Episode
The Big Bang Theory: The Bad Fish Paradigm
Overview
Penny's first date with Leonard goes awry; Penny finds Sheldon to be an unwilling confidant.
Details
- Series
- The Big Bang Theory
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 1
- Air date
- 2008-09-22
- Runtime
- 22 min
Episode context
The Bad Fish Paradigm is Episode 1 in Season 2 of The Big Bang Theory. It aired on 2008-09-22. The runtime is 22 min.
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Episode 9: The White Asparagus Triangulation
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Episode 10: The Vartabedian Conundrum
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Episode 11: The Bath Item Gift Hypothesis
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