PENNY IS INVITED TO APPEAR AT A LOCAL COMIC CON FOR HER ROLE IN "SERIAL APE-IST," AND LEONARD CONVINCES HER TO ATTEND, ON A REBROADCAST OF "THE BIG BANG THEORY," THURSDAY, MARCH 2

Editor's note: This episode replaces the previously scheduled episode.

"The Fetal Kick Catalyst" - Penny is surprised to learn she has fans of her performance in "Serial Ape-ist" when she attends Van Nuys Comic Con with Leonard. Also, Amy hosts a Sheldon-style brunch at Penny's apartment, and Wolowitz makes an impulsive purchase when he starts stressing out about the baby on the way, on a rebroadcast of THE BIG BANG THEORY, Thursday, March 2 (9:00-9:30 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. (Originally broadcast 10/27/16.)

REGULAR CAST:

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

RECURRING CAST:

Kevin Sussman (Stuart)
Brian Posehn (Bert)

GUEST CAST:

Michelle Arthur (Mrs. Petrescu)
Joshua Banday (Nolan)
Bryan Safi (Daniel)
Tucker Albrizzi (Christopher)
Jareb Dauplaise (Jeff)

STORY BY: Steve Holland, Tara Hernandez, Jeremy Howe

TELEPLAY BY: Steve Molaro, Saladin K. Patterson, Anthony Del Broccolo

DIRECTED BY: Mark Cendrowski