Reddit Picked 5 Cringiest The Big Bang Theory Episodes to Binge in One Sitting

When a show becomes a cult classic, it’s only natural that you would want to rewatch it from time to time. But after a hundred binges, there are definitely some episodes you love to see once again, and the ones so cringey you always skip them.

Some fans, however, prefer these cringeworthy episodes to the entire show, because it's the only time they can let go of every serious thought they had during the day and dive into the world of bizarre humor and surreal stories with their beloved characters.

So here are the most cringeworthy The Big Bang Theory episodes we could only think of.

1. The Misinterpretation Agitation (Episode 7, Season 8)

There was no way this list could have started with any other episode. The central story revolves around Penny as she becomes the stalking target without even having a clue. The thing is, at the time of the episode, Penny was already a successful pharmaceutical rep, and her friendly nature was misinterpreted as flirting.

Billy Bob Thornton brilliantly plays the part of a misunderstood man who thought Penny liked him, so he discovered her address and thought if he just showed up with flowers, she'd go on a date with him. Instead, he meets Leonard and Sheldon, who actually feel sorry for the man and invite him in for a hot beverage.

“No one points out that a strange man from her workplace stalks her and gets into her locked building and then is led right to her door by her friends. And his tendency towards creepiness (locked the boys in his basement) is played for laughs,” Redditor imtchogirl said.

2. The Boyfriend Complexity (Episode 9, Season 4)

We all know that Leonard and Penny's relationship was far from perfect from its very beginning, but one particular time period of their lives is actually the worst. When Penny’s father came to visit her for the first time in the series, she lied to him that she is still dating Leonard, because her dad approves of him and she didn’t want her father to be disappointed.

Leonard plays along, but pretty soon he starts using the situation and really annoying Penny with his clingy and extra sweet behavior. Fans say they hated the way he treated her in the episode and that it was gross.

3. The Habitation Configuration (Episode 7, Season 6)

It’s the infamous episode where Sheldon, Amy, and Wil Wheaton are trying to record the special episode of Sheldon Cooper’s Fun With Flags and everything goes wrong. Amy was promoted to the role of the director, and she kept nagging Wil, claiming he does a bad job. When the invited star tells her to mind her business Amy starts a scandal, although she was clearly in the wrong.

4. The Gothowitz Deviation (Episode 3, Season 3)

Long before Howards was reborn as the father of the family and was living a perfectly imperfect life with Bernadette, he was a rather unpleasant character with sleazy behavior, whose mind could only think of girls and sex. And this is one of the most cringeworthy episodes that shows how far he would have to go to score with a woman.

5. The Table Polarization (Episode 16, Season 7)

In this episode, Sheldon and Leonard got into a fight because Cooper didn't want a dining table in the room, and Penny pushed Leonard to go ahead and buy one. In the end, no one was happy.

“I hate that episode because of Penny. First, she tells Leonard not to listen to anyone's opinions, and then criticizes his choice of table. I have seen the show 5 to 6 times, but that episode, only once,” Redditor Schrodinger73 said.