The Speckerman Recurrence

The Speckerman Recurrence is the eleventh episode of the fifth season of the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory, scheduled to air on December 8, 2011. The extended gap between the airing of this episode and the previous episode, The Flaming Spittoon Acquisition, is due to Thanksgiving, where a rerun of an old episode will be shown instead on the usual Thursday timeslot for the show.

Summary
Leonard will be facing off with a high school bully, Jimmy Speckerman (played by Lance Barber), who is making a comeback into his life. At the same time, regarding the issue of bullies, Penny realizes that she might have been one when she was in school.

Title Reference
The title for this episode is derived from the name of Leonard's high school bully, Jimmy Speckerman, and his comeback into Leonard's life, thus implying the recurrence of Speckerman.

Trivia

 * This is the last new episode for the year 2011; afterwards, the show will be on winter break. CBS will air episode twelve on January 12, 2012.


 * The character Jimmy Speckeman is introduced on this episode.