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The Big Bang Theory Season 3 Episode 7

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AIRED: 11/9/09

Leonard and Penny's first big fight sees Sheldon playing mediator due to childhood trauma that's left him with an inability to be around loud verbal conflicts.

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Just bad TV.

2.5

By Fryyy, May 16, 2011

The Big Bang Theory is going downhill...fast. This season started out weak, the only good episode was the third one, followed by two more great episodes. But this and last week's episode are just horrible. They've lost it. This whole thing with Leonard and Penny is ridiculous. But can't be more ridiculous than the new COUPLE Wolowitz and Raj. It's just NOT funny.

I did laugh once, but that was it. Did they fired all the good writes for this season???

Two and a Half Men is proving to be the best comedy on TV once again, and Big Bang is proving to be the most over-hyped series of this decade.moreless
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By Canogaparkcindy, Jan 17, 2011

A great episode of Big Bang tonight, and definitely a stand out episode. Sheldon of course was the best, and yes the Penny & Leonard relationship is getting tiresome but we got some great one liners from each cast member, especially Kayley Cuoco. In the last episode, they had a Howard & Raj bromance episode, but now they're dragging on the same joke over on to this episode? That kind of plot is good for one episode, not the entire series, and I hope they don't continue with this.

Sheldon was particularly funny with his problems with fighting, it was just hilarious that Penny & Leonard played parental figures to Sheldon just like when he was younger. The scene between Sheldon & Penny at the Cheesecake Factory was definitely the best. Overall, great episode with some really great moments.moreless
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Leonard and Penny have a fight when Penny tells Leonard that a guy friend of hers is sleeping on her couch, something which makes Sheldon remember his childhood trauma.

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By Panicos888, May 31, 2010

This is by far the best episode of this season.

Jim Parson (Sheldon Cooper) gives an Emmy worth performance something which makes us nostalgic about the good old days of season 1 and 2. When Sheldon is on the center of the episode, it seems like the show is at its best. Hope that they keep this up with the following episodes because I am not so satisfied with this season (not as much as I was with the previous ones).

I believe this show still has lots to give but they need to make the rest of the cast (besides Leonard and Penny) just as important. Overall a great show and an even greater episode. Enjoy!moreless
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This might be the reason of why I changed my mind

8.0

By seriesguy3998, Dec 17, 2009

Leonard is mad at Penny because her ex will be sleeping in her couch, what provokes a fight between them. Thanks to this, Sheldon becomes traumatized and his childhood unhappiness returns.

I think this was the episode that made me change my show's review. I had once written a review about this show saying it was bad, it was all because I had seen some episodes that I didnt like. As I had many time off I decided to watch the show, and I discovered that it was getting better. It was getting funnier and I thought it was doing good. But was this episode what made me change the review. This was a really funny episode.moreless
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Penny and Leonard have a fight

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By vman85, Nov 19, 2009

Jim Parsons owned this episode once again, Penny and Leonard have a huge fight when he learns that Penny is going to be having an ex boyfriend over to stay for a couple of days. Sheldon doesn't like it one bit, so he acts on one occasion his parents' fights in attempt to show Leonard and Penny how they shouldn't be acting. Sheldon tries stop them fighting by first visiting Penny at work and asking her to apologize and telling the same thing to Leonard. It took Sheldon hiding out in the comic book store to get them to stop fighting.moreless
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Johnny Galecki	Leonard Hofstadter
Jim Parsons	Sheldon Cooper
Kaley Cuoco	Penny
Kunal Nayyar	Rajesh Koothrappali
Simon Helberg	Howard Wolowitz

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Kevin Sussman	Stuart	Recurring Role
Brian George	Dr. Koothrappali	Recurring Role
Alice Amter	Mrs. Koothrappali	Recurring Role

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- Penny: Come on, Sheldon, let's go home. Look, we're done fighting.
  Sheldon: I've heard that before, but then the next thing you know I'm hiding in my bedroom, blaring a Richard Feinman lecture while my mom is shouting that Jesus would forgive her if she put ground glass in my dad's meatloaf, and my dad's on the roof skeet-shooting her Franklin Mint collectible plates.
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- Raj: Why don't you think I can find a woman for myself?
  Mrs. Koothrappali: Because you're 27, and the closest thing we have to a daughter-in-law is that Jewish boy, Howard.
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- Sheldon: First, I notice that you offer soup and a half-sandwich?
  Penny: Yes.
  Sheldon: Where exactly does the half-sandwich come from? Are you giving me half of someone else's sandwich, or do I have to wait for someone else in the restaurant to order the other half?
  Penny: No, no, Sheldon, they just make a half-sandwich.
  Sheldon: You can't make a half-sandwich. If it's not half of a whole sandwich, it's just a small sandwich.
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- Sheldon: (yelling at Raj and Howard) Stop it, both of you. All this fighting, I might as well be back with my parents! "Damn it, George, I told you if you didn't quit drinkin' I'd leave you!" "Well, I guess that makes you a liar, 'cause I'm drunk as hell and you're still here!" "Stop yelling! You're making Sheldon cry!" "I'll tell you what's making Sheldon cry! That I let you name him Sheldon."
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- This episode's end titles has Chuck Lorre's Vanity Card #111.
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- Original Title: "The Wandering Troubador Catalyst"
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- The Italian episode title is "L'amplificazione del chitarrista", the Spanish title is "La amplificación guitarrista", and the Mexican title is "La ampliación guitarrista", all exact translations. The German title is "Der Gitarrist auf der Couch", meaning "The Guitarist on the Couch". The French title is "Disputes insupportables", meaning "Unbearable Disputes".
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- International Airdates: Latin America: December 8, 2009 on Warner Channel; Australia: February 15, 2010 on Channel 9; Turkey: November 8, 2010 on CNBC-e; Finland: November 15, 2010 on Sub; Czech Republic: December 13, 2010 on Prima COOL; Slovakia: October 25, 2011 on Markiza
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- Raj comments, "It's like my girl Beyoncé says: 'If you liked it, then you should've put a ring on it,'" quoting the chorus of her 2008 song "Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)".
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