Episode
The Big Bang Theory: The Ornithophobia Diffusion
Overview
Leonard and Penny try hanging out as friends on a 'non-date', but end up purposely ruining each others chances with perspective dates. Meanwhile, Sheldon enlists the help of Bernadette and Amy to overcome his fear of birds.
Details
- Series
- The Big Bang Theory
- Season
- Season 5
- Episode
- Episode 9
- Air date
- 2011-11-10
- Runtime
- 21 min
Episode context
The Ornithophobia Diffusion is Episode 9 in Season 5 of The Big Bang Theory. It aired on 2011-11-10. The runtime is 21 min.
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Episode 10: The Flaming Spittoon Acquisition
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Episode 7: The Good Guy Fluctuation
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Episode 11: The Speckerman Recurrence
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Episode 6: The Rhinitis Revelation
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Episode 12: The Shiny Trinket Maneuver
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Episode 5: The Russian Rocket Reaction
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Episode 13: The Recombination Hypothesis
Leonard, who broke up with Priya, asks Penny out to a spur-of the-moment romantic dinner for two, and the duo contemplates on their relationship.
Episode 4: The Wiggly Finger Catalyst
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Episode 14: The Beta Test Initiation
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Episode 3: The Pulled Groin Extrapolation
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Episode 15: The Friendship Contraction
Sheldon's selfish demands force Leonard to reconsider their friendship. Meanwhile, Wolowitz tries to pick his astronaut nickname.