On the one-hour seventh season premiere, Sheldon and Penny bond in Leonard's absence, but it's Sheldon's feelings that are crushed when Leonard returns from the North Sea. Guest star REGINA KING returns as Mrs. Davis, the University's Director of Employee Relations.
When Jesse McCartney stays at the Tipton, the kids try to sneak into his room.
Cody is ecstatic because he's now the favorite to win the Boston Spelling Bee. But after Zack borrows money from Cody's toughest competitor and has not way of paying him back, Zack is forced to ask Cody to throw the competition so competitor will forgive his brother's debts.
Cody's been tapped to be the editor-in-chief for the school newspaper, so Zack asks for a position.
Zack and Cody are very excited that they're going to be graduating the 8th grade and moving on to High School, that is until Zack finds out he failed English and won't be able to accept his diploma with the rest of his classmates.