The Big Bang Theory [Season 8]
The show is primarily centered on five characters living in Pasadena, California:
roommates Leonard Hofstadter and Sheldon Cooper, both physicists; Penny, a waitress and aspiring actress who lives across the hall; and Leonard and Sheldon's equally geeky
and socially awkward friends and co-workers, mechanical engineer Howard Wolowitz
and astrophysicist Raj Koothrappali. The geekiness and intellect of the four guys is contrasted for comic effect with Penny's social skills and common sense.
Over time, supporting characters have been promoted to starring roles: Leslie Winkle,
a physicist colleague at Caltech and, at different times, a lover of both Leonard and Howard;
Bernadette Rostenkowski, Howard's girlfriend, a microbiologist and former part-time waitress
alongside Penny; neuroscientist Amy Farrah Fowler, who joins the group after being matched
to Sheldon on a dating website; and Stuart Bloom, the cash-strapped owner
of the comic book store the characters often visit.
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