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CBS has announced Episode 2.12, "The Killer Robot Instability", which will air January 12th, 2009.
"The Killer Robot Instability" – When Penny’s comment about Wolowitz’s love life sends him into a depressed stupor, his friends lose their most important team-mate in an upcoming fighting robot competition, on THE BIG BANG THEORY, Monday, Jan. 12 (8:00-8:30 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.