Originally broadcast on television during the 2007-2008 season.

Contains all 17 episodes from the first season.

Contents listing with partial credits on container insert.

Special feature (Disc 3): Quantum mechanics of "The big bang theory" : a behind-the-scenes look into geek chic.

disc 1: Pilot / written by Chuck Lorre & Bill Prady ; directed by James Burrows -- Big bran hypothesis / teleplay by Robert Cohen & Dave Goetsch ; story by Chuck Lorre & Bill Prady ; directed by Mark Cendrowski -- Fuzzy boots corollary / teleplay by Bill Prady & Steven Molaro ; story by Chuck Lorre ; directed by Mark Cendrowski -- Luminous fish effect / teleplay by David Litt & Lee Aronsohn ; story by Chuck Lorre & Bill Prady ; directed by Mark Cendrowski -- Hamburger postulate / teleplay by Dave Goetsch & Steven Molaro ; story by Jennifer Glickman ; directed by Andrew D. Weyman -- Middle Earth paradigm / teleplay by David Litt & Robert Cohen ; story by Dave Goetsch ; directed by Mark Cendrowski. disc 2: Dumpling paradox / teleplay by Lee Aronsohn & Jennifer Glickman ; story by Chuck Lorre & Bill Prady ; directed by Mark Cendrowski -- Grasshopper experiment / teleplay by Lee Aronsohn & Robert Cohen ; story by Dave Goetsch & Steven Molaro ; directed by Ted Wass -- Cooper-Hofstadter polarization / teleplay by Chuck Lorre & Lee Aronsohn & Dave Goetsch ; story by Bill Prady & Stephen Engel ; directed by Joel Murray -- Loobenfeld decay / teleplay by Bill Prady & Lee Aronsohn ; story by Chuck Lorre ; directed by Mark Cendrowski -- Pancake batter anomaly / teleplay by Bill Prady & Stephen Engel ; story by Chuck Lorre & Lee Aronsohn ; directed by Mark Cendrowski -- Jerusalem duality / teleplay by Dave Goetsch & Steven Molaro ; story by Jennifer Glickman & Stephen Engel ; directed by Mark Cendrowski. disc 3: Bat jar conjecture / teleplay by Bill Prady & Robert Cohen ; story by Stephen Engel & Jennifer Glickman ; directed by Mark Cendrowski -- Nerdvana annihilation / teleplay by Stephen Engel & Steven Molaro ; story by Bill Prady ; directed by Mark Cendrowski -- Pork chop indeterminacy / teleplay by Lee Aronsohn & Bill Prady ; story by Chuck Lorre ; directed by Mark Cendrowski -- Peanut reaction / teleplay by Dave Goetsch & Steven Molaro ; story by Bill Prady & Lee Aronsohn ; directed by Mark Cendrowski -- Tangerine factor / teleplay by Lee Aronsohn & Steven Molaro ; story by Chuck Lorre & Bill Prady ; directed by Mark Cendrowski.

"Physicists Leonard and Sheldon understand everything from the inescapable gravitational pull of a black hole to the intricate structure of the atom. But take those atoms and assemble them into a woman, and their comprehension comes to a grinding halt. And when Penny, a woman with all those atoms in all the right places, moves in across the hall, Leonard and Sheldon's universe begins to expand in ways they never could have imagined"--Container.

Not rated.

DVD, NTSC, region 1, widescreen (matted, enhanced) presentation; Dolby Digital surround stereo.

Closed-captioned; English dialogue with optional English, French, Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Portuguese or Thai subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing.