Leonard(Johnny Galecki 饰)和Sheldon（Jim Parsons 饰）是一对合起来智商超过360的疯狂科学家宅男。他们的科学家朋友还有风流的Wolowitz（Simon Helberg 饰）和从来不和女人说话的印度人。 　　最近，科学家宅男的对门搬来一个美女剧作家兼餐厅招待，Penny（Kaley Cuoco 饰）。宅男开始蠢蠢欲动了，于是诸多啼笑皆非的故事在几个朋友间“爆炸”开来。A woman who moves into an apartment across the hall from two brilliant but socially awkward physicists shows them how little they know about life outside of the laboratory.