Summary Within the first season of The Big Bang Theory, the main characters express wishes for a variety of different things to happen in their lives. As the Pilot sets up the romance between Leonard and Penny to be a major storyline in the series, what these two characters want out of their love lives is a priority for the narrative. Sheldon , Howard , and Raj also mention some personal and professional aspirations in season 1, which come true by the end of the series.
Suddenly, this monumental dream becomes a potential reality in the final season. The lead-up to the finale includes the storyline of Sheldon and Amy being considered for the Nobel Prize for physics for their "super asymmetry" theory and facing some competition. They eventually win out and the gang travels to Stockholm for the ceremony in the series finale.
8 Howard Wanted A Beautiful Wife Howard's character arc includes meeting and falling in love with Bernadette. Close Howard's character in the first few seasons is certainly one of the harsh realities of rewatching The Big Bang Theory, constantly hitting on Penny with crude comments despite her having made clear her answer is no. Howard and the other guys all generally want to have a girlfriend or wife, with part of the humor being based on the stereotype that nerds can't get women.
6 Penny Wanted To Quit Working At The Cheesecake Factory Penny's career doesn't go the way she plans, but she gets out of a job she hates. Close Penny moved to Pasadena to pursue a career as an actress and suffers the many pitfalls of this difficult industry for years.
To Sheldon's dismay, Leonard and Leslie try to have a real relationship in season 2, episode 2, "The Codpiece Topology." This time, Sheldon is much more vocal about his objections due to previous events. Sheldon gets what he wants again when Leonard and Leslie fight over what scientific theories they believe in, and she ends things. While Sheldon and Leslie have some other spats over the years, she and Leonard never get back together.
3 Leonard Wanted To Drive The Batmobile Penny makes a gesture and grants a childhood wish of Leonard's. Close Leonard and Penny have a difficult discussion early in the final season where she tells him she doesn't want kids . Leonard makes his peace with this, mentioning he always wanted a Batmobile too, but he also got a lot of things he never thought he would have. Because this is something he has "always" wanted, he did technically want it in season 1.