The Best Episodes Written By Eric Kaplan

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   9.9/10(1186 votes)

   #1 - The Conjugal Configuration

   S12:E19/24/2018

   Sheldon and Amy's honeymoon runs aground in New York. Penny and Leonard discover they are uncomfortably similar to Amy's parents. Raj insults physicist Neil deGrasse Tyson and starts a Twitter war.

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   8.7/10(60 votes)

   #2 - Jurassic Bark

   S5:E211/17/2002

   Bender grows jealous when Fry attempts to clone Seymour, his beloved fossilized dog.

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   8.3/10(49 votes)

   #3 - Parasites Lost

   S3:E41/21/2001

   When Fry becomes infested with parasitic worms that make him stronger and smarter, he finally finds the perfect way to profess his feelings to Leela. Meanwhile, the rest of the crew goes on a journey into Fry's body to eradicate the worms.

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   8.3/10(61 votes)

   #4 - The Adhesive Duck Deficiency

   S3:E811/16/2009

   With Leonard, Howard and Raj away camping in the desert, an injured Penny has only Sheldon to rely on.

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   8.3/10(55 votes)

   #5 - The Opening Night Excitation

   S9:E1112/17/2015

   After more than five years of dating, Sheldon and Amy spend their first night together. Also, Leonard, Wolowitz, and Koothrappali must decide who will take their extra Star Wars movie ticket.

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   8.3/10(23 votes)

   #6 - A New Home and a Traditional Texas Torture

   S7:E125/9/2024

   George Sr. gets an exciting job offer, and Sheldon prepares for his move to California.

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   8.2/10(18 votes)

   #7 - A Frankenstein's Monster and a Crazy Church Guy

   S7:E53/14/2024

   Sheldon helps his roommate try to beat the stock market, Missy and Billy Sparks throw a party, and Mary finds a new church.

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   8.2/10(8 votes)

   #8 - Dewey's Opera

   S6:E112/20/2005

   When Lois buys a brand-new king-sized bed, Hal thinks that her motive is to put more distance between them and refuses to sleep in it. Moved to tears by an opera he sees on television, Dewey is inspired to write his own operatic masterpiece, "The Marriage Bed," which is based on his parents' fight and turned into a school production. Meanwhile, Malcolm and Reese build their own street luge board; and Jamie falls head over heels for the baby girl across the street.

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   8.2/10(62 votes)

   #9 - The Bath Item Gift Hypothesis

   S2:E1112/15/2008

   Penny starts dating Leonard's handsome colleague; Leonard and his friends are tortured by Sheldon's obsession with gift-giving etiquette.

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    8.1/10(52 votes)

    #10 - The Thanksgiving Decoupling

    S7:E911/21/2013

    Sheldon protests when the gang drags him to Mrs. Wolowitz’s house for Thanksgiving. Meanwhile, Penny and Leonard must deal with a mistake from her past.

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    8.0/10(52 votes)

    #11 - The Romance Resonance

    S7:E610/24/2013

    Sheldon's latest scientific breakthrough leaves him feeling like a fraud; a romantic gesture between Howard and Bernadette causes Penny to up her game with Leonard.

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    8.0/10(56 votes)

    #12 - The Scavenger Vortex

    S7:E310/3/2013

    When the entire gang competes in a scavenger hunt designed by Raj, it brings out the best - and worst - in everyone.

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    8.0/10(46 votes)

    #13 - The Bakersfield Expedition

    S6:E131/10/2013

    As the guys don costumes and go on a road trip to a comic book convention, the ladies decide to stay home and try to interpret a comic book.

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    8.0/10(46 votes)

    #14 - The Bow Tie Asymmetry

    S11:E245/10/2018

    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.

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    8.0/10(46 votes)

    #15 - Three Hundred Big Boys

    S5:E116/15/2003

    With the help of a $300 government refund, the Planet Express crew pursue their dreams and desires.

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    7.9/10(48 votes)

    #16 - The Einstein Approximation

    S3:E142/1/2010

    Sheldon's search for the answer to a physics problem leads him to work at the Cheesecake Factory with Penny.

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    7.9/10(48 votes)

    #17 - The Precious Fragmentation

    S3:E173/8/2010

    When the guys find a ring from "The Lord of the Rings" at a garage sale, it threatens to tear them apart.

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    7.9/10(50 votes)

    #18 - The Earworm Reverberation

    S9:E1012/10/2015

    Sheldon has a revelation when he realizes why a song was stuck in his head. Also, Amy invites Dave over for dinner despite their previously awkward date, and Wolowitz and Koothrappali become obsessed with a fan of their band, "Footprints on the Moon".

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    7.9/10(45 votes)

    #19 - The Herb Garden Germination

    S4:E204/7/2011

    Sheldon and Amy decide to start several rumors about the others as a test. Meanwhile, Howard takes his relationship with Bernadette to even higher level.

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    7.9/10(57 votes)

    #20 - The Robotic Manipulation

    S4:E19/23/2010

    Penny tags along on Sheldon's first ever date; Wolowitz finds a new use for a robotic arm.

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    7.9/10(8 votes)

    #21 - Ida's Dance

    S6:E184/17/2005

    Lois goes over to visit Ida, but gets unpleasantly surprised by the St. Grotus Day festival. Malcolm fails a music appreciation course, and reluctantly goes to Dewey for help. Reese and Hal secretly watch scary movies while Lois is not around, but it ends up revealing some unexpected secrets about both Reese and Hal.

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    7.9/10(50 votes)

    #22 - The Countdown Reflection

    S5:E245/10/2012

    The fifth season ends with Howard and Bernadette deciding to get married before his NASA mission, causing the gang to scurry into overdrive in an effort to stage the wedding. NASA astronaut Mike Massimino has a cameo as himself.

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    7.9/10(45 votes)

    #23 - The Pants Alternative

    S3:E183/22/2010

    Sheldon's friends come to his aid when his fear of public speaking stands between him and a coveted award.

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    7.8/10(56 votes)

    #24 - The Barbarian Sublimation

    S2:E310/6/2008

    Sheldon creates a monster when he introduces Penny to online gaming.

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    7.8/10(49 votes)

    #25 - The Psychic Vortex

    S3:E121/11/2010

    Leonard is aghast to find out a secret of Penny's: she believes in psychics. Meanwhile, Sheldon tries to assist Koothrappali in picking up a girl at a university mixer.

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