1 00:00:00,219 --> 00:00:02,099 Previously, on "Young Sheldon"... 2 00:00:02,189 --> 00:00:03,402 I love you. 3 00:00:06,877 --> 00:00:09,633 - Veronica. - Hey, Georgie. What's up? 4 00:00:09,718 --> 00:00:11,100 We're friends, right? 5 00:00:11,538 --> 00:00:13,836 - What do you mean? - I've asked you out a bunch, 6 00:00:13,928 --> 00:00:16,235 and you've made it pretty clear you weren't interested. 7 00:00:16,320 --> 00:00:18,727 B-Before I asked out another girl, 8 00:00:18,812 --> 00:00:21,025 - I just wanted to make sure that... - It's fine. 9 00:00:21,865 --> 00:00:23,679 Guess I'll see you around. 10 00:00:25,391 --> 00:00:26,654 Yep. 11 00:00:30,853 --> 00:00:33,796 ♪ You better wait, don't go away now, darling ♪ 12 00:00:33,881 --> 00:00:36,643 - ♪ Wait... ♪ - Of all my many skills, 13 00:00:36,728 --> 00:00:39,674 one of the lesser known is my impressive ability 14 00:00:39,759 --> 00:00:41,213 to wait for things. 15 00:00:41,298 --> 00:00:45,738 I once stood perfectly still for 38 minutes 16 00:00:45,830 --> 00:00:47,495 because a bee was on my shoulder. 17 00:00:49,894 --> 00:00:52,746 I once waited four and a half hours 18 00:00:52,831 --> 00:00:54,371 to be released from a locker. 19 00:00:54,456 --> 00:00:57,019 Hello? Anyone there? 20 00:00:57,104 --> 00:00:59,183 ♪ You better wait, don't go away now, darling... ♪ 21 00:00:59,268 --> 00:01:00,542 That's okay. I'll wait. 22 00:01:00,627 --> 00:01:03,847 And one time, when Dr. Sturgis was late for a lecture, 23 00:01:03,932 --> 00:01:06,808 I stayed longer than everyone. 24 00:01:06,893 --> 00:01:07,940 Where are you all going? 25 00:01:08,025 --> 00:01:09,159 Professor's not here. 26 00:01:09,244 --> 00:01:11,112 I can teach the class. 27 00:01:13,478 --> 00:01:15,854 I just need a box to stand on. 28 00:01:15,939 --> 00:01:17,375 ♪ You better wait. ♪ 29 00:01:19,236 --> 00:01:20,762 Dr. Sturgis? 30 00:01:20,847 --> 00:01:23,114 Hello, Sheldon. What brings you here? 31 00:01:23,199 --> 00:01:24,800 You never showed up to class. 32 00:01:24,885 --> 00:01:25,916 Whoops. 33 00:01:26,001 --> 00:01:28,214 Time flies when you're having fun. 34 00:01:28,421 --> 00:01:30,886 What could be more fun than giving a physics lecture? 35 00:01:30,971 --> 00:01:33,332 Finishing a physics paper. 36 00:01:33,417 --> 00:01:35,399 Ooh, I like where this is headed. 37 00:01:35,484 --> 00:01:40,938 I'm exploring the notion that time itself is quantized. 38 00:01:41,032 --> 00:01:42,133 Interesting. 39 00:01:42,218 --> 00:01:44,800 That sounds like a step towards a unified field theory. 40 00:01:44,885 --> 00:01:46,485 Fingers crossed. 41 00:01:46,978 --> 00:01:50,664 Although I can't cross my fingers... arthritis. 42 00:01:57,383 --> 00:02:00,024 It's too dark back here. Do you have a flashlight? 43 00:02:00,410 --> 00:02:02,284 In the glove box, I think. 44 00:02:02,368 --> 00:02:03,610 Can you pass it back? 45 00:02:03,695 --> 00:02:05,196 No. I'm driving. 46 00:02:05,319 --> 00:02:07,368 All right. I'm coming up. 47 00:02:07,453 --> 00:02:09,850 Don't crash while I'm unbuckled. 48 00:02:09,935 --> 00:02:12,071 Really? You need to do this right now? 49 00:02:12,156 --> 00:02:14,988 It's Dr. Sturgis's first paper in years. 50 00:02:15,073 --> 00:02:16,430 It's worth risking head trauma. 51 00:02:17,507 --> 00:02:19,813 Look at you climbing like a real boy. 52 00:02:19,942 --> 00:02:21,250 Here we go. 53 00:02:21,498 --> 00:02:24,678 "A Reconsideration of the Role of Time Operators 54 00:02:24,763 --> 00:02:26,008 in Quantum Mechanics." 55 00:02:26,093 --> 00:02:27,094 Grabby title. 56 00:02:27,179 --> 00:02:28,711 Mm. I'll wait for the movie. 57 00:02:28,827 --> 00:02:31,398 Ooh. He's opening with a critical examination 58 00:02:31,483 --> 00:02:34,271 of the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics. 59 00:02:34,356 --> 00:02:36,492 I thought reading in the car made you nauseous. 60 00:02:36,577 --> 00:02:39,742 That's in the back seat. Up here I'm fine. 61 00:02:42,796 --> 00:02:45,711 - Oh, Sheldon. - Sorry. 62 00:02:45,796 --> 00:02:47,406 Well, don't just keep reading! 63 00:02:49,711 --> 00:02:52,812 ♪ Nobody else is stronger than I am ♪ 64 00:02:52,897 --> 00:02:55,571 ♪ Yesterday I moved a mountain ♪ 65 00:02:55,656 --> 00:02:58,367 ♪ I bet I could be your hero ♪ 66 00:02:58,475 --> 00:03:01,188 ♪ I am a mighty little man ♪ 67 00:03:01,280 --> 00:03:04,359 ♪ I am a mighty little man. ♪ *YOUNG SHELDON* Season 03 Episode 17 68 00:03:04,444 --> 00:03:06,924 Episode Title: "An Academic Crime and a More Romantic Taco Bel" 69 00:03:08,433 --> 00:03:09,500 I am running over 70 00:03:09,585 --> 00:03:11,391 to the Sparks's for a little while. 71 00:03:11,921 --> 00:03:13,289 Why? 72 00:03:13,396 --> 00:03:15,837 Team meeting with the other baseball moms. 73 00:03:15,922 --> 00:03:17,491 You're all right until Dad gets home? 74 00:03:17,576 --> 00:03:19,973 Oh, yeah. Harles is in charge. 75 00:03:20,058 --> 00:03:21,976 Look at this. I'm talking to an egg. 76 00:03:24,949 --> 00:03:26,995 I brought veggies and ranch. 77 00:03:27,080 --> 00:03:30,390 That's nice. But when I said "snacks," I mean wine. 78 00:03:30,475 --> 00:03:32,125 Oh. Don't worry. 79 00:03:32,210 --> 00:03:34,737 I got plenty of emergency snacks. 80 00:03:35,026 --> 00:03:36,602 All right, let's get to this. 81 00:03:36,687 --> 00:03:39,198 We're coming up on the end of the season. 82 00:03:39,283 --> 00:03:41,235 Who wants to handle the team cookout? 83 00:03:41,320 --> 00:03:42,993 - Got it. - Thank you, Meredith. 84 00:03:43,078 --> 00:03:44,462 - Team picture day? - That's me. 85 00:03:44,547 --> 00:03:45,758 Carla, you're a gem. 86 00:03:45,843 --> 00:03:48,457 Mary, that leaves you in charge of trophies. Any questions? 87 00:03:48,542 --> 00:03:50,675 Actually... Snack time! 88 00:03:51,727 --> 00:03:53,860 There's also, uh, veggies. 89 00:03:54,579 --> 00:03:57,324 This is nice. 90 00:03:57,658 --> 00:04:01,461 I like to think of Chi-Chi's as a more romantic Taco Bell. 91 00:04:06,797 --> 00:04:08,987 So, uh, what do you like to get here? 92 00:04:09,281 --> 00:04:11,239 What? Oh, uh, it-it doesn't matter. 93 00:04:11,323 --> 00:04:12,883 It all tastes the same. 94 00:04:13,866 --> 00:04:15,492 Hi. Welcome to... 95 00:04:16,484 --> 00:04:18,358 Oh. Hey, Georgie. 96 00:04:18,443 --> 00:04:19,664 Uh, hi. 97 00:04:21,328 --> 00:04:22,813 I didn't know you worked here. 98 00:04:23,422 --> 00:04:25,460 Well, haven't seen you in a while. 99 00:04:26,238 --> 00:04:28,156 Oh, uh, you know Jana from school? 100 00:04:28,241 --> 00:04:30,664 Yeah. Yeah, of course. Hi. 101 00:04:30,749 --> 00:04:32,011 Hi. 102 00:04:33,519 --> 00:04:36,391 So, can I get y'all started with some drinks? 103 00:04:36,828 --> 00:04:38,289 I'm good with water. 104 00:04:38,374 --> 00:04:40,360 Water sounds great. Refreshing. 105 00:04:41,484 --> 00:04:44,359 I'm glad Dr. Sturgis let me read his paper 106 00:04:44,443 --> 00:04:45,883 before he published. 107 00:04:45,968 --> 00:04:47,141 Why is that? 108 00:04:47,226 --> 00:04:49,281 He's getting numbers for the massive neutrinos 109 00:04:49,366 --> 00:04:52,323 that are in excess of a hundred giga-electron volts. 110 00:04:52,408 --> 00:04:53,461 Well, good for him. 111 00:04:53,546 --> 00:04:54,899 No, it's embarrassing. 112 00:04:55,058 --> 00:04:56,547 Had a 50-50 shot. 113 00:04:56,632 --> 00:04:58,550 I guess I need to call and let him know 114 00:04:58,635 --> 00:05:00,399 what a bonehead mistake he made. 115 00:05:01,602 --> 00:05:03,683 There's probably a nicer way to say it. 116 00:05:03,767 --> 00:05:06,024 Did you hear how massive his neutrinos were? 117 00:05:06,109 --> 00:05:08,288 We're well into bonehead territory. 118 00:05:08,373 --> 00:05:10,247 Sheldon, you don't need to be rude to him. 119 00:05:10,332 --> 00:05:11,594 When am I rude? 120 00:05:13,195 --> 00:05:15,591 Stay a child as long as you can. 121 00:05:15,676 --> 00:05:18,094 Adulthood will not be kind to you. 122 00:05:19,186 --> 00:05:23,575 Neat. The veins on your calf look like a road map of Texas. 123 00:05:25,449 --> 00:05:28,344 Did you make this taste bad so Dad would lose weight? 124 00:05:31,440 --> 00:05:32,750 Fine. I'll be polite. 125 00:05:32,860 --> 00:05:33,985 But I still think 126 00:05:34,070 --> 00:05:36,875 we could go to San Antonio using Meemaw's leg. 127 00:05:39,467 --> 00:05:40,446 Hello? 128 00:05:40,531 --> 00:05:42,623 Dr. Sturgis. It's Sheldon. 129 00:05:42,708 --> 00:05:44,104 I hope you're well. 130 00:05:44,223 --> 00:05:46,297 I am. I just had soup. 131 00:05:46,382 --> 00:05:47,414 Anyway, 132 00:05:47,499 --> 00:05:49,896 I was just calling to let you know I read your paper. 133 00:05:49,981 --> 00:05:51,769 Wonderful. What did you think? 134 00:05:52,217 --> 00:05:55,336 I thought your typing was very tidy. 135 00:05:55,421 --> 00:05:57,656 Your sentence structure was impressive. 136 00:05:57,813 --> 00:05:59,525 And your theory was... 137 00:05:59,610 --> 00:06:03,629 not without succeeding in avoiding success. 138 00:06:04,563 --> 00:06:07,704 Well, Sheldon, uh, you don't need to beat around the bush. 139 00:06:07,789 --> 00:06:11,367 We're men of science. Uh, just give it to me straight. 140 00:06:11,721 --> 00:06:14,640 The masses for your neutrinos are impossible. 141 00:06:15,086 --> 00:06:16,422 Are you sure? 142 00:06:16,507 --> 00:06:19,426 Yes. If they were that heavy, atoms could not beta decay. 143 00:06:20,836 --> 00:06:22,571 I don't know how I missed that. 144 00:06:22,656 --> 00:06:24,052 I'm such an idiot. 145 00:06:24,369 --> 00:06:27,546 You're not an idiot. You're just a bonehead. 146 00:06:29,923 --> 00:06:32,477 So you're saying you have no feelings for her at all? 147 00:06:32,571 --> 00:06:35,165 I wasn't at the restaurant with her, I was there with you. 148 00:06:35,250 --> 00:06:36,845 That doesn't answer my question! 149 00:06:36,930 --> 00:06:39,578 I was hoping you wouldn't pick up on that. 150 00:06:40,594 --> 00:06:42,571 Did you take me there on purpose? 151 00:06:42,692 --> 00:06:43,914 Hold on a second. 152 00:06:44,008 --> 00:06:45,053 Is this one of those fights 153 00:06:45,138 --> 00:06:46,859 where we end up making out in the back seat? 154 00:06:47,008 --> 00:06:48,313 No. 155 00:06:48,499 --> 00:06:50,063 That's too bad. 156 00:06:58,953 --> 00:07:00,258 Howdy. 157 00:07:00,469 --> 00:07:03,837 Morning. I need to order some baseball trophies. 158 00:07:03,922 --> 00:07:05,656 Baseball's over there. 159 00:07:09,805 --> 00:07:11,884 So many choices. 160 00:07:11,969 --> 00:07:13,414 Mm-hmm. 161 00:07:14,429 --> 00:07:17,579 You should win a trophy for the most trophies. 162 00:07:17,664 --> 00:07:18,898 Mm. 163 00:07:21,582 --> 00:07:24,019 Maybe not the trophy for customer service. 164 00:07:24,603 --> 00:07:26,594 Is this everything you have? 165 00:07:26,679 --> 00:07:28,554 Impressive, isn't it? 166 00:07:28,639 --> 00:07:30,509 I noticed that there are no baseball trophies 167 00:07:30,594 --> 00:07:31,929 with girls on them. 168 00:07:32,014 --> 00:07:33,680 Girls don't play baseball. 169 00:07:33,765 --> 00:07:35,493 Actually, my daughter does. 170 00:07:35,578 --> 00:07:37,857 Oh. Good for her. 171 00:07:38,304 --> 00:07:42,173 And some of the girls might like a trophy with a girl on it. 172 00:07:42,258 --> 00:07:44,804 Well, then they'll be very disappointed. 173 00:07:45,750 --> 00:07:47,055 You know what? 174 00:07:47,140 --> 00:07:49,008 I'm gonna take my business elsewhere. 175 00:07:49,101 --> 00:07:50,772 Oh, no. 176 00:07:51,609 --> 00:07:55,531 And you should win a trophy for being such a sourpuss! 177 00:07:56,320 --> 00:07:57,570 Ta-ta! 178 00:07:59,679 --> 00:08:01,555 - Hello? - Dr. Sturgis. 179 00:08:01,640 --> 00:08:03,938 It's Sheldon. I hope I'm not interrupting anything. 180 00:08:04,023 --> 00:08:06,984 Nah, just wondering what became of my career. 181 00:08:07,070 --> 00:08:08,141 Oh. 182 00:08:08,226 --> 00:08:09,610 Should I call you back later? 183 00:08:09,695 --> 00:08:11,429 Oh, no. I can be downtrodden 184 00:08:11,514 --> 00:08:13,821 and chat at the same time. What's up? 185 00:08:13,906 --> 00:08:16,282 I was thinking about the mass problem of your neutrinos, 186 00:08:16,367 --> 00:08:18,219 and I realized we might be able to solve it 187 00:08:18,304 --> 00:08:20,243 if some of the particles have more spin. 188 00:08:20,328 --> 00:08:21,891 Interesting. 189 00:08:21,976 --> 00:08:23,454 That would certainly 190 00:08:23,539 --> 00:08:25,914 get our neutrino mass to zero. 191 00:08:26,507 --> 00:08:29,251 Although it does open up a problem 192 00:08:29,336 --> 00:08:31,188 with double beta decay. 193 00:08:31,273 --> 00:08:32,953 Hmm. That is true. 194 00:08:33,648 --> 00:08:36,165 Unless what it's actually predicting 195 00:08:36,250 --> 00:08:37,813 is a magnetic monopole. 196 00:08:37,898 --> 00:08:41,181 Might be difficult to control the infinities. 197 00:08:41,265 --> 00:08:43,016 Although, 198 00:08:43,101 --> 00:08:46,524 if you consider adding faster-than-light particles 199 00:08:46,609 --> 00:08:50,251 like tachyons, then I suppose you could... 200 00:08:50,336 --> 00:08:52,415 - Quantize time. - Yes! 201 00:08:52,500 --> 00:08:55,915 Hang on! If we're gonna be thinking at this level, 202 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:58,015 I should put on pants! 203 00:08:59,996 --> 00:09:01,871 Can you believe this? 204 00:09:02,112 --> 00:09:04,358 Boy trophy, boy trophy... 205 00:09:04,443 --> 00:09:05,665 boy trophy. 206 00:09:05,750 --> 00:09:08,121 Hmm, all I see is my trophy wife. 207 00:09:08,390 --> 00:09:09,750 Nope? Okay. 208 00:09:09,843 --> 00:09:11,166 Look, the only girl trophies 209 00:09:11,251 --> 00:09:14,212 are for cheerleading, soccer and golf. 210 00:09:14,297 --> 00:09:17,868 So buy Missy a golf trophy and tell her it's a skinny bat. 211 00:09:17,953 --> 00:09:19,132 George. 212 00:09:19,594 --> 00:09:22,477 That poor girl has been watching her brother win awards 213 00:09:22,562 --> 00:09:24,742 since he was three years old. 214 00:09:24,866 --> 00:09:27,524 I'd like for her first one to be special. 215 00:09:27,609 --> 00:09:30,102 'Cause you think it may also be her last one? 216 00:09:30,187 --> 00:09:31,626 I didn't say that. 217 00:09:31,711 --> 00:09:33,146 But you thought it. 218 00:09:33,542 --> 00:09:34,626 Yeah. 219 00:09:34,711 --> 00:09:36,018 Mm. 220 00:09:39,601 --> 00:09:40,774 Hey. 221 00:09:40,867 --> 00:09:42,265 Here you go. 222 00:09:42,617 --> 00:09:45,024 What's this? It's your tip from the other night. 223 00:09:45,109 --> 00:09:46,377 I wanted to give it to you then, 224 00:09:46,461 --> 00:09:49,521 but I also wanted to get out of there alive. 225 00:09:49,944 --> 00:09:51,253 Don't worry about it. 226 00:09:51,338 --> 00:09:52,429 You sure? 227 00:09:52,514 --> 00:09:53,688 I'm sure. 228 00:09:55,248 --> 00:09:57,089 So how long you been working there? 229 00:09:57,178 --> 00:09:59,303 Couple weeks. Trying to save money for college. 230 00:09:59,387 --> 00:10:01,101 Well, now you have to take this. 231 00:10:01,186 --> 00:10:02,428 I insist. 232 00:10:03,334 --> 00:10:04,612 Thank you. 233 00:10:05,091 --> 00:10:06,482 How are things with Jana? 234 00:10:06,732 --> 00:10:09,279 Honestly, I have no idea. 235 00:10:09,748 --> 00:10:11,897 Should you even be talking to me right now? 236 00:10:11,982 --> 00:10:13,202 Probably not. 237 00:10:15,170 --> 00:10:17,045 But I'm glad I am. 238 00:10:19,748 --> 00:10:21,037 Me, too. 239 00:10:23,988 --> 00:10:25,350 Bye. 240 00:10:26,607 --> 00:10:30,999 I'd like to end today's lecture with a hilarious physics joke. 241 00:10:31,084 --> 00:10:34,670 Why didn't the photon pack a suitcase? 242 00:10:35,357 --> 00:10:38,709 He was traveling light. 243 00:10:39,912 --> 00:10:41,593 Sheldon. Ha, ha. 244 00:10:41,678 --> 00:10:43,129 Thank you. 245 00:10:43,350 --> 00:10:45,128 Class dismissed. 246 00:10:45,997 --> 00:10:50,733 Well, our conversation about my paper 247 00:10:50,818 --> 00:10:54,193 resulted in a very productive couple of days. 248 00:10:54,278 --> 00:10:58,631 I completely rewrote the whole thing from scratch. 249 00:10:58,716 --> 00:11:01,834 Exciting. I know credits are usually listed alphabetically, 250 00:11:01,919 --> 00:11:05,122 but I'm completely fine with my name going second. 251 00:11:05,232 --> 00:11:08,197 Sheldon, I've worked on this paper for years. 252 00:11:08,281 --> 00:11:10,983 I'm not putting your name on it at all. 253 00:11:11,067 --> 00:11:12,419 But I helped you. 254 00:11:12,504 --> 00:11:16,787 You did, but you didn't cowrite the paper with me. 255 00:11:16,872 --> 00:11:18,739 Is that so? 256 00:11:18,989 --> 00:11:20,272 Yes, it is. 257 00:11:20,357 --> 00:11:21,733 Well, this is an outrage. 258 00:11:21,817 --> 00:11:23,125 After all the help I've given you, 259 00:11:23,209 --> 00:11:24,537 and I don't even get credit? 260 00:11:24,622 --> 00:11:26,771 Well, of course you are. 261 00:11:26,856 --> 00:11:30,001 You're getting a special thanks in the footnotes. 262 00:11:30,086 --> 00:11:31,717 No one reads the footnotes. 263 00:11:31,802 --> 00:11:33,662 - I do. - Well, I do, too, 264 00:11:33,778 --> 00:11:35,224 but that doesn't mean I want to be in them. 265 00:11:35,308 --> 00:11:38,974 Sheldon, that's where people get recognition for helping. 266 00:11:39,059 --> 00:11:41,310 Oh, you mean the help of using my math 267 00:11:41,395 --> 00:11:43,287 to convert your hazy series of meanderings 268 00:11:43,372 --> 00:11:45,224 into a well-formed scientific thesis? 269 00:11:45,309 --> 00:11:47,976 I think you're overstating your contribution. 270 00:11:48,060 --> 00:11:50,365 Well, I think you should be wearing a black ski mask 271 00:11:50,450 --> 00:11:52,365 because you're trying to rob me blind. 272 00:11:52,450 --> 00:11:56,302 Well, if anyone should be wearing an odd piece of apparel, 273 00:11:56,387 --> 00:11:58,973 it should be you wearing a baby bonnet, 274 00:11:59,075 --> 00:12:01,169 because that's how you're behaving. 275 00:12:02,372 --> 00:12:04,265 - Ready to go? - Very! 276 00:12:04,357 --> 00:12:06,387 It's a good thing she showed up, 277 00:12:06,557 --> 00:12:08,385 because I do not have a comeback. 278 00:12:12,685 --> 00:12:15,450 Darn it. When he called me a baby, I should've said, 279 00:12:15,558 --> 00:12:18,458 "Then I guess you needed a baby's help to fix your paper." 280 00:12:18,543 --> 00:12:19,606 Very clever. 281 00:12:19,691 --> 00:12:20,997 Turn the car around. 282 00:12:21,427 --> 00:12:23,020 We're halfway home. 283 00:12:23,105 --> 00:12:24,675 It's not that clever. 284 00:12:24,853 --> 00:12:26,778 Why aren't you being more supportive of me? 285 00:12:26,883 --> 00:12:29,903 Sheldon, John is a lot of things, but he's not a thief. 286 00:12:29,988 --> 00:12:31,297 So you're on his side. 287 00:12:31,382 --> 00:12:32,403 I'm not. 288 00:12:32,488 --> 00:12:33,919 So you're on my side. 289 00:12:34,004 --> 00:12:36,802 For the sake of this car ride, sure. 290 00:12:38,127 --> 00:12:39,880 Okay, here's the plan. 291 00:12:40,069 --> 00:12:42,292 End your relationship with Coach Ballard, 292 00:12:42,431 --> 00:12:45,031 date Dr. Sturgis again, get him to love you 293 00:12:45,116 --> 00:12:47,497 more than ever, then when he least expects it, 294 00:12:47,582 --> 00:12:50,130 break his heart and say, "That's for Sheldon." 295 00:12:50,449 --> 00:12:51,671 Great plan. 296 00:12:51,756 --> 00:12:52,760 You think so? 297 00:12:52,868 --> 00:12:56,044 For the sake of this car ride, sure. 298 00:12:57,340 --> 00:12:59,550 So shiny, aren't you, now? 299 00:12:59,870 --> 00:13:01,169 Hello. 300 00:13:01,254 --> 00:13:02,342 Remember me? 301 00:13:02,853 --> 00:13:05,802 Ah, I thought you were gonna take your business elsewhere. 302 00:13:05,974 --> 00:13:08,893 Well, lucky for you, I believe in second chances. 303 00:13:11,716 --> 00:13:15,817 Now, I know that you don't have girl baseball trophies in stock, 304 00:13:15,902 --> 00:13:17,994 but could you have one made special? 305 00:13:18,383 --> 00:13:19,561 Sure. 306 00:13:19,980 --> 00:13:21,809 Great. A custom mold 307 00:13:21,894 --> 00:13:24,987 is 50 bucks, and it takes six weeks. 308 00:13:25,074 --> 00:13:27,895 I'm not paying you $50 for a trophy. 309 00:13:27,980 --> 00:13:29,575 And I don't have six weeks. 310 00:13:29,660 --> 00:13:31,614 Well, does your daughter look like a horse? 311 00:13:31,800 --> 00:13:33,454 Maybe she'd like this. 312 00:13:37,725 --> 00:13:41,207 I knew all that God talk was covering something really evil. 313 00:13:44,552 --> 00:13:47,427 I am trying to make a special trophy for Missy. 314 00:13:47,592 --> 00:13:50,856 So I'm gonna take this head and put it on that body. 315 00:13:51,594 --> 00:13:53,512 Whatever you say, Dr. Frankenstein. 316 00:13:54,457 --> 00:13:56,567 My daughter deserves to have a trophy 317 00:13:56,652 --> 00:13:58,020 that looks something like her. 318 00:13:58,105 --> 00:14:01,434 So this is kind of a feminist gesture on your part. 319 00:14:01,519 --> 00:14:04,528 I prefer to think of it as a maternal gesture. 320 00:14:04,660 --> 00:14:06,286 Let's just split the difference 321 00:14:06,371 --> 00:14:08,333 and call it the stuff of nightmares. 322 00:14:08,418 --> 00:14:10,794 It'll look better when I paint it. 323 00:14:10,958 --> 00:14:12,395 I don't think so. 324 00:14:19,161 --> 00:14:20,184 Grant Linkletter. 325 00:14:20,269 --> 00:14:21,967 Dr. Linkletter, Sheldon Cooper. 326 00:14:22,052 --> 00:14:24,452 I need your help reporting an academic crime. 327 00:14:24,536 --> 00:14:25,540 Sounds serious. 328 00:14:25,624 --> 00:14:26,442 It is. 329 00:14:26,527 --> 00:14:28,151 That's why I'm using my serious voice. 330 00:14:28,236 --> 00:14:29,849 Then I'll use mine as well. 331 00:14:30,120 --> 00:14:31,487 What's going on? 332 00:14:31,572 --> 00:14:33,614 Dr. Sturgis has stolen my work 333 00:14:33,722 --> 00:14:35,640 and is using it in his own paper. 334 00:14:35,912 --> 00:14:37,351 Well, that's quite the allegation. 335 00:14:37,506 --> 00:14:39,591 It's not an allegation; it's a fact. 336 00:14:39,738 --> 00:14:42,076 He was getting enormous masses for his neutrinos, 337 00:14:42,161 --> 00:14:43,372 and I showed him how to fix it, 338 00:14:43,457 --> 00:14:46,159 but now he's refusing to list me as a coauthor. 339 00:14:46,244 --> 00:14:48,162 Well, I think he has a point. 340 00:14:48,247 --> 00:14:49,982 Is the "he" in that sentence me? 341 00:14:50,067 --> 00:14:51,950 Because that is a strange way to phrase it. 342 00:14:52,035 --> 00:14:53,170 No, the "he" is him. 343 00:14:53,255 --> 00:14:55,042 I don't play games with sentence structure. 344 00:14:55,127 --> 00:14:57,528 Look, I haven't done a forensic examination of this paper, 345 00:14:57,613 --> 00:14:59,646 but it's not uncommon to show your work to a colleague 346 00:14:59,730 --> 00:15:01,039 to get their feedback. 347 00:15:01,124 --> 00:15:02,824 But I fixed his paper. 348 00:15:03,109 --> 00:15:05,941 This kind of accusation could have real consequences. 349 00:15:06,026 --> 00:15:08,510 I'd consider my next steps very carefully. 350 00:15:08,595 --> 00:15:11,035 You're no help. Put me through to your supervisor. 351 00:15:11,120 --> 00:15:12,169 Please let me speak to John 352 00:15:12,253 --> 00:15:13,953 before you take this any further. 353 00:15:14,614 --> 00:15:17,325 All right, but if he calls me a baby, feel free to say, 354 00:15:17,410 --> 00:15:20,111 "Then I guess you needed a baby to fix your paper." 355 00:15:20,480 --> 00:15:24,083 That's a good one, but I'm not gonna say it. 356 00:15:25,897 --> 00:15:28,739 I bet the guy who invented the spork is a millionaire. 357 00:15:28,824 --> 00:15:29,915 I guess. 358 00:15:30,000 --> 00:15:31,918 I wonder if his last name is Spork. 359 00:15:32,343 --> 00:15:36,248 It comes from "spoon" and "fork." Spork. 360 00:15:36,348 --> 00:15:39,018 Oh, my God. Mind is blown. 361 00:15:48,773 --> 00:15:50,937 You know what you should do? Cut your hair. 362 00:15:51,022 --> 00:15:52,113 What? 363 00:15:52,198 --> 00:15:53,471 I think it'd look better. 364 00:15:53,556 --> 00:15:56,312 Ooh, maybe a little beard like George Michael. 365 00:15:56,454 --> 00:15:59,330 I wonder how tall he is. I bet he's tall. 366 00:16:05,376 --> 00:16:07,641 Hey. I have something to show you. 367 00:16:07,726 --> 00:16:08,730 What's up? 368 00:16:09,274 --> 00:16:11,081 I was gonna give this to you 369 00:16:11,165 --> 00:16:12,774 at the end of the season party, 370 00:16:12,859 --> 00:16:17,188 but I was so excited that I wanted you to see it now. 371 00:16:17,319 --> 00:16:18,450 Mm. 372 00:16:19,621 --> 00:16:21,180 What the hell is that? 373 00:16:21,265 --> 00:16:23,969 I couldn't find any girl baseball trophies, 374 00:16:24,054 --> 00:16:25,548 so I made you one. 375 00:16:25,633 --> 00:16:27,139 Why is her head so big? 376 00:16:27,224 --> 00:16:29,969 It's a Barbie head. I had to improvise. 377 00:16:30,053 --> 00:16:31,971 You chopped the head off one of my Barbies? 378 00:16:32,055 --> 00:16:34,352 Don't be silly. I bought a new one. 379 00:16:34,437 --> 00:16:36,313 I could've had a new Barbie? 380 00:16:36,867 --> 00:16:41,501 The point is you deserve to be recognized appropriately 381 00:16:41,586 --> 00:16:43,591 for everything you've accomplished. 382 00:16:43,962 --> 00:16:46,087 You can't give that to me in front of all the boys. 383 00:16:46,241 --> 00:16:48,812 Why? It's embarrassing. 384 00:16:49,173 --> 00:16:51,228 Well, we have plenty of time. 385 00:16:51,313 --> 00:16:56,196 I can make the head smaller or the body bigger 386 00:16:56,438 --> 00:16:57,657 or a little bit of both. 387 00:16:57,742 --> 00:17:00,433 I just want the same trophy everyone else gets. 388 00:17:00,609 --> 00:17:02,860 But I want you to feel special. 389 00:17:02,945 --> 00:17:04,993 And I just want to feel regular. 390 00:17:07,118 --> 00:17:08,453 Okay. 391 00:17:09,160 --> 00:17:11,101 Well... 392 00:17:11,936 --> 00:17:14,550 I'll make sure you get a regular one at the party. 393 00:17:14,938 --> 00:17:16,165 Thank you. 394 00:17:20,243 --> 00:17:21,993 Mom, wait. 395 00:17:24,251 --> 00:17:26,370 I get what you were trying to do. 396 00:17:28,278 --> 00:17:29,782 It's nice. 397 00:17:30,797 --> 00:17:32,048 Thanks. 398 00:17:32,230 --> 00:17:33,753 Can I keep that one, too? 399 00:17:35,587 --> 00:17:37,123 You really want it? 400 00:17:37,563 --> 00:17:38,727 I do. 401 00:17:45,791 --> 00:17:47,712 Despite her many flaws, 402 00:17:47,797 --> 00:17:50,774 my sister did have a soft spot in her heart. 403 00:17:51,965 --> 00:17:54,149 And a fondness for blowing things up. 404 00:18:06,842 --> 00:18:08,670 What was that?! 405 00:18:17,564 --> 00:18:18,486 Hello? 406 00:18:18,571 --> 00:18:21,403 How dare you accuse me of plagiarism? 407 00:18:21,568 --> 00:18:23,486 And to my colleague, no less. 408 00:18:23,782 --> 00:18:27,041 This is my reputation you're jeopardizing. 409 00:18:27,371 --> 00:18:30,247 Well, give me the credit I deserve and I'll stop. 410 00:18:30,386 --> 00:18:31,767 We've been over this. 411 00:18:31,852 --> 00:18:36,120 You made a helpful suggestion and then you arrogantly assumed 412 00:18:36,205 --> 00:18:39,314 that it entitled you to a coauthor credit, 413 00:18:39,399 --> 00:18:40,689 which it doesn't. 414 00:18:40,802 --> 00:18:42,217 But I was the one who... 415 00:18:42,302 --> 00:18:44,353 I've been your friend and mentor. 416 00:18:44,659 --> 00:18:47,404 The idea that I would steal from you 417 00:18:47,489 --> 00:18:51,970 is both personally and professionally insulting. 418 00:18:52,174 --> 00:18:55,093 Well, I'm sorry you feel that way, but... 419 00:18:55,194 --> 00:18:58,853 Sheldon, I don't want to see you in my class anymore. 420 00:19:02,069 --> 00:19:03,782 Captioned by Media Access Group at WGBH access.wgbh.org 421 00:19:03,866 --> 00:19:05,829 Sync & corrections by srjanapala