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The Big Bang Theory Season 5 Episode 9

The Ornithophobia Diffusion

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AIRED: Nov 10, 2011

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Sheldon tries to cure his phobia of birds, while Leonard and Penny go to a movie just as friends.

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By generalfranci, Feb 02, 2013

This is one of my favorite episodes of the series. Sheldon's plot about the bird was amusing, but I was really impressed with the progression of the plot between Leonard and Penny, how Leonard becomes a much more assertive man (as opposed to being the usual nice-guy) when he goes out with Penny as a friend rather than as a date. The irony of how the date ends is also fitting, and hilarious in its irony.

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By thefanof, Nov 24, 2011

I don't know who wrote this episode, but the Sheldon storyline, it just did not seem like him. The idea of birds, the dialogue, everything felt a little less sharp than that character usually is.

But the Leonard and Penny storyline was actually not bad today and the latter had some good lines for a change. I don't care if these two get back together or don't get back together, I am not one of those fans interested in that, but they certainly had chemistry today.moreless
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Leonard/Penny plot lowered my score a little

8.5

By tigerdude22, Nov 24, 2011

Sheldon tries to cure his phobia of birds, while Leonard and Penny experiment with hanging out alone. I thought that this was a great episode of "The Big Bang Theory". It was very funny... well, at least just Sheldon's plot and it was well written for the most part. My score was only a little low because I thought the Leonard/Penny plot wasn't very funny or amusing. The only time I did laugh at the Leonard/Penny plot was when they were both arguing with each other and Penny would say something like Leonard wears his Star Trek costumes or when Leonard said something like that Penny was going to get a movie role as a waitress at the Cheesecake Factory. That's like the only funny part in that plot. As for the Sheldon plot, I laughed so hard watching that plot. Sheldon just trying to overcome his fear of the blue jay bird was hilarious. The cameo appearances of Raj and Howard were very funny. It was also funny when Amy and Bernadette helped Sheldon overcome his fear. Sheldon loving the blue jay bird was funny and cute. It was also hilarious when the blue jay bird flew out the window and then Sheldon would say "Come back so I can love you" and more stuff like that made me laugh so hard. I also laughed at the very ending when Sheldon told Leonard "Guess what? I'm going to be a mommy"... that part was drop dead hilarious to me. Overall, a great episode of "The Big Bang Theory" minus the Penny/Leonard plot would have made it an excellent episode... great score is still good though. 8.5/10moreless
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Johnny Galecki	Leonard Hofstadter
Jim Parsons	Sheldon Cooper
Kaley Cuoco	Penny
Simon Helberg	Howard Wolowitz
Kunal Nayyar	Rajesh Koothrappali
Melissa Rauch	Bernadette Rostenkowski

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Blake Berris	Kevin	Guest Star
Ashley Austin Morris	Laura	Guest Star

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- We learn s.cooperphd@yahoo.com is Sheldon's e-mail address.
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- Raj: Come on, Sheldon, Star Wars!
  Howard: I'm pushing "play". I mean it! If we don't start soon, George Lucas is gonna change it again.
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- International Airdates: Czech Republic: July 2, 2012 on Prima COOL; Turkey: October 9, 2012 on CNBC-e; Finland: March 4, 2013 on Sub
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- Bill Prady (@BillPrady) tweeted that they had a choice of using a black-throated magpie jay, a pigeon, or a crow to use in the episode, explaining that they decided on the jay because "the crow was too big, the pigeon too dumb". He also tweeted that the reason Sheldon misidentifies it as a blue jay is that "Birds (because he hates them) are not one of Sheldon's areas of expertise."
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- This episode's end titles has Chuck Lorre's Vanity Card #366.
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