRISTINE BARANSKI) delights Sheldon and horrifies Leonard.
12 The Psychic Vortex
1/11/10
While Sheldon and Koothrappali attend a university mixer, Leonard is upset to discover that Penny believes in psychics. DANICA McKELLAR (The Wonder Years) guest stars as the object of Raj's attraction.
13 The Bozeman Reaction
1/18/10
When their apartment is robbed, Leonard and Sheldon turn to their friends to create a state-of-the-art security system -- and Sheldon struggles to cope.
14 The Einstein Approximation
2/1/10
Suffering from a case of "physicist's block," Sheldon's search for the answer to a physics problem leads him to work at the Cheesecake Factory with Penny.
15 The Large Hadron Collision
2/8/10
It's Valentine's Day, and 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. Will it be Sheldon or Penny?
16 The Excelsior Acquisition
3/1/10
Sheldon misses his chance to meet comic book legend STAN LEE (as himself) when he winds up in traffic court after he gets a ticket because of Penny.
17 The Precious Fragmentation
3/8/10
When the guys find a rare movie prop ring from The Lord of the Rings at a garage sale, it threatens to tear them apart -- forcing them to choose the ring or their friendship.
18 The Pants Alternative
3/22/10
Sheldon's friends come to his aid when his fear of public speaking stands between him and a coveted award.
19 The Wheaton Recurrence
4/12/10
A fight between Leonard and Penny threatens their relationship, while Sheldon battles WIL WHEATON (guest starring as Himself) in bowling.
20 The Spaghetti Catalyst
5/3/10
When Leonard and Penny aren't speaking, Sheldon goes to extremes to keep them both happy and gets caught in a lie.
21 The Plimpton Stimulation
5/10/10
Leonard and Sheldon compete for the attention of a famous female physicist -- Dr. Elizabeth Plimpton (guest star JUDY GREER).
22 The Staircase Implementation
5/17/10
Leonard tells Penny the story of how he met Sheldon for the first time...and what happened to the elevator.
23 The Lunar Excitation
5/24/10
In the third season finale, Wolowitz and Koothrappali search for Sheldon's perfect match online -- and find Sheldon's ideal woman (guest star MAYIM BIALIK). Meanwhile, Penny worries that dating Leonard has ruined her for normal guys.

About this show

From "Two and a Half Men" co-creator Chuck Lorre and "Gilmore Girls" co-executive producer Bill Prady comes "The Big Bang Theory," a comedy about a pair of brilliant physicists who understand how the universe works but have no clue about how to interact with people… especially women…and specifically the free-spirited beauty next door.

Ratings and reviews

4.8
39.3K reviews
Luke Pittman
May 18, 2014
This show is horribly unfunny, which I'd attribute to the fact that the creators are from two equally horrible sitcoms. Some may say it's too smart for me to get, but I promise, I get the jokes, they're just not funny. And why in the holy hell would anyone pay 1.99 for one episode when they could get it free on Hulu or on demand. It's 22 minutes of your life you'll never get back, don't waste your time.
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Jordan Smith
February 19, 2014
This show is garbage. It's co-created by one of the asshats behind Two and a Half Men for God's sake. But I'll say more. The jokes are flat, the 'nerds' are frequently the objects of derision rather than the deriders, the entire girlfriends subplot is sad (as a pathetic, transparent attempt to garner more female viewers), and the fact that Jim Parsons (nice as he may be) won any Emmy's over anyone from Arrested Development, It's Always Sunny, or even Parks and Recreation should embarrass us all.
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John Blausey
August 19, 2023
1 star 4 Google for So Google wants $20 a season when Vudu and others have bundles for the entire series of 100 bucks. I am familiar with the Google greed and the bullying that goes on there but this is so ridiculous and easy to go to another vendor for the same product. Why would anyone pay Google anything for something you can get almost anywhere else for a fraction of the price. Google have no creative rights or skin in the game. It's pure profit to them. Go to Vudu and get the whole series!
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