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- Season 8 overviewSep 22, 2014-May 7, 201524 episodesSeason 8 episodes1. The Locomotion Interruption Sep 22, 2014
- Leonard and Amy make an unexpected trip to Arizona to fetch Sheldon; Penny goes for an interview.
- 2. The Junior Professor Solution Sep 22, 2014
- Amy takes advantage of the tension between Penny and Bernadette.
- 3. The First Pitch Insufficiency Sep 29, 2014
- Wolowitz feels nervous when he is asked to throw the first pitch at a Los Angeles Angels game.
- 4. The Hook-Up Reverberation Oct 6, 2014
- Raj's honesty comes back to haunt him when his new girlfriend is unfriendly to Penny.
- 5. The Focus Attenuation Oct 13, 2014
- During their weekend in Las Vegas, Bernadette and Amy accuse Penny of being a buzz kill.
- 6. The Expedition Approximation Oct 20, 2014
- Raj and Sheldon try to simulate a dark-matter research expedition; Penny and Leonard have a fight.
- 7. The Misinterpretation Agitation Oct 30, 2014
- The guys try to help when Penny is faced with an awkward dilemma at work.
- 8. The Prom Equivalency Nov 6, 2014
- Sheldon feels pressured to participate in traditions when the gang re-creates a high-school prom.
- 9. The Septum Deviation Nov 13, 2014
- Leonard has minor surgery on his nose, causing Sheldon to overreact.
- 10. The Champagne Reflection Nov 20, 2014
- Howard, Leonard and Raj look through their dead professor's research.
- 11. The Clean Room Infiltration Dec 11, 2014
- Leonard and Wolowitz clash over a work emergency; Sheldon resents having to celebrate the holidays.
- 12. The Space Probe Disintegration Jan 8, 2015
- The guys agree to do something the girls like; Leonard and Sheldon butt heads.
- 13. The Anxiety Optimization Jan 29, 2015
- Sheldon asks his friends to challenge him in hope of achieving a scientific breakthrough.
- 14. The Troll Manifestation Feb 5, 2015
- Sheldon and Leonard must defend themselves from an online bully's criticism after writing a paper.
- 15. The Comic Book Store Regeneration Feb 19, 2015
- The gang waits for the reopening of the comic book store; Wolowitz gets some shocking news.
- 16. The Intimacy Acceleration Feb 26, 2015
- Penny and Sheldon design an experiment -- as a joke -- to make participants fall in love.
- 17. The Colonization Application Mar 5, 2015
- Amy finds out that Sheldon applied for a one-way mission to colonize Mars.
- 18. The Leftover Thermalization Mar 12, 2015
- A magazine article only credits Sheldon in an article about a paper he co-wrote with Leonard.
- 19. The Skywalker Incursion Apr 2, 2015
- While on their way to UC Berkeley, Sheldon and Leonard take a detour in hope of meeting an idol.
- 20. The Fortification Implementation Apr 9, 2015
- Sheldon and Amy build a blanket fort; Wolowitz meets a half-brother he didn't know he had.
- 21. The Communication Deterioration Apr 16, 2015
- The guys fight over a message that could be used for alien contact.
- 22. The Graduation Transmission Apr 23, 2015
- Wolowitz questions his engineering skills; a canceled flight puts Leonard's plans in jeopardy.
- 23. The Maternal Combustion Apr 30, 2015
- When Sheldon's and Leonard's mothers finally meet, personalities collide.
- 24. The Commitment Determination May 7, 2015
- While facing relationship changes, Sheldon pushes Penny and Leonard to choose a wedding date.
The eighth season of the American sitcom The Big Bang Theory aired on CBS from September 22, 2014 to May 7, 2015. The series returned to its regular Thursday night time slot on October 30, 2014, beginning with the eighth season's seventh episode.
Find out the titles, dates, ratings and summaries of all 24 episodes of season 8 of The Big Bang Theory, the popular sitcom about four nerdy friends and their girlfriends. Watch options and trivia are also available for each episode.
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The eighth season of The Big Bang Theory was confirmed on March 12, 2014, after a 3-season deal with CBS which renewed the series through its tenth season, meaning that it would run until at least 2017. The Big Bang Theory started on Mondays, in front of The Millers until October 20, due to the NFL's Thursday Night Football. It moved back to Thursdays on October 30, 2014 before Mom. The season premiere aired on September 22, 2014. The main focus of the season is on Penny's new career and the death of Howard's mother, Debbie Wolowitz.
On August 4, Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons and Kaley Cuoco each signed a three-year contract for one million dollars for each episode. Simon Helberg and Kunal Nayyar have also signed contracts for three seasons for more than $750,000 per episode. There were some contract issues between Galecki, Cuoco, and Parsons; however, these issues have been resolved.
Main Cast
•Johnny Galecki as Leonard Hofstadter (24/24) •Jim Parsons as Sheldon Cooper (24/24) •Kaley Cuoco as Penny (24/24) •Simon Helberg as Howard Wolowitz (24/24) •Kunal Nayyar as Rajesh Koothrappali (24/24) •Mayim Bialik as Amy Farrah Fowler (24/24) •Melissa Rauch as Bernadette Rostenkowski-Wolowitz (24/24) •Kevin Sussman as Stuart Bloom (7/24)
Recurring Cast
•Carol Ann Susi as Debbie Wolowitz (2/24) •Laura Spencer as Emily Sweeney (6/24) •John Ross Bowie as Barry Kripke (2/24) •Brian George as V. M. Koothrappali (2/24) •Stephen Root as Dan (2/24)
Guest Cast
•Regina King as Janine Davis •Mike Massimino as himself •Alice Amter as Mrs. Koothrappali •Wil Wheaton as himself •Laurie Metcalf as Mary Cooper •Christine Baranski as Beverly Hofstadter •Stephen Hawking as himself •Kara Luiz as Jeanie •Paul Wilson as Professor Sharp •Angela Relucio as Hostess •Max Adler as the Zombie •Tate Ellington as Mitchell •Matt Bennett as Josh Wolowitz •Sara Erikson as Gwen •Kelli Goss as Chelsea •Billy Bob Thornton as Oliver Lorvis •LeVar Burton as himself •Nathan Fillion as himself •Kevin Smith as himself
•This season had the same number of 24 episodes, adding the total amount of episodes for the entire series up to 183. Next season will include the 200th episode. (Season trend). (S9E17) (200th episode)
•Penny got a new haircut based upon Kaley's new hairdo. Sheldon had problems with it. (Season trend)
•This marks the only season where Penny has a short haircut from the premiere to the finale. In all other seasons, her hair had a variable length, starting with a shoulder-length hairstyle and ending with long hair.
•Penny's Mother didn't show up, though the Lenny wedding is in the air. Lisa Kudrow was still Kaley's choice to play her mother, though no official casting has been announced.
•Emily became a recurring cast member this season. (Season trend)
•According to the production staff, Penny did, at least during her break from acting, become a pharmaceutical representative or salesperson at Bernadette's company. This caused relationship problems between Leonard and Penny and between Bernie and Penny. She then developed confidence and finally made a respectable income. (Season trend)
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Season 8. Leonard and Sheldon are brilliant physicists—wizards in the laboratory but socially challenged everywhere else. Despite their on-again, off-again relationship, Leonard believes he's found true love with beautiful, street-smart neighbor Penny, and they finally got engaged.
22. Play trailer 0:31. 15 4. 99+ Videos. 99+ Photos. Comedy Romance. A woman who moves into an apartment across the hall from two brilliant but socially awkward physicists shows them how little they know about life outside of the laboratory. Creators. Chuck Lorre. Bill Prady. Stars. Johnny Galecki. Jim Parsons. Kaley Cuoco.