Sheldon becomes concerned when everybody begins to hang out at Raj’s apartment and discovers Leonard is the center of the group.

As Wolowitz contemplates taking things with Bernadette to the next level, Leonard rekindles his relationship with Raj’s sister.

A wealthy donor to the university makes Leonard consider how far he’s willing to go for the sake of science.

Hoping it will make him a better teacher, Sheldon has Penny give him acting lessons. Raj has fantasies about a friend’s girlfriend.

Bernadette runs into her ex-boyfriend while attending a science event with Wolowitz.

Leonard’s idea for a smartphone app derails his friendship with Sheldon.

The guys find a “super” use for Penny’s new boyfriend, Zack, when they enter a costume contest as the Justice League.

Amy finds she has sexual feelings for Penny’s ex, while Koothrappali and Wolowitz try to prove who would be the better superhero.

Penny asks Leonard to lie to her father, while Howard, Raj and Bernadette pull an all-nighter at a telescope.

While the guys camp in line for a long-awaited movie screening, Penny and Bernadette invite Amy to her first slumber party.

Sheldon’s answers during an FBI interview put Wolowitz’s security clearance in jeopardy.

Leonard keeps an affair a secret from Sheldon, Howard and Raj.

Leonard realizes he’s the only one without a girlfriend, while Sheldon wants to get rid of his.

An embarrassing secret of Wolowitz’s comes to light, while Sheldon and Raj have a small war at work.

The guys are concerned as Sheldon searches for an alternative to human companionship.

Realizing he will not live long enough to download his consciousness into a robot body, Sheldon tries to extend his life span.

Penny tags along on Sheldon’s first ever date; Wolowitz finds a new use for a robotic arm.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.