The Big Bang Theory Season 3

Season 3

Worlds collide in Season 3! A love affair with Penny has opened a big, wide, wonderful world of romance for Leonard. But Sheldon likes the world just the way it was, thank you. All of which makes for a zany comic triangle with brainy, clueless Sheldon and practical, grounded Penny hilariously vying for the role of hypotenuse.

Air date: 2009-09-21

Episodes: 23

Episodes

E1: The Electric Can Opener Fluctuation

When Sheldon learns the guys tampered with his expedition data he got from the arctic, he leaves to Texas in disgrace. This results in the guys following him, which threatens Leonard's hope for some romantic time with Penny and the guys' friendship with Sheldon.

Air date: 2009-09-21 • ★ 7.819

E2: The Jiminy Conjecture

Leonard and Penny struggle to recover from an awkward first hookup while Sheldon and Howard stake their best comic books on a bet to determine the species of a cricket.

Air date: 2009-09-28 • ★ 7.34

E3: The Gothowitz Deviation

Howard and Raj visit a Goth nightclub to pick up women while Sheldon attempts to build a better Penny using chocolate-based behavior modification.

Air date: 2009-10-05 • ★ 7.45

E4: The Pirate Solution

Raj must find a new job or be sent back to India, but Sheldon has a solution, which leaves Leonard and Penny dealing with Howard as a third wheel.

Air date: 2009-10-12 • ★ 7.442

E5: The Creepy Candy Coating Corollary

After overhearing that Wil Wheaton is entering a trading-card competition, Sheldon decides to enter it himself. Meanwhile, Penny sets up one of her friends on a date with Wolowitz.

Air date: 2009-10-19 • ★ 7.618

E6: The Cornhusker Vortex

Sheldon becomes Leonard's teacher in order to understand football, while an incident with flying a kite threatens Howard and Raj's friendship.

Air date: 2009-11-02 • ★ 6.94

E7: The Guitarist Amplification

A squabble between Leonard and Penny sees Sheldon playing mediator, though out of his own incovenience from the sitiation rather than altruism.

Air date: 2009-11-09 • ★ 7.217

E8: The Adhesive Duck Deficiency

With Leonard, Howard and Raj away camping in the desert, an injured Penny has only Sheldon to rely on.

Air date: 2009-11-16 • ★ 8.303

E9: The Vengeance Formulation

After he's humiliated on National Public Radio, Sheldon vows to destroy Kripke, while Wolowitz tries not to destroy his new relationship with Bernadette.

Air date: 2009-11-23 • ★ 7.75

E10: The Gorilla Experiment

Penny gets help from Sheldon in order to understand what Leonard's work is, while Wolowitz develops a jealousy when Leonard starts hanging out with his new girlfriend.

Air date: 2009-12-07 • ★ 7.84

E11: The Maternal Congruence

A Christmas visit from his mother has Leonard discovering she's kept a lot of news from him that she shares with Sheldon and worrying if she'll approve of his romance with Penny.

Air date: 2009-12-14 • ★ 7.5

E12: The Psychic Vortex

Leonard is aghast to find out a secret of Penny's: she believes in psychics. Meanwhile, Sheldon tries to assist Koothrappali in picking up a girl at a university mixer.

Air date: 2010-01-11 • ★ 7.806

E13: The Bozeman Reaction

When their apartment is robbed, Leonard and Sheldon turn to their friends to create a state-of-the-art security system.

Air date: 2010-01-18 • ★ 7.638

E14: The Einstein Approximation

Sheldon's search for the answer to a physics problem leads him to work at the Cheesecake Factory with Penny.

Air date: 2010-02-01 • ★ 7.927

E15: The Large Hadron Collision

Leonard can only bring one guest on a trip to see CERN's Large Hadron Collider (the world's largest and highest energy particle accelerator) in Switzerland on Valentine's Day.

Air date: 2010-02-08 • ★ 7.689

E16: The Excelsior Acquisition

Sheldon winds up in traffic court when he gets a ticket because of Penny.

Air date: 2010-03-01 • ★ 7.802

E17: The Precious Fragmentation

When the guys find a ring from "The Lord of the Rings" at a garage sale, it threatens to tear them apart.

Air date: 2010-03-08 • ★ 7.917

E18: The Pants Alternative

Sheldon's friends come to his aid when his fear of public speaking stands between him and a coveted award.

Air date: 2010-03-22 • ★ 7.878

E19: The Wheaton Recurrence

A fight between Leonard and Penny threatens their relationship, while Sheldon battles Wil Wheaton in bowling.

Air date: 2010-04-12 • ★ 7.318

E20: The Spaghetti Catalyst

When Leonard and Penny aren't speaking, Sheldon goes to extremes to keep them both happy.

Air date: 2010-05-03 • ★ 7.722

E21: The Plimpton Stimulation

Leonard and Sheldon compete for the attention of a famous female physicist.

Air date: 2010-05-10 • ★ 7.292

E22: The Staircase Implementation

Leonard tells Penny about how he met Sheldon for the first time...and what happened to the elevator.

Air date: 2010-05-17 • ★ 8.385

E23: The Lunar Excitation

While Penny worries that dating Leonard has ruined her for normal guys, Wolowitz and Koothrappali search for Sheldon's perfect match online.

Air date: 2010-05-24 • ★ 7.734