Episode
The Big Bang Theory: The Maternal Congruence
Overview
A Christmas visit from his mother has Leonard discovering she's kept a lot of news from him that she shares with Sheldon and worrying if she'll approve of his romance with Penny.
Details
- Series
- The Big Bang Theory
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 11
- Air date
- 2009-12-14
- Runtime
- 20 min
Episode context
The Maternal Congruence is Episode 11 in Season 3 of The Big Bang Theory. It aired on 2009-12-14. The runtime is 20 min.
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Episode 10: The Gorilla Experiment
Penny gets help from Sheldon in order to understand what Leonard's work is, while Wolowitz develops a jealousy when Leonard starts hanging out with his new girlfriend.
Episode 12: The Psychic Vortex
Leonard is aghast to find out a secret of Penny's: she believes in psychics. Meanwhile, Sheldon tries to assist Koothrappali in picking up a girl at a university mixer.
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Episode 7: The Guitarist Amplification
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Episode 15: The Large Hadron Collision
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Episode 6: The Cornhusker Vortex
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Episode 16: The Excelsior Acquisition
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Episode 17: The Precious Fragmentation
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