The Big Bang Theory / Season 7

Season 7 of The Big Bang Theory
Original title	The Big Bang Theory - Season 7
Episodes	24
Country of production	United States
First broadcast	September 26, 2013 - May 15, 2014 on CBS
German-language first broadcast	January 6, 2014 - November 17, 2014 on ProSieben
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The seventh season of the US sitcom The Big Bang Theory celebrated its premiere on 26 September 2013 the transmitter CBS . The German-language premiere broadcast of the German Free TV transmitter ProSieben from January 6 to 17 November, 2014.

actor

See also : Cast of The Big Bang Theory

Role name	actor
Dr. Leonard Leakey Hofstadter	Johnny Galecki
Dr. Dr. Sheldon Lee Cooper	Jim Parsons
penny	Kaley Cuoco
Howard Joel Wolowitz, M.Eng.	Simon Helberg
Dr. Rajesh "Raj" Ramayan Koothrappali	Kunal Nayyar
Dr. Bernadette Maryann Rostenkowski-Wolowitz	Melissa Rauch
Dr. Amy Farrah Fowler	Mayim Bialik

Episodes

No. ( total )	No. ( St. )	German title	Original title	First broadcast in the USA	German language first broadcast (D)	Director	script	Odds (USA)
136	1	Drinks from strangers	The Hofstadter Insufficiency	26 Sep 2013	Jan. 6, 2014	Mark Cendrowski	Eric Kaplan, Jim Reynolds & Steve Holland Idea: Chuck Lorre, Steven Molaro & Tara Hernandez	18.99 million
Leonard is on the research ship in the North Sea (see previous episode). Penny and Sheldon, who spends an unusually large amount of time with Penny, miss him, which Sheldon does not want to admit. Both finally call Leonard together, but Leonard is celebrating a party with the other researchers and doesn't seem to miss his girlfriend at all. Penny is upset about this, but Sheldon manages to placate her by revealing that his roommate has asked him to take care of her while he is away. She eventually tells Sheldon a supposed secret from her past: a topless scene in a low-budget horror film that she thought would never have been released. However, Sheldon already knows the video because Howard found it on the Internet and showed it to the others. Meanwhile, Howard wants to help Rajesh meet a new friend and goes with him to a reception for new postdocs. There Rajesh, who can now talk to women without alcohol, tries to approach Mrs. Davis, who has just been abandoned by her husband. After he first steps into various faux pas, in the end she is quite open to him. Amy and Bernadette go to a science conference together and enjoy the attention of other men. A thoughtless remark from Bernadette almost leads to an argument between the two. Finally, on the research ship, Leonard shows the video with Penny's topless scene to the other crew members to brag about his girlfriend in front of them.
137	2	One more cup size	The Deception Verification	26 Sep 2013	Jan. 13, 2014	Mark Cendrowski	Steven Molaro, Steve Holland & Maria Ferrari Idea: Chuck Lorre, Eric Kaplan & Jim Reynolds	20.44 million
Leonard comes back from the research trip a few days earlier than planned and surprises Penny in her apartment. Both of them hide his early return from Sheldon in order to be able to spend some time together undisturbed. Sheldon, who is looking forward to the supposedly early return of his roommate and has even bought him a welcome present (although he was ripped off by Stuart), notices that Penny is not alone in the apartment and then suspects she is would be unfaithful to Leonard. Eventually he and Amy gain access to Penny's apartment and meet his roommate there. He is disappointed and hurt that his roommate, who he missed, lied to him about his return and did not contact him, and as a result, he doubts everything Leonard says. He also feels betrayed by Penny and no longer values ​​their friendship. After an emotional address by Howard, who temporarily shows very feminine traits due to the side effects of the estrogen ointment that he has been rubbing his mother with for weeks (for example, he is repeatedly close to tears and worries that his breasts may have grown), reconcile all again eventually.
138	3	Scavenger hunt with nerds	The Scavenger Vortex	Oct 3, 2013	Jan. 20, 2014	Mark Cendrowski	Steven Molaro, Jim Reynolds & Maria Ferrari Idea: Dave Goetsch, Eric Kaplan & Steve Holland	18.22 million
Rajesh organizes a scavenger hunt with challenging puzzles to be solved in teams of two. A gold coin is promised as a prize for the winning duo. Since nobody wants to form a team with Penny, the game partners are drawn to each other: Sheldon and Penny, Leonard and Bernadette as well as Amy and Howard. It quickly becomes apparent that Penny is by no means a burden and that she and Sheldon complement each other well in solving the tasks. In this way, she reaches the goal that is in the shared apartment practically at the same time as the immensely ambitious Bernadette, who absolutely wants to win and triezes her team partner Leonard tremendously all the time and does not care about his asthma or his feelings. Arrived at the goal it turns out that Rajesh had secretly slipped everyone a gold coin at the beginning, so that almost all are winners. In his opinion, it wasn't about winning, but about the time spent together. While Sheldon arrives late and believes that the coin found in his pocket is the winner, Rajesh has to flee from the angry women. Amy and Howard finally failed to reach the goal of the scavenger hunt after discovering their shared passion for Neil Diamond . The scavenger hunt takes a back seat to the loud singing of their favorite songs, which in the end culminates in a joint karaoke performance.
139	4th	Easter eggs in June	The Raiders Minimization	Oct 10, 2013	Jan. 27, 2014	Mark Cendrowski	Steven Molaro, Steve Holland & Maria Ferrari Idea: Chuck Lorre, Jim Reynolds & Tara Hernandez	17.64 million
Sheldon and Amy watch one of Sheldon's favorite films, Raiders of the Lost Ark, together . Amy's comment that Indiana Jones is actually completely superfluous for the plot of the film, but spoils Sheldon the film. In order to get revenge, he tries to find mistakes in her favorite films, books or series as well. Eventually he finds what she is looking for and invites her to watch one of her favorite series from her childhood together, continually addressing the numerous anachronisms in the series. Penny bought Leonard's mother's book for her psychology class, which describes many of Leonard's childhood problems. Leonard is embarrassed, and when Penny realizes how much it hurts him, she compensates for it with more physical care. Leonard takes advantage of this and puts extra pressure on the tear gland. Howard is inspired by it and tries to arouse pity on Bernadette and thus get more sex, but she does not fall for it and instead warns Penny of her boyfriend's attempts at manipulation. Penny takes revenge on Leonard at the next meeting by putting him in an embarrassing situation with his mother. Meanwhile, Rajesh and Stuart spend a lot of time and energy profiling an online dating site. Their sites get a lot of traffic, but to their disappointment, not a single woman contacts them.
140	5	Steps under the table	The Workplace Proximity	Oct 17, 2013	Feb 3, 2014	Mark Cendrowski	Steven Molaro, Steve Holland & Maria Ferrari Idea: Chuck Lorre, Jim Reynolds & Tara Hernandez	17.80 million
Amy gets the opportunity to work on a research project at Caltech . She asks Sheldon if he minds that they work so close together. He thinks it's a good idea at first, but changes his mind when Howard explains that he couldn't imagine working with Bernadette and that their relationship would suffer as a result. When Bernadette learns this from Sheldon, she and Howard quarrel and Howard has to stay with Rajesh temporarily. After a few days, Bernadette visits him there to reconcile, but Howard spoils it again with her and there is an ice age between the two. This breaks out between Sheldon and Amy after Sheldon embarrassed her in front of her colleagues in the university cafeteria and then only made it worse with his apologies.
141	6th	A pleasant mistake	The Romance Resonance	Oct 24, 2013	Feb 10, 2014	Mark Cendrowski	Steven Molaro, Steve Holland & Maria Ferrari Idea: Eric Kaplan, Jim Reynolds & Tara Hernandez	16.98 million
After extensive research, Sheldon publishes a new method for creating stable, super-heavy elements . When a new element was actually created artificially shortly afterwards based on his calculations, he enjoyed what was supposed to be the greatest success of his scientific career. However, he later noticed that he had read a numerical value incorrectly and that the discovery was therefore only a coincidence. Embarrassed, he wants neither praise nor recognition for himself from now on, which no one except Amy can understand. Howard has meanwhile written a song for her on the anniversary of his first date with Bernadette, which the others should perform with him. In the course of the preparations, Leonard points out to Penny that she never does anything romantic for him - sex doesn't count. She seeks advice from Rajesh, but it cannot help her either. After all, romance comes into play with both couples, albeit differently than planned: Since there was an accident while working with dangerous pathogens in the laboratory, Bernadette has to go to the quarantine ward in the hospital as a precaution, and Howard sings her the song through a pane of glass in front. Penny tries to create a romantic evening with Leonard and is desperate about her apparent inability to be romantic when her gift turns out to be a failure. But when Leonard sees that she has all the memories of his own romantic actions, the evening turns out to be a success.
142	7th	The proton replacement	The Proton Displacement	Nov 7, 2013	Feb. 17, 2014	Mark Cendrowski	Steven Molaro, Eric Kaplan & Jim Reynolds Idea: Chuck Lorre, Maria Ferrari & Anthony del Broccolo	16.89 million
After Sheldon, Leonard and Amy happened to be Dr. Arthur Jeffries (Professor Proton) at the pharmacy, he asks Leonard to read an article about nano vacuum tubes from him. Sheldon is disappointed that Dr. Jeffries hasn't asked him for help, so he makes contact with Bill Nye , who also had a science show on television. He and his new acquaintance visit Leonard and Arthur in the laboratory. Bill is initially pleased to welcome Dr. Meeting Jeffries, however, is accused of stealing his ideas. When Amy pointed out that other people often feel harassed by him, Sheldon finally tries to apologize to Arthur. His apology turns into a failure, as does his supposedly new friendship with Bill Nye, who soon doesn't want anything to do with Sheldon. In the end, however, everything turns out for the better for Sheldon as Dr. Jeffries asks him for his opinion on his article. Meanwhile, Rajesh is having a girls' evening with the women, where they make jewelry together. Howard thinks this is silly at first, but then joins in and comes up with technical suggestions for improvement. The women are excited, while Rajesh feels neglected. After a discussion with Howard everything comes back to normal.
143	8th	Itching in the brain	The Itchy Brain Simulation	Nov 14, 2013	Feb. 24, 2014	Mark Cendrowski	Eric Kaplan, Steve Holland & Maria Ferrari Idea: Steven Molaro, Bill Prady & Jim Reynolds	18.30 million
Leonard confesses to Sheldon that seven years ago he forgot to bring back a DVD he loaned with Sheldon's card. Leonard makes Sheldon promise not to freak out about it, but as a punishment he has to walk around with an ugly, itchy sweater until he has fixed the matter. This turns out to be more difficult than expected, as the video rental no longer exists, the owner has passed away and had no close relatives either. Eventually Sheldon admits that he noticed Leonard's failure seven years ago and paid for the DVD. He'd just been waiting to teach him a lesson since then. Meanwhile, Penny accidentally meets Rajesh's ex-girlfriend Lucy in the Cheesecake Factory and reproaches her for breaking up with Rajesh via email and thus hurting his feelings. To apologize, Lucy meets with Rajesh for coffee. He hopes to get back together with Lucy, but then learns from her that she is meeting someone else. He is annoyed that it was only Penny's intervention that raised his hopes. Penny tries to pair him up with a colleague, but Rajesh ruins his chance at the first meeting.
144	9	Beer and football	The Thanksgiving Decoupling	Nov 21, 2013	3rd Mar 2014	Mark Cendrowski	Steven Molaro, Jim Reynolds & Jeremy Howe Idea: Eric Kaplan, Steve Holland & Maria Ferrari	18.94 million
Howard invites everyone to his mother's Thanksgiving dinner , which is also attended by Bernadette's father, who actually prefers to watch a football game on television. Penny previously said that three years ago she was with Zack for Thanksgiving in Las Vegas and - as she previously believed - they had a "fake wedding" there. Leonard and Sheldon explain to her that it was a real wedding and that she is married to Zack. Leonard is upset about this and wants Penny to have the marriage annulled as soon as possible. When they are with Howard's mother, Penny, annoyed by Leonard's constant reproaches, calls Zack so that he can come and sign the necessary papers right away, which he does after some hesitation. While Rajesh has to fill in for Howard's mother in the kitchen, Sheldon astonishes Bernadette's father with his football knowledge and gets on amazingly well with him, so that both of them spend a special evening with plenty of beer and finally, already quite drunk, talk about Howard and his mother make fun. Howard, who suffers from being never properly accepted as a son-in-law by Bernadette's father, feels marginalized, but after Sheldon apologizes for his behavior, everyone (including Zack) peacefully eat the Thanksgiving dinner prepared by Rajesh together.
145	10	Yodelling for nerds	The Discovery Dissipation	Dec 5, 2013	10 Mar 2014	Mark Cendrowski	Steven Molaro, Steve Holland & Adam Faberman Idea: Eric Kaplan, Jim Reynolds & Maria Ferrari	15.63 million
Sheldon is still embarrassed that the superheavy element was discovered by the Chinese only because of his miscalculation (see season 7, episode 6). That the university requires him to give a radio interview on the subject doesn't make matters any better. Wil Wheaton, who visits Sheldon at Amy's request, makes him accept it and still be proud of the discovery. Just as Sheldon was at peace with the subject, Leonard reports that he was able to prove that the Chinese had falsified the readings and that the element does not even exist. However, this annoys Sheldon even more because he now has to withdraw his article and even Barry Kripke makes fun of him because of it. When Leonard is finally to be interviewed on the subject, Sheldon sits down in the studio without being asked and disturbs the interview with lengthy stories about his childhood and a yodel interlude. Meanwhile, Rajesh and his dog are staying with Howard and Bernadette for a week. Bernadette is not very enthusiastic at first, but Rajesh soon takes over the household and gives her more attention than Howard. He feels exposed as a bad husband and there is an argument, so that Rajesh has to leave again. He then wants to spend the night in the shared apartment, but gets involved in Sheldon's and Amy's relationship at the first opportunity without being asked, so that he is no longer welcome there.
146	11	Uncle Doctor Cooper	The Cooper Extraction	Dec 12, 2013	17th Mar 2014	Mark Cendrowski	Jim Reynolds, Steve Holland & Tara Hernandez Idea: Steven Molaro, Eric Kaplan & Maria Ferrari	17.68 million
Sheldon's sister is about to give birth, and since her husband is injured in the hospital, Sheldon has to help her with the birth and therefore travels to Texas. Once there, he is horrified to find that his sister is planning a home birth. So he and his mother have to help out and get to see disturbing details of the birth process. Finally, the birth succeeds, and at Amy's suggestion, Sheldon decides to be an intellectual role model for his nephew as he never had in his childhood. Meanwhile, the others use the time for a social get-together and to decorate the Christmas tree, undisturbed by Sheldon's quirks. Amy finds out how important Sheldon is for the entire circle of friends, and that their lives would have been different without Sheldon. So one after the other begins to imagine what his own life (or that of one of the others in the group) would look like now if no one had ever met Sheldon.
147	12	Not pretty women!	The hesitation ramification	Jan. 2, 2014	24 Mar 2014	Mark Cendrowski	Steven Molaro, Steve Holland & Maria Ferrari Idea: Dave Goetsch, Jim Reynolds & Tara Hernandez	19.20 million
Penny gets a small role in Navy CIS , hoping to finally make her breakthrough as an actress. But at the premiere, which she watched spellbound with the others in front of the TV, she was disappointed to find that the directors cut out the scene with her. She is devastated and Leonard's careless remarks give her the feeling that she does not believe in her acting career. After all, she wonders what she has achieved in Los Angeles in the past few years. Since all she can think of is her relationship with Leonard, she wants to go one step further and, while drunk, proposes marriage, which Leonard does not take seriously. He later regrets this and is afraid that it has destroyed his relationship with Penny. Meanwhile, in a mall, Rajesh and Stuart try to have a normal conversation with ordinary people so that when they talk to attractive women they won't say anything stupid later. However, nothing will come of the project because they simply cannot decide who to speak to. Sheldon on the other hand, supported by Amy, who is rather annoyed by it, tries to find out scientifically what makes humor. As expected, the success is limited.
148	13	Forever three	The Occupation Recalibration	Jan. 9, 2014	8 Sep 2014	Mark Cendrowski	Steven Molaro, Jim Reynolds & Steve Holland Idea: Eric Kaplan, Maria Ferrari & Tara Hernandez	20.35 million
Penny quits the Cheesecake Factory to focus on her acting career. Leonard doesn't think that's a good idea, but supports Penny so as not to lose her. Sheldon, who has to take vacation days against his will, accompanies Penny to the Cheesecake Factory, where she wants to bring back her work clothes. He sympathizes with her decision, while Leonard, who through a misunderstanding thinks she has withdrawn her notice, expresses his relief. This is how Penny realizes that her boyfriend really thinks her decision is wrong. Finally, the two of them, together with the permanently interfering Sheldon, have a clarifying conversation and the waves are smoothed again. Meanwhile, Bernadette drives Stuart to another comic book store to buy a Batman book for Howard that she accidentally damaged. When the owner is extremely condescending towards Stuart, Bernadette defends him and demonstratively leaves the shop, but later comes back secretly and buys the magazine he is looking for. Amy eventually has an admirer from the geology department, Bert, who gives her presents and invites her to a mineral exhibition. Amy doesn't know how to bash him without hurting him. So Howard and Rajesh do it for her, but Bert takes them to the exhibition without further ado.
149	14th	An evening with Darth Vader	The Convention Conundrum	Jan. 30, 2014	8 Sep 2014	Mark Cendrowski	Steven Molaro, Dave Goetsch & Steve Holland Idea: Eric Kaplan, Jim Reynolds & Adam Faberman	19.05 million
This year, despite meticulous preparations, the four boys are not able to get tickets for the Comic-Con. So Leonard, Rajesh and Howard want to buy tickets on the black market, and Howard contacts a dealer and orders him to the flat. Sheldon refuses because it is banned and could result in a lifetime ban from Comic-Con and a fine. Instead, he decides to found his own Comic-Con and unsuccessfully asks several stars whether they want to participate. Eventually he finds out the whereabouts of James Earl Jones and, despite the warnings of the others, spends the evening with him and has a lot of fun while the others get queasy about the possible consequences of their plan and try to hide from the black market vendor . Meanwhile, Penny, Bernadette and Amy find the boys' behavior childish and try to do something that makes them feel more adult. So they go to afternoon tea in a nearby hotel, which turns out to be an event for children on site.
150	15th	Railway romance	The locomotive manipulation	Feb 6, 2014	Sep 15 2014	Mark Cendrowski	Steven Molaro, Eric Kaplan & Maria Ferrari Idea: Jim Reynolds, Steve Holland & Tara Hernandez	17.53 million
Valentine's Day is just around the corner. Amy tries to persuade Sheldon to have a romantic evening that is specifically intended to please both of them. Since Sheldon is a huge fan of historic railroads, she plans to ride a historic train to Napa Valley with Howard and Bernadette . However, Sheldon befriends an enthusiastic train friend while driving. Instead of worrying about his date, he imitates trains with his new friend and exchanges all kinds of technical details with him. Amy finally confronts him angrily, whereupon Sheldon accuses her of just looking for her own pleasure. Out of defiance, he is emphatically romantic and the first kiss occurs, which both find very pleasant. Meanwhile, Leonard and Penny are enjoying Valentine's Day in the apartment while taking care of Rajesh's dog Cinnamon, as Rajesh, frustrated not to have a Valentine's Day date, wants to spend the night in the observatory. When they leave Cinnamon unattended for a while, he eats the contents of an almost full box of chocolates that Penny gave Leonard. They go to the vet immediately and the dissolved Rajesh joins them and makes both of them bitter reproaches. But he befriends the vet and even gets her phone number, and after it is clear that his dog is also fine, the day went well for Rajesh too.
151	16	The fun brake	The Table Polarization	Feb. 27, 2014	22 Sep 2014	Gay Linvill	Chuck Lorre, Jim Reynolds & Steve Holland Idea: Steven Molaro, Maria Ferrari & Tara Hernandez	17.73 million
Leonard is planning to buy a new dining table so that everyone finally has a seat while eating and nobody has to sit on the floor anymore. Sheldon is reluctant to change, but Leonard prevails and buys a table with Penny. To show Sheldon the value of change, he shows him how much Amy has already changed him for the better. However, Sheldon takes the knowledge as an opportunity to part with Amy, but she is warned and manipulates Sheldon until he withdraws his plan. But he still does not want to accept the new dining table and finally the others give in and take a seat around the couch again. Howard, meanwhile, gets another chance to travel into space as part of his work and is thrilled with the view. However, with the help of Rajesh, her father and one of Howard's former astronaut colleagues, Bernadette manages to remind him that his last stay in space was anything but pleasant for him, and so Howard puts everything about it in the medical examination found to be unfit for space become.
152	17th	When men hold hands ...	The Friendship Turbulence	6th Mar 2014	29 Sep 2014	Mark Cendrowski	Jim Reynolds, Steve Holland & Maria Ferrari Idea: Steven Molaro, Eric Kaplan & Tara Hernandez	18.09 million
Penny is sad that her acting career is still not moving forward. The offer to play in the sequel to the film Serial Ape-ist (see season 7, episode 1), she refuses, because she thinks it is below her level. When her car breaks down and she can't pay for the repairs, she is desperate enough to start working again at the Cheesecake Factory to earn the money to fix it. However, Leonard surprises her with a new car that he gives her so that she doesn't have to rely on her old job. Sheldon and Howard decide to put an end to their eternal quarrel and from then on really treat each other like friends. Howard, who is supposed to give a lecture at NASA in Houston, even invites Sheldon to accompany him to Texas. However, Sheldon does not manage to abandon his previous behavior all the time. It was only when the plane got into severe turbulence and both felt that they were in danger of death that their relationship improved sustainably. Finally, with Amy's help, Rajesh tries to find a friend through an online dating portal. His object of desire, a woman named Emily, reacts differently than expected and prefers to meet Amy instead of him. Rajesh bursts into the middle of the meeting and spoils it with his appearance directly at her.
153	18th	My conversation with mother	The Mommy Observation	13 Mar 2014	Oct 6, 2014	Mark Cendrowski	Jim Reynolds, Steve Holland & Maria Ferrari Idea: Steven Molaro, Eric Kaplan & Tara Hernandez	17.34 million
Sheldon and Howard are still in Texas (see previous episode) and want to pay Sheldon's mother a surprise visit. After entering the property unannounced, Sheldon sees his mother through a window having sex with a stranger, which upsets him very much. Both return a short time later and Sheldon speaks extremely undiplomatically to his mother about what he sees as hypocritical behavior, which is in stark contrast to her religious views, whereupon she angrily sends her son to his room. Howard advises him not to make the same mistake as he once did and not to stand in the way of his mother's new love. So it finally comes to a discussion between Sheldon and his mother, in which Sheldon feels called to "enlighten" his mother about certain things. Meanwhile, Rajesh has prepared a new puzzle game for the rest of the group at home: One of the group is said to have traveled back 20 years from the future and murdered Stuart. However, nobody really wants to play, and then the background story about Penny and Leonard, devised by Rajesh, leads to disagreements about how their relationship could go on in 20 years' time. After all, they all agree to meet again in exactly 20 years and have dinner together. In the final scene, however, you can see that only Stuart adhered to it.
154	19th	Great achievement, Playboy!	The Indecision Amalgamation	Apr 3, 2014	Oct 13, 2014	Anthony Rich	Steven Molaro, Dave Goetsch & Steve Holland Idea: Bill Prady, Eric Kaplan & Jim Reynolds	17.73 million
Penny again receives the offer to play in the sequel to the film Serial Ape-ist ( Serial Ape-ist 2: Monkey See, Monkey Kill ; see season 7, episode 1 or episode 17) and cannot decide whether she wants the offer should accept. She seeks advice from Wil Wheaton, who has difficulties with his acting career and is therefore of no help to her. She eventually decides to take on the role, and it turns out that Wil Wheaton is also in the film. Sheldon, meanwhile, vacillates between buying an Xbox One and a PlayStation 4 , and his indecision drives Amy crazy. He finally decides on the Xbox One, but in the store he remembers that he has made many choices in the past for the wrong product. So he starts brooding again and before he can make a decision, the shop closes and he has to go home empty-handed. Rajesh suddenly starts dating two women after he first meets Emily again (who gives him a second chance after his failed appearance in episode 17) and then receives a message from Lucy, who also wants to see him again. However, his guilty conscience plagues him and so he "confesses" this to Emily, who makes it clear to him that he is not accountable to her for it.
155	20th	Klozilla	The Relationship Diremption	Apr 10, 2014	Oct 20, 2014	Mark Cendrowski	Chuck Lorre, Eric Kaplan & Steve Holland Idea: Steven Molaro, Bill Prady & Jim Reynolds	16.29 million
Sheldon wants to turn away from researching string theory , which he now classifies as a fruitless waste of time, and decides to look for a new area of ​​research. On Penny's advice, he treats the situation like the end of a relationship and then gets advice from women's magazines on how to change something in his appearance. When he can't decide on a new area, Penny gives him another piece of advice: take it easy and enjoy your freedom first. So he even temporarily gives up his rejection of alcoholic beverages over dinner with the others, but regrets this the next day when he notices that while drunk he read a book about the geology he actually hated and, on top of that, left embarrassing messages on Stephen Hawking's answering machine Has. Meanwhile, Rajesh and Emily go on a date with Howard and Bernadette. Howard, who makes fun of the alleged imminent failure of Rajesh's new relationship, laughs off when it turns out that he already knows Emily from a previous date where he clogged her toilet and flooded the bathroom, and himself then made it out of the dust without removing the damage. When Emily finally recognizes him, he apologizes verbatim for his faux pas, but Emily makes it clear that the incident is now causing amusement in her circle of friends and he is known to everyone (in the German version) by the nickname "Klozilla".
156	21st	School girl report	The Anything Can Happen Recurrence	Apr 24, 2014	Oct. 27, 2014	Mark Cendrowski	Jim Reynolds, Steve Holland & Tara Hernandez Idea: Steven Molaro, Eric Kaplan & Adam Faberman	16.44 million
Sheldon is still looking for a new area for his research (see previous episode) and, in order to distract himself from his difficult decision, lets Penny and Leonard revive everything-is-possible Thursday . During the spontaneous search for a new restaurant, the three accidentally run into Bernadette, who claimed to have to work overtime, and Amy, who pretended to be sick. It turns out that Bernadette and Leonard are annoyed by Penny's complaints about their role, and Amy no longer wants to hear Sheldon's discussion of his research. Penny angrily decides to go out to eat with Sheldon by himself, although Sheldon doesn't like the food he is used to, but still joins in. Then he even lets himself be persuaded to visit a clairvoyant , but when she tells him that all his problems will be solved if he deepens his relationship with Amy, Sheldon irritably leaves the shop and goes home alone. Meanwhile, Howard and Rajesh watch the horror film House of 1000 Corpses together so that Rajesh can react cooler when he watches it with Emily. Both find the film disturbing and Rajesh is concerned that Emily likes such films. But when she snuggles up to him on a date in his apartment and tells him that they get such films in the mood, he lets his concerns overboard.
157	22nd	The marry-me face	The Proton Transmogrification	May 1, 2014	Nov 3, 2014	Mark Cendrowski	Steven Molaro, Eric Kaplan & Steve Holland Idea: Jim Reynolds, Maria Ferrari & Jeremy Howe	16.07 million
Preparations for Star Wars Day are interrupted by the news of Professor Proton's death. Sheldon is outwardly unaffected and refuses to accompany Penny and Leonard to his funeral. He prefers to celebrate Star Wars Day with Rajesh and Howard as planned and to watch all Star Wars films one after the other. However, he is emotionally very upset and clashes with Rajesh over something nothing, whereupon he crawls into his room. While Leonard attends the funeral with Penny, who has never been to a funeral before and feels insecure as a result, and Amy and Bernadette bake a Death Star cake and talk about why they became scientists, Sheldon falls asleep in his room. In his dream, Professor Proton appears to him, disguised as Obi-Wan Kenobi, and gives him advice for his life. As a result, Sheldon manages to stand up to his grief over the loss of his idol and rejoins the others. However, the film session has to start all over again, so that Amy and Bernadette's plan to deliberately miss it and have a good excuse because of the cake goes wrong.
158	23	Somehow engaged	The Gorilla Dissolution	May 8, 2014	Nov 10, 2014	Peter Chakos	Steven Molaro, Steve Holland & Eric Kaplan Idea: Chuck Lorre, Jim Reynolds & Jeremy Howe	14.42 million
Howard and Rajesh lose control of the package while trying to carry a treadmill for Howard's mother up the stairs, and Howard's mother is injured by the package. Since she can no longer go to the toilet by herself and is otherwise in need of help, Howard and Bernadette have to look after her for the time being. However, Howard would rather hire a nurse, while Bernadette thinks this is selfish. Rather, she sees the coming weeks as preparation for what it will be like when the two of them will have their own child. After only two days, however, both of Howard's mother are so exasperated that Bernadette also agrees to a nurse. When Rajesh and Sheldon see Emily in the cinema with another man, Rajesh becomes very thoughtful and worried about his relationship with Emily. Emily visits him later and assures him that she has no feelings for the other man and is only interested in him. Meanwhile, Penny clashes with her director and is fired as a result. She worries about the future of her career and eventually realizes that she doesn't need a great career to be happy, she just wants to be with Leonard. When she casually suggests a marriage to Leonard, he is at first surprised and overwhelmed, but after a brief thought, Leonard is convinced of the idea and Penny accepts his now following, perfectly formed marriage proposal.
159	24	Be careful and call!	The Status Quo Combustion	May 15, 2014	Nov 17, 2014	Mark Cendrowski	Steven Molaro, Steve Holland & Tara Hernandez Idea: Eric Kaplan, Jim Reynolds & Jeremy Howe	16.73 million
Leonard and Penny announce to the rest of the group that they are engaged. Both toy with the idea of ​​living somewhere else together. When Leonard wants to talk to Sheldon, who is already frustrated that the university does not allow him to change his field of research, Sheldon reacts angrily and goes to Amy. Her suggestion that this would be a good opportunity for Sheldon to move in with her upsets Sheldon even more, and he goes to the comic book store. However, this is completely burned out and Stuart tells Sheldon that he will not reopen the shop until the damage is settled with the insurance company. This finally becomes too much for Sheldon and he decides to get on a train aimlessly to take some time out and think about everything. Penny and Leonard find him in the waiting room of the train station and want to stop him, but then they realize that they have to let him go, which Amy is extremely angry about. Rajesh, meanwhile, has slept with Emily for the first time and takes every opportunity to show it off. Howard and Bernadette are desperate because no nurse can take Howard's mother for long. When Howard learns of the accident in the comic book store, he offers Stuart a place to stay, on the condition that he take care of his mother. Stuart agrees and, to Howard and Bernadette's amazement, he feels very much at home as a carer for Howard's mother.

DVD release

In the United States , the seventh season DVD was released on September 16, 2014. In the United Kingdom and Germany , the DVD for the seventh season has been available since September 8, 2014 and December 11, 2014, respectively.

Web links

• Episode list of the seventh season of The Big Bang Theory at fernsehserien.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The Big Bang Theory: Season 7 . In: Zap2it.com . Retrieved on August 26, 2015.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ↑ The Big Bang Theory: Season Seven Ratings . In: TVSeriesFinale.com . May 16, 2014. Retrieved June 30, 2014.