Many seasons, many memorable moments! For this list, we’ll be looking at the good, the bad and the bizarrely shocking moments from each of the “Big Bang’s” twelve awesome seasons. If you haven’t finished the show, there will be spoilers.
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00:00 You're talking to me.
00:02 I am.
00:02 Ah!
00:04 And I'm crying for a whole different reason.
00:08 Welcome to Miss Mojo, and today we're counting down our picks
00:12 for the most shocking moment from every season of The Big Bang Theory.
00:16 Amy? Amy? Amy?
00:29 For this list, we'll be looking at the good, the bad, and the bizarrely shocking moments
00:34 from each of The Big Bang's 12 awesome seasons. If you haven't finished the show, there will be
00:39 spoilers. Which one of these shocking moments has stuck with you all these years later?
00:43 Let us know in the comments.
00:45 Season 1. Raj Talks to Penny for the First Time.
00:50 The Grasshopper Experiment. Penny has been the heart of each of Raj's surprising show moments
00:56 in regard to his communications with women. Not only is she the first woman he talks to
01:01 while completely sober, she's the first non-family woman he talks to at all.
01:06 You say you can't talk to women, but you've been talking to me.
01:09 And now we'll never know.
01:10 Right? I... I am talking to you.
01:16 For the first seven episodes of the series, Raj's major character trait is his inability
01:22 to talk directly to a woman. But in episode 8, that all changes as he, while sipping on a
01:28 grasshopper, utters these six words. Where did my life go, Penny?
01:32 It's in this shocking moment that we all discover, along with Raj himself,
01:39 that alcohol is the magic elixir for his selective mutism.
01:42 Okay, now I just need to make sure I have a lolita before I meet the grasshopper.
01:50 It's a sweet green miracle.
01:52 Season 2 - The Napkin Gift and the Hug
01:56 The Bath Item Gift Hypothesis
01:58 They say it's more blessed to give than to receive. And that's definitely the case when
02:03 the reaction of the person you're giving to is as amazing as Sheldon's in the season 2 Christmas
02:09 episode.
02:10 To Sheldon, live long and prosper. Leonard Nimoy.
02:18 Not known for his emotional outbursts or his enjoyment of physical contact with other human
02:23 beings, both tendencies go out the window when Penny gives him a napkin.
02:27 Okay, it isn't just a napkin. It's a napkin used and signed by Leonard Nimoy.
02:46 We're not sure what's more shocking, the amazingly perfect gift Penny gets for her friend,
02:51 or the rare Sheldon hug that he bestows upon her in an attempt to thank her.
02:56 Season 3 - Stan Lee - The Excelsior Acquisition
03:09 In season 3's The Excelsior Acquisition, Sheldon misses out on a Stan Lee signing at the comic
03:15 bookstore because he's in court fighting a ticket that he got while driving Penny to the hospital.
03:20 Feeling bad about her role in Sheldon missing the event, Penny gets Lee's address from Stuart
03:38 and takes Sheldon to the Great Man's house. However, we hadn't seen Lee at any point in the
03:44 episode thus far, so one would be forgiven for not assuming he'd show up in this moment either.
03:49 But there he is, opening the door.
03:51 Whether you thought he'd be there or not, seeing the icon standing there in his robe
04:09 is definitely a thrill.
04:11 "I'm sorry, he doesn't really understand sarcasm."
04:14 "Well, I'll give him something he'll understand. Joni, call the police!"
04:18 "Nice to meet you."
04:19 Season 4 - Raj and Penny Sleep Together - The Roommate Transmogrification
04:27 At the end of this season finale, Penny is shocked to wake up naked in bed with Raj.
04:33 "Oh god! Okay, look, this never happened. Do you understand me?"
04:42 When we had last seen them, these two were in the midst of a fun bonding night of drinking,
04:50 laughing, and talking. While we can't speak for everyone, we certainly didn't expect Penny and
04:56 Raj's night to end in coitus. Nah, we should point out that, as we come to learn, there actually
05:02 wasn't any coitus that night. "I had trouble putting it on and you tried to help and uh...
05:08 that was all she wrote."
05:13 But that certainly doesn't take any shock value away from the morning after reveal.
05:20 "Damn." "What's going on?"
05:23 "Oh, it's not what it looks like."
05:28 Season 5 - Sheldon in the Couch - The Good Guy Fluctuation
05:32 The jump scare has been a pretty standard trope in horror movies for decades now.
05:37 "It is highly unlikely that you two rubes could ever surprise me."
05:41 "He's probably right." "We can't beat him, he's just too smart."
05:45 "Gentlemen."
05:47 And while critics might call it overused and a lazy scare technique, there's no doubt it works.
05:56 "What's with him?" "Hang on."
05:58 In season 5's The Good Guy Fluctuation, after spending the entire episode trying to get
06:10 revenge on his friends for scaring him at work, Sheldon goes all in on the jump scare. And it most
06:15 definitely lives up to its name. When he bursts out of the couch, a scared Leonard literally
06:21 jumps off his seat. We're thinking a few of you did as well. "Bazinga punk, now we're even."
06:27 Season 6 - Raj Talks to Penny Sober - The Bon Voyage Reaction
06:34 What's so great about this one is that we, as the audience, don't realize what's happening at first.
06:40 "I am unlovable." "That's just the booze talking."
06:43 "No, it's not. I haven't had a drink since last night."
06:47 Normally, the show would make a point of showing Raj taking a sip of an alcoholic beverage,
06:52 or at least have a visible bottle nearby when he'd be talking to women. But in this case,
06:57 we're so caught up in his sadness over being dumped by Lucy, that most of us probably didn't
07:02 even think about whether or not he'd been drinking when Penny shows up to see how he's doing.
07:07 "I missed her already." "I know how you feel. I miss Leonard too."
07:14 "What is wrong with me? Why can't I ever have love?"
07:18 When he says he hasn't had a drink all day, the shocking revolution really hits perfectly.
07:24 "You're talking to me." "I am."
07:26 "And I'm crying for a whole different reason."
07:31 Season 7 - The Comic Book Store Burns Down - The Status Quo Combustion
07:39 Not many good things happen to Stewart. Yes, he makes out with Penny, but she says
07:44 Leonard's name while doing so. "No, everything was good and really hot.
07:49 And I said, 'Oh, Penny.' And right where she was supposed to say, 'Oh, Stewart,' she said,
07:54 'Your name.'" Sure, he owns his own comic book store,
08:01 but according to him, it's the very opposite of a lucrative business. While there seem to be very
08:07 few best of times for Stewart Bloom, none of us would have imagined his worst of times would get
08:12 as bad as they are at the end of season 7. "What happened?"
08:15 "I was cooking in the back room last night and the hot plate caught on fire."
08:19 "And you couldn't put it out?" "I was across the street at the
08:24 do-it-yourself car wash taking a shower." When Sheldon walks into the comic book store,
08:29 his shock at seeing the fiery destruction is matched only by the sad gasp from the
08:34 studio audience and probably most of us at home as well.
08:38 "Um, I don't know. I'm waiting to hear back from the insurance company."
08:42 "So tomorrow?" "I don't mean to be rude,
08:48 Sheldon, but my life is kind of falling apart right now."
08:50 Season 8 - Howard's Mom Dies - The Comic Book Store Regeneration
08:56 As with many television shows, writers try to end seasons with big, often shocking revelations,
09:03 and The Big Bang Theory was no exception. They did it in season 8 when Leonard reveals to Penny
09:09 on their way to get married in Vegas that he kissed a girl when he was away at sea.
09:13 "It was just kissing." "And then what?"
09:16 "And then nothing. I stopped it. But it still bothers me."
09:22 In another season, that might have been the biggest surprise, but in season 8,
09:27 nothing shocked and saddened fans more than the death of Howard's mom.
09:31 "Ma took a nap. She never woke up." "Oh my god, Howard."
09:38 "I'm so sorry." We barely saw her, but Mrs. Wolowitz,
09:46 voiced by Carol Ann Suse, was a major part of the series for 8 years. But then, in November of 2014,
09:53 Suse passed away, and a few months later, so did her character on the show.
09:58 "Loving mother to all of us. We'll miss you."
10:07 Season 9 - Sheldon Doesn't Take Amy Back - The Platonic Permutation
10:13 While learning that Stewart sometimes watches Howard and Bernadette sleep is both shocking
10:18 and creepy, there's an even more surprising moment in season 9. You see, as difficult as
10:24 Sheldon and Amy's breakup is, we all knew that the couple would eventually get back together.
10:29 They just had to, right? In the 9th episode of the 9th season,
10:33 it appeared like it was finally going to happen.
10:35 "I miss this." "How can you miss a game you've never played before, silly?"
10:42 "Guess sometimes I'm silly." Sheldon and Amy go to the aquarium
10:50 together as friends on Thanksgiving, and have a really nice time. Following the outing,
10:55 Amy calls her ex and tells him that she's ready to resume their romantic relationship.
10:59 "It was. Uh, listen, I was thinking that, um, maybe I'm ready to be your girlfriend again."
11:08 But then comes the big shocker. Sheldon says no.
11:13 "I excel at many things, but getting over you wasn't one of them."
11:18 "I think I need to just be your friend."
11:22 "Okay. I understand."
11:28 Season 10 - Sheldon Proposes - The Long Distance Dissonance
11:33 Before we get to his proposal, we can't talk about season 10 without mentioning the shocking
11:38 reason why Sheldon always knocks three times. The revelation comes during a conversation between him
11:44 and Penny when he confesses to her that, as a young child, he walked in on his dad with another
11:49 woman. "That's awful." "I know. That's also why I never open a door without knocking three times.
11:55 I mean, the first one's traditional, but two and three are for people to get their pants on."
12:00 As shocking as that incident was for Sheldon, no moment in the 10th season surprised us more
12:06 than his proposal to Amy. "Will you marry me?"
12:09 From the moment Dr. Ramona Nowitzki kisses him and he walks out of his office,
12:13 we're in a constant state of wondering where he's going. Even when we hear him knock on Amy's door,
12:19 we still aren't expecting to see him down on one knee when she opens it.
12:23 "Amy? Amy? Amy?"
12:29 Season 11 - Stuart Could Have Been Rich - The Bitcoin Entanglement
12:42 In The Bitcoin Entanglement, the guys remember that they'd mined a bunch of bitcoin years earlier
12:48 and set out on a quest to find it. Retracing their steps, they eventually find the laptop
12:54 with the folder on it, only to learn that Sheldon, because they'd mined it without him,
12:58 had moved it to the Batman flash drive on Leonard's keychain.
13:02 "I've waited seven long years, but it finally happened."
13:07 "Where's our money?" "That's the best part. It's on the Batman
13:11 flash drive on your keychain." Smart move, except for the fact that
13:15 Leonard lost the keychain. "Really?
13:18 Did you look under things? Well, that is unfortunate."
13:29 Then, in a funny throwaway moment at the end of the episode, we see a flashback of Stuart
13:34 sweeping up in his store, finding the keychain, and deciding to erase the contents and sell it.
13:40 It's a funny coda, but think about it. Stuart could have been rich!
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14:09 Season 12 – Sheldon's Nobel Prize Speech – The Stockholm Syndrome
14:15 There's no denying Sheldon's brilliance. He's a genius of the highest order,
14:19 and his ability to understand physics and the scientific world is second to none.
14:24 However, if there was one other thing we thought we knew about him,
14:28 it's that the only thing bigger than his intelligence is probably his ego.
14:32 "I won't forget your contributions." "Great."
14:34 "Of course, I can't mention you in my Nobel acceptance speech, but when I get around to
14:39 writing my memoirs, you can expect a very effusive footnote, and perhaps a signed copy."
14:43 For those reasons, and the fact he'd basically said it on more than one occasion,
14:49 the expectations for his Nobel Prize speech would be that it would be all about him. But it isn't.
14:55 "I was under a misapprehension that my accomplishments were mine alone."
15:01 "Nothing could be further from the truth." After Amy calls him out on his selfishness,
15:07 Sheldon seems to truly see the light. And in that light,
15:11 he sees the true value of his friends, and that's what his speech is about.
15:15 "I apologize if I haven't been the friend you deserve,
15:18 but I want you to know, in my way, I love you all."
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