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The Big Bang Theory - Season 11

First aired Sep 25, 2017Season 11

After years of only looking out for himself, Sheldon found Amy Farrah Fowler to be the most patient woman to ever walk the earth, and... they did it! Wedding fever continues in season 11.

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Community reviews for The Big Bang Theory, shown here with its season details.

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ComputerBlue

6.0

**What this review might have sounded like had I written it 7 years ago.** The first few seasons are, for the most part, extremely fantastic, focused, funny, fresh, intelligent and even at times, brilliant. Most importantly, it offers something that separates it from the pack...Must see TV! **What this review sounds like now nearing the end of the shows run.** A once great show which slowly starts to diminish around season 4, unfortunately. By the 9th season it seems as though the pen and paper have been handed over to teenage fans of the show...Decent background noise. **To conclude.** This show was once incredible, and something fresh, even at times brilliant. I couldn't wait for each new episode. Now, I watch it when it becomes available on a streaming service, and, on rare occasion you get a great episode, but it's not worth devoting a weekly schedule and sitting through all the fan-fiction episodes and story lines to get to the good stuff. The show can still be enjoyable, without question, though I find it better suited as background noise while doing work instead of must see TV that you're excited to tune in as it airs each week. It's now just another average sitcom which has been dumbed down for the masses quite considerably. At this rate, the show will probably end with Penny having Sheldon's child to fulfill the most commonly seen teenage fan-fiction.

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Peter McGinn

10.0

I did not start watching this sitcom until the show end3d, but I had the good fortune to watch the episodes of all 12 seasons in order. I don’t agree with another review I saw that said the show had slipped over time. Rather, it is a consistently great show, as all of Chuck Lorre’s efforts seem to be, sort of comedy’s answer to Aaron Sorkin’s dramas. Mind you, I had some minor issues with it. I really got tired of Sheldon’s attitude and antics, but that 2as counterbalanced by the slow and careful ways he also showed character growth. Similarly, all of the characters exhibited realistic growth in their attitudes and behavior. The writing was usually strong, even during the few shows that I would classify as clunkers— plots that didn’t work for me. I am impressed that the show never jumped the shark, but rather stayed true to itself. Some long running shows can’t resist doing it, such as when Happy Days changed the Fonz from a cool dude to a combo superhero/cartoon character who could do almost anything, it seemed. Funny, I have a friend who told me she couldn’t watch it due to the canned laugh track, so I was amused to learn there was no laugh track as the show was filmed in front of a live audience. Imagine that!

Episodes

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Episode 1

The Proposal Proposal

7.4
Sep 25, 201721 min61 votes

In the eleventh season opener, Amy gives Sheldon an answer to his proposal while Howard and Bernadette struggle with some unexpected news.

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Episode 2

The Retraction Reaction

6.9
Oct 2, 201721 min53 votes

Leonard angers the university – and the entire physics community – after he gives an embarrassing interview. Also, Amy and Bernadette bond over having to hide their success from Sheldon and Howard.

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Episode 3

The Relaxation Integration

6.8
Oct 9, 201720 min52 votes

Sheldon and Amy struggle with picking a wedding date, which stresses out Sheldon and causes him talking in his sleep. Meanwhile, Raj and Stuart fight over the attention of one of Bernadette's co-workers.

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Episode 4

The Explosion Implosion

6.9
Oct 16, 201721 min49 votes

As Howard worries about fatherhood, he and Sheldon bond when they jointly assemble a model rocket. Meanwhile, Penny bonds with Leonard's mother, Beverly, much to his concern.

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Episode 5

The Collaboration Contamination

7.0
Oct 23, 201719 min49 votes

Sheldon and Raj confide in Bernadette when they can't handle Amy and Howard working together on a science project. Also, Penny and Leonard learn new tactics for how to deal with Sheldon from an unlikely source.

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Episode 6

The Proton Regeneration

7.0
Nov 2, 201721 min48 votes

Sheldon goes head-to-head with Wil Wheaton for the role of the new Professor Proton. Also, Penny steps in to take care of Halley when Bernadette and Howard both wind up on bed rest.

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Episode 7

The Geology Methodology

7.2
Nov 9, 201720 min51 votes

Sheldon and Bert collaborate on a research project, despite Sheldon’s embarrassment. Also, Penny and Bernadette coach Raj on how to navigate his relationship with Ruchi.

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Episode 8

The Tesla Recoil

7.0
Nov 16, 201719 min50 votes

Leonard and Howard are furious after they learn Sheldon went to work with the military behind their backs. Also, while Bernadette is on bed rest, she asks Raj to do some digging when she suspects that Ruchi might be trying to take over her projects at work.

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Episode 9

The Bitcoin Entanglement

7.2
Nov 30, 201719 min50 votes

Sheldon tries to teach the guys a lesson after they cut him out of a potentially valuable Bitcoin investment. Also, a seven-year-old video reveals a secret about Leonard and Penny's relationship.

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Episode 10

The Confidence Erosion

6.9
Dec 7, 201721 min51 votes

Sheldon and Amy try to eliminate stress from wedding planning by applying math to the process. Also, Raj “breaks up” with Howard after realizing his best friend is actually hurting his confidence.

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Episode 11

The Celebration Reverberation

6.8
Dec 14, 201720 min52 votes

Raj and Howard's feud continues as the gang plan Halley's first birthday party. Sheldon's surprise for Amy's birthday goes awry when they get food poisoning. Also, Leonard gets a Christmas letter from his brother that causes him to spiral out about his own lack of accomplishments.

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Episode 12

The Matrimonial Metric

6.9
Jan 4, 201820 min49 votes

Sheldon and Amy try to pick their Best-Man and Maid of Honor by experimenting on the gang.

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Episode 13

The Solo Oscillation

6.9
Jan 11, 201821 min49 votes

When Sheldon kicks Amy out to work solo, she and Leonard bond during a series of science experiments. Also, Bert the geologist replaces Wolowitz in the band Footprints on the Moon, and Sheldon finds Penny a surprising source of scientific inspiration.

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Episode 14

The Separation Triangulation

6.8
Jan 18, 201819 min50 votes

Raj finds himself in the middle of domestic drama when he learns the woman he's dating, has a very upset husband. Also, when Sheldon rents his old room back for a quiet place to work, he drives Leonard crazy by being a model tenant.

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Episode 15

The Novelization Correlation

7.1
Feb 1, 201821 min50 votes

Leonard's book raises questions, and Amy guest stars on the new Professor Proton show.

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Episode 16

The Neonatal Nomenclature

6.7
Mar 1, 201819 min51 votes

When Bernadette won't go into labor, the gang tries different tactics to get things started. Also, Howard confronts Bernadette after Amy accidentally reveals she's already chosen their son's name.

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Episode 17

The Athenaeum Allocation

6.7
Mar 8, 201820 min50 votes

Leonard jumps through hoops to help secure the perfect wedding venue for Sheldon and Amy. Also, Bernadette and Howard have a hard time deciding who should stay at home with the kids and who should go back to work.

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Episode 18

The Gates Excitation

6.9
Mar 29, 201820 min53 votes

Bill Gates visits Penny's work, and the gang schemes to meet him. Hilarity ensues. Meanwhile, Sheldon is convinced that he's a target of an April's Fools prank.

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Episode 19

The Tenant Disassociation

7.1
Apr 5, 201821 min49 votes

When Leonard learns Sheldon is the president of the tenants association, he decides to run against him. Also, Bernadette encourages Howard and Raj to find the owner of a drone after they find it in the backyard.

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Episode 20

The Reclusive Potential

7.0
Apr 12, 201821 min51 votes

A brilliant but reclusive scientist, Doctor Wolcott, invites Sheldon to his cabin in the middle of nowhere, and Leonard, Raj and Howard go along for the trip. Also, Penny and Bernadette improvise after Amy doesn’t like the tame bachelorette party they planned for her.

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Episode 21

The Comet Polarization

7.1
Apr 19, 201820 min52 votes

Sheldon’s comic book store experience changes when writer Neil Gaiman puts Stuart’s store on the map. Also, friendships are threatened when Raj takes credit for Penny's astronomical discovery.

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Episode 22

The Monetary Insufficiency

6.9
Apr 26, 201819 min51 votes

Sheldon goes to Vegas to win money for science. Also, Penny and Bernadette take Amy wedding dress shopping, but her terrible choice entangles them in a web of lies.

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Episode 23

The Sibling Realignment

7.4
May 3, 201820 min52 votes

When Sheldon learns that his mother won’t attend his wedding unless he invites his brother, Georgie, he and Leonard travel to Texas to end a family feud. Also, the Wolowitz kids inadvertently infest Amy, Bernadette, Howard and Raj with pinkeye.

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Episode 24

The Bow Tie Asymmetry

7.9
May 10, 201822 min57 votes

When Amy's parents and Sheldon's family arrive, everybody is focused to make sure all wedding arrangements go according to plan – everyone except the bride and groom.