Editorial Reviews

 

The third season of the wonderfully smart and silly comedy The Big Bang Theory is even better than the first two.

 When Sheldon, Leonard, Howard, and Raj--the show's quartet of supreme geeks--return from their research expedition in

 the Arctic, Leonard and his adorable neighbor Penny fall into each other's

arms. In most TV shows, losing that sexual tension would deflate the entire series, but the writers and performers

of The Big Bang Theory navigate these treacherous waters with aplomb; after a weak couple of episodes,

the show regains its bearings with faux tattoos, sneaky behavior modification, lessons in football,

a dislocated shoulder, a trip to Switzerland, pot brownies, and the one true Ring. Guest appearances by

comic book legend Stan Lee, Katee Sackhoff from Battlestar Galactica, and former Star Trek boy genius Will

 Wheaton as themselves are used to remarkably good effect, and Simon Helberg and Kunal Nayyar, as

Howard and Raj, get better story lines than ever before.

But make no mistake: Jim Parsons, as Sheldon, drives the show. With Leonard (Johnny Galecki) and Penny

(Kaley Cuoco) grappling with fairly conventional relationship issues, it falls to Sheldon to turn every potential

cliché into an opportunity for unexpected lunacy. His combination of ruthless rationality, profound narcissism,

and yawning neediness make Sheldon a remarkable comic creation, and Parsons plays him to the hilt. Even

 funnier than his relentless analytical approach to emotions is when he tries to be more human; his attempts

to comfort Penny when she's injured are hilariously unnerving. Watching Sheldon "grow" over the course

of The Big Bang Theory's progress is one of the show's greatest pleasures. --Bret Fetzer

 

 

Product Description

 

From Emmy® nominees Chuck Lorre (Two and a Half Men, Dharma & Greg, Cybill, Grace Under Fire) & Bill Prady

(Dharma & Greg) comes The Big Bang Theory. Leonard (Galecki) and Sheldon (Parsons) are brilliant physicists,

the kind of "beautiful minds" that understand how the universe works. But none of that genius helps them interact

 with people – especially women. All this changes when a free-spirited beauty named Penny (Cuoco) moves in next door. Sheldon, Leonard's roommate, is quite content spending

his nights playing Klingon Boggle with their socially dysfunctional friends, fellow Caltech scientists Howard

Wolowitz (Helberg) and Rajesh Koothrappali (Nayyar). Leonard, however, sees in Penny a whole new universe

of possibilities ... including love.

 

Product Details

 

Actors: Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg, Kunal Nayyar

Directors: Mark Cendrowski

Format: AC-3, Box set, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC

Language: English (Dolby Digital 5.1)

Subtitles: English, French, Spanish

Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)

 

Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1

Number of discs: 3