Television in 2015: A look ahead - BBC News BBC News Television in 2015: A look ahead By Lizo Mzimba Entertainment correspondent, BBC News 2 January 2015 Image copyright HBO Image caption Mad Men takes its final bow in 2015 To begin at the end, 2015 will see audiences saying farewell to two of television's biggest shows. The final seven episodes of the multi-award-winning Mad Men will air in the new year - and viewers who have followed the inner workings of a New York ad agency, and its mercurial Creative Director Don Draper (Jon Hamm) will be keen to see how his story ends. The last series of Glee will also air - with Rachel (Lea Michelle) and Kurt (Chris Colfer) returning to McKinley High to bring the Glee Club back to life. Other likely drama highlights should include the fifth series of Game of Thrones - the epic fantasy has gone from strength to strength although, for the first time, author George RR Martin will not be writing a new episode, as he concentrated on finishing the sixth novel in the series, The Winds of Winter.

A second series of ITV's murder thriller Broadchurch is also due, where the challenge will be creating as compelling a narrative as that explored in the first series. Image copyright ITV Image caption The cast of Broadchurch are in deep water as series two begins The second series of True Detective faces a similar challenge - introducing new cast members Vince Vaughn and Colin Farrell after the departure of Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson. With audiences increasingly enjoying shows on streaming-only services, the third series of House of Cards will also be a must-view for people eager to see how devious Frank Underwood (Kevin Spacey) fares upon reaching the Oval Office. And the new year will also see award-winning writer Russell T Davies returning to the world of gay drama - 15 years after Queer As Folk - with Cucumber on Channel 4 and its companion series Banana on E4. Cucumber follows a couple in their mid-40s whose sex life has stalled. The storyline is set in motion when one of them seeks satisfaction elsewhere. The resulting fallout sees Henry (played by The Thick of It's Vincent Franklin) move into a new drama, Banana, set in a "big gay house" full of younger people.

Image copyright AMC Image caption Better Call Saul will be a prequel to the critically-acclaimed Breaking Bad Despite not being shown for much of its run on traditional broadcasting platforms in the UK, Breaking Bad is widely regarded as one of the biggest and most influential shows of the last five years. TV spin-offs often range from the hugely successful (Frasier) to the disappointing (Joey). But expectation will be considerable for Breaking Bad spin-off Better Call Saul, a kind of prequel which follows the adventures of the morally ambiguous lawyer Saul Goodman (Bob Odenkirk). It will be hoping to conjure up a narrative that Breaking Bad fans will feel just as passionate about. Image copyright CBS Image caption James Corden replaces Scottish comedian Craig Ferguson on US late-night vehicle The Late Late Show In the entertainment world, British writer and performer James Corden, recently made an OBE in the New Year Honours, will take on one of the most high-profile jobs in TV when he becomes the host of talk show The Late Late Show on America's CBS network in March. Speaking to the BBC, Corden admitted he was "apprehensive" and "completely unqualified" for the job.

"I feel like someone has tapped me on the shoulder and said congratulations, you're in the Tour de France team! It's going to be a real adventure. I'm 16 stone and I'm from High Wycombe so it couldn't feel more random." His appointment comes as part of a US chat show reshuffle, with satirist Stephen Colbert due to replace David Letterman, who has spent the last 22 years hosting The Late Show on CBS. Image caption "Bingate" - involving a sloppy Baked Alaska - helped The Great British Bake Off to huge ratings Back at home, The Great British Bake Off will be hoping to maintain the huge audiences it enjoyed during its 2014 series, following a successful move from BBC Two to BBC One. Meanwhile, ITV is reviving Gerry Anderson's Thunderbirds series, combining the puppetry of the original with CGI animation. Gone Girl star Rosamund Pike plays the role of Lady Penelope, while veteran voice artist David Graham reprises his role of Parker, her chauffeur.

Image caption Agatha Christie's detective duo Tommy and Tuppence are coming to BBC One Other series of note include: Wolf Hall (BBC Two) - A lavish adaptation of Hilary Mantel's account of Thomas Cromwell's life in politics. The stellar cast includes Mark Rylance, Claire Foy, Mark Gatiss and Damian Lewis as Henry VIII Fortitude (Sky Atlantic) - An ambitious murder-mystery set in the Arctic Circle.

Oscar-nominated actor Stanley Tucci is joined by Michael Gambon and Christopher Eccleston, amongst others Partners In Crime (BBC One) - David Walliams and Call The Midwife's Jessica Raine star in a new series for Agatha Christie's husband-and-wife detective team Tommy and Tuppence (pictured above) The Frankenstein Chronicles (ITV Encore) - Sean Bean faces Mary Shelley's monster in a new detective drama series American Crime (ABC) - Screenwriter John Ridley's follow-up to the Oscar-winning 12 Years a Slave looks at how the murder of a war veteran stokes racial and political tensions in California Indian Summers (Channel 4) - Julie Walters stars in this epic 10-parter looking at the last days of the British empire in India Image caption The second series of Happy Valley will "delve deeper" into the world of police detective Catherine Cawood Happy Valley (BBC One)- Recently voted the best TV show of 2014, Sarah Lancashire's grim detective series returns for a second outing (pictured above) Critical (Sky 1) - A real-time medical drama that follows the most crucial hour in a critically-ill patient's life, starring Lennie James (The Walking Dead) Bloodline (

Netflix) - A star-studded psychodrama from the team behind legal thriller Damages The Ark (BBC One) - Starring David Threlfall as Noah in a lavish adaptation of the biblical tale Stars In Their Eyes (ITV1) - Yes, that Stars In Their Eyes.

Harry Hill takes over from Matthew Kelly as the host of the karaoke talent show Image copyright ABC Image caption Hayley Atwell in 1940s superhero spin-off Agent Carter Sherlock (BBC One) - Benedict Cumberbatch returns for a one-off special ahead of a full three-part series in 2016. Daredevil (Netflix) - A superhero show from the Marvel Comics stable, with Boardwalk Empire's Charlie Cox as a blind lawyer gifted with extrasensory perception. Rosario Dawson and Vincent D'Onofrio also star in the 10-part series. Agent Carter (ABC) - Another Marvel spin-off, starring Haley Atwell's character from the Captain America films (pictured above). Jekyll & Hyde (ITV) - Written by Young James Bond author Charlie Higson, this 10-part series is set in the 1930s as Dr Jekyll's descendants contend with his legacy. Lady Chatterley's Lover (BBC One) - Holliday Grainger plays the love-struck Lady, as part of a series of BBC adaptations of classic 20th Century literature.

Peep Show (Channel 4) - A happy resolution looks unlikely as Mark (David Mitchell) and Jez (Robert Webb) say goodbye. Hoff The Record (Dave) - David Hasselhoff plays himself in a Curb Your Enthusiasm-style mockumentary. Among factual television's most talked programmes have been the Educating... series, which began with Educating Essex, followed by Educating Yorkshire and Educating the East End. In 2015 it will be the turn of a Welsh school - as the fly-on-the-wall series follows the lives of pupils and staff at Willows High School in Tremorfa. 2015 will of course be a general election year. For as long as many can remember, the BBC's Election Results programme has been the David Dimbleby show. He's hosted it since 1979 when Margaret Thatcher became Prime Minister, defeating Jim Callaghan. This one will be Dimbleby's last, with Huw Edwards taking over in the future. Meanwhile, one of Dimbleby's former co-presenters, Jeremy Paxman, will be hoping to draw a record audience when he fronts Channel 4's coverage.

Staying with the election, back in 2010, the Leaders debates seemed relatively straightforward: Three leaders, three debates, shared between the BBC, Sky and ITV. In 2015, the situation looks likely to be far more complex, with other parties hoping and expecting to be included in some form, with online platforms also likely to become involved. And, just like five years ago, huge audiences could be watching, especially if the result looks to be close in the run-up to polling day. Penny Hofstadter | The Big Bang Theory Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia Sheldon Penny "blackmails" Sheldon into throwing a birthday party for Leonard (who's never had one before). Penny and Sheldon constantly argue with each other. Sheldon is quick to take shots at Penny's intelligence, waitress job, and failing acting career (though he generally doesn't understand that these statements are detrimental) while Penny throws off his personal routines, such as during " The Panty Piñata Polarization " when Penny messes up Sheldon's laundry night . Despite their differences, Sheldon and Penny are very close, and are quick to help each other.

They have taken care of each other on multiple occasions; often times doing things they really don't want to do to make each other feel better. Penny has stated that they are friends. Major examples are when Penny takes care of Sheldon when he is sick, and when she lets him stay at her apartment when he gets locked out, even letting him sleep in her own bed. Sheldon was also quick to come to Penny's aid when she called for help after falling in the shower and dislocating her shoulder, going so far as to drive her to the hospital, despite not knowing how to drive. Many of these occurrences end with Penny singing Soft Kitty to Sheldon to make him feel better or when he is sick; Sheldon sang it to her on one occasion as well. One of the biggest examples of their friendship is that despite his own rule of avoiding physical contact with people, Penny was the first person Sheldon hugged on the show. Penny remains one of only four people he's hugged who aren't members of his family, the only others being Leonard, Wil Wheaton and Amy Farrah Fowler. To date, Sheldon and Penny have hugged two times: once in "The Bath Item Gift Hypothesis " and again in " The Large Hadron Collision ".

Sheldon also is in the habit of insulting Penny when he asks her for a favor. In " The Werewolf Transformation ", Penny convinces him to let her cut his hair since his barber is in a coma. She listed times she's taken care of him, saying that she's taken him to Disneyland , kicked a bully in the nuts for him, sings him Soft Kitty when he's sick, and that he's even seen her naked once. Sheldon eventually agrees to let Penny cut his hair. In " The Closure Alternative ", Penny decides that she is passionate about her friends and tells Sheldon that she is glad he is in her life. In " The Bon Voyage Reaction ", Leonard asked Penny to keep an eye on Sheldon while he's gone. They hung out together and Penny took him shopping, developing a brother/sister relationship. In " The Hofstadter Insufficiency ", they didn't even get on each other's nerves, and Penny played the games that Sheldon wanted to play or usually played with Leonard. Sheldon even tried to comfort a lonely Penny and let her hug him with very little objections. After Sheldon had a nightmare, he knocked on Penny's door early in the morning.

He woke Penny up and all she did was ask what he wanted, she was neither mad nor disgusted by his intrusion, indicating a good, stable, friendly relationship. In " The Cooper Extraction ", Amy points out to the gang that most of them would not know each other if Sheldon had not been part of their lives. Penny feels that Leonard would never have successfully asked her out at the Cheesecake Factory, while Leonard suggests that she would have ended up with Zack. In the Zack story, he spent all the rent money on some magic beans. Amy thinks that if Amy and Leonard were out of the picture, the lusty Penny would try and seduce her neighbor Sheldon much to Penny's disgust and the guys' amusement. In " The Anything Can Happen Thursday Recurrence ", Penny takes Sheldon to a psychic at a time when he can't decide what new problem of science to follow after string theory is disproved. The psychic knows that he has trouble with his girl and that following that relationship will give him the answers he seeks. In " The Intimacy Acceleration ", Penny and Sheldon conduct a psychological experiment which should result in the couple instantly falling in love.

Sheldon wants to do it because he thinks its poppycock, and Penny does it because she gets to ask Sheldon a lot of personal questions that he has to answer honestly. They admit a lot of truth about themselves like Penny wishes she were as smart as the others and that she uses comedy to cover up insecurities. Finally they stare into each other's eyes for four minutes and decide that they do have a new found intimacy though just as a brother and sister. In " The Matrimonial Momentum ", Leonard and Penny go to Las Vegas and decide on their wedding package, which includes a live stream that allows their friends to watch from home. Sheldon keeps pushing Amy to decide whether she broke up with him and she does in the middle of the ceremony after he offensively insults her to her face. Amy and Bernadette run out of the room, while Raj takes Sheldon home, leaving only Howard and Stuart to catch the "I now pronounce you Husband and Wife" bit. In " The Separation Oscillation ", Leonard has a nightmare that Penny got even with him by making out with Sheldon. This spurs Leonard to try to make things right. Later Sheldon gives them a wedding present - a trip to San Francisco for the three of them.

In " The 2003 Approximation ", Leonard finally moves out to live with his wife Penny; however, in the end Penny agrees that they will spend at least half their night back in Leonard's old room. In " The Celebration Experimentation ", Sheldon ran into the bathroom after overwhelmed by the birthday party they were throwing him. Penny went into talk to him claiming that it was okay if he wanted to be there. She would probably have tortured him along with his sister and friends at his birthday party, but now that she knows him, he is one of her favorite people. Penny would be happy to spend his party in the bathroom with him. Sheldon doesn't want people think that that is weird. Penny explains that everyone things he is weird, but still loves him and came to his party anyway. Later at the party, Penny makes him hug her and he has upgraded his feeling toward hugs to mildly irritating Howard Howard snapping a picture of him and a sleeping Penny and labeling it "Me and My Girlfriend" on Facebook. Upon meeting, Howard constantly made passes at Penny in ways that made her deem him "disgusting". One point she calls Howard "pathetic and creepy", which breaks his spirit in " The Killer Robot Instability ".

Leonard makes Penny go and apologize; however, she ends up breaking Howard's nose when he tries to kiss her. Their dynamic remains the same for the most part throughout the series, but begins to change when Howard begins to date Penny's friend Bernadette. Although Penny is not a fan of him, she admitted that she considered Howard a friend in " The Engagement Reaction ", although they rarely hang out outside of the group. Howard flirts with Penny much less and becomes more casual towards her after he begins his relationship with Bernadette, which Penny obviously enjoys, although she still pokes fun at him. Bernadette Penny and Bernadette Penny and Bernadette worked together at The Cheesecake Factory until Bernadette received her PhD and became a microbiologist. However, they remain close friends. Penny introduced her to Howard on a blind date. She is the first person outside of the few boyfriends that Penny is seen to socialize with on a regular basis. They enjoy spending time at Penny's apartment, comforting each other, and going out together. Penny with Bernadette and Amy, her friends. They also hang out with the guys together once Howard starts dating Bernadette.

In " The Countdown Reflection ", because Bernadette wants to get married to Howard before he goes into space, Penny, along with Amy, Sheldon, Leonard and Raj become ordained as ministers to so they can officiate at the wedding ceremony. Penny is notably upset when she is in the middle of Bernadette and Amy's fight during " The Parking Spot Escalation ". She is really hurt once Amy takes a swing at Bernadette with her purse hitting Penny in the face and breaking her nose. Bernadette gets Penny and interview at Zangen as a pharmaceutical sales representative in " The Locomotion Interruption ". Though she does poorly in the job interview, Penny and her interviewer bond over their mutual fear of Bernadette. Penny calls her scary and something of a bully. She gets the job because neither of them wants to confront her. Later on, Penny shows a great deal of maturity in wanting to do a good job especially after Bernadette pestered her to study up on the company's products. Bernadette thinks Penny got the job because her interviewer really loves her. Bernadette gives Penny some advance material to studying before she begins her training and pushes her to study it and they get on each other's nerves.

Amy is in the middle and finds them both confiding in her making her feel very popular. Finally Penny and Bernadette settle down and she helps Penny learn her company's product line. Penny makes Bernadette face up to her bullying ways in " The Champagne Reflection ". Her boss Dan is still afraid of her and she yelled at him and his grandson after they lost the three-legged race at the company picnic. His grandson called her the mean kid with the big boobies. Bernadette is horrified when she realizes how everyone perceives her. Her father had taught her to not take any crap, and she can be even cruel with some of her comments without even knowing it. She thought she was the sweetest person she knew and should be in a tree baking cookies like a Keebler elf. She goes to apologize to Dan and finds out that due to his fear of her, they were paying for her daily coffee even after the company stopped doing that and gave her a private toilet on her floor that was meant for everyone. She now feels like she has to leave the company and starts crying. Dan wants her to stop and promises to keep paying for her coffee and then ups it to getting her an espresso machine.

Bernadette has found a new way to get what she wants. Bernadette once admitted that Penny getting a shorter haircut was a "brave" choice when everyone else said they hated it. Amy Amy consoling Penny. When Bernadette and Penny were having a ladies' night, Amy injected herself into Penny's life by getting herself invited. In no time, she claims that she and Penny are best friends and calls her "bestie". When she initially hangs out with Penny and Bernadette, her lack of social skills makes it somewhat awkward, but as she spends more time with them, they bond and the three become their own group as a counterpart to the group of guys. The two gradually form a tight friendship and continue to spend more time together and are quick to aid one another whenever the other needs it. Amy is aware that Penny is the planet that her social life revolves around and quickly reverses her course if she is mad at her or is annoying her. Amy gave Penny a large unflattering painting of the two of them to celebrate their friendship, which at one point the former realizes the latter hates.

Penny rushes over to Amy's apartment to rescue their friendship and re-hangs the painting in her apartment on the fourth wall (facing the audience). In " The Shiny Trinket Maneuver ", when Amy had her argument with Sheldon, Penny took Sheldon to the jewelry store to buy a gift. Sheldon ends up getting Amy a tiara. Penny is more than happy putting the tiara on Amy, which makes Amy ecstatic. In " The Weekend Vortex ", Amy confides in Penny when she had an awful time at her aunt's birthday party because Sheldon backed out on his promise to attend an MMORPG marathon. Penny gets them to play quarters where the loser will need to drink beer. Amy turns out to be very good at the game from all the time she spent as a child throwing coins wishing for friends, and as a result, Penny gets intoxicated. She convinces Amy to make a scene and the two barge into the guys' apartment as they are in the middle of their marathon. Amy fails to keep up her ruse of leaving Sheldon for a make-believe character named Arman, and Penny comes to her rescue by telling Sheldon the truth.

Penny is also very upset to be in the middle of the argument between Amy and Bernadette over Penny's black eyes after being socked by Amy. Howard's parking space in " The Parking Spot Escalation ", especially after Amy accidentally hit her in the face with her change-filled purse, giving Penny two black eyes and a broken nose. In " The Cooper/Kripke Inversion " Penny asks Sheldon if he is ever going to sleep with Amy. After Sheldon says that it is a possibility, Penny gets very excited for her friend. In " The Love Spell Potential ", Penny tells Sheldon's and Amy's "D&D" characters to "do it" in the game, which upsets Amy and causes her to leave. In " The Spoiler Alert Segmentation " Penny ruins Amy's chance to move in with Sheldon because she is ready for Leonard to move in with Penny. Sheldon also didn't want Amy moving in either. To prove that she could do it, Amy tells everybody that she should move in with Penny which Penny also disapproves of. In " The Anything Can Happen Thursday Recurrence ", Amy did admit to Leonard that she is jealous of the close personal friendship between Sheldon and Penny and how comfortable he is around her.

In " The Hook-up Reverberation ", Penny wonders how she could get Raj's new girlfriend Emily to like her. Amy says that she could hang around her pretending to be her friend and before you know it you're in her apartment drinking her wine and eating her food. Penny says that that won't work even though Amy's suggestion mirrors her own relationship with Penny. In " The Space Probe Disintegration ", Penny and Amy finally get the chance to choose what they'll do with Leonard and Sheldon (as they usually call the shots in that regard). During their outing, it's revealed that Penny hypocritically does the same thing when hanging out with Amy. However, Amy insists that she's fine with it because she promised herself that if she got friends, she'd do anything they said. Penny tells her that a lot has changed since then, especially considering that not only does she have great friends, she's also smart, pretty, and has a boyfriend now. At that moment, Amy is given the opportunity to make everyone do what she wants. Beverly Hofstadter Connecting with Beverly. Beverly is Penny's mother-in-law.

In the beginning of her first appearance, Beverly drove Penny to tears when they first met analyzing her childhood and her relationship with her father. The next Christmas she was visiting and Leonard didn't mention that he and Penny were a couple. Beverly goes drinking with Penny and seem to become great drinking buddies. Penny even witnesses a drunk and soon-to-be divorced Beverly kissing Sheldon. At the news of Leonard and Penny's engagement she was not excited, but she did help Penny get even with Leonard when she found out he was manipulating her for sex. During Sheldon's birthday party, Beverly thanked Penny for not inviting her to their Vegas wedding; however, she said that she was insulted about getting no invitation at a later date. Penny was trying to bond with her mother-in-law during a dinner at her apartment; however she was finding more in common with scientists Bernadette and Amy. Finally, after Penny gets really angry with Beverly and yelling at her and Beverly admits she was hurt about not being invited to her son's wedding, Penny and Beverly connect and bond after Penny offered to have a reaffirming of vows ceremony while Beverly was still in Pasadena. Alfred Hofstadter Alfred is Penny's father-in-law.

The two have met at some time after " The Maternal Congruence ", and previous to " The Convergence-Convergence " and appears to be very fond of her. He toasts the happy couple at their wedding re-do and is interrupted by his ex-wife. Penny notes what happens when Alfred and Mary Cooper leave early for the hotel. She also loves the fact that Leonard and Sheldon's parents have gotten together. A hug for her father-in-law. Leonard almost immediately falls for Leonard first sets his eyes on Penny. the girl who moved across the hall from him and his roommate in the pilot episode, and has spent much of the entire series trying to win Penny despite the doubts expressed by many of his peers. Penny shows no affection for Leonard until " The Hamburger Postulate ", when she hears of his failed attempt at a relationship with Leslie Winkle , though the sign is seen only by the audience. Despite these signs she continues to date other men, though she regularly visits Leonard's apartment every day to see him. Leonard and Penny share a kiss.

She and Leonard went on their first date in the finale of the first season , but they were unable to start a relationship because Penny feared he would get bored with her due to his high intelligence compared to her own. Regardless, Leonard continues his pursuit of Penny throughout the second season, even going as far as confronting her towering ex-boyfriend, Kurt in an effort to retrieve the money he owes her. After Leonard returns from his three-month research trip at the North Pole, Penny immediately kisses him, having missed him greatly. Leonard happily returns her affections and they later make love for the first time. Leonard and Penny 2009. Despite another rocky start, Penny remains happy with Leonard throughout most of season 3, forming the kind of stable relationship that she hadn't seen in over two years. Things went downhill, however, when Leonard told Penny "I love you," and became angry and insecure at her unwillingness to reciprocate. The pressure he places on Penny--along with a heated argument that occurred between the two during a bowling match--eventually caused her to abruptly end their relationship, leaving Leonard heartbroken. Wil Wheaton pushes her so that she leaves making her bowling team forfeit.

They later agree to stay friends, even though it's clear that Penny has never stopped liking Leonard, and as she revealed in a game of truth or dare with Amy and Bernadette, only broke up with him because she became scared after Leonard told her he loved her. When the girls point out that she could lose Leonard to another woman as a result of her decision, Penny storms into her bedroom and slams the door. Though Penny keeps an emotional distance between herself and Leonard throughout the fourth season, her feelings for him are hinted at on more than one occasion. Once was during a New Year's Eve party at the comic book store, when Penny stares uncomfortably at Leonard while she kisses her date, Zack Johnson. Earlier that evening, Penny let it slip out to Leonard that he was one of the reasons why she had been feeling sad recently. Their friendship eventually becomes strained when Leonard begins dating Raj's sister Priya , causing confusion for Penny as she starts to reconsider her feelings for him. The situation gets worse when Penny and Priya grow jealous of each other, forcing Leonard to cut his ties with Penny permanently.

During their time apart, Penny becomes very close with Amy and Bernadette, who provide comforting support and help her understand the depth of her emotions regarding Leonard's new relationship. In the season finale, Penny admits to Raj that she "screwed up," and that she never should have broken up with Leonard. Coincidentally, Leonard told Raj how he ached for Penny the same way a year earlier. Penny again reveals her regret in season 5 to Sheldon (without mentioning Leonard directly), telling him that he should never take his relationship for granted. The result was Sheldon thinking that she had a thing for him. Penny finally makes her move after Leonard and Priya break up later in the season, asking Leonard out to the movies, but hiding her feelings by keeping things casual and telling him that sex was off the table. Leonard misses the hint however, and the night turns into a disaster when the two attempt to make each other jealous by flirting with other people they encounter during the date. They do make up in the end, and Leonard's hopeless infatuation for Penny surfaces when he becomes submissive once more in an attempt to sleep with her.

At the spur of the moment in " The Recombination Hypothesis ", Leonard asks Penny out on a date after he imagined what getting back with her might be like. He also realizes he over analyzes everything too much. Their real date ends successfully and they agree to take their relationship slow in " The Beta Test Initiation ". Penny happy for the first time in a year when Leonard finally asks her out again. In " The Launch Acceleration ", Penny suggested that they move up their relationship. However, Leonard ruins the mood when he asks her to marry him during intimacy. They later meet and Penny, unlike their first split, managed to reject his proposal and still stay in a relationship with him. During " The Countdown Reflection ," they watch Howard's space launch while holding hands to comfort each other. Things remain awkward between them in the months following the failed marriage proposal. Raj, who was butting into one of their dates, insisted that Penny tell Leonard that she loves him, but she was not ready and threw him out of the apartment. Penny later expresses more doubts about whether she truly loves Leonard to her friends in " The Decoupling Fluctuation ," describing her passion for him as "boring" compared to her previous relationships.

She nearly breaks up with him at the conclusion of the episode, but changes her mind at the last moment and ends up sleeping with him to hide the truth, especially after he looks at her with a "sad puppy dog eyes" face. The next day, Leonard again expresses his unparalleled love for Penny via text message, making her feel even guiltier as she struggles with whether or not she wants to be with him. Their relationship takes a completely different turn however, when Penny visits Leonard's workplace with Amy and sees Sheldon's attractive assistant Alex flirting with him in the cafeteria (" The Higgs Boson Observation "), causing Penny to become jealous and confused about her feelings for Leonard once again. Her feelings continue to grow in " The Holographic Excitation ," when Penny decides to drop by Leonard's laboratory after Amy and Bernadette urge her to take a more active interest in his work. Despite her lack of knowledge in science, Penny becomes fascinated as Leonard uses holographic imaging to explain the basis of string theory and the holographic principle, speaking in a way that sparks her passion and earns him the kind of affection (bordering on love) that he had last seen during their first night together after he returned from the North Pole.

In " The 43 Peculiarity ", Penny is working with a British fellow student named Cole on an oral class project. Leonard is jealous so he follows him down the apartment stairs and tells him to watch out for "Penny's boyfriend" since he is a gang member. Penny is upset with Leonard and the two later meet in the hallway and have an argument. Penny tells him that she cannot believe that he does not trust her and that he embarrassed her in front of Cole who knew who he was since his picture is on her refrigerator. Penny continues to tell him that he is the one she is with and unwittingly mentions that he knows that she loves him. Leonard is stunned and tells her that that is the first time she ever said that she loves him. He then interprets her stunned reaction and asks if they aren't going to make a big deal about her confession. She agrees and runs off to cry. Penny tells Leonard she loves him. In " The Egg Salad Equivalency ", after Alex asks Leonard out to dinner and he didn't tell Penny about it, she begins to feel really insecure about their relationship. Penny also gets angry with Leonard when she discovers that he enjoyed the attention from Alex.

Leonard apologizes by playing her an apologetic song on his cello and reassuring her that nothing will ever happen between him and Alex. She decides instead of feeling bad, she will do something about it. First, she looks into science classes at college, but they sound boring. Then she buys some geek glasses to look smart, which does affect Leonard as he pulls her into his bedroom. 00:26 The Big Bang Theory - I'm Sorry Alex Hit On Me Leonard apologizing to Penny. In " The Bakersfield Expedition ", she develops an interest in comic books and Thor's hammer. In " The Spoiler Alert Segmentation ", Leonard suggests that he move in with Penny after he again gets exasperated with Sheldon. He asks her if she's all right with it, but she only agrees not to hurt his feelings and even tells Sheldon. When Amy confronts Penny since she can't move in with Sheldon, Leonard over hears. Penny tells him that he never asked her if she was ready and Leonard ends up back in apartment 4A. In " The Tangible Affection Proof ", Leonard takes Penny out to dinner for Valentine's Day. Penny feels that all the effort never meets the expectations.

Penny sees a former boyfriend proposing to the girl that broke them up. Leonard again tries to propose and Penny stops him. That night Leonard tells Penny that she made a mess of the whole evening. Penny finally admits that she has commitment issues and the obvious path of their relationship ending in marriage scares her. Leonard then puts the responsibility of proposing on her and she should do it when she's ready. In the end, she does ask him to be her Valentine, to which he accepts. Smart Penny. In " The Closure Alternative ", Penny was concerned about the passion Leonard showed for science, comics and various television shows while she had no passion in her life. Her dreams had always been to become a famous movie star and live a glamorous life. Anything less than that she felt was settling. Her epiphany comes that she is passionate about her boyfriend Leonard and all her wonderful friends. In " The Bon Voyage Reaction ", Leonard takes a job working on a Stephen Hawking expedition in the North Sea for four months over the summer. Penny will miss him, but knows that it is a good opportunity and sends him off. At the airport, she is fussing over him like his wife sending him off on a business trip.

She also has to watch Sheldon over the summer, too. In " The Hofstadter Insufficiency ", Leonard hurts Penny because he seems to be having such a great time on the ship; she thinks that he is not even missing her. In " The Deception Verification ", Leonard makes up for it by showing up early and hides in her apartment so that they can spend time together a couple before telling the gang that he's back. It works until Amy and Sheldon find them together after they think that Penny is cheating on Leonard. In " The Raiders Minimization ", Penny purchases a psychology book that Beverly Hofstadter has written about all his problems growing up called The Disappointing Child . Leonard is extremely embarrassed, so Penny does whatever he wants to make him feel better, including having sex in his lab. He mentions her actions to Howard, who failed to repeat the results on Bernadette, so Bernadette tells Penny. She dresses up for sex to tempt him, and then for revenge makes him Skype with his mother to discuss him using his mother's past with him to manipulate elements of his sex life. In " The Romance Resonance ", Howard makes a romantic gesture to Bernadette by writing her a song.

Leonard mentions that Penny never does anything like that, except for sex which doesn't count. Penny is determined to romance Leonard. Raj can only suggest that she cook for him or reenact a scene from a romantic movie. Finally after a candlelight dinner, Penny puts on some romantic music, spreads rose petals into her neatly cleaned bedroom and presents Leonard with a first edition of his favorite book from when he was growing up, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Unfortunately, Leonard had already purchased it after he had seen it in a secondhand bookstore with her. Penny gets upset telling him about all the thoughtful things he had done for her and shows him her collection. An airplane ticket to Nebraska so she could see her family, a rose given to her "just because", and the eleven-page letter he wrote her after the first time they slept together. Leonard was very touched that she kept all these things. He then kisses her, showing that Penny did do something romantic; it's also revealed that she kept the very first pregnancy test she used when they started having sex. In " The Thanksgiving Decoupling ", Penny reminisces about a Thanksgiving she had in Las Vegas with former boyfriend Zack Johnson which included one of those silly fake weddings.

Penny appears devastated when her friends inform her that the wedding was real and she is married. Penny and Leonard argue about how quickly she should get her annulment so Penny invites Zack over to their Thanksgiving dinner at Howard's mother. Zack appears as dimwitted as ever telling them that breaking up can be hard on the kids which they don't have. Finally, Penny and Leonard make up and she tells him that the next time she gets married it will be for real, for love and (jokingly) or for money. Happy Thanksgiving, Leonard. In " The Hesitation Ramification " (S7E12), Penny is frustrated that she has nothing to show for herself after ten years in LA. Leonard points out that she does have him. A tipsy Penny then gets down on one knee and proposes. Leonard hesitates to answer her and she storms out. Leonard is worried that Penny is now going to break up with him. In the next episode " The Occupation Recalibration " (S7E13), Penny tells Leonard that he did the right thing since she was a mess that night and they stay together.

In " The Table Polarization ", the gang wants to add a dining room table to Apartment 4A which Sheldon objects to. Penny gets Leonard to pick out a dining set that she likes and gets Leonard to stand up more against Sheldon. Sheldon objects to Penny changing Leonard to stand up against him. Penny points out that Amy has changed Sheldon who agrees and then decides to break up with Amy. In " The Mommy Observation ", Penny seems to feel that if she were a successful actress and had to move around, Leonard would leave his job even if it was a tenured position to follow her since she would be making more money. In " The Proton Transmogrification " Penny asks Leonard to marry her to get their marriage proposal rejection score from 2 to 1 to even. She also gets upset when she keeps getting all the Star Wars in-jokes during their Star Wars' Day celebration. In " The Gorilla Dissolution ", Leonard and Penny get back in her apartment after getting fired from her movie. Penny wants to start making smarter decisions about her life. She says that they could get married and Leonard asks her to be serious. Leonard asks her if he is a smart decision, like choosing a healthy boring bran muffin.

Penny doesn't care what pastry he is because she is CHOOSING HIM. Leonard is still talking about being a pastry like a strawberry Pop Tart that she is excited about. Penny tells him to forget about it. Leonard does want to marry her, but feels that she is just feeling sorry for herself because she was fired. Penny explains that it may seem that way, but getting fired made her think that fame and fortune is not what is going make her happy. Leonard wants to know what she needs. "You, you stupid strawberry Pop Tart!" Leonard finally says that he guesses that he is in, which also bothers Penny. Leonard then retorts that it is an excited "I guess I'm in" and they agree that they are engaged which seems somewhat anti-climactic. To change the mood, Leonard pulls a ring out of his wallet that he has had for a couple of years, gets down on one knee and asks Penny formally. Penny says "yes" and he slips the ring on her finger that still has ape hair glued to it and they embrace. Leonard proposes to Penny.

In " The Status Quo Combustion ", Leonard and Penny announce their engagement; however, the gang is more excited about Raj and Emily hooking up. Leonard goes searching for the missing Sheldon and finds him at the railroad station leaving time to think about all the changes in his life. Leonard wants him to come home, but Penny convinces him that he should let him go. In " The First Pitch Insufficiency ", they go on a double-date with Shamy where Sheldon is bragging about their relationship is so much better than theirs. Shamy has an 8.2 out of ten for relationship stability based upon well proven criteria. Leonard looks at it; however, Penny doesn't want to take the test. She already has his doubt and doesn't need them confirmed. They are engaged and still have very little in common which scares her. It also scares Leonard, but he still want to face all their problems together. His reassure really touches Penny and Amy who would like Sheldon to say things like that. In " The Prom Equivalency ", Amy and Bernadette throw a do-over prom on the roof of the apartment building.

Penny is at first reluctant to attend the party because they always disappoint her, but Leonard tells her that he really wants to take the most beautiful girl to the prom, this time. She wears her old red prom dress. The roof is decorated wonderfully and Penny really gets into the mood. While others are still getting there, Penny and Leonard dance along without any music on the roof. First they conclude that they probably would not have approached each other if they had been at the same prom. They are both definitely in a romantic mood, while Penny is also glad they aren't having the drama normally seen at proms. In " The Space Probe Disintegration ", Leonard tells Sheldon that his attitude is why he and Penny are not living together. After a tearful period thinking about them him moving out, Sheldon let's him go one night a week to stay at Penny's. Sheldon still sleeps on her couch that night. I'm free tonight. Let's get married. In " The Commitment Determination ", Sheldon keeps pushing them for a wedding date. The couple insists that they aren't in a hurry, are in a good place emotionally, and are concentrating on their careers.

Thinking about the wedding details, they decide on a small church wedding dressed in black tie tuxes and no releasing of butterflies. Suddenly, Penny smiles and sits close to Leonard. She tells him that she's free that night. They could go to Vegas and just get married. Leonard agrees. Sheldon is happy for them, but still doesn't want them to sit in his spot. Driving to Vegas, Penny is very happy and glad that they took their time to get to know each other so that there would be no surprises and no regrets. Leonard has one regret about a time when he was drunk and made out with a woman on his North Sea expedition. Penny is not happy, but still wants to marry him. Last seen they were still heading to Vegas. Penny is feeling betrayed. According to the production staff, Penny and Leonard will become man and wife on the premier ninth season episode. In " The Matrimonial Momentum ", Leonard and Penny are at a wedding chapel, and decide on their wedding package, which includes a live stream that allows their friends to watch from home. In the chapel, the minister asks Leonard and Penny if they had prepared vows. To Penny's surprise, Leonard has.

He says that they are made from atoms that have traveled over 14 billion years to create them so they can come together as a couple and make each other whole, which overwhelms Penny. Penny sweetly says that he is the love of her life and her best friend and improvises, quoting the lyrics to 'You've Got a Friend In Me' from the Disney film "Toy Story". The minister asks if that was from "Toy Story." Penny says it was and informs the minister that she quoted the lyrics because he loves them. Leonard gets misty-eyed and confirms that he does. Leonard and Penny are pronounced man and wife. Unfortunately, Stuart and Howard are the only ones remaining who catch it, due to Sheldon insulting Amy, causing her to finally break up with him, causing most of the group to leave. Leonard decides to carry Penny across the threshold into the suite, but huffs and puffs as he carries his wife into the hotel room. They kiss, but Penny still can't stop thinking about Mandy the girl on the boat. Leonard again insists that the kissing wasn't that great, especially since he also chipped her tooth. Penny wants to know if he feels guilty.

Leonard jokingly says that he does not feel guilty because the girl had dental insurance. Leonard then adds that he does feel guilty when he sees her every day at work, freezing when he quickly realizes his mistake. Penny is now truly shocked that he never told her this fact. Instead of spending the night in Vegas, they return back to their apartments, still fighting. Penny spends the night alone while Leonard spends it with Sheldon. Penny: I do. In " The Separation Oscillation ", Leonard has a nightmare that Penny got even with him by making out with Sheldon. This spurs Leonard to try to make things right. He finally confronts Mandy , his kissing buddy from the North Sea, about the incident and it doesn't seem to mean much to her. Leonard also realizes that he really was trying to sabotage the relationship. He went and talked with Penny and tells her. She too realizes the she has been trying to sabotage their relationship. Leonard then confesses, "I've loved you from the moment we met and I will keep loving you until the end of time." Penny is very touched and tells him that that was the most beautiful thing anyone has ever said to her.

He follows with getting down on one knee and asks, "Penny Hofstadter, will you please stay married to me?" and she replies "Oh, damn it. You topped it.". She and Leonard kiss and eventually reconcile. They then head into the bedroom to formalize their marriage. Later Sheldon gives them a wedding present - a trip to San Francisco for the three of them. In " The 2003 Approximation ", Leonard finally moves out of his apartment and eventually moves in with Penny into her apartment . The sleeping arrangements are still a little complicated. Even though they are living together in 4B , they sometimes sleep in 4A , in Leonard's old room. This is due to Penny having a change of heart at the last minute after feeling sorry for Sheldon who was having a hard time dealing with his breakup with Amy and Leonard moving out. In " The Helium Insufficiency " it is also apparent that Leonard is still maintaining an office in 4A . In " The Valentino Submergence ", Leonard and Penny go out to dinner for Valentine's Say and have to wait for an hour and suffer through an unsympathetic maitre D'.

Penny decides to flirt with him, gets nowhere and is called "ma'am". She tries to get him to acknowledge that they are almost the same age; however, he is 21 and she is 31. Next she drags Leonard out of the restaurant "while she is still young". After a fast food meal in the car, they look for something young and fun to do. The "Moulin Rouge" movie is too late, no skinny dipping or dancing either. They end up dressed as cupids breaking in on Sheldon's "Fun with Flags" programs yelling "Happy Valentine's Day" and that they are "young and fun". In " The Positive Negative Reaction ", they discuss having children. Although Penny says she is not in a rush, she's actually open-minded to the idea, and that someday they can. In " The Solder Excursion Diversion ", Penny stops by when Leonard and Howard are working late on their guidance system prototype and she stays helping them make parts for it. She is very happy getting to play scientist.

She and Bernadette are both furious when Raj tells them that they went to go see a movie and lied to them, but all is forgiven when they return with flowers, an apology, and the offer to pay for dinner. In " The Big Bear Precipitation ", while spending the weekend in a cabin, Penny learns that Leonard has been keeping a secret bank account for emergencies because he doesn't feel that Penny can handle money due to her large credit card debt. Penny, who makes more than him, admits that she does not like her job having to flirt to get her sales; however, she will keep at it because it is the responsible thing to do. In " The Viewing Party Combustion ", Leonard get tired of the quarterly Roommate Agreement meetings where nothing important is ever discussed. Penny who has signed the latest on as an occupant of the apartment and wants to attend since she gets to lead them in the pledge. Leonard sulks about attending the meeting which makes Penny mad driving her and Sheldon over to her apartment breaking the group into two separate camps. Leonard also points out the weird brother/sister relationship she and Sheldon has which Amy is also jealous of. Penny often takes Sheldon's side due to her sibling feelings for him.

In " The Line Substitution Solution ", Penny attempts to bond with Leonard's mother, Beverly, only to discover that she, like everyone else, feels insulted about their spur-of-the-moment elopement. So, to make up for it, Penny suggests another ceremony so everyone can be involved. Later that night in " The Convergence-Convergence ", she tells Leonard about the idea, he agrees, and it's official. In " The Conjugal Conjecture "; the actual ceremony is officiated by Bernadette. Penny tells him how much she loves him and how glad they did elope. Leonard just tells her how much he loves her and that he can't believe she is with him. Also that he doesn't care if he knows why. In " The Cohabitation Experimentation ", Sheldon and Amy move into Penny's apartment for a five week cohabitation experiment after Amy's apartment suffers a plumbing problem. The Hofstadter's are so excited about finally having a place of their own that they put on music (which Sheldon would never let them do) and have a private dance party in their underwear.

In " The Fetal Kick Catalyst ", Penny is signing autographs for fans of the Serial Ape-ist movies where the fans think that she is a terrible actress and can't believe that the nerd Leonard is her husband. The fans sit around Leonard as he tells his story how he won the hot actress. In " The Veracity Elasticity ", Leonard learns from Howard that Penny has secretly been moving his collectibles into storage. Although he's mad that she doesn't feel guilty about it, he does understand that she really hasn't been feeling comfortable like she belongs there. He allows her to redecorate their room any way she wants it. Upon seeing Penny's new design for the bedroom, he immediately hides some of her stuff in her old closet. In " The Birthday Synchronicity ", Bernadette has a false alarm trip to the hospital before she has her baby interrupting both Lenny and Shamy who are trying to have sex. In " The Holiday Summation ", the Hofstadters cheerily head off to cut their first live Christmas tree and have a horrible experience.

Leonard lets go of the ax sending it flying, the tree slips of the car roof while driving it home, Leonard collapses under the tree while carrying it up The Stairs and after getting it into the apartment , they find an animal lurking in the tree. It ends up being shoved down The Elevator shaft. Zack Johnson Zack is a dim-witted guy who is the Vice President of the company that designs the Cheesecake Factory's menus (as well as other restaurant's menus) which is how he met Penny. In " The Lunar Excitation " (S03E23), he goes on a date with Penny who, allegedly due to having dated Leonard, finds his stupidity insufferable and winds up having a drunken sexual encounter with Leonard on the same night. Penny gets back together with Zack again in " The Justice League Recombination " (S04E11), later admitting to Leonard that she only did so in order not to be alone on New Year's Eve. In this episode Zack attempts to befriend Leonard, Sheldon, Raj and Howard. He dresses up as Superman for Stuart's New Year's party, helping them complete their Justice League theme and win the contest for best group costume.

He and Penny apparently broke up again sometime afterwards. In " The Thanksgiving Decoupling " (S07E09), Penny mentions the fake wedding ceremony she and Zack went through on a Thanksgiving trip to Las Vegas three years ago. Leonard explains that those wedding chapels are real and that Penny is legally married to Zack, who also thought the ceremonies were fake. Penny realizes that she is married and is Mrs. Zack Johnson. While dinner is being prepared, Penny has annulment papers downloaded, fills them out and calls Zack over to sign them. Dense as ever, Zack wonders if he should do it to their kids. Penny reminds him that they have no children and he asks if she's sure about that, since she didn't even know she was really married to him. He signs it and they all sit down to a Thanksgiving dinner. In " The Cooper Extraction " (S07E11), Leonard makes up a story about what if Penny would have ended up with Zack. Leonard imagines that Zack would use the money for rent to buy magic beans, and then Zack and Penny would both pee their pants.

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Question: What is the first name of Leonard’s chauffeur in the UK television series ‘Butterflies’?
Answer: Thomas