SHELDON AND PENNY BOND IN LEONARD'S ABSENCE, BUT IT'S SHELDON'S FEELINGS THAT ARE CRUSHED WHEN LEONARD RETURNS FROM THE NORTH SEA, ON A SPECIAL ONE HOUR OF THE SEVENTH SEASON PREMIERE OF "THE BIG BANG THEORY" THURSDAY, SEPT. 26

Regina King Returns as Mrs. Davis

"The Hofstadter Insufficiency" and "The Deception Verification" - Sheldon and Penny share intimate secrets while Leonard is away at sea, later, Sheldon's feelings are crushed when Leonard returns. Meanwhile, Raj gets consoled about his ex-girlfriend and Wolowitz's relationship with his mother causes an unusual threat to his masculinity, on a special one hour of the seventh season premiere of THE BIG BANG THEORY Thursday, Sept. 26 (8:00 - 9:01 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Regina King returns as Mrs. Davis, the University's Director of Employee Relations, and Kevin Sussman returns as Stuart, the comic book store owner.

CAST:

Johnny Galecki (Leonard)
Jim Parsons (Sheldon)
Kaley Cuoco (Penny)
Simon Helberg (Wolowitz)
Kunal Nayyar (Koothrappali)
Mayim Bialik (Amy)
Melissa Rauch (Bernadette)

GUEST CAST FOR "The Hofstadter Insufficiency":

Regina King (Mrs. Davis)
Sophie Oda (Grace)
Aaron Takahashi (Scientist)
Alex Ball (Waiter)

GUEST CAST FOR "The Deception Verification":

Kevin Sussman (Stuart)
Barak Hardley (Pizza Delivery Guy)

"The Hofstadter Insufficiency":

STORY BY: Chuck Lorre, Steve Molaro and Tara Hernandez

TELEPLAY BY: Eric Kaplan, Jim Reynolds and Steve Holland

DIRECTED BY: Mark Cendrowski

"The Deception Verification":

STORY BY: Chuck Lorre, Eric Kaplan and Jim Reynolds

TELEPLAY BY: Steven Molaro, Steve Holland and Maria Ferrari

DIRECTED BY: Mark Cendrowski