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| The Big Bang Theory Season 8 : |
| Sheldon is rescued from his soul-searching cross-country train trip (older but no wiser) and that means The Big Bang Theory gang's all here to spread another gear's cheer as TV's most attended laugh seminar. Enrol in the comic curriculum to observe Leonard's minor surgery which signals a major catastrophe for Sheldon Howard's obsession over his mum's relationship with friend-turned-freeloader Stuart and the unexpected results of Penny's technique as a pharmaceutical sales rep. Discover ways to re-create proms not attended or holiday celebrations not especially beloved and play a new game based on Raj's dating life. Savour online fan Fiction by Amy watch Bernadette take indelicate command of some delicate family matters and who knows you might spot a cool special guest or two. |
| Episode 1 - [The Locomotion Interruption] |
| Details : Leonard and Amy make an unexpected trip to Arizona to fetch Sheldon; Penny interviews for a job at Bernadette's company; Stuart's relationship with Mrs. Wolowitz disturbs Howard. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Stephen Root as Dan | David Barrera as Officer Hernandez | Anil Margsahayam as Man | Tonja Kahlens as Woman | Robert Noble as Older Gentleman | Carol Ann Susi as Debbie Wolowitz (voice) | Kevin Sussman as Stuart Bloom | Director : Mark Cendrowski | |
| Air Date : Sep. 22, 2014 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★ |
| Episode 2 - [The Junior Professor Solution] |
| Details : When Sheldon must teach a class Howard decides to take it. Amy takes advantage of the tension between Penny and Bernadette. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Regina King as Janine Davis | |
| Air Date : Sep. 22, 2014 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 3 - [The First Pitch Insufficiency] |
| Details : Wolowitz feels nervous when he is asked to throw the first pitch at a Los Angeles Angels game. Penny and Leonard want to prove Sheldon wrong after he says he and Amy are the better couple. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Malcolm Foster Smith as Roy | Michael Araujo as Stadium Announcer (voice) | Michael J. Massimino as Himself | |
| Air Date : Sep. 29, 2014 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★ |
| Episode 4 - [The Hook-Up Reverberation] |
| Details : Raj's honesty comes back to haunt him when his new girlfriend is unfriendly to Penny. The guys think about becoming part owners in Stuart's store. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Laura Spencer as Emily Sweeney | Kevin Sussman as Stuart Bloom | |
| Air Date : Oct. 06, 2014 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★ |
| Episode 5 - [The Focus Attenuation] |
| Details : During their weekend in Las Vegas Bernadette and Amy accuse Penny of being a buzz kill. The guys try to invent the next big thing. |
| Air Date : Oct. 13, 2014 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 6 - [The Expedition Approximation] |
| Details : Sheldon and Raj test whether they could survive a dark-matter research expedition in a salt mine by simulating the conditions in a steam tunnel deep underground. Leonard and Penny seek advice from Howard and Bernadette after they fight about money. |
| Air Date : Oct. 20, 2014 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 7 - [The Misinterpretation Agitation] |
| Details : The guys try to help Penny out of an awkward work dilemma when a smitten doctor shows up at her door after her flirtatious sales techniques work a little too well. Meanwhile Amy and Bernadette argue over whether or not female scientists should play up their sexuality. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Billy Bob Thornton as Oliver Lorvis | Annie O'Donnell as Mrs. Lorvis (voice) | |
| Air Date : Oct. 30, 2014 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 8 - [The Prom Equivalency] |
| Details : When the gang recreates a high-school prom night on the roof of the guys'; apartment building Sheldon feels pressure to participate in all the typical romantic traditions. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Laura Spencer as Emily Sweeney | Kara Luiz as Jeanie | Carol Ann Susi as Debbie Wolowitz (voice) | Kevin Sussman as Stuart Bloom | |
| Air Date : Nov. 06, 2014 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★ |
| Episode 9 - [The Septum Deviation] |
| Details : When Leonard gets minor surgery on his nose Sheldon is the one in need of sympathy. Meanwhile Raj's parents' impending divorce causes Howard and Bernadette to work on their own marriage. |
| Air Date : Nov. 13, 2014 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 10 - [The Champagne Reflection] |
| Details : While Sheldon says a tearful goodbye to the final installment of Fun with Flags Leonard Howard and Raj search for something significant in a dead professor's research. And Bernadette is shocked to learn of her co-workers’ true feelings from Penny. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Stephen Root as Dan | LeVar Burton as Himself | Paul Willson as Professor Sharpe | John Ross Bowie as Barry Kripke | |
| Air Date : Nov. 20, 2014 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★ |
| Episode 11 - [The Clean Room Infiltration] |
| Details : Leonard and Howard turn to Raj for help in dealing with a work emergency when they nearly come to blows after blaming each other for a potential disaster at the university. Amy throws an authentic Victorian Christmas party while Sheldon seeks revenge on her for making him celebrate the holidays. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Dakin Matthews as Santa Claus | Michael Reetz as Photographer | Brian George as V.M. Koothrappali | Director : Mark Cendrowski | |
| Air Date : Dec. 11, 2014 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 12 - [The Space Probe Disintegration] |
| Details : Wolowitz tries to distract Raj who is anxiously awaiting data from a space probe he helped launch. Meanwhile Sheldon and Leonard go dress shopping with Penny and Amy. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Noel De Souza as Older Indian Man | |
| Air Date : Jan. 08, 2015 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 13 - [The Anxiety Optimization] |
| Details : The gang tries to help Sheldon when he becomes stuck in a rut at work by increasing his anxiety level. Howard teases Raj with a new game called Cinnamon or Emily? |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Laura Spencer as Emily Sweeney | Ed Lieberman as Man | |
| Air Date : Jan. 29, 2015 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 14 - [The Troll Manifestation] |
| Details : Leonard and Sheldon publish a paper which is widely accepted except for comments from an internet troll. Meanwhile the girls reminisce about embarrassing incidents from their past. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Jim Meskimen as Doctor (voice) | Stephen Hawking as Himself | |
| Air Date : Feb. 05, 2015 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★ |
| Episode 15 - [The Comic Book Store Regeneration] |
| Details : Wolowitz receives some shocking news as everyone prepares for the reopening of Stuart’s comic book store. Penny teaches Sheldon how to “let it go” but can’t follow her own advice after she learns something infuriating about Amy. Also Leonard and Raj think they spot Nathan Fillion at a restaurant. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Nathan Fillion as Himself | Angela Relucio as Hostess | John Ross Bowie as Barry Kripke | Kevin Sussman as Stuart Bloom | Director : Mark Cendrowski | |
| Air Date : Feb. 19, 2015 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 16 - [The Intimacy Acceleration] |
| Details : As a joke Sheldon and Penny try an experiment designed to make participants fall in love. Also Leonard Amy Raj and Emily spend the evening trying to escape a room with a “zombie.” And after returning from Mrs. Wolowitz’ funeral Bernadette and Howard run into trouble at the airport. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Laura Spencer as Emily Sweeney | Stephanie Escajeda as Cindy | Molly Morgan as Hostess | Max Adler as Zombie | Bruce Holman as Airport Pedestrian | |
| Air Date : Feb. 26, 2015 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 17 - [The Colonization Application] |
| Details : Trouble arises when Amy learns Sheldon has applied for a one-way mission to colonize Mars. Also a trip to the pet store ends in a fight for Sheldon and Amy Leonard surprises Penny with a very “adult” purchase and Raj is caught snooping in Emily’s apartment. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Laura Spencer as Emily Sweeney | |
| Air Date : Mar. 05, 2015 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 18 - [The Leftover Thermalization] |
| Details : Friction ensues when a magazine fails to mention Leonard in an article about the paper he co-wrote with Sheldon. Also a blackout at Mrs. Wolowitz’s home leads to a final family dinner in her honor. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Kevin Sussman as Stuart Bloom | |
| Air Date : Mar. 12, 2015 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★ |
| Episode 19 - [The Skywalker Incursion] |
| Details : When Leonard and Sheldon are invited to speak at UC Berkeley they take a detour to try to meet an idol. Also when Bernadette and Howard battle over the fate of his Doctor Who TARDIS Raj and Amy offer to settle the dispute with a game of ping pong. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Tate Ellington as Mitchell | Michael Dempsey as Security Guard | Mark Barrett as Security Guard #2 (voice) | Director : Mark Cendrowski | |
| Air Date : Apr. 02, 2015 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 20 - [The Fortification Implementation] |
| Details : When Sheldon and Amy build a blanket fort they come to major crossroads in their relationship. Also Wolowitz meets the half-brother he never knew he had and when Penny is invited to appear on Wil Wheaton’s podcast she and Leonard have a huge on-air argument. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Matt Bennett as Josh Wolowitz | Rena Strober as Caller (voice) | Wil Wheaton as Himself | Kevin Smith as Himself | |
| Air Date : Apr. 09, 2015 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 21 - [The Communication Deterioration] |
| Details : When Raj is asked to create a message in case a NASA mission discovers alien life the guys fight over what he should do. Also Penny is torn between auditioning for a movie or keeping her successful pharmaceutical sales job. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Sara Erikson as Gwen | Kelli Goss as Chelsea | Phoebe Neidhardt as Casting Assistant | Jeff Jingle as Alien (voice) | Mark Maitre as Alien #2 (voice) | |
| Air Date : Apr. 16, 2015 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★ |
| Episode 22 - [The Graduation Transmission] |
| Details : Wolowitz questions his engineering abilities when he and Sheldon can’t get a toy drone to fly. Meanwhile a cancelled flight nearly prevents Leonard from giving the commencement address at his former high school and Raj pits his parents against each other when his father cuts him off financially. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Alice Amter as Mrs. Koothrappali | Max Mittelman as Tech Support (voice) | Katherine Von Till as Tech Support Recording (voice) | Brian George as V.M. Koothrappali | Director : Anthony Joseph Rich | |
| Air Date : Apr. 23, 2015 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★ |
| Episode 23 - [The Maternal Combustion] |
| Details : Personalities collide when Sheldon and Leonard’s mothers finally meet. Meanwhile Howard finally decides to “man up” and do his fair share of the housework – but not without a little help from his friends. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Christine Baranski as Beverly Hofstadter | Kevin Sussman as Stuart Bloom | Laurie Metcalf as Mary Cooper | Director : Anthony Joseph Rich | |
| Air Date : Apr. 30, 2015 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 24 - [The Commitment Determination] |
| Details : Sheldon pushes Leonard and Penny to choose a date for their wedding and deals with dramatic changes in his own relationship with Amy. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Laura Spencer as Emily Sweeney | Kevin Sussman as Stuart Bloom | |
| Air Date : May. 07, 2015 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★ |