Penny's first date with Leonard goes awry; Penny finds Sheldon to be an unwilling confidant.

A jealous Leonard reacts to Penny's new guy by rebounding with Leslie.

Sheldon creates a monster when he introduces Penny to online gaming.

Raj gets an inflated ego and makes a play for Penny after being referenced in a magazine article.

Leonard and his friends stage an intervention to force Sheldon to face his fear of driving.

Sheldon and the gang are confused when a young grad student is attracted to him.

When Sheldon bans Penny from the apartment for numerous minor infractions, she decides to retaliate.

Leonard inadvertently steals away the new woman Wolowitz thinks is the love of his life.

With Leonard away, Sheldon and Penny spend quality time together sharing intimate secrets. Also, Wolowitz helps Raj get over his ex-girlfriend.

Leonard and Sheldon's friendship is tested; Howard's latest foray into helping his mother has some disastrous side effects.

When the entire gang competes in a scavenger hunt designed by Raj, it brings out the best - and worst - in everyone.

Sheldon gets mad at Amy for ruining one of his favorite movies, Raj and Stuart try to make their online dating profiles more appealing, and Leonard tries to play the sympathy card with Penny.

Amy starts working at Caltech which causes friction with Sheldon. Howard agrees with Sheldon who mentions this to Bernadette causing a big fight for the Wolowitzes.

Sheldon's latest scientific breakthrough leaves him feeling like a fraud; a romantic gesture between Howard and Bernadette causes Penny to up her game with Leonard.

Sheldon seeks payback when Arthur "Professor Proton" Jeffries asks Leonard for help on a project instead of him. Raj gets upset at Howard for crashing his night with the girls.

When a mistake comes to light, Sheldon makes Leonard walk a mile in his shoes; Penny decides to confront Raj's ex-girlfriend, Lucy.

Sheldon protests when the gang drags him to Mrs. Wolowitz’s house for Thanksgiving. Meanwhile, Penny and Leonard must deal with a mistake from her past.

Leonard has to deal with the fallout of disproving Sheldon's new scientific discovery. Raj spends a week at Howard and Bernadette's apartment.

While Sheldon is at home in Texas, the rest of the gang realizes how much he has changed their lives as they decorate the apartment Christmas tree.