The Big Bang Theory
Season: 2
Episode: 1
The Bad Fish Paradigm
Air Date:22/09/2008
Penny's first date with Leonard goes awry; Penny finds Sheldon to be an unwilling confidant.
Crew
Name: Mark Cendrowski
Role: Director
Department: Directing
Name: Bill Prady
Role: Story
Department: Writing
Name: David Goetsch
Role: Teleplay
Department: Writing
Name: Steven Molaro
Role: Teleplay
Department: Writing
Name: Julie Fleischer
Role: Script Supervisor
Department: Directing
Name: Jay O'Connell
Role: Unit Production Manager
Department: Production
Name: Jennifer Glickman
Role: Consulting Producer
Department: Production
Episode: 2
The Codpiece Topology
Air Date:29/09/2008
A jealous Leonard reacts to Penny's new guy by rebounding with Leslie.
Crew
Name: Mark Cendrowski
Role: Director
Department: Directing
Name: Chuck Lorre
Role: Story
Department: Writing
Name: Julie Fleischer
Role: Script Supervisor
Department: Directing
Name: Bill Prady
Role: Teleplay
Department: Writing
Name: Jay O'Connell
Role: Unit Production Manager
Department: Production
Name: Jennifer Glickman
Role: Consulting Producer
Department: Production
Name: Lee Aronsohn
Role: Teleplay
Department: Writing
Episode: 3
The Barbarian Sublimation
Air Date:06/10/2008
Sheldon creates a monster when he introduces Penny to online gaming.
Crew
Name: Mark Cendrowski
Role: Director
Department: Directing
Name: Eric Kaplan
Role: Teleplay
Department: Writing
Name: Steven Molaro
Role: Teleplay
Department: Writing
Name: Julie Fleischer
Role: Script Supervisor
Department: Directing
Name: Nikki Lorre
Role: Story
Department: Writing
Name: Jay O'Connell
Role: Unit Production Manager
Department: Production
Name: Jennifer Glickman
Role: Consulting Producer
Department: Production
Episode: 4
The Griffin Equivalency
Air Date:13/10/2008
Raj gets an inflated ego and makes a play for Penny after being referenced in a magazine article.
Crew
Name: Mark Cendrowski
Role: Director
Department: Directing
Name: Chuck Lorre
Role: Story
Department: Writing
Name: Bill Prady
Role: Story
Department: Writing
Name: Jay O'Connell
Role: Unit Production Manager
Department: Production
Name: Jennifer Glickman
Role: Consulting Producer
Department: Production
Name: Tim Doyle
Role: Teleplay
Department: Writing
Name: Stephen Engel
Role: Teleplay
Department: Writing
Episode: 5
The Euclid Alternative
Air Date:20/10/2008
Leonard and his friends stage an intervention to force Sheldon to face his fear of driving.
Crew
Name: Mark Cendrowski
Role: Director
Department: Directing
Name: Steven Molaro
Role: Story
Department: Writing
Name: Bill Prady
Role: Story
Department: Writing
Name: David Goetsch
Role: Teleplay
Department: Writing
Name: Jay O'Connell
Role: Unit Production Manager
Department: Production
Name: Jennifer Glickman
Role: Consulting Producer
Department: Production
Name: Lee Aronsohn
Role: Teleplay
Department: Writing
Episode: 6
The Cooper-Nowitzki Theorem
Air Date:03/11/2008
Sheldon and the gang are confused when a young grad student is attracted to him.
Crew
Name: Mark Cendrowski
Role: Director
Department: Directing
Name: Julie Fleischer
Role: Script Supervisor
Department: Directing
Name: Jay O'Connell
Role: Unit Production Manager
Department: Production
Name: Jennifer Glickman
Role: Consulting Producer
Department: Production
Name: Tim Doyle
Role: Teleplay
Department: Writing
Name: Richard A. Rosenstock
Role: Teleplay
Department: Writing
Name: Stephen Engel
Role: Story
Department: Writing
Name: Daley Haggar
Role: Story
Department: Writing
Episode: 7
The Panty Piñata Polarization
Air Date:10/11/2008
When Sheldon bans Penny from the apartment for numerous minor infractions, she decides to retaliate.
Crew
Name: Mark Cendrowski
Role: Director
Department: Directing
Name: Bill Prady
Role: Story
Department: Writing
Name: Steven Molaro
Role: Teleplay
Department: Writing
Name: Jay O'Connell
Role: Unit Production Manager
Department: Production
Name: Jennifer Glickman
Role: Consulting Producer
Department: Production
Name: Tim Doyle
Role: Story
Department: Writing
Name: Jennifer Glickman
Role: Teleplay
Department: Writing
Episode: 8
The Lizard-Spock Expansion
Air Date:17/11/2008
Leonard inadvertently steals away the new woman Wolowitz thinks is the love of his life.
Crew
Name: Mark Cendrowski
Role: Director
Department: Directing
Name: Bill Prady
Role: Story
Department: Writing
Name: David Goetsch
Role: Teleplay
Department: Writing
Name: Jay O'Connell
Role: Unit Production Manager
Department: Production
Name: Jennifer Glickman
Role: Consulting Producer
Department: Production
Name: Jennifer Glickman
Role: Teleplay
Department: Writing
Episode: 9
The White Asparagus Triangulation
Air Date:24/11/2008
Sheldon is thrilled when Leonard starts dating a woman who meets Sheldon's stringent standards.
Crew
Name: Mark Cendrowski
Role: Director
Department: Directing
Name: Steven Molaro
Role: Story
Department: Writing
Name: David Goetsch
Role: Story
Department: Writing
Name: Julie Fleischer
Role: Script Supervisor
Department: Directing
Name: Richard A. Rosenstock
Role: Teleplay
Department: Writing
Name: Stephen Engel
Role: Teleplay
Department: Writing
Episode: 10
The Vartabedian Conundrum
Air Date:08/12/2008
Leonard asks Penny for advice when his new relationship starts moving too fast.
Crew
Episode: 11
The Bath Item Gift Hypothesis
Air Date:15/12/2008
Penny starts dating Leonard's handsome colleague; Leonard and his friends are tortured by Sheldon's obsession with gift-giving etiquette.
Crew
Episode: 12
The Killer Robot Instability
Air Date:12/01/2009
Penny's criticism of Wolowitz's romantic life pushes him into depression and AWOL for a fighting robot battle the rest of guys are depending on him for.
Crew
Name: Mark Cendrowski
Role: Director
Department: Directing
Name: Bill Prady
Role: Story
Department: Writing
Name: Steven Molaro
Role: Teleplay
Department: Writing
Name: Julie Fleischer
Role: Script Supervisor
Department: Directing
Name: Richard A. Rosenstock
Role: Story
Department: Writing
Name: Daley Haggar
Role: Teleplay
Department: Writing
Episode: 13
The Friendship Algorithm
Air Date:19/01/2009
Sheldon creates a scientific procedure for making friends.
Crew
Episode: 14
The Financial Permeability
Air Date:02/02/2009
Sheldon's solution to Penny's financial difficulty leads to a confrontation between Leonard and Penny's ex-boyfriend.
Crew
Episode: 15
The Maternal Capacitance
Air Date:09/02/2009
Leonard and Penny are drawn together after a disastrous visit from Leonard's mother.
Crew
Name: Mark Cendrowski
Role: Director
Department: Directing
Name: Chuck Lorre
Role: Story
Department: Writing
Name: Bill Prady
Role: Story
Department: Writing
Name: Steven Molaro
Role: Teleplay
Department: Writing
Name: Julie Fleischer
Role: Script Supervisor
Department: Directing
Name: Richard A. Rosenstock
Role: Teleplay
Department: Writing
Episode: 16
The Cushion Saturation
Air Date:02/03/2009
A paintball game leads to a fight between Sheldon and Penny, and romance for Leslie and Wolowitz.
Crew
Episode: 17
The Terminator Decoupling
Air Date:09/03/2009
Leonard, Sheldon and Wolowitz are ecstatic to learn that a famous science-fiction actress (Summer Glau) is on board the train they are taking to San Francisco.
Crew
Episode: 18
The Work Song Nanocluster
Air Date:16/03/2009
Penny's home business turns into a complete nightmare when Sheldon takes over.
Crew
Name: Bill Prady
Role: Story
Department: Writing
Name: David Goetsch
Role: Teleplay
Department: Writing
Name: Julie Fleischer
Role: Script Supervisor
Department: Directing
Name: Peter Chakos
Role: Director
Department: Directing
Name: Richard A. Rosenstock
Role: Teleplay
Department: Writing
Name: Lee Aronsohn
Role: Story
Department: Writing
Episode: 19
The Dead Hooker Juxtaposition
Air Date:30/03/2009
Penny squares off with a new beautiful female neighbor who may become the building's "new Penny."
Crew
Episode: 20
The Hofstadter Isotope
Air Date:13/04/2009
A fellow comic book enthusiast's hitting on Penny leads to Leonard and Howard going to a bar's Ladies' Night.
Crew
Episode: 21
The Vegas Renormalization
Air Date:27/04/2009
Leonard and Koothrappali escort a heartbroken Wolowitz to Las Vegas, and Sheldon becomes locked out of his apartment and must stay with Penny.
Crew
Name: Mark Cendrowski
Role: Director
Department: Directing
Name: Mea Ybarra
Role: Associate Producer
Department: Production
Name: Steven Molaro
Role: Teleplay
Department: Writing
Name: Julie Fleischer
Role: Script Supervisor
Department: Directing
Name: Jessica Ambrosetti
Role: Story
Department: Writing
Name: Nikki Lorre
Role: Story
Department: Writing
Name: Andy Roth
Role: Story
Department: Writing
Episode: 22
The Classified Materials Turbulence
Air Date:04/05/2009
Penny's second date with Stuart sees her making a comment that gives Leonard new hope for a relationship with her. Wolowitz realizes there's a crucial error in a NASA project he's working on.
Crew
Name: Mark Cendrowski
Role: Director
Department: Directing
Name: Chuck Lorre
Role: Story
Department: Writing
Name: Mea Ybarra
Role: Associate Producer
Department: Production
Name: Steven Molaro
Role: Teleplay
Department: Writing
Name: Bill Prady
Role: Teleplay
Department: Writing
Name: Lee Aronsohn
Role: Story
Department: Writing
Episode: 23
The Monopolar Expedition
Air Date:11/05/2009
The guys' plan to work over the summer at the North Pole makes Penny revaluate her feelings for Leonard.