List of The Big Bang Theory episodes
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The following is a list of episodes of the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory.
Like the name of the series itself, with the exception of the first episode - "Pilot" - episode titles of The Big Bang Theory always start with "The", and resemble the name of a scientific principle, theory or experiment, whimsically referencing a plot point or quirk in the episode.
As of May 31, 2012, 111 episodes have aired.
Series overview
| Season | Episodes | Originally Aired | DVD Release Date | Discs | Season Premiere | Season Finale | Viewers (millions) | Rank | 18-49 Rating/Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 17 | 2007-08 | September 2, 2008 | 3 | September 24, 2007 | May 19, 2008 | 8.34[1] | #59[1] | 3.3/9 | |
| 2 | 23 | 2008-09 | September 15, 2009 | 4 | September 22, 2008 | May 11, 2009 | 10.01[2] | #42[2] | 3.8/10 | |
| 3 | 23 | 2009-10 | September 15, 2010 | 3 | September 21, 2009 | May 24, 2010 | 14.2 | #12 | 5.3/13 (#5)[3] | |
| 4 | 24[4] | 2010-11 |
September 16, 2011 | 4 | September 23, 2010[5] | May 19, 2011[6] | 13.2 | #13 | 4.4/13 (#7) | |
| 5 | 24 | 2011-12 |
N/A | N/A | September 22, 2011 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Season 1: 2007-2008
- Main article: List of The Big Bang Theory episodes (season 1)
The series The Big Bang Theory began its first season on September 24, 2007 in the United States and was picked up for a full run of 17 episodes.
| Title | Original Airdate | # |
|---|---|---|
| Pilot | September 24, 2007 | 1 - 101 |
| The Big Bran Hypothesis | October 1, 2007 | 2 - 102 |
| The Fuzzy Boots Corollary | October 8, 2007 | 3 - 103 |
| The Luminous Fish Effect | October 15, 2007 | 4 - 104 |
| The Hamburger Postulate | October 22, 2007 | 5 - 105 |
| The Middle Earth Paradigm | October 29, 2007 | 6 - 106 |
| The Dumpling Paradox | November 5, 2007 | 7 - 107 |
| The Grasshopper Experiment | November 12, 2007 | 8 - 108 |
| The Cooper-Hofstadter Polarization | March 17, 2008 | 9 - 109 |
| The Loobenfeld Decay | March 24, 2008 | 10 - 110 |
| The Pancake Batter Anomaly | March 31, 2008 | 11 - 111 |
| The Jerusalem Duality | April 14, 2008 | 12 - 112 |
| The Bat Jar Conjecture | April 21, 2008 | 13 - 113 |
| The Nerdvana Annihilation | April 28, 2008 | 14 - 114 |
| The Porkchop Indeterminacy | May 5, 2008 | 15 - 115 |
| The Peanut Reaction | May 12, 2008 | 16 - 116 |
| The Tangerine Factor | May 19, 2008 | 17 - 117 |
Season 2: 2008-2009
- Main article: List of The Big Bang Theory episodes (season 2)
Season 2 of The Big Bang Theory returned to television in September 22, 2008, and contained 23 episodes.
| Title | Original Airdate | # |
|---|---|---|
| The Bad Fish Paradigm | September 22, 2008 | 18 - 201 |
| The Codpiece Topology | September 29, 2008 | 19 - 202 |
| The Barbarian Sublimation | October 6, 2008 | 20 - 203 |
| The Griffin Equivalency | October 13, 2008 | 21 - 204 |
| The Euclid Alternative | October 20, 2008 | 22 - 205 |
| The Cooper-Nowitzki Theorem | November 3, 2008 | 23 - 206 |
| The Panty Piñata Polarization | November 10, 2008 | 24 - 207 |
| The Lizard-Spock Expansion | November 17, 2008 | 25 - 208 |
| The White Asparagus Triangulation | November 24, 2008 | 26 - 209 |
| The Vartabedian Conundrum | December 8, 2008 | 27 - 210 |
| The Bath Item Gift Hypothesis | December 15, 2008 | 28 - 211 |
| The Killer Robot Instability | January 12, 2009 | 29 - 212 |
| The Friendship Algorithm | January 19, 2009 | 30 - 213 |
| The Financial Permeability | February 2, 2009 | 31 - 214 |
| The Maternal Capacitance | February 9, 2009 | 32 - 215 |
| The Cushion Saturation | March 2, 2009 | 33 - 216 |
| The Terminator Decoupling | March 9, 2009 | 34 - 217 |
| The Work Song Nanocluster | March 16, 2009 | 35 - 218 |
| The Dead Hooker Juxtaposition | March 30, 2009 | 36 - 219 |
| The Hofstadter Isotope | April 13, 2009 | 37 - 220 |
| The Vegas Renormalization | April 27, 2009 | 38 - 221 |
| The Classified Materials Turbulence | May 4, 2009 | 39 - 222 |
| The Monopolar Expedition | May 11, 2009 | 40 - 223 |
Season 3: 2009-2010
- Main article: List of The Big Bang Theory episodes (season 3)
Season 3 of The Big Bang Theory returned to television in September 21, 2009, and contained 23 episodes.
| Title | Original Airdate | # |
|---|---|---|
| The Electric Can Opener Fluctuation | September 21, 2009 | 41 - 301 |
| The Jiminy Conjecture | September 28, 2009 | 42 - 302 |
| The Gothowitz Deviation | October 5, 2009 | 43 - 303 |
| The Pirate Solution | October 12, 2009 | 44 - 304 |
| The Creepy Candy Coating Corollary | October 19, 2009 | 45 - 305 |
| The Cornhusker Vortex | November 2, 2009 | 46 - 306 |
| The Guitarist Amplification | November 9, 2009 | 47 - 307 |
| The Adhesive Duck Deficiency | November 16, 2009 | 48 - 308 |
| The Vengeance Formulation | November 23, 2009 | 49 - 309 |
| The Gorilla Experiment | December 7, 2009 | 50 - 310 |
| The Maternal Congruence | December 14, 2009 | 51 - 311 |
| The Psychic Vortex | January 11, 2010 | 52 - 312 |
| The Bozeman Reaction | January 18, 2010 | 53 - 313 |
| The Einstein Approximation | February 1, 2010 | 54 - 314 |
| The Large Hadron Collision | February 8, 2010 | 55 - 315 |
| The Excelsior Acquisition | March 1, 2010 | 56 - 316 |
| The Precious Fragmentation | March 8, 2010 | 57 - 317 |
| The Pants Alternative | March 22, 2010 | 58 - 318 |
| The Wheaton Recurrence | April 12, 2010 | 59 - 319 |
| The Spaghetti Catalyst | May 3, 2010 | 60 - 320 |
| The Plimpton Stimulation | May 10, 2010 | 61 - 321 |
| The Staircase Implementation | May 17, 2010 | 62 - 322 |
| The Lunar Excitation | May 24, 2010 | 63 - 323 |
Season 4: 2010-2011
- Main article: List of The Big Bang Theory episodes (season 4)
Season 4 of The Big Bang Theory returned to television in September 2010, and contained 24 episodes.
| Title | Original Airdate | # |
|---|---|---|
| The Robotic Manipulation | September 23, 2010 | 64 - 401 |
| The Cruciferous Vegetable Amplification | September 30, 2010 | 65 - 402 |
| The Zazzy Substitution | October 7, 2010 | 66 - 403 |
| The Hot Troll Deviation | October 14, 2010 | 67 - 404 |
| The Desperation Emanation | October 21, 2010 | 68 - 405 |
| The Irish Pub Formulation | October 28, 2010 | 69 - 406 |
| The Apology Insufficiency | November 4, 2010 | 70 - 407 |
| The 21-Second Excitation | November 11, 2010 | 71 - 408 |
| The Boyfriend Complexity | November 18, 2010 | 72 - 409 |
| The Alien Parasite Hypothesis | December 9, 2010 | 73 - 410 |
| The Justice League Recombination | December 16, 2010 | 74 - 411 |
| The Bus Pants Utilization | January 6, 2011 | 75 - 412 |
| The Love Car Displacement | January 20, 2011 | 76 - 413 |
| The Thespian Catalyst | February 3, 2011 | 77 - 414 |
| The Benefactor Factor | February 10, 2011 | 78 - 415 |
| The Cohabitation Formulation | February 17, 2011 | 79 - 416 |
| The Toast Derivation | February 24, 2011 | 80 - 417 |
| The Prestidigitation Approximation | March 10, 2011 | 81 - 418 |
| The Zarnecki Incursion | March 31, 2011 | 82 - 419 |
| The Herb Garden Germination | April 7, 2011 | 83 - 420 |
| The Agreement Dissection | April 28, 2011 | 84 - 421 |
| The Wildebeest Implementation | May 5, 2011 | 85 - 422 |
| The Engagement Reaction | May 12, 2011 | 86 - 423 |
| The Roommate Transmogrification | May 19, 2011 | 87 - 424 |
Season 5: 2011-2012
- Main article: List of The Big Bang Theory episodes (season 5)
The Big Bang Theory returned to television with Season 5 in September 2011, with 24 episodes. The season finale has been announced to air on May 10, 2012.
| Title | Original Airdate | # |
|---|---|---|
| The Skank Reflex Analysis | September 22, 2011 | 88 - 501 |
| The Infestation Hypothesis | September 22, 2011 | 89 - 502 |
| The Pulled Groin Extrapolation | September 29, 2011 | 90 - 503 |
| The Wiggly Finger Catalyst | October 6, 2011 | 91 - 504 |
| The Russian Rocket Reaction | October 13, 2011 | 92 - 505 |
| The Rhinitis Revelation | October 20, 2011 | 93 - 506 |
| The Good Guy Fluctuation | October 27, 2011 | 94 - 507 |
| The Isolation Permutation | November 3, 2011 | 95 - 508 |
| The Ornithophobia Diffusion | November 10, 2011 | 96 - 509 |
| The Flaming Spittoon Acquisition | November 17, 2011 | 97 - 510 |
| The Speckerman Recurrence | December 8, 2011 | 98 - 511 |
| The Shiny Trinket Maneuver | January 12, 2012 | 99 - 512 |
| The Recombination Hypothesis | January 19, 2012 | 100 - 513 |
| The Beta Test Initiation | January 26, 2012 | 101 - 514 |
| The Friendship Contraction | February 2, 2012 | 102 - 515 |
| The Vacation Solution | February 9, 2012 | 103 - 516 |
| The Rothman Disintegration | February 16, 2012 | 104 - 517 |
| The Werewolf Transformation | February 23, 2012 | 105 - 518 |
| The Weekend Vortex | March 8, 2012 | 106 - 519 |
| The Transporter Malfunction | March 29, 2012 | 107 - 520 |
| The Hawking Excitation | April 5, 2012 | 108 - 521 |
| The Stag Convergence | April 26, 2012 | 109 - 522 |
| The Launch Acceleration | May 3, 2012 | 110 - 523 |
| The Countdown Reflection | May 10, 2012 | 111 - 524 |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 ABC Medianet. SEASON PROGRAM RANKINGS (THROUGH 5/25)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 ABC Medianet.
- ↑ Nellie Andreeva (May 27, 2010). "Full Series Rankings For The 2009-10 Broadcast Season". Deadline Hollywood . http://www.deadline.com/2010/05/full-series-rankings-for-the-2009-10-broadcast-season. Retrieved on June 7, 2010.
- ↑ "CBS - Primetime Calender - September 6 - October 29". Docstoc . http://www.docstoc.com/docs/54323968/CW---Primetime-Calender---September-6---October-29. Retrieved on September 9, 2010.
- ↑ "CBS ANNOUNCES 2010-2011 PREMIERE DATES". The Futon Critic . July 22, 2010. http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2010/07/22/cbs-announces-2010-2011-premiere-dates/20100722cbs02/. Retrieved on July 22, 2010.
- ↑ "CBS Announces Season Finale Dates for the 2010-11 Season". The Futon Critic . http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2011/03/28/cbs-announces-season-finale-dates-for-the-2010-11-season-830412/20110328cbs06/. Retrieved on March 28, 2011.
