The Big Bang Theory (season 6)
Country of origin | United States
Broadcast
Original channel | CBS
Original run | September 27, 2012 (2012-09-27) – present (present)
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List of The Big Bang Theory episodes

The sixth season of the American sitcom The Big Bang Theory aired on CBS from September 27, 2012.[1][2] Series creator Bill Prady stated that the writers would start back writing season 6 in mid-June 2012 and filming of season 6 would begin on August 14, 2012.[3] On May 10, 2012, Prady stated that "not all the characters will be in California when [season 6] begins".[4] The series' season premieres have typically been set immediately following the events of the preceding season finales, and Howard is being launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to the International Space Station at the end of season 5.

On August 22, 2012, it was announced that Kevin Sussman, who plays Stuart, the comic book store owner has been promoted to series regular.[5]

## Cast[edit]

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 Ph.D when he was 24 years old. He shares an apartment with colleague and friend, Sheldon Cooper. He and Penny dated at one point during the series, but they broke up during season 3. They start dating again in season 5 though their relationship has been rocky since Leonard proposed to Penny in bed.
- 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 received the Stevenson award when 14 and received his Ph.D when he was 16. 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 or basic empathy. He is "dating" Amy Farrah Fowler.
- Penny, portrayed by Kaley Cuoco, is the attractive, blonde neighbor who lives across the hall from Sheldon and Leonard. She has aspirations to an acting career, but has not been particularly successful thus far, only boasting a few small roles as well as a part in a hemorrhoid commercial. To pay the bills, she works as a waitress at The Cheesecake Factory. She and Leonard dated during season 3 and broke up. In the finale episode of Season 4, she was thought to have slept with Raj after drinking, but Raj revealed to her they didn't. During season 5, Penny begins to date Leonard again though their relationship is rocky. Her last name has never been revealed.
- Howard Wolowitz, portrayed by Simon Helberg, is an aerospace engineer. He is Jewish, and lives with his mother. Unlike Sheldon, Leonard, and Raj, Howard lacks a Ph.D, which is a point of mocking between the four friends. He defends this by pointing out that he has a master's degree in Engineering from MIT and the equipment he designs is actually built and launched into space (and so is he), 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. Though he finds that he has limited success with other women at first, he begins dating Bernadette in season 3, but they break up. They get back together in the Season 4 episode "The Hot Troll Deviation", become engaged in the episode "The Herb Garden Germination" and are married in the last episode of season 5. At the beginning of season 6 he was on the ISS.
- Rajesh Koothrappali, portrayed by Kunal Nayyar, is an astrophysicist from New Delhi, India. Known commonly as "Raj", he works alongside Sheldon exploring the string theory implications of gamma rays from dark matter annihilations. He is very shy around women and suffers from selective mutism which means he is physically unable to talk to them unless he drinks alcohol. He is known to be part metrosexual, and he is a very emotional person. His sister, Priya, dates Leonard in season 4 and part of season 5, but they break up when Leonard finds out she slept with her old boyfriend in the episode, "The Good Guy Fluctuation".
- Bernadette Rostenkowski Wolowitz, portrayed by Melissa Rauch, is a microbiologist. Bernadette was introduced to Howard by Penny while the two were working together at the Cheesecake Factory. At first she and Howard do not get along, as they appear to have nothing in common. When they find out that they both have overbearing mothers, however, they feel a connection. She was upgraded to main cast status in the episode "The Hot Troll Deviation", in which she and Howard revisit their previously unsuccessful relationship. She and Howard get engaged in the episode, "The Herb Garden Germination", and much comic fodder is created through similarities between Bernadette and Mrs. Wolowitz. She marries Howard just before he goes into space at the end of season 5.
- Amy Farrah Fowler, portrayed by Mayim Bialik, is a neurobiologist. Raj and Howard meet her on an online dating site using a fake account for Sheldon. She is very similar to Sheldon, except that she is more open to social interaction and thus more susceptible to conventional behaviour. She becomes close friends with Sheldon, prompting regular assertions from him that she is a girl and is his friend, but she is not his girlfriend. She finally became his girlfriend when Sheldon decides to change the course of their relationship after he becomes jealous when Amy goes out on a date with comic book store owner Stuart Bloom. By the end of season 5 they have progressed to holding hands. Amy also forms a quirky friendship with Penny, whom Amy frequently refers to as her "bestie" and becomes Bernadette's Maid of Honor at her and Howard's wedding.
- Stuart Bloom, portrayed by Kevin Sussman, is an owner of a comic book store to which the gang frequently goes. He is also a nerd, but he has a talent for drawing, is a graduate of Rhode Island School of Design, and possesses few more social skills than they do. Stuart starts hanging out with the gang as a replacement for Howard, as long as he acts like Howard as stipulated by Sheldon. He and Raj have become good friends, with a broke Stuart staying at Raj's place and having most of his expenses covered by him, in a relationship that strongly mirrors the Raj-Howard pairing before Howard met Bernadette ? including the fact that Raj and Stuart appear to others be acting like a same-sex couple while both men are straight and unaware of how they're coming across.

## Episodes[edit]

Main article: List of The Big Bang Theory episodes

The Big Bang Theory season 6 episodes
No. in series | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | U.S. viewers (millions)
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112 | 1 | "The Date Night Variable" | Mark Cendrowski | Story: Chuck Lorre, Eric Kaplan Steve Holland Teleplay: Steven Molaro, Jim Reynolds Maria Ferrari | September 27, 2012 (2012-09-27) | 3X7601 | 15.66[6]
Raj mentions to Sheldon how lonely he is with Howard in space, so Sheldon invites him along on his second anniversary date with Amy, much to the irritation of Amy, who was expecting a romantic, intimate evening with Sheldon, and tells Raj to leave. After an evening in which Sheldon fails to live up to this expectation, Amy gives Sheldon an ultimatum that their relationship is over unless he tells her something from his heart. Sheldon gives a romantic speech about his new and conflicting emotions, only to reveal that he quoted the first Spider-Man movie. Despite this, Amy accepts it. Leonard puts together an evening with Penny that includes her favorite refreshments and watching her choice of football or baseball on television, but also tries to get her to talk about their relationship, which does not please the stressed-out Penny. Raj shows up, having left Amy and Sheldon. He talks to them about how great their relationship is, but when he learns that Penny has not told Leonard that she loves him, he pushes her to do it and gets thrown out of the apartment. He then wanders over to the comic book store and starts to bond with Stuart. They decide to go see a movie together the next night. On the International Space Station, Howard talks to Bernadette, who is upset because his mother thinks that they will be living with her. After Bernadette convinces Howard to inform his mother otherwise, Howard ends up lying to both women, telling his mother that he will try to convince Bernadette to remain in her house, while telling Bernadette that his talk with his mother went fine. Recurring characters: Kevin Sussman as Stuart Bloom, Carol Ann Susi as Mrs. Wolowitz and Pasha Lychnikoff as Dimitri Rezinov Title reference: Raj attending the different dates of Sheldon and Amy and Leonard and Penny. Note: The title sequence was updated with this episode to include Mayim Bialik and Melissa Rauch in the last image of the sequence.
113 | 2 | "The Decoupling Fluctuation" | Mark Cendrowski | Story: Chuck Lorre, Jim Reynolds Maria Ferrari Teleplay: Steven Molaro, Eric Kaplan Steve Holland | October 4, 2012 (2012-10-04) | 3X7602 | 15.18[7]
While Penny and Amy are helping Bernadette go through her wedding presents, the subject of marriage comes up. Amy plans on marrying Sheldon in four years ("but don't tell him; he's still a flight risk"), but Penny shows reluctance to answer the question of whether she'll marry Leonard. She confesses that she loves him, but is not sure if it's really love, because she does not feel there is any "wow" in the relationship. She ponders what he would do if she told him, or if they are even going to stay together. Amy leaks the secret of Penny's feelings to Sheldon, while also insisting that he hold hands with her during the movie; neither which Sheldon likes. Sheldon, who does not want things to change, almost tells Leonard and then wakes Penny up in the early morning hours asking her not to break up with him (and to switch back to her old shampoo). His last words are: "Please don't hurt my friend." Penny replies that that is the last thing she wants to do. Just as Penny is about to tell Leonard the truth, she finds herself unable to do so upon looking into his sad eyes, and ends up sleeping with him instead. Stuart joins the guys' social group as Raj's replacement friend, with Sheldon's stipulation that he act just like Howard would. While playing Mystic Warlords of Ka'a, Stuart puts down one card which Sheldon explains Howard wouldn't play. Stuart switches cards and then Sheldon wins on his next turn. Howard from the space station complains to Bernadette that the other astronauts are playing tricks on him. She suggests that he tell them that "being mean is lame, whats cool is being nice." Later Howard says that he stood up to the other astronauts and that he got a good night's sleep, though the video shows that a mouse face and his nickname had been drawn all over his face. Recurring characters: Kevin Sussman as Stuart Bloom and Pasha Lychnikoff as Dimitri Rezinov Guest star: Mike Massimino as himself Title reference: Penny contemplating whether or not to break-up with Leonard given her uncertainty about her feelings in their relationship.
114 | 3 | "The Higgs Boson Observation" | Mark Cendrowski | Story: Steven Molaro, Dave Goetsch Steve Holland Teleplay: Chuck Lorre, Jim Reynolds Maria Ferrari | October 11, 2012 (2012-10-11) | 3X7603 | 14.23[8]
Due to the theoretical work done on the Higgs boson particle half a century ago that could now lead to a Nobel Prize, Sheldon wants his kindergarten and elementary work reviewed to determine if he had any earlier revelations that might lead down the same path. Leonard declines, though surprisingly Penny volunteers. Sheldon hires an attractive Physics grad student named Alex Jensen, who is honored to work for him and willing to put up with his idiosyncrasies. While Penny is giving Amy a makeover, she video calls Sheldon to show him. Alex answers and merely takes a message. Amy is shocked to learn that Alex is a girl. Amy gets Penny to follow her to Caltech and they burst into his office, but don't find him there. In the cafeteria, they find Alex is flirting with Leonard (though Leonard ignores it), much to Amy's relief and Penny's surprise. That night, Penny keeps asking Leonard about his day, however Leonard never mentions Alex. Sheldon shows up with Alex, announcing that she may have found something in his notebooks. Penny introduces herself and Alex says that Penny is lucky to be able to work with someone as talented as Leonard, mistaking Penny for his assistant. Penny replies that she has been working on a five-year experiment with Leonard. Penny then takes Leonard to her apartment to have sex with him, leaving Alex and Sheldon alone to continue their work. Meanwhile, Howard tells Bernadette that he will have to stay in space for an additional 7 ? 10 days. Howard is suffering bad anxiety attacks, starts sounding paranoid and gives her crazy ideas on how she can rescue him. Later, he feels better after receiving a shot from the other astronauts, but the drug makes him behave oddly, including cartwheeling in weightlessness and dropping his pants. Recurring character: Pasha Lychnikoff as Dimitri Rezinov Guest star: Margo Harshman as Alex Jensen Title reference: Sheldon, observing the recent success of the Higgs Boson particle, wants to unearth a discovery he may have made during his childhood that could earn him a Nobel Prize.
115 | 4 | "The Re-Entry Minimization" | Mark Cendrowski | Story: Bill Prady, Jim Reynolds Anthony Del Broccolo Teleplay: Chuck Lorre, Steven Molaro Eric Kaplan | October 18, 2012 (2012-10-18) | 3X7604 | 15.73[9]
The episode begins with Howard and his fellow astronauts in their capsule, plummeting through the atmosphere with Howard screaming. At the airport, Howard feels dejected when he finds out that his friends are not waiting for him at the request of Bernadette. The crowd of reporters shouting 'Howie' are actually waiting for Howie Mandel. At Bernadette's apartment they attempt to have the honeymoon they missed, but she has allergies, took Benadryl and falls asleep. Howard then goes to visit his mother, who won't let him in the house, and is horrified to realize she has a man spending the night ? his own dentist. Howard's next stop is to visit his buddy Raj. While being very glad to see Howard, Raj explains that he and his new roommate Stuart have tickets to the sold out Sound of Music sing-along, so Howard moves on again. At Leonard's apartment, Amy and Penny are playing Pictionary against Leonard and Sheldon. Sheldon's drawing concepts and guesses are too complicated for Leonard and the girls win. The girls claimed they can beat the guys at any game. Next Amy and Leonard try "Where's Waldo?" without their glasses and Amy wins. Penny and Sheldon try a physical contest where they spin around, get dizzy and try a division problem. Penny beats Sheldon because he knocked down his white board. Next Penny is wrestling with Sheldon who is pinned down almost instantly. Penny and Amy then start kissing him. They end with a pie eating contest. When Howard shows up, they all look up with their faces covered in blueberry pie filling and yell "not now!" Howard ends up at a diner where the waitress recognizes him, offers him a free piece of cheesecake and Howard ends up singing Rocket Man quietly to himself. Recurring characters: Carol Ann Susi as Mrs. Wolowitz and Pasha Lychnikoff as Dimitri Rezinov Guest stars: Mike Massimino as himself, Jan Hoag as Lilian, Ken Lerner as Dr. Schneider, and Howie Mandel as himself Title reference: Howard expects a big celebration upon his return to Earth from Space; however, the excitement is kept to a bare minimum. Note: Kevin Sussman became part of the main cast with this episode.
116 | 5 | "The Holographic Excitation" | Mark Cendrowski | Story: Chuck Lorre, Eric Kaplan Jeremy Howe Teleplay: Steven Molaro, Steve Holland Maria Ferrari | October 25, 2012 (2012-10-25) | 3X7605 | 15.82[10]
Howard cannot stop talking about his trip to space and connects every conversation to it. When Bernadette tells him that people are tired of hearing about space, he becomes depressed. He says that he does not want to feel like plain old Howard Wolowitz; however Bernadette reminds him that this is the man she loves and married ?on purpose?. Elsewhere, Raj offers to help Stuart host a Halloween party at the comic book store. Penny does not really want to go to the comic book store for Halloween, though Bernadette explains that Leonard does things with her that he might not like just to make her happy. Maybe she should take more interest in Leonard's work. Penny does visit Leonard's lab twice, where she is reminded how smart he is, and is so amazed at his work that she gets turned on and they have sex in his lab both times. Amy and Sheldon find it hard to agree on couple costumes for the party. She wants something romantic that shows everyone that they are a couple, while Sheldon prefers Star Wars characters R2D2 and C3PO, or Hewlett and Packard, founders of the HP company. One of Amy's suggested couples is Blossom and Joey from Blossom, Mayim Bialik's previous series. They come dressed as Raggedy Ann and "Raggedy" C3PO, a compromise. At the Halloween party, Stuart takes all the credit for the party which bothers Raj. Howard and Bernadette dress up as Smurfs, Raj is archeologist ?Indian? Jones, Penny is a sexy cop, and Leonard is Albert Einstein. Later, Raj sends a video to Howard of Buzz Aldrin obsessively talking to kids about space and his adventures while handing out Halloween candy. Howard finally realizes how annoying he sounds. Guest stars: Buzz Aldrin as himself and Janelle Marra as Claire Title reference: Penny gets sexually aroused by Leonard's holographic projector.
117 | 6 | "The Extract Obliteration" | Mark Cendrowski | Story: Chuck Lorre, Bill Prady Steve Holland Teleplay: Steven Molaro, Jim Reynolds Eric Kaplan | November 1, 2012 (2012-11-01) | 3X7606 | 15.90[11]
Penny starts going back to community college, but is afraid to tell Leonard. When she writes a history paper on slavery in America, she asks Leonard not to read it, fearing he'll want to 'help' her. He secretly reads it and, thinking she'll get a poor grade, writes another paper for her. He does not want her to get discouraged and quit. This infuriates Penny, who tells him that it is important that she does this on her own, pass or fail. Penny thinks that it is important to Leonard that his girlfriend is in college and more than just a waitress. She later shows Leonard that she received a B- on her own paper, though it's revealed that Bernadette and Amy actually helped her. Penny bullies Amy and Bernadette into not revealing their help to Leonard and helping her to get a better grade next time. Meanwhile, Sheldon is playing 'Words with Friends' with his idol, Professor Stephen Hawking. When Hawking does not play for a few days, Howard, who worked with Hawking earlier, convinces Sheldon that it's because Hawking is a sore loser. When Hawking returns, Sheldon deliberately throws the game to remain friends with him. At the end of the episode Hawking calls Sheldon and begins to make jokes (i.e. "What do Sheldon Cooper and a black hole have in common? They both suck.") about him losing. Raj tries to develop an American accent to use when he calls an Indian help line so that they do not feel like they are being made fun of. Guest star: Stephen Hawking as himself (voice-over) Title reference: The word Sheldon used to take a lead in the game "Words with Friends", which he played with Stephen Hawking. By taking the lead, Sheldon put his friendship with Hawking in jeopardy.
118 | 7 | "The Habitation Configuration" | Mark Cendrowski | Story: Chuck Lorre, Eric Kaplan Jim Reynolds Teleplay: Steven Molaro, Steve Holland Maria Ferrari | November 8, 2012 (2012-11-08) | 3X7607 | 16.68[12]
Sheldon is taping a special Fun With Flags episode about Star Trek flags, and invites his friend Wil Wheaton to be a guest. During the taping, Amy, who is directing the show, keeps criticizing Wil's acting. Both take a dislike to each other, with Sheldon caught in the middle. Amy tells Sheldon that he should stick up for his girlfriend and tell Wil to leave. Instead, Amy leaves, with Sheldon thinking that she was solving the problem. Later Leonard says that Amy was mad with Sheldon, and that he should call her. Sheldon calls Amy to prove Leonard wrong; she confirms that she is mad because he didn't stick up for her. Sheldon is amazed that Amy was mad and that Leonard was right. First Sheldon tries to give Amy a Star Trek DVD set so she can become more familiar with Wil's acting. He eventually gets some advice from Penny and, after drinking a few Long Island iced teas (not realizing they are alcoholic) he goes over to Wil Wheaton's house drunk and demands an apology or it will be beaten out of him, since guys from Texas stand up for their womenfolk. Wil does apologize. Sheldon's final solution is to do the episode of Fun With Flags with LeVar Burton, whom Amy also criticizes. Bernadette says that she is tired of sleeping at Howard's mother's house so often, and asks when Howard will be fully moving into their apartment. Howard sets a date. After moving his things in, he tells Bernadette how sad his mother was after his father left and how he would cheer her up with his magic tricks. Bernadette then makes them go back to spend the night since she will not have her husband break his mother's heart. Recurring characters: Wil Wheaton as himself and Carol Ann Susi as Mrs. Wolowitz Guest star: LeVar Burton as himself Title reference: Howard deciding to move from his mother's house to Bernadette's apartment, only to move back once he arrives at the apartment.
119 | 8 | "The 43 Peculiarity" | Mark Cendrowski | Story: Chuck Lorre, Dave Goetsch Anthony Del Broccolo Teleplay: Steven Molaro, Jim Reynolds Steve Holland | November 15, 2012 (2012-11-15) | 3X7608 | 17.63[13]
Sheldon is disappearing for twenty minutes every afternoon. Raj and Howard follow him down to a storage room in the basement where they find a room with a blackboard with the number "43" written on it. The two geniuses can't figure out what the number means. Howard installs a camera to spy on him. When they watch the video the next day, they see Sheldon come in and open up a small wormhole in the wall. He mentions that he hasn't found life in 43 parallel universes, thrusts his head through the wormhole and comes out with a creature attacking his face. Raj and Howard scream as Sheldon drops the (plastic) creature on their laptop. Sheldon found their hidden camera and generated his own video clip. Later, Sheldon is seen in the storeroom playing with a hacky sack, saying that he'll never reach 43 kicks again. Meanwhile, Leonard and Penny are hanging out while she is texting Cole, a British student working on an oral class project with her, making Leonard jealous. Leonard later spies on Penny from his apartment and when Cole leaves, tells him that Penny?s boyfriend is the leader of a bad gang called the Scientists. Penny, however, has witnessed the whole thing, and is enraged. Leonard talks to Sheldon's assistant Alex about his situation, during which Alex compliments him and he doesn't realize she is hitting on him. Later, Leonard complains to Penny that she (Penny) gets hit on all the time. Without thinking, Penny says that he shouldn't be concerned about her because he knows that she loves him. Realizing what she just said, they awkwardly agree not to say anything else, and Penny runs off scared. Leonard goes back to his apartment, and sighs, saying that she does love him. Alex then texts Leonard and tells him that if he wants to talk that they can have coffee, to which Leonard says, "What a friendly girl", still oblivious to the fact that she is interested in him. Guest stars: Margo Harshman as Alex Jensen and Ryan Cartwright as Cole Note: This episode is currently the most watched in the series, surpassing this season's episode, "The Habitation Configuration". Title reference: The number that Howard and Raj found on Sheldon's blackboard in the basement.
120 | 9 | "The Parking Spot Escalation"[14] | Peter Chakos | Story: Chuck Lorre, Eric Kaplan Adam Faberman Teleplay: Steven Molaro, Steve Holland Maria Ferrari | November 29, 2012 (2012-11-29) | 3X7609 | 17.25[15]
Having acquired a new car, Howard is given Sheldon's parking space at Caltech. Sheldon takes offense to this, even though he does not drive nor does he own a car, and demands that Howard gives him his space back. Howard says that if he isn't using it, why should he have it? Sheldon retaliates by taking Howard's limited-edition Iron Man helmet, using the same logic to justify keeping it. When the guys return home from work, they see Howard sitting naked in Sheldon's spot with his laptop resting on his "junk". Elsewhere, Penny, Bernadette and Amy talk about how silly the feud is, suggesting that the argument is a battle over male dominance. However, this leads to Amy and Bernadette getting into an argument themselves over the guys' accomplishments and their sex lives. Amy sneaks out with Sheldon at night to spray paint Sheldon's name back on the parking space. They leave Amy's car in the spot, only for Amy to find that Bernadette had it towed. Their conflict culminates with Amy swinging her purse at Bernadette, which accidentally hits Penny in the face, breaking her nose and blackening both her eyes. The two finally admit that their feud may have gotten too far out of hand. Back at the parking space, Sheldon has "moved" his office into it, using it as his argument for occupying the spot. Howard pulls up in his car, and proceeds to push Sheldon in his chair out of the way so he can park. Leonard comes outside and angrily berates both men - Sheldon for making a massive deal out of a parking spot, and Howard for trying to run Sheldon over. Sheldon then gets back at Howard for his previous action by sitting in Howard's car naked. Seeing no end in sight, Raj makes Howard apologize to Sheldon, and he is told that he can have his spot back. Sheldon thanks him for being the bigger man, but wanting to be the bigger man himself, bargains, and tells Howard he can use the spot until he learns to drive or gets a Batmobile. The group reconciles together at the Cheesecake Factory in front of a "thrilled" Penny who looks like a raccoon. At the end, Sheldon brings his disrespected cushion to a cleaners and tries to sell the owner's son his disrespected laptop. Title reference: The fight between Sheldon and Howard when Sheldon's parking space is reassigned to Howard.
121 | 10 | "The Fish Guts Displacement"[16] | Mark Cendrowski | Story: Chuck Lorre, Bill Prady Tara Hernandez Teleplay: Steven Molaro, Eric Kaplan Jim Reynolds | December 6, 2012 (2012-12-06) |  | N/A
Howard prepares to go on a fishing trip with his father-in-law, while Sheldon plays nurse to a sick Amy. Guest stars: Casey Sander as Mr. Rostenkowski and Meagen Fay as Mrs. Rostenkowski
122 | 11 | "The Santa Simulation"[17] |  |  |  |  | N/A
Sheldon has unfinished business with Santa Claus that must be dealt with, and it may or may not involve a shotgun.

## Ratings[edit]

### U.S. Nielsen ratings[edit]

Episode No. | Title | Air date | 18?49 | Viewers (millions) | DVR 18?49 | DVR Viewers (millions) | Total 18?49 | Total viewers
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1 | The Date Night Variable | 02012-09-27 September 27, 2012 | 5.0/15 | 15.66[6] | 1.9 | 3.91 | 6.9 | 19.57[18]
2 | The Decoupling Fluctuation | 02012-10-04 October 4, 2012 | 4.9/16 | 15.18[7] | 1.7 | 3.82 | 6.6 | 18.99[19]
3 | The Higgs Boson Observation | 02012-10-11 October 11, 2012 | 4.5/13 | 14.23[8] | 2.0 | 4.43 | 6.5 | 18.66[20]
4 | The Re-Entry Minimization | 02012-10-18 October 18, 2012 | 4.8/15 | 15.73[9] | 1.9 | 4.13 | 6.8 | 19.87[21]
5 | The Holographic Excitation | 02012-10-25 October 25, 2012 | 5.0/15 | 15.82[10] | 2.2 | 4.34 | 7.2 | 20.16[22]
6 | The Extract Obliteration | 02012-11-01 November 1, 2012 | 5.2/15 | 15.90[11] | 2.0 | 3.94 | 7.2 | 19.84[23]
7 | The Habitation Configuration | 02012-11-08 November 8, 2012 | 5.1/15 | 16.68[12] | 2.0 | 4.24 | 7.1 | 20.92[24]
8 | The 43 Peculiarity | 02012-11-15 November 15, 2012 | 5.7/17 | 17.63[13] | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A
9 | The Parking Spot Escalation | 02012-11-29 November 29, 2012 | 5.5/16 | 17.25[15] | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A
10 | The Fish Guts Displacement | 02012-12-06 December 6, 2012 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A
11 | The Santa Simulation |  | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A

### Canadian ratings[edit]

Episode No. | Title | Air Date | Viewers (millions) | Weekly Rank
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1 | The Date Night Variable | 02012-09-27 September 27, 2012 | 4.242 | 1[25]
2 | The Decoupling Fluctuation | 02012-10-04 October 4, 2012 | 3.940 | 1[26]
3 | The Higgs Boson Observation | 02012-10-11 October 11, 2012 | 4.286 | 1[27]
4 | The Re-Entry Minimization | 02012-10-18 October 18, 2012 | 4.565 | 1[28]
5 | The Holographic Excitation | 02012-10-25 October 25, 2012 | 4.357 | 1[29]
6 | The Extract Obliteration | 02012-11-01 November 1, 2012 | 4.222 | 1[30]
7 | The Habitation Configuration | 02012-11-08 November 8, 2012 | 3.993 | 1[31]
8 | The 43 Peculiarity | 02012-11-15 November 15, 2012 | 3.860 | 1[32]
9 | The Parking Spot Escalation | 02012-11-29 November 29, 2012 | N/A | N/A
10 | The Fish Guts Displacement | 02012-12-06 December 6, 2012 | N/A | N/A
11 | The Santa Simulation |  | N/A | N/A

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The Big Bang Theory
Characters | Leonard Hofstadter Sheldon Cooper Penny Howard Wolowitz Raj Koothrappali Bernadette Rostenkowski-Wolowitz Amy Farrah Fowler
Episodes |
Season 1 | "Pilot"
Season 2 | "The Terminator Decoupling"
Season 3 |
Season 4 | "The Love Car Displacement" "The Roommate Transmogrification"
Season 5 | "The Flaming Spittoon Acquisition" "The Recombination Hypothesis" "The Beta Test Initiation" "The Stag Convergence"
Season 6 | "The Fish Guts Displacement" "The Santa Simulation" "The Egg Salad Equivalency"
Season 7 | "The Hofstadter Insufficiency"
Recurring concepts | "Soft Kitty" Rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock
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