The Best Episodes Written By Richard A. rosenstock

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   8.8/10(25 votes)

   #1 - Meat the Veals

   S2:E164/3/2005

   George Sr. tries to find a way to attend an anniversary dinner for Lucille while Michael deliberately offends Ann's devout Christian parents. Tobias goes overboard performing his "Mrs. Featherbottom" persona.

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   8.5/10(27 votes)

   #2 - Not Without My Daughter

   S1:E214/25/2004

   Michael takes Maeby to work with him on Take Your Daughter to Work Day. After being slighted by Michael, Tobias, George-Michael and Gob all go to the mall to prove that they are just manly. Oscar takes Lucille and Buster to Annyong's soccer game.

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   #3 - The One Where Michael Leaves

   S2:E111/7/2004

   Michael and George Michael leave for Phoenix but go back to ensure the family misses them. Lindsay wants to have an open marriage, which causes Tobias to try to join the Blue Man Group under the impression that they are a support group for depressed men. Lucille signs Buster up for the Army after being goaded by a Michael Moore look-alike. Gob becomes president of the Bluth Company.

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   8.2/10(71 votes)

   #4 - 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(58 votes)

   #5 - The Maternal Capacitance

   S2:E152/9/2009

   Leonard and Penny are drawn together after a disastrous visit from Leonard's mother.

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   8.1/10(33 votes)

   #6 - Visiting Ours

   S1:E612/7/2003

   Michael sets up an "intimate conjugal visit" for his parents, while it is revealed that George Sr. had an affair with Kitty, his secretary who recently slept with Gob. Tobias and Lindsay see a marriage counselor.

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   8.1/10(28 votes)

   #7 - Beef Consommé

   S1:E132/15/2004

   After learning that Marta has feelings for him, Michael goes to her and they decide to get permission from Gob before taking things to the next level. Meanwhile, Lindsay and Tobias finally get to the heart of his "never-nude" problem and George Sr. faces his first hearing.

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   #8 - Best Man for the Gob

   S1:E194/4/2004

   George Sr. uses Gob's bachelor party as an opportunity to set up his accountant in a compromising position so that he can blackmail him. Meanwhile, Michael tries to prove he's a fun guy, and the Funkes reunite their family folk-music band.

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   8.0/10(1 votes)

   #9 - Love Plus One

   S3:E611/9/2000

   Grace rejects an ex-boyfriend's suggestion that she participate with him and his girlfriend in a romantic escapade but when she confides in Will and Karen -- who fall down laughing at the prospect -- the conservative Grace considers throwing caution to the wind. Meanwhile, Will tries to help a newly employed Jack meet a customer at a clothing store by prompting him with witty lines like a latter-day Cyrano de Bergerac.

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    8.0/10(38 votes)

    #10 - Bringing Up Buster

    S1:E311/16/2003

    Michael spends quality time with Buster. George Michael auditions for a school play to get closer to Maeby. Gob breaks up with his girlfriend and has nowhere to go.

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    7.9/10(54 votes)

    #11 - 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(51 votes)

    #12 - 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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    7.9/10(56 votes)

    #13 - The Gorilla Experiment

    S3:E1012/7/2009

    Penny gets help from Sheldon in order to understand what Leonard's work is, while Wolowitz develops a jealousy when Leonard starts hanging out with his new girlfriend.

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    7.9/10(61 votes)

    #14 - The Vengeance Formulation

    S3:E911/23/2009

    After he's humiliated on National Public Radio, Sheldon vows to destroy Kripke, while Wolowitz tries not to destroy his new relationship with Bernadette.

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    7.8/10(63 votes)

    #15 - The Cooper-Nowitzki Theorem

    S2:E611/3/2008

    Sheldon and the gang are confused when a young grad student is attracted to him.

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    7.8/10(52 votes)

    #16 - The Large Hadron Collision

    S3:E152/8/2010

    Leonard can only bring one guest on a trip to see CERN's Large Hadron Collider (the world's largest and highest energy particle accelerator) in Switzerland on Valentine's Day.

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    7.7/10(23 votes)

    #17 - It Gets Better

    S4:E135/26/2013

    At UC Irvine things get steamy when George-Michael finds himself in a love triangle with his best friend Ray and his girlfriend Becky.

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    7.6/10(58 votes)

    #18 - The Maternal Congruence

    S3:E1112/14/2009

    A Christmas visit from his mother has Leonard discovering she's kept a lot of news from him that she shares with Sheldon and worrying if she'll approve of his romance with Penny.

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    7.6/10(59 votes)

    #19 - The Work Song Nanocluster

    S2:E183/16/2009

    Penny's home business turns into a complete nightmare when Sheldon takes over.

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    7.6/10(23 votes)

    #20 - Queen B.

    S4:E105/26/2013

    Lucille finds that her children have started dividing up her things, and adjusts to her new home.

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    7.5/10(61 votes)

    #21 - The Friendship Algorithm

    S2:E131/19/2009

    Sheldon creates a scientific procedure for making friends.

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    7.5/10(57 votes)

    #22 - The Gothowitz Deviation

    S3:E310/5/2009

    Howard and Raj visit a Goth nightclub to pick up women while Sheldon attempts to build a better Penny using chocolate-based behavior modification.

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    7.5/10(57 votes)

    #23 - The Killer Robot Instability

    S2:E121/12/2009

    Penny's criticism of Wolowitz's romantic life pushes him into depression and AWOL for a fighting robot battle the rest of guys are depending on him for.

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    7.5/10(58 votes)

    #24 - The Monopolar Expedition

    S2:E235/11/2009

    The guys' plan to work over the summer at the North Pole makes Penny revaluate her feelings for Leonard.

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    7.5/10(22 votes)

    #25 - Blockheads

    S4:E155/26/2013

    George-Michael tries to reconnect with his father, but is finding himself overwhelmed by the responsibility of running his business.

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