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The Big Bang Theory gained a lot of fans over its 12-year run on CBS following the antics of a group of friends united by science. There were a number of recurring cast members on the show,

including Margo Harshman as Alex Jensen who fans took a shine to. However, the character’s storyline was suddenly dropped, leaving viewers to wonder exactly what happened to her.

Alex Jensen (played by Margo Harshman) was first introduced in the sixth season of The Big Bang Theory.

She appeared in the third episode when Sheldon Cooper (Jim Parsons) revealed he was in need of a grad student to help his work at Caltech University.

The student won the role as Sheldon’s assistant straight after her interview before being introduced to his colleague Leonard Hofstadter (Johnny Galecki).

From early on, it was clear Alex had a crush on Leonard, asking him out to dinner in one of the later episodes.

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However, fans will remember Leonard was in a relationship with Penny (Kaley Cuoco) at this point in the series.

Leonard was thrilled with the attention but nothing happened between the pair as she also had some other storylines on the show.

This included when Sheldon tasked her with finding a Valentine’s Day gift for his girlfriend Amy Farrah Fowler (Mayim Bialik).

After doing this for him in the The Tangible Affection proof, her character then disappeared from the show.

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Viewers were left confused when she was never spoken of again in the series with some speculating just what happened to her.

One fan wrote on Reddit how perhaps her character had moved on to better things.

DaddyCatALSO wrote: “I assume she changed over to assist a different research associate or even a professor.

“I like to think she eventually married Amy’s transition-guy Dave (Stephen Merchant).”

Others speculated how she may have left the university after the HR incident when she was reprimanded for flirting with Leonard.

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User MyriVerse wrote: “I’m surprised the poor woman stuck around after the horrible HR incident.

“That final Valentine’s Day problem was probably the last straw. Better pastures.”

However, another user noticed how hers was just one of a number of storylines which were dropped from the show.

This was along with the tenure story which was also happening at the same time on the sitcom.

“Just to resolve it I like to think she quit after the sexual harassment issues and someone other than one of our cast got tenure.”

Since starring in the show, the actor has gone on to appear in a number of high-profile series.

This included her joining NCIS as Delilah Fielding in 2013, which she still stars in intermittently now.

As well as this, Harshman appeared in Betas as Lisa and CSI as April Brock.

The Big Bang Theory is currently available to stream on Netflix.

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