The second season of the American
sitcom
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''
The Big Bang Theory
''The Big Bang Theory'' is an American television sitcom created by Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady, both of whom served as executive producers on the series, along with Steven Molaro, all of whom also served as head writers. It premiered on CBS ...
'' was originally aired on
CBS from September 22, 2008, to May 11, 2009, consisting of 23 episodes. The Complete Season DVD was released September 15, 2009, and a
Blu-ray
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version was reissued on July 10, 2012, with remastered surround sound audio, whereas the DVD version only had stereo.
Jim Parsons submitted the episode "The Bath Item Gift Hypothesis" for consideration due to his nomination for the
at the
61st Primetime Emmy Awards. In 2009,
TV Guide
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ranked the episode the #60 on its list of the 100 Greatest Episodes.
Christine Baranski
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submitted the episode "The Maternal Capacitance" for consideration due to her nomination for the
at the
61st Primetime Emmy Awards.
Overview
Sheldon Sheldon may refer to:
* Sheldon (name), a given name and a surname, and a list of people with the name
Places Australia
* Sheldon, Queensland
*Sheldon Forest, New South Wales
United Kingdom
*Sheldon, Derbyshire, England
*Sheldon, Devon, England
* ...
becomes increasingly obsessive. Leonard and Penny's relationship takes a turn for the worse when they break up, but this is quickly resolved and their relationship progresses to a stronger friendship than before, while Sheldon and Penny's friendship slowly begins. In the season finale Penny hints at her true feelings for Leonard when the guys leave for a 3-month expedition to North Pole and she admits to herself that she does not want him to go. Howard has a short-lived sexual relationship with Leslie Winkle in the second half of the season. Meanwhile, Rajesh manages, without having consumed alcohol, to briefly apologize to Penny for what he did in "The Griffin Equivalency". Barry Kripke (
John Ross Bowie) makes his first appearance in "The Killer Robot Instability".
Cast
Main cast
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Johnny Galecki as
Dr. Leonard Hofstadter
*
Jim Parsons as
Dr. Sheldon Cooper
*
Kaley Cuoco
Kaley Christine Cuoco ( ; born November 30, 1985) is an American actress. After a series of supporting film and television roles in the late 1990s, she landed her breakthrough role as Bridget Hennessy on the ABC sitcom ''8 Simple Rules'' (2002 ...
as
Penny
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*
Simon Helberg
Simon Maxwell Helberg (born December 9, 1980) is an American actor and comedian. He is known for playing Howard Wolowitz in the CBS sitcom ''The Big Bang Theory'' (2007–2019), for which he won the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supp ...
as
Howard Wolowitz
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*
Kunal Nayyar as
Dr. Rajesh "Raj" Koothrappali
*
Sara Gilbert
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as
Leslie Winkle
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Recurring cast
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Carol Ann Susi
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as
Mrs. Wolowitz
*
Mark Harelik as Dr.
Eric Gablehauser
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Brian George as
Dr. V.M. Koothrappali
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Alice Amter as
Mrs. Koothrappali
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John Ross Bowie as
Dr. Barry Kripke
*
Sara Rue
Sara Rue (born January 26, 1979) is an American actress. She is known for her performances as Carmen Ferrara on ''Popular'', as Claude Casey on ''Less than Perfect'', and as the Attorney General in ''Idiocracy''. In 2011, she hosted The CW realit ...
as
Dr. Stephanie Barnett
*
Christine Baranski
Christine Jane Baranski (born May 2, 1952) is an American actress. She is a 15-time Primetime Emmy Award nominee, winning once in 1995 for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her role as Maryann Thorpe in the sitcom ''Cybill'' ...
as
Dr. Beverly Hofstadter
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Kevin Sussman
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as
Stuart Bloom
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*
Brian Patrick Wade as
Kurt
Guest cast
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Travis Schuldt as Eric
*
Charlie Sheen
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as himself
*
Octavia Spencer as DMV employee
*
Riki Lindhome as
Ramona Nowitzki
*
Lio Tipton
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as themself
* Emily Happe as Kathy O'Brien
*
Samantha Potter as herself
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Michael Trucco as
Dr. David Underhill
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Summer Glau
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as herself
*
George Smoot
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as himself
*
Valerie Azlynn as Alicia
*
Jodi Lyn O'Keefe
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as Mikayla
Episodes
Reception
Compared to season one, the second season received critical acclaim. Jessica Paff of
Screener wrote that "if they can keep the funny coming, I will keep watching", Ken Tucker of ''
Entertainment Weekly
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'' praised the improvements to the character of Sheldon Cooper, writing that "Prickly Sheldon has become a character to love, and
ctor Jim
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Parsons is doing something rare on network TV: making intellectualism admirable, even heroic", and James Chamberlin of ''
IGN
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'' wrote that "Jim Parsons is a riot and is reason enough to tune in each week."
Notes
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