Season 5 - Episode 9
CBS (US)
Sheldon overcomes a fear of birds, Leonard and Penny see if they can handle hanging out as just friends and Raj and Howard have very little to do in another stellar episode of The Big Bang Theory that furthers the ensemble nature that the show has graduated into.
A blue jay is sitting on Leonard and Sheldon's window ledge, much to Sheldon's chagrin. After several failed attempts to chase the bird away, it ends up in the apartment, terrifying Sheldon to no end. He calls Amy and Bernadette round to help him deal with it (because they're biologists - they must have some knowldge of birds!) It turns out the bird is really tame, and Sheldon takes a shine to it. Naturally, it then flies out the window, leaving Sheldon devastated (until the tag reveals that it had laid an egg in the apartment).
Elsewhere, in what is technically the A-plot of the episode, Leonard and Penny decide to go to the movies, the first time hanging out just the two of them since their breakup. Leonard decides to take charge of the situation, now that he no longer has to do what Penny wants in order to guarantee himself sex. It's a fairly tedious plot that ends with the two slinging insults at each other in a bar, but ultimately rekindling thier friendship. I can't help thinking that this would have made a better B-plot than being the main focus, but I'm not a TV writer, so what do I know?
"The Ornithophobia Diffusion" is a decent episode of The Big Bang Theory, but given what they've produced so far this season, they can do better. Next week looks like another Amy centric episode though, and I never have any complaints about that!
*** 1/2
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