Episode
The Big Bang Theory: The Junior Professor Solution
Overview
Sheldon is forced to teach a class as a Junior Professor and Howard decides to enroll in it. Meanwhile, Amy plays both sides when tension arises between Penny and Bernadette.
Details
- Series
- The Big Bang Theory
- Season
- Season 8
- Episode
- Episode 2
- Air date
- 2014-09-22
- Runtime
- 20 min
Episode context
The Junior Professor Solution is Episode 2 in Season 8 of The Big Bang Theory. It aired on 2014-09-22. The runtime is 20 min.
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Episode 1: The Locomotion Interruption
Leonard and Amy make an unexpected trip to Arizona to fetch Sheldon; Penny interviews for a job at Bernadette's company; Stuart's relationship with Mrs. Wolowitz disturbs Howard.
Episode 3: The First Pitch Insufficiency
Wolowitz feels nervous when he is asked to throw the first pitch at a Los Angeles Angels game. Penny and Leonard want to prove Sheldon wrong after he says he and Amy are the better couple.
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Episode 4: The Hook-Up Reverberation
Raj's honesty comes back to haunt him when his new girlfriend is unfriendly to Penny. The guys think about becoming part owners in Stuart's store.
Episode 5: The Focus Attenuation
The girls head to Las Vegas for some weekend fun, while the guys try to invent something cool, but only come up with new ways to procrastinate.
Episode 6: The Expedition Approximation
Sheldon and Raj test whether they could survive a dark-matter research expedition in a salt mine by simulating the conditions in a steam tunnel deep underground. Meanwhile, Leonard and Penny seek advice from Howard and Bernadette after they fight about money.
Episode 7: The Misinterpretation Agitation
The guys try to help Penny out of an awkward work dilemma, when a smitten doctor shows up at her door after her flirtatious sales techniques work a little too well. Meanwhile, Amy and Bernadette argue over whether or not female scientists should play up their sexuality.
Episode 8: The Prom Equivalency
The girls decide to re-enact their high school proms with the guys. While Sheldon feels under pressure to commit to his relationship with Amy, Howard worries about who Stuart will bring as his date.
Episode 9: The Septum Deviation
When Leonard gets minor surgery on his nose, Sheldon is the one in need of sympathy. Meanwhile, Raj's parents' impending divorce causes Howard and Bernadette to work on their own marriage.
Episode 10: The Champagne Reflection
While Sheldon says a tearful goodbye to the final installment of "Fun with Flags", Leonard, Howard and Raj search for something significant in a dead professor's research. And Bernadette finds out what her colleagues really think of her.
Episode 11: The Clean Room Infiltration
Leonard and Howard turn to Raj for help in dealing with a work emergency when they nearly come to blows after blaming each other for a potential disaster at the university. Amy throws an authentic Victorian Christmas party, while Sheldon seeks revenge on her for making him celebrate the holidays.
Episode 12: The Space Probe Disintegration
Howard tries to distract Raj, who is anxiously awaiting data from a space probe he helped launch. Meanwhile, Sheldon and Leonard go dress shopping with Penny and Amy.
Episode 13: The Anxiety Optimization
When Sheldon becomes stuck in a rut with his work, the gang tries to help him by raising his stress levels. Howard teases Raj with a game called "Emily or Cinnamon?"