The Conjugal Conjecture

1st episode of the 10th season of The Big Bang Theory

"The Conjugal Conjecture"

The Big Bang Theory episode

Leonard and Penny, with her parents and brother

Episode no.

Season 10
Episode 1

Directed by

Mark Cendrowski

Story by

Chuck Lorre
Steve Holland
Tara Hernandez

Teleplay by

Steven Molaro
Eric Kaplan
Jim Reynolds

Production code

T12.15303^[1]

Original air date

September 19, 2016 (2016-09-19)^[1]

Guest appearances

Katey Sagal as Penny's mother
Keith Carradine as Wyatt
Jack McBrayer as Penny's brother
Judd Hirsch as Alfred
Laurie Metcalf as Mary Cooper
Christine Baranski as Dr. Beverly Hofstadter
Dean Norris as Air Force representative Colonel Williams^[1]

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"The Conjugal Conjecture" is the first episode of the tenth season, and 208th episode overall of The Big Bang Theory. It first aired on CBS on September 19, 2016.

Plot

The gang prepares for Leonard and Penny's second wedding ceremony. Sheldon and Leonard fear that Mary slept with Alfred the previous night, though they swear nothing happened. They do, however, plan to visit each other, irritating Beverly. Penny's family arrives. Her mother worries that her son's recent jail stint will cause Leonard's family to think of them as white trash. The ceremony goes well, with Leonard and Penny declaring their love for each other, Beverly and Alfred grateful they at least made Leonard together during their relationship, and Sheldon declaring his love for the couple. Howard is contacted by Colonel Richard Williams of the Air Force Research Laboratory, who scares both him and Raj. Howard eventually agrees to meet him, but the colonel refuses to give the reason for his interest.

Reception

Ratings

The episode was watched live by 15.82 million viewers, and had a ratings share of 3.8/13, during its original broadcast.^[2]

The episode attracted 1,636,000 viewers upon its British premiere, making it the most watched programme on E4 for the week.^[3]

Critical response

Jesse Schedeen of IGN rated the episode 7.3, complimenting the family drama but criticized the large number of characters.^[4]

Caroline Preece of Den of Geek complimented the casting of Katey Sagal as Penny's mother and Amy's harp performance. However, Preece criticized the repetition of this episode compared to the premiere of the last season, robbing "Leonard and Penny's wedding of much of its emotion".^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Listings | TheFutonCritic.com - The Web's Best Television Resource". www.thefutoncritic.com. Retrieved December 9, 2018.
^ Porter, Rick (September 20, 2016). "Monday final ratings: 'Big Bang Theory' and 'Gotham' adjust up, 'Kevin' and 'Good Place' hold". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on September 21, 2016. Retrieved September 20, 2016.
^ "Weekly top 10 programmes". www.barb.co.uk. Retrieved December 9, 2018.
^ Schedeen, Jesse (September 19, 2016). "The Big Bang Theory: "The Conjugal Conjecture" Review". IGN. Retrieved December 9, 2018.
^ "The Big Bang Theory season 10 episode 1 review: The Conjugal Conjecture". Den of Geek. Retrieved December 9, 2018.

External links

"The Conjugal Conjecture" at CBS.com
"The Conjugal Conjecture" at IMDb

The Big Bang Theory

Characters

Episodes

Season 1	"Pilot"
Season 2	"The Bath Item Gift Hypothesis" "The Terminator Decoupling"
Season 3	"The Jiminy Conjecture"
Season 4	"The Cruciferous Vegetable Amplification" "The Hot Troll Deviation" "The Love Car Displacement" "The Toast Derivation" "The Roommate Transmogrification"
Season 5	"The Skank Reflex Analysis" "The Infestation Hypothesis" "The Wiggly Finger Catalyst" "The Russian Rocket Reaction" "The Rhinitis Revelation" "The Good Guy Fluctuation" "The Isolation Permutation" "The Flaming Spittoon Acquisition" "The Shiny Trinket Maneuver" "The Recombination Hypothesis" "The Beta Test Initiation" "The Werewolf Transformation" "The Hawking Excitation" "The Stag Convergence" "The Countdown Reflection"
Season 6	"The Fish Guts Displacement" "The Santa Simulation" "The Egg Salad Equivalency"
Season 7	"The Hofstadter Insufficiency" "The Convention Conundrum"
Season 8	"The Locomotion Interruption" "The Comic Book Store Regeneration"
Season 9	"The Matrimonial Momentum" "The Platonic Permutation"
Season 10	"The Conjugal Conjecture"
Season 11	"The Proposal Proposal"
Season 12	"The Conjugal Configuration" "The D&D Vortex" "The Stockholm Syndrome"