The Countdown Reflection
| "The Countdown Reflection" | |
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| The Big Bang Theory episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 5 Episode 24 |
| Directed by | Mark Cendrowski |
| Story by |
Bill Prady Eric Kaplan Steve Holland |
| Teleplay by |
Chuck Lorre Steven Molaro Jim Reynolds |
| Production code | 3X6874 |
| Original air date | May 10, 2012 |
| Running time | 21 minutes |
| Guest appearance(s) | |
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"The Countdown Reflection" is the 24th and final episode of the fifth season of The Big Bang Theory. It first aired on CBS on May 10, 2012. It is the 111th episode overall. In the episode, featuring astronaut Mike Massimino, Howard and Bernadette get married before Howard goes to space. "The Countdown Reflection" received 13.72 million views in the U.S. and garnered mostly positive reviews.
Howard is in a Soyuz capsule with Mike Massimino and Dimitri Rezinov, about to travel to the International Space Station, while his friends Bernadette, Raj, Leonard, Sheldon and Penny are watching on television at Sheldon's apartment. Howard has a flashback to the previous week. Bernadette decided that she wanted to marry him before he went to space, so they went with their friends to City Hall to get married. At City Hall, Sheldon reveals to the others that Leonard proposed to Penny during sex, making Leonard and Penny feel very uncomfortable. Howard and Bernadette fail to get married as the place closes before they reach the front of the queue.
At the Cheesecake Factory, everyone discusses ideas for Howard and Bernadette's marriage. Raj and Leonard come up with the idea that they could get married on the roof of Leonard's apartment block, when the Google Maps satellite is passing directly overhead to take pictures. Sheldon, Leonard, Raj, Penny and Amy all go online to get ordained as ministers to perform the ceremony.
Howard's mother is at the wedding, albeit off-screen, along with Bernadette's father. While there is some tension between Leonard and Penny after his mistaken proposal, the five ministers each say some words before the couple exchange their vows. The camera zooms out to show the satellite's view of the rooftop, and continues to zoom out until a picture of Earth is visible. The episode ends back in the present, when the Soyuz capsule takes off.
The episode was first broadcast in America on May 10, 2012 on CBS to an audience of 13.72 million viewers. It achieved a Nielsen rating of 4.4/15 among the age range 18-49. In Canada, the episode aired on the same day, and was watched by 4.035 million households. It was the most watched show on CTV Television Network that week.
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