The Big Bang Theory
The Bon Voyage Reaction
TV Flash files “The Bon Voyage Reaction” as the last listed hour of season 6 — The Big Bang Theory (2007–2019) on CBS, season 6, episode 24, aired 2013-05-16, 30 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S06E24: listed hour 135 of 279 in the The Big Bang Theory guide, last listed hour of season 6. It aired 2013-05-16 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “The Love Spell Potential” (S06E23). Next is “The Hofstadter Insufficiency” (S07E01).
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Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
New success for Leonard makes Sheldon very jealous and throws Penny for a loop. Meanwhile, Koothrappali pushes Lucy too far in their relationship.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Bon Voyage Reaction sit in the The Big Bang Theory guide?
S06E24 is listed hour 135 of 279 — last listed hour of season 6, season 6 episode 24.
When did The Big Bang Theory S06E24 air?
The Bon Voyage Reaction aired 2013-05-16 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Is Big Bang Theory a single-camera nerd comedy?
No. It is traditional multi-cam form — laugh track, apartment geometry — applied to comic-con brains and geek references.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Physicists, a neighbor named Penny, and geek culture going fully prime time. Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady turned nerd references into global syndication gold; Jim Parsons's Sheldon became an Emmy machine. Traditional multi-cam form applied to comic-con brains — one of the last true ratings juggernauts.
The first useful geometry is an apartment, a whiteboard, and a laugh track aimed at comic-con brains. Physicists Leonard and Sheldon navigate love, comics, and social awkwardness with neighbor Penny as the human interface. Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady's CBS series premiered September 24, 2007, and ran twelve seasons through 2019 — 279 episodes of traditional multi-cam form applied to geek references. Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg, Kunal Nayyar hold the apartment; Mayim Bialik's Amy later…
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