Season 2
(2008)
Overview
This season, Leonard gets a girl. So does Sheldon. Howard drives the Mars Rover into a ditch. Raj woos a terminator. Gorgeous girl-next-door Penny falls under the spell of Age of Conan. And super-smart, ueberconfident Leslie Winkler reduces mere men to spineless jellyfish.
Cast
as Leonard Hofstadter
as Sheldon Cooper
as Penny
as Howard Wolowitz
as Rajesh Koothrappali
Episodes
The Bad Fish Paradigm 7.8
September 22, 2008
Penny's first date with Leonard goes awry; Penny finds Sheldon to be an unwilling confidant.
The Codpiece Topology 7.5
September 29, 2008
A jealous Leonard reacts to Penny's new guy by rebounding with Leslie.
The Barbarian Sublimation 7.6
October 6, 2008
Sheldon creates a monster when he introduces Penny to online gaming.
The Griffin Equivalency 7.4
October 13, 2008
Raj gets an inflated ego and makes a play for Penny after being referenced in a magazine article.
The Euclid Alternative 7.4
October 20, 2008
Leonard and his friends stage an intervention to force Sheldon to face his fear of driving.
The Cooper-Nowitzki Theorem 7.7
November 3, 2008
Sheldon and the gang are confused when a young grad student is attracted to him.
The Panty Piñata Polarization 7.8
November 10, 2008
When Sheldon bans Penny from the apartment for numerous minor infractions, she decides to retaliate.
The Lizard-Spock Expansion 7.3
November 17, 2008
Leonard inadvertently steals away the new woman Wolowitz thinks is the love of his life.
The White Asparagus Triangulation 7.3
November 24, 2008
Sheldon is thrilled when Leonard starts dating a woman who meets Sheldon's stringent standards.
The Vartabedian Conundrum 6.9
December 8, 2008
Leonard asks Penny for advice when his new relationship starts moving too fast.
The Bath Item Gift Hypothesis 8.1
December 15, 2008
Penny starts dating Leonard's handsome colleague; Leonard and his friends are tortured by Sheldon's obsession with gift…
The Killer Robot Instability 7.4
January 12, 2009
Penny's criticism of Wolowitz's romantic life pushes him into depression and AWOL for a fighting robot battle the rest …
The Friendship Algorithm 7.4
January 19, 2009
Sheldon creates a scientific procedure for making friends.
The Financial Permeability 7.3
February 2, 2009
Sheldon's solution to Penny's financial difficulty leads to a confrontation between Leonard and Penny's ex-boyfriend.
The Maternal Capacitance 8.1
February 9, 2009
Leonard and Penny are drawn together after a disastrous visit from Leonard's mother.
The Cushion Saturation 7.4
March 2, 2009
A paintball game leads to a fight between Sheldon and Penny, and romance for Leslie and Wolowitz.
The Terminator Decoupling 7.4
March 9, 2009
Leonard, Sheldon and Wolowitz are ecstatic to learn that a famous science-fiction actress (Summer Glau) is on board the…
The Work Song Nanocluster 7.5
March 16, 2009
Penny's home business turns into a complete nightmare when Sheldon takes over.
The Dead Hooker Juxtaposition 7.5
March 30, 2009
Penny squares off with a new beautiful female neighbor who may become the building's "new Penny."
The Hofstadter Isotope 7.6
April 13, 2009
A fellow comic book enthusiast's hitting on Penny leads to Leonard and Howard going to a bar's Ladies' Night.
The Vegas Renormalization 7.5
April 27, 2009
Leonard and Koothrappali escort a heartbroken Wolowitz to Las Vegas, and Sheldon becomes locked out of his apartment an…
The Classified Materials Turbulence 7.4
May 4, 2009
Penny's second date with Stuart sees her making a comment that gives Leonard new hope for a relationship with her. Wolo…
The Monopolar Expedition 7.4
May 11, 2009
The guys' plan to work over the summer at the North Pole makes Penny revaluate her feelings for Leonard.