Big Bang Theory COMPLETE First Season new w/Slipcover :

Leonard and Sheldon 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 begins to change when a
free-spirited beauty named Penny 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 Wolowitz and
Koothrappali. However, Leonard sees in Penny a whole new universe of possibilities ... including love.

The delightful sitcom The Big Bang Theory revolves around a character type rarely seen on television: The alpha
geek. Physicists Leonard (Johnny Galecki) and Sheldon (Jim Parsons) get their lives shaken up when an attractive
young woman named Penny (Kaley Cuoco) moves in to the apartment across from theirs. The key to the show, though, is
not that they both fall haplessly in love--Leonard does, but Sheldon remains impermeably aloof and caustic about
anything resembling romance or human relationships in general. While the push and pull of Leonard's yearning for
Penny motivates much of the series' ongoing plot, the show's real drive comes from Sheldon's fantastic combination
of obsessive-compulsive neurosis and grandiose obliviousness. He's a brilliant comic creation, imperious and dorky,
a seamless collaboration of clever writing and an inspired performance by Parsons. Whether Sheldon loses his job
for insulting his new boss, or finds his ego bruised by a child prodigy, or finds himself unable to bear being part
of a lie that Leonard has told, he attacks the world with a relentless need to assert his supremacy--and the
results are deeply funny.

The triumph of The Big Bang Theory is that everyone is written with genuine affection; what could have been a
lifeless parade of stereotypes--Two Nerds and a Hot Chick--becomes instead a charming collision of cultures. The
familiar stuff (computer games, comic books, social incompetence) has the grit of specificity; the show understands
the difference between Halo and Halo 3, knows what the Bottle City of Kandor is, and grasps the infinite variety of
ways in which a conversation can go terribly awry. (Penny gets less nuance, but Cuoco still gives her a distinctive
personality.) Kudos as well to supporting players Simon Helberg and Kunal Nayyar, who bring their own variations on
geekiness to the table, and to great appearances by some of Galecki's former cohorts on Roseanne--Sara Gilbert as
geekette Leslie and Laurie Metcalf as Sheldon's fundamentalist mother. All in all, one of the most winning sitcoms
in years. --Bret Fetzer

Product Dimensions : 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.5 inches; 6.4 Ounces
Item model number : 1419873148
Media Format : Multiple Formats, AC-3, Box set, Color, Dolby, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Run time : 5 hours and 55 minutes
Release date : September 2, 2008
Actors : Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco
Dubbed: : Portuguese
Subtitles: : English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean, Thai
Language : English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), Unqualified
Studio : WarnerBrothers
Number of discs : 3