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Previously on
The Big Bang Theory...
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We conclusively proved
super-asymmetry,
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and yet somehow
we-we still feel like imposters.
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Yeah, there should be
a term for that.
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Oh, for crying out loud,
there is a term for that!
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It's called "imposter syndrome,"
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and you don't have it,
because you can't have it
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if you are imposters,
and you are!
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We're the ones who discovered
super-asymmetry,
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so if anyone's gonna feel like
they have imposter syndrome,
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it's us because we're
not imposters, they are!
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You're imposters
and you're frauds!
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I think what President Siebert
is trying to say is that
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this is a setback and we should
adopt a different strategy.
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I-I'm sorry.
I-I just... I-I snapped.
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Oh, you're sorry.
It's all better, then.
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Listen up, you have shot
to win a Nobel Prize,
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and you're blowing it.
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I think what President Siebert
is trying to say
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is that you have a shot
to win a Nobel Prize,
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and you're blowing it.
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Uh, that's exactly what he said.
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Yes, but I said it
in my calming HR voice.
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So, obviously,
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I'm really sorry
about my outburst.
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(STAMMERS) Calling you frauds
was unacceptable.
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I feel terrible about it.
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It has caused her
a lot of stress.
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She chewed through
her night guard
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like it was a piece of jerky.
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What you said was
really hurtful,
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especially because I
thought we were friends.
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Why would you think that?
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Ouch.
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Ignore them;
they're just mean people.
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Uh, not mean, just sorry.
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Seem mean, are sorry.
Happens all the time.
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It's okay.
I talked to my therapist,
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and she made me realize
that what you said
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was really more about
your own insecurities.
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I'm sorry, what?
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There you go, she's sorry.
We all heard it. Moving on.
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Yes, obviously,
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you're angry at all
the attention we're getting
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for our discovery
and you're lashing out.
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Well, uh, technically,
she lashed out.
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I contained myself,
which I don't think
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I'm getting enough credit for.
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The point is we should
take it as a compliment
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that even you guys think
we will win the Nobel Prize.
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Uh, no, we-we certainly
do not think that.
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The Nobel Committee will realize
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that we came up
with this theory.
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But we proved it.
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By accident.
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All breakthroughs
happen by accident.
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No, they don't!
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Look, the Nobel Committee
doesn't like infighting,
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so if the four of you don't stop
sniping at each other,
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the award's gonna go
to someone else entirely.
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He's right.
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You know, like it or not,
we can't avoid each other.
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Let's at least try to be civil.
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Agreed.
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You know, when you
think about it,
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we're linked together the
same way that super-asymmetry
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links together every atom
in the universe. Hmm.
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That's not what it does at all!
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Well, that's the great thing
about science.
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We all get to have
our own opinions.
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I'm still not talking.
That's impressive, right?
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♪ Our whole universe
was in a hot, dense state ♪
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♪ Then nearly 14 billion years
ago expansion started... Wait! ♪
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♪ The Earth began to cool ♪
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♪ The autotrophs began to drool,
Neanderthals developed tools ♪
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♪ We built the Wall ♪
♪ We built the pyramids ♪
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♪ Math, Science, History,
unraveling the mystery ♪
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♪ That all started
with a big bang ♪
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♪ Bang! ♪
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You... No, no, no, no.
Your money's no good here.
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Well, I'm glad that
we hashed all that out,
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and moving forward,
may the best team win.
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I couldn't agree more.
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(QUIETLY): We're the best team.
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Greg Pemberton,
you old so-and-so.
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(CHUCKLES) Very good to see you.
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Uh, let me introduce you
to my colleague, Dr. Campbell.
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Uh, Kevin, this is Barry Kripke.
We went to college together.
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Great to meet you.
Well, you have my number.
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We should hit up the
buffet at the strip club
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while you're in town.
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Nothing beats a lap dance
and a baked potato bar, huh?
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(CHUCKLES)
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You can come, too.
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That's a hard pass.
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I'll walk you out.
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PEMBERTON: Good to see you, Barry.
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You're the best!
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Oh...
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God, I hate that guy.
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That's strange; you
seem quite fond of him.
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I was only being polite.
Pemberton is a grade A weasel.
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How do I know you're
not just being polite
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when you say it's
nice to see me?
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I have literally
never said that to you.
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Why do you say he's a weasel?
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(SIGHS) Pemberton's whole M.O.
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was to take other people's ideas
and turn them in as his own.
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That's exactly what
he's doing to us.
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I'm not surprised. I heard the
only work he did on his thesis
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was googling,
"Where can I buy a thesis?"
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Well, plagiarism is a pretty
serious charge. Are you sure?
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You want proof?
I can make some calls.
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You'd do that for us?
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I really don't want to see
that guy win a Nobel.
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I also don't want
to see you win a Nobel.
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Ooh, this is tricky.
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I don't know, Barry.
It sounds a little sleazy.
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Well, let me know
if you change your mind.
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Sleazy is where I thrive.
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So I was talking to my mom
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about our Pemberton
and Campbell situation.
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Really? What'd she say?
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Apparently, Old Testament God
would bring down his wrath
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on them for being deceitful,
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but New Testament God
would forgive them.
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So couldn't we just
bring down our wrath
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and ask the New Testament God
to forgive us?
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You know, I asked her
that very question. And?
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She said I was full
of California sass.
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Oh, good, you're all here.
Uh, we're wrestling
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with an ethical question,
and perhaps you could help.
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Sure, what's up?
Yeah. Fire away.
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If we have damaging
and embarrassing information
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about someone, should we keep it
to ourselves or expose them?
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Quick question: Does it happen
to do with online tastes
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that might or might not reflect
their real-life tastes?
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I know all about your
tall girl website.
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It goes on our credit card.
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It's Dr. Pemberton.
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Kripke says
he plagiarized his thesis,
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and that he can prove it.
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Wow. Well, that's not gonna sit
well with the Nobel Committee.
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Hang on. I don't think
it's fair to use something
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someone did in school
against them.
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Relax, he said it's not you.
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I don't know.
If someone's a cheater,
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they should be held accountable
no matter how long ago it was.
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(LAUGHS): Okay, now
you just sound crazy.
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So you really think
they should do this?
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(STAMMERS) It wouldn't
just knock Pemberton
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out of Nobel contention, it
would blow up his whole career.
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To that, I say kaboom!
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No, I meant it's a bad thing.
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No, no, I agree with Bernadette.
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If Pemberton cheated,
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maybe he shouldn't have a career
in the first place.
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There's plenty of people
that didn't plagiarize.
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And a few of us who did,
but it's only 'cause
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The Scarlet Letter
was so boring.
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Aw, I love The Scarlet Letter.
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Th-That's where I got
my taste for bad girls.
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Ugh, why is this
decision so hard?
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Maybe because you want to win,
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but deep down you know it's not
the honorable way to do it.
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Otherwise, you would've
done it already.
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That's really wise.
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Yes, but it may just be
the Indian accent.
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Do you think
by not exposing Pemberton
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we're doing the right thing?
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Of course.
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Unless you think we're not
doing the right thing.
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Why would you think
that I don't think
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we're doing the right thing?
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You might think that if
good people hold themselves
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to unrealistically high
ethical standards,
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then they might lose out to
their unscrupulous competitors.
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Is that what you think?
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No.
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No, I just thought
if you thought we weren't
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doing the right thing,
that's why you might think that.
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Well, if I did think that,
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you might point out
that people who claim
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it's okay to do
bad things to win
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are bad people no matter
what they tell themselves.
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And I'd be right
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to point that out.
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Because you're a good person.
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I love talking to you.
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It's like talking to me,
but with a girl voice.
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I'm just saying, Sheldon
and Amy deserve to win,
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and sometimes that means
doing what you got to do.
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Don't you think it's better
to take the high road?
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Yeah, and instead of guns,
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armies should carry
candy canes that shoot wishes.
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So what's the worst thing
you've ever done
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to get something you wanted?
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I'm not gonna tell you that.
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Oh, come on.
I'll tell you mine.
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(LAUGHS): Right,
'cause yours is gonna be
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as bad as mine. Okay.
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(CHUCKLES)
Come on, just tell me.
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Okay, fine.
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When we first met,
there was another waitress
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at The Cheesecake Factory
who thought you were cute,
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so I told her you had all
the hepatitises, A through Z.
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There aren't 26 hepatitises.
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Well, if she was smart
enough to know that,
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she wouldn't still be working
at a Cheesecake Factory.
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Oh, she still works there?
Who was it?
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Why does it matter?
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You're right, it doesn't matter
'cause I got the best one.
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Was it Susan?
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Why? Because she's tall?
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Good night.
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Can't believe it.
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Sheldon loves telling on people
when they break the rules.
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Yeah, well, maybe he's changed.
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He hasn't changed. Last week,
when the vending machine
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gave me two bags of chips,
he called my mom.
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Well, that didn't
ruin your life.
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Well, it ruined my day.
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I had to talk to my mom,
who, by the way,
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is-is polyamorous now,
so that's fun to think about.
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Look, I'm proud
of Sheldon and Amy.
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You know? They want to win
this thing on their own merits,
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not by knocking out
the competition.
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Yeah, but what if
they don't win?
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Uh, Pemberton and Campbell
have done an amazing job
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of associating their names
with super-asymmetry.
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They have all
the momentum right now.
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I don't like the idea
of them losing either,
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but this is their decision
to make, not ours.
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(SIGHS)
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Maybe it is ours.
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What do you mean?
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Well, I-if Sheldon and Amy
don't want to expose Pemberton,
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that doesn't mean someone else
can't do it for them.
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They'd never have to know.
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Really? You'd do that?
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They deserve the Nobel.
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I'm not gonna let two frauds
steal it from them.
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And if that means getting
my hands dirty, so be it.
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(LAUGHS)
What's so funny?
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Just realized I've never
actually seen your hands dirty.
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All right, Hofstadter, here's
all the proof you need.
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Great, thanks.
Just remember,
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once you take this envelope,
there's no turning back.
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What if I look at it
and decide not to use it?
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I had not considered that.
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Got to hand it to you,
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you got a real talent
for making things boring.
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Thanks.
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Hey, look at that,
you did it again.
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Hi, Leonard.
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What? Nothing.
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You okay?
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Uh, no, you are.
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So guess what.
There was a waitress
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at The Cheesecake Factory
back in the day
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who kind of had a thing for me.
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Other than Bernadette?
That does not sound right.
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Honest to God.
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Oh, well, who was it?
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It doesn't even matter.
I'm happily married.
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The point is women... plural...
Find me appealing.
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Okay.
Okay, well, well, let's see.
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Okay?
We-we know it wasn't Penny,
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we know it wasn't Susan...
Wait.
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How do we know it wasn't Susan?
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Uh, because she had a type.
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What type?
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Don't make me say it.
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Are you saying
I'm not a handsome guy?
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See? It's mean, right?
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Hold on, as we've established,
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a minimum of two women
think I'm attractive.
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Uh, yeah, you're right,
it was totally Susan.
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I didn't say it was her.
I said it could've been.
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It could've been anybody.
Marta, Gina, Annalise...
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It's a little creepy that
you remember all their names.
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Not just their names.
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The cars they drove,
the color of their eyes,
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and whether or not
they had boyfriends.
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Your husband was acting
kind of weird today.
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You sure you're not thinking
about your husband?
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No. He was acting all sketchy.
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Almost like he was guilty
or something.
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Oh. Well,
that doesn't mean anything.
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I mean, Leonard has
resting guilt face.
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Yeah, it's-it's like, "What are
you guilty about, Leonard?"
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"Nothing." "Well, then,
tell it to your face." (SCOFFS)
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Are you okay?
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I'm so okay, yeah.
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Then why are you acting guilty now?
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Okay, look, Leonard knows
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that you and Sheldon
decided to take the high road,
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so he went to Kripke for you.
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But that just means you
didn't do anything wrong,
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and now you don't risk
losing to those idiots.
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Why did you tell me?
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Now that I know, I'm implicated.
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But you wanted me to.
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I also wanted you
to be my jester
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at the Renaissance Fair,
but that didn't happen.
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I wanted to be a princess.
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There was only one princess,
and it was me!
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Fine. I'm sorry I told you.
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And I forgive you.
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'Cause that's what
a princess would do.
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Kudos on the meatballs.
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They're nice and round.
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Thanks.
Yeah.
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They're much better
than those prolate spheroids
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you used to pass off as balls.
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Okay.
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Are you all right?
You seem distracted.
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Yeah, sorry. I'm just trying
to figure something out.
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Is it what to get me
for our anniversary?
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'Cause I'll give you
A HINT: it's already
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in my Amazon basket.
Just click "buy now."
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I filled out
the gift card for you.
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Apparently,
I'm the light of your life.
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Sheldon, if someone
were gonna do something
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ethically murky on your behalf,
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would you rather know about it
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or not know about it
to retain your innocence?
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Well, now that I know there's
a thing to know, I have to know.
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Can't help myself;
I'm a fact addict.
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That's not a real thing.
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And that's a fact.
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Leonard, I know
what you're planning to do,
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and I said
I didn't want to do it.
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What? You told him?
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00:14:32,770 --> 00:14:34,130
Well, you told me.
336
00:14:34,200 --> 00:14:36,700
Yeah, that's-that's
probably where you heard it.
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You're not doing anything wrong.
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That's the point.
I'm doing it.
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00:14:41,310 --> 00:14:43,040
Yeah, but it's still wrong.
340
00:14:43,110 --> 00:14:44,780
Well,
so is you and Amy not getting
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the recognition
for your discovery.
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And if that means
I have to do something shady
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so you don't have to,
I'm okay with that.
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But we're not.
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I mean, it's sweet that you want
to help, but we don't want you
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compromising your integrity for us.
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00:14:57,320 --> 00:14:59,760
Wait, what... really?
348
00:14:59,830 --> 00:15:02,090
I thought we were just
worried about looking bad.
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It could be both.
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Okay.
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00:15:05,960 --> 00:15:09,030
But I'm gonna go with my reason.
Yours is too complicated.
352
00:15:12,640 --> 00:15:14,100
Hey.
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Hey.
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Listen, I did something
kind of stupid today.
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Okay.
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I went to The Cheesecake Factory
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to try to figure out
who that waitress was.
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Howie.
Don't worry, I didn't find out,
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because I realized
I didn't even care. (CHUCKLES)
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W-While I was there,
I started asking myself,
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"Why does this mean
anything to me?"
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And... I guess the truth is
it was all about my vanity.
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And why should I need to be
validated by another woman
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liking me when the best woman
in the world already loves me?
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(SIGHS)
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And I just wanted
you to know that.
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00:15:54,580 --> 00:15:56,180
(CHUCKLES)
368
00:15:56,250 --> 00:15:57,710
The restaurant manager
already called.
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You really creeped
a lot of people out.
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And I regret that.
(CHUCKLES)
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Because the only woman
I want to creep out
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is the mother of my children.
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Well, you're off
to a good start.
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00:16:18,570 --> 00:16:20,400
Thank you for meeting us.
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00:16:20,470 --> 00:16:21,570
No problem.
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00:16:21,640 --> 00:16:23,540
We never say no when someone
wants to buy us lunch.
377
00:16:23,610 --> 00:16:26,080
We didn't say we were
going to buy you lunch.
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00:16:26,150 --> 00:16:28,080
Really? Apologies go down easier
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with free
turkey club sandwiches.
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00:16:31,480 --> 00:16:34,350
This isn't another apology.
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00:16:34,420 --> 00:16:35,820
There's something
we have to give you.
382
00:16:35,890 --> 00:16:37,490
Yes.
383
00:16:37,560 --> 00:16:41,860
Uh, we have proof that you
plagiarized your thesis.
384
00:16:41,930 --> 00:16:44,360
It's why we invited you
to this lunch.
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00:16:44,430 --> 00:16:45,860
(GASPS)
We invited them.
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00:16:45,930 --> 00:16:49,430
That's the confusion
over who's paying.
387
00:16:49,500 --> 00:16:51,400
Hold on, are you
blackmailing us?
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00:16:51,470 --> 00:16:53,140
No, the opposite.
389
00:16:54,240 --> 00:16:56,240
We're blackmailing you?
390
00:16:59,410 --> 00:17:01,680
How are you up for a Nobel?!
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00:17:01,750 --> 00:17:03,550
SHELDON: We're giving you this
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so that no one can
use it against you,
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00:17:05,780 --> 00:17:08,220
because we want to win
on our own merits,
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00:17:08,290 --> 00:17:10,020
not by tearing you down.
395
00:17:10,090 --> 00:17:12,360
So it's true?
You really did this?
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00:17:12,420 --> 00:17:13,690
It was years ago, and
I was going through
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00:17:13,760 --> 00:17:15,690
a very hard time.
What hard time?
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00:17:15,760 --> 00:17:18,730
I had to write a thesis, and
I wasn't smart enough to do it.
399
00:17:20,870 --> 00:17:23,170
You realize my name
is attached to yours.
400
00:17:23,200 --> 00:17:25,140
If this gets out,
it ruins me, too.
401
00:17:25,200 --> 00:17:26,900
It's not gonna get out.
402
00:17:26,970 --> 00:17:28,310
(SCOFFS) You know what?
Linda was right.
403
00:17:28,340 --> 00:17:29,870
You're always
looking for shortcuts.
404
00:17:29,940 --> 00:17:32,910
When did you talk to my ex-wife?
405
00:17:32,980 --> 00:17:33,980
She's not your ex-wife.
406
00:17:34,050 --> 00:17:35,280
You keep dragging your feet
on those papers.
407
00:17:35,350 --> 00:17:38,320
Well, I'm trying to
get the lake house.
408
00:17:38,380 --> 00:17:39,550
You're not getting
the lake house.
409
00:17:39,620 --> 00:17:41,550
You're never
getting the lake house.
410
00:17:41,620 --> 00:17:43,020
She picked it out,
she decorated it.
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00:17:43,090 --> 00:17:44,620
The lake house is hers.
412
00:17:44,690 --> 00:17:46,390
What is going on here?
413
00:17:46,460 --> 00:17:48,760
I'm in love with Linda!
414
00:17:50,900 --> 00:17:53,430
You son of a bitch!
415
00:17:58,700 --> 00:18:00,200
(BOTH GRUNTING)
416
00:18:02,470 --> 00:18:04,910
That was my iced tea.
417
00:18:09,130 --> 00:18:11,930
(SLURRING): Dr. Cooper, Dr. Fowler.
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00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:14,000
Just the guy I want to see.
419
00:18:14,070 --> 00:18:16,500
Are you drunk?
420
00:18:16,570 --> 00:18:19,470
I was, and then I still was.
421
00:18:19,540 --> 00:18:22,280
And now, I still was.
422
00:18:22,340 --> 00:18:25,010
Okay, can we help you?
423
00:18:25,080 --> 00:18:26,980
Pemberton is out.
424
00:18:27,050 --> 00:18:30,020
Someone published all the
information about his plagiarism.
425
00:18:30,090 --> 00:18:31,490
(WHISPERS): It was me.
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00:18:33,790 --> 00:18:35,960
Someone else told Fermilab,
and he lost his job.
427
00:18:36,030 --> 00:18:37,460
(WHISPERS): Also me.
428
00:18:37,530 --> 00:18:39,030
And someone is
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00:18:39,090 --> 00:18:43,060
sleeping with his ex-wife
and it's not me.
430
00:18:43,130 --> 00:18:45,330
I thought it was.
431
00:18:45,400 --> 00:18:47,870
Not anymore. Apparently,
just because I'm better
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00:18:47,940 --> 00:18:51,000
than her husband doesn't mean
I'm as good as her contractor.
433
00:18:52,610 --> 00:18:54,880
Women, huh?
434
00:18:54,940 --> 00:18:56,340
I-I think you need to go.
435
00:18:56,410 --> 00:18:58,410
No, wait.
Hear me out.
436
00:18:58,480 --> 00:19:00,080
Look, the three of us
could team up.
437
00:19:00,150 --> 00:19:02,980
There's one small catch.
Dr. Pemberton has been saying
438
00:19:03,050 --> 00:19:04,790
a lot of bad stuff about me.
439
00:19:04,850 --> 00:19:07,320
But don't worry, I couldn't
possibly have done any of it,
440
00:19:07,360 --> 00:19:09,390
because I was with you guys
the whole time.
441
00:19:09,460 --> 00:19:10,720
(WHISPERS): I did it.
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00:19:14,430 --> 00:19:16,130
(STAMMERS) Frankly,
I don't know what Linda
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00:19:16,200 --> 00:19:17,660
ever saw in either of them.