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Previously on Young Sheldon...
Hello.
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I'm here for tutoring
with Sheldon.
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Oh, he's helping you?
Isn't that nice?
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I'm tutoring him.
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Come on.
I just gave you a hint.
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We solve for the geodesics.
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Wrong.
Ow!
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What?
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Sorry, just a funny part
of the Bible.
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Oh, Shelly,
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you got a package
from your little friend.
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Dr. Sturgis sent me something?
He's so cute.
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No, your tutor friend
from Germany.
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Mei-Tung was not my tutor,
she just assisted me
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in learning things
I didn't understand yet.
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What'd you get?
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It's the latest issue
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of the International
Physics Review.
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"Sheldon, check out page 58.
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"I never thought
I'd be published
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in such a prestigious journal."
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Wow, good for her.
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Good for her?
What kind of monster sends mail
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across multiple time zones just
to rub their success in my face?
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Indulging the ramblings
of a child.
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My respect for this
esteemed journal is plummeting.
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Oh, my.
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What is it?
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It's the paper I wrote
with Mei-Tung.
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I'm the coauthor
of an article
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in a highly esteemed
physics journal.
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Well, that's neat, Sheldon.
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Neat is a robot that doesn't
look like a truck
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that turns into a truck.
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This treatise
revolutionizes
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the theory of manifolds.
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What word would you
like me to use?
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How about... transformative?
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Sheldon, that's transformative.
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Thank you.
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Hey.
Hey, how was school?
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Good. I got an "A."
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That's amazing!
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She gets an "amazing"?
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All-all she did was color
inside the lines.
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She tell you?
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Yes, so great.
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Dad, I got published in
International Physics Review.
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Nice, buddy.
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Ooh, new boat catalog.
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An "A"?
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That's nice, sweetie.
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It's Medford from the year
I was born.
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Aren't we going a little
overboard with this "A" thing?
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Hey, some of us
never got an "A."
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Really?
Not even one?
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If only they graded lunch.
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I'll have you know,
I love my body.
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Shelly,
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tell your meemaw
about your fancy article.
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Gladly. As an alternative
to the Calabi-Yau manifold,
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we've come up with a new shape
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to compactify the extra
dimensions in string theory.
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Well...
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hot dog.
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Hot dog?
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Maybe explain it
a little more simply.
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She means dumb it down.
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Hey. But, yeah.
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You know how
a Mobius strip generalized
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to the third dimension is
a Klein bottle?
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Dumber.
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A Mobius strip is
a two-dimensional manifold
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that's embedded in...
Dumber.
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Do you know what a square is?
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Yes.
Cube?
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Of course.
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Then you know what
a C-8 octachoron is.
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And for your information,
I've lost a little weight.
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You got to eat them
Cheerios,
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they're good for you.
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You can tell 'cause there
ain't no cartoon on the box.
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Now, Cocoa Puffs
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got that bird on 'em,
and he's cuckoo for 'em.
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Maybe she'd like some bananas
or some applesauce?
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She don't like
none of that.
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Any of that.
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Any of what?
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She doesn't like any of that.
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That's what I said.
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No, you said,
"She don't like none of that."
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We're sayin' the same thang.
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No, we're saying the same thing.
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Exactly.
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And we aren't.
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We ain't?
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I just think you may want to try
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speaking more properly
in front of your daughter.
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Ain't nothin' wrong
with the way I talk.
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Lotta people talk like me.
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True, but maybe CeeCee will have
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better opportunities in life
if she's well-spoken.
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She don't even talk yet.
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No, she doesn't.
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But she's listening
and she's learning,
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and we don't want her first
word to be "dang it."
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Better that than whatever
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the snooty version
of "dang it" is.
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It's "darn it."
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Dang it, I knew that.
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Remarkable work.
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Well done, lad.
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Yes, first paper
published at 14.
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Oh. You're officially
a wunderkind.
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Did you catch my sly in-joke
about a tesseract?
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Did I?
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I did.
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Did you?
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I don't know.
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It's refreshing to talk to
people who appreciate my work.
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Appreciate it,
understand it,
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and are inspired by it.
Ditto,
ditto and ditto.
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And I'm sure your family
is very proud.
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Yes, but not just me.
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Childish maps, impregnating
a woman out of wedlock--
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they're proud of all their kids.
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The important thing is,
that kid belongs to us.
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He is our cash cow.
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Okay.
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Explain this to me
so I sound like I know
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what I'm talking about
when I shake the donor tree.
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Well, young Mr. Cooper has
reimagined string theory.
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And compactified dimensions
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like nobody's business.
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You don't understand this,
do you?
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No.
Not really.
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I mean, we get
what he's trying to do.
Absolutely.
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No, we don't really
understand it.
Not a bit.
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So two of the top minds
at our school are
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flummoxed by a 14-year-old.
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Well, "flummoxed"
is a strong word.
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But accurate.
Accurate.
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Mm-hmm. Okay, maybe I can
sell this by saying
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that this is so advanced
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that even other
brilliant scientists
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don't understand it.
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Sexy.
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Don't do that.
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Hello?
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This is she.
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Oh, really?
Who is it?
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If it's a guy
about a boat, hang up.
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One moment, please.
It's Princeton.
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They want to talk about Sheldon
going to grad school.
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Ooh, what are they offering?
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I don't know.
Full-ride?
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I said I don't know.
Well, ask 'em.
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I will if you'll shut up.
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Okay, but I wouldn't
use that tone.
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I'll get it.
Remember, cash is king.
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Well, howdy.
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Is this the Cooper residence?
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It is.
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Phil Lambert,
Stanford University.
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I was just passing
through Medford
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and I would love to talk to you
about your son's future.
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Come on in, Phil.
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Hey, Mare,
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tell Princeton,
Stanford's passing through.
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Well, thanks
for stopping by.
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Well, I was kind of hoping
I could meet Sheldon.
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All in good time.
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We still got to whip
some of the lumps
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out of that offer of yours.
We'll be in touch.
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Okay.
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Whip some of the lumps?
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Point is, Sheldon's
gobbledygook article
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got us a bidding war.
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George, what do you know
about grad school?
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Nothing, but I do know about
recruiting blue chip talent.
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These schools want him,
and we got him.
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He's not a prize heifer
to auction off.
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Mary, we got two average kids.
Let's cash in on the smart one.
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Do you think
I talk funny?
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What'd my mom say?
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Just that I should
speak more proper.
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You're fine, and she should
mind her own business.
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Thanks, 'cause she's all worried
CeeCee's gonna sound like me.
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Oh.
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What?
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Nothing.
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You know,
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when I was a weather girl,
I took some speech classes,
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and they really seemed to help.
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Did you used to
sound like me?
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Oh, sweetie, no.
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Incoming, nine o'clock.
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Well, I hope you two are happy.
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Sheldon is being
recruited
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by Princeton, by Stanford,
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MIT, Caltech.
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We are losing him,
and you two have done nothing.
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What can we do?
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Those are some of the
best schools in the world.
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We have a wonderful
graduate program for physics.
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Actually...
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You're the chair
of the department.
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Yes, and the program
is far from wonderful.
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That said,
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our animal husbandry department
is first-rate.
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Fine.
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We have other cards
to play. Uh...
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we're near his family,
and he loves you two--
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God knows why--
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and most importantly,
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he hates change.
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I changed deodorants once.
He made me change it back.
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Apparently, I smelled
too outdoorsy.
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All right, look, we-we've
been catering to Sheldon
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and his family
for years,
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so let's
take advantage
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of what we know
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and use it
to keep him
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at East Texas Tech.
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His mother is very religious.
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Someone might mention
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Caltech was founded
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by a Satanist.
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Good, good.
Wait-wait, is that true?
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Actually, I don't care.
We're using it.
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It is true.
And again, I don't care,
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So, what else we got?
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Eh, with all the freeways
and traffic in California,
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he's gonna need
a car.
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George, he's 14.
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Right.
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He's gonna need a car
and a driver.
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We can arrange that.
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So, what do you say?
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Stephen Hawking
and Sheldon Cooper
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together at Caltech?
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It's very promising.
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And of course,
some of our alumni
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include John Kennedy,
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Franklin Roosevelt,
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newly appointed
Supreme Court Justice
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
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That's an awful lot
of Democrats.
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Although Harvard did have
some impressive alumni.
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Bunch of presidents
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and that gal
on the court.
Mm-hmm.
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I thought U.T.
was burnt orange?
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Oh, no, that's the
University of Texas.
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We're the University of Toronto.
Go, True Blue.
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Toronto?
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Yes, sir, we're the Harvard
of the North, eh.
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Well, you should
probably get going.
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Got a long trip
ahead of you.
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I like everything
I'm hearing, but,
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at the end of the day,
this'll be Sheldon's choice.
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Absolutely.
Hang on a sec.
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I see an engineering department,
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a physics department,
computer lab.
264
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What I don't see is a church.
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Don't worry, we have a beautiful
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nondenominational chapel
built in 1956.
267
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Nondenominational?
268
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Everyone's welcome.
269
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Hello, Sheldon.
270
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There's my guy.
271
00:10:01,402 --> 00:10:02,770
Oh, hello.
272
00:10:02,803 --> 00:10:03,938
Is everything okay?
273
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Does something have to be wrong
274
00:10:05,272 --> 00:10:06,575
to hang out with a pal?
275
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Here at East Texas Tech,
276
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we're not just your faculty,
we're your friends.
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In the past, you made it
278
00:10:11,546 --> 00:10:12,413
very clear that
we're not friends.
279
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That's just me
280
00:10:13,848 --> 00:10:14,648
giving you the business
the way buddies do,
281
00:10:14,682 --> 00:10:17,251
you little scamp.
282
00:10:17,284 --> 00:10:19,086
Sorry, that was a little hard.
283
00:10:19,120 --> 00:10:21,188
We know this recruiting thing
can be stressful,
284
00:10:21,222 --> 00:10:24,391
and we just wanted to see
how you're holding up.
285
00:10:24,425 --> 00:10:25,793
It's actually not
stressful at all.
286
00:10:25,826 --> 00:10:28,462
My parents have been
handling most of it.
287
00:10:28,496 --> 00:10:29,697
That's great.
That's why it's good
288
00:10:29,730 --> 00:10:31,665
to have family
close by.
289
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Friends and family
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00:10:32,967 --> 00:10:35,669
just a hop, skip
and a jump away.
291
00:10:35,703 --> 00:10:37,338
I don't hop, skip or jump.
292
00:10:37,371 --> 00:10:38,573
See, that's that
sense of humor
293
00:10:38,607 --> 00:10:40,542
that we get but
strangers may not.
294
00:10:40,575 --> 00:10:42,276
Yes.
295
00:10:42,309 --> 00:10:43,677
Son, I know
you have
296
00:10:43,711 --> 00:10:45,112
a lot of options
for grad school,
297
00:10:45,146 --> 00:10:47,081
and I'm sure you'll
make the right choice
298
00:10:47,114 --> 00:10:49,083
for yourself and your
sweet, aging grandma.
299
00:10:49,116 --> 00:10:51,752
Who will miss you
so much if you leave.
300
00:10:51,785 --> 00:10:53,420
Moon Pie-- isn't that
what she calls you?
301
00:10:53,454 --> 00:10:55,156
Yes.
Sweet.
302
00:10:55,189 --> 00:10:56,857
So sweet.
303
00:10:59,727 --> 00:11:02,062
Hey, what
you doing?
304
00:11:02,096 --> 00:11:03,230
Reading.
305
00:11:04,031 --> 00:11:05,699
English Grammar and Composition?
306
00:11:05,733 --> 00:11:07,101
It's Missy's.
307
00:11:07,134 --> 00:11:09,970
You know, you don't
have to do this.
308
00:11:10,004 --> 00:11:12,106
Well, I want to
do it for CeeCee.
309
00:11:13,207 --> 00:11:14,643
Well, maybe I can help.
310
00:11:14,675 --> 00:11:15,644
Yeah?
311
00:11:15,676 --> 00:11:16,844
Yeah, you don't need a book.
312
00:11:16,877 --> 00:11:18,712
Let's just
start simple.
313
00:11:19,614 --> 00:11:23,450
Um, instead of "ain't,"
try "isn't."
314
00:11:23,484 --> 00:11:25,252
That isn't gonna be a problem.
315
00:11:25,286 --> 00:11:29,256
There you go.
Now, let's work on "wasn't."
316
00:11:29,290 --> 00:11:30,324
Wadn't.
317
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Wasn't.
318
00:11:32,126 --> 00:11:33,327
Wadn't.
319
00:11:33,360 --> 00:11:34,895
See, I'm not hearing the "S."
320
00:11:34,929 --> 00:11:37,798
That's 'cause it wadn't there.
321
00:11:37,831 --> 00:11:39,400
So, we've narrowed it down to
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five schools.
323
00:11:40,834 --> 00:11:42,469
We got Caltech
and Stanford in California.
324
00:11:42,504 --> 00:11:44,104
The left coast.
Mom.
325
00:11:44,138 --> 00:11:45,206
It is.
326
00:11:45,239 --> 00:11:46,240
Can I continue?
327
00:11:46,273 --> 00:11:47,542
Also known as
328
00:11:47,576 --> 00:11:48,909
the land of
fruits and nuts. Continue.
329
00:11:48,943 --> 00:11:51,212
And on the East Coast,
we got MIT,
330
00:11:51,245 --> 00:11:52,514
Harvard and Princeton.
331
00:11:52,547 --> 00:11:53,747
Damn Yankees.
332
00:11:53,781 --> 00:11:56,016
We can't move
the schools, Connie.
333
00:11:57,051 --> 00:11:58,185
There's also East Texas Tech.
334
00:11:58,219 --> 00:11:59,920
Is that a school
that you're considering?
335
00:11:59,954 --> 00:12:02,022
I have friends there,
and it's close to all of you.
336
00:12:02,056 --> 00:12:03,891
Why would you want
to be close to us?
Missy.
337
00:12:03,924 --> 00:12:05,426
This is your decision,
338
00:12:05,459 --> 00:12:07,228
but best I understand,
these other schools are
339
00:12:07,261 --> 00:12:10,764
the major leagues,
and East Texas Tech is T-ball.
340
00:12:10,798 --> 00:12:12,667
Please don't make
sports analogies.
341
00:12:12,701 --> 00:12:14,703
Fine.
342
00:12:14,735 --> 00:12:17,505
These schools are like...
Superman
343
00:12:17,539 --> 00:12:19,507
and East Texas Tech is like...
344
00:12:19,541 --> 00:12:21,308
regular man?
345
00:12:21,342 --> 00:12:22,910
Better, I think.
346
00:12:22,943 --> 00:12:25,045
If you're worried
about being far away,
347
00:12:25,079 --> 00:12:26,814
they're all
offering to pay for
348
00:12:26,847 --> 00:12:28,082
travel expenses
so you can
349
00:12:28,115 --> 00:12:29,684
come home for
the holidays.
350
00:12:29,718 --> 00:12:31,986
But to be clear,
you don't have to.
351
00:12:32,019 --> 00:12:34,054
And we can also
come and visit you.
352
00:12:34,088 --> 00:12:36,190
Ooh, free trip. I like that.
353
00:12:36,223 --> 00:12:38,526
You were just complaining
about these places.
354
00:12:38,560 --> 00:12:41,028
I can complain
on a beach.
355
00:12:41,829 --> 00:12:43,931
This is a difficult decision.
356
00:12:43,964 --> 00:12:48,035
Which is why we're all
here to help you make it.
357
00:12:50,304 --> 00:12:52,139
♪ Now, this is a story ♪
358
00:12:52,172 --> 00:12:53,675
♪ All about how my life got... ♪
359
00:12:53,708 --> 00:12:55,342
Are we not done?
360
00:12:55,376 --> 00:12:57,444
It-it felt done.
361
00:13:09,490 --> 00:13:10,924
Come in.
362
00:13:11,859 --> 00:13:13,360
What are you doing?
363
00:13:13,394 --> 00:13:14,828
I can't sleep.
364
00:13:14,862 --> 00:13:16,698
This is the biggest
decision of my life.
365
00:13:16,731 --> 00:13:18,165
What's all this?
366
00:13:18,198 --> 00:13:19,133
I'm employing
367
00:13:19,166 --> 00:13:20,568
an algorithm to
assigns points to
368
00:13:20,602 --> 00:13:22,169
each school so I can
statistically decide
369
00:13:22,202 --> 00:13:23,304
which is the best.
370
00:13:23,337 --> 00:13:24,572
Hmm.
371
00:13:24,606 --> 00:13:26,874
How about "Eeny,
meeny, miny, moe"?
372
00:13:27,742 --> 00:13:28,842
I won't miss you.
373
00:13:28,876 --> 00:13:30,779
Same. What
school's winning?
374
00:13:30,811 --> 00:13:32,714
I've narrowed it down
to Caltech and MIT.
375
00:13:32,747 --> 00:13:34,248
Geographically
equidistant,
376
00:13:34,281 --> 00:13:36,116
so the travel time home
would be about the same.
377
00:13:36,150 --> 00:13:38,185
Caltech has Stephen Hawking,
which is exciting,
378
00:13:38,218 --> 00:13:39,754
but he hasn't won a Nobel Prize,
379
00:13:39,788 --> 00:13:42,456
unlike Henry Kendall at MIT,
who recently did.
380
00:13:42,489 --> 00:13:43,924
What's this little guy?
381
00:13:43,957 --> 00:13:45,760
Both schools' mascot
is a beaver.
382
00:13:45,794 --> 00:13:47,061
Not pertinent
to my needs,
383
00:13:47,094 --> 00:13:49,863
but amusing nonetheless.
Mm.
384
00:13:49,897 --> 00:13:51,432
Well, if you want my opinion,
385
00:13:51,465 --> 00:13:53,467
I say pick the one that's
near the beach and Hollywood.
386
00:13:53,500 --> 00:13:55,336
I hate those. Advantage MIT.
387
00:13:55,369 --> 00:13:56,904
Where's that?
Boston.
388
00:13:56,937 --> 00:13:59,006
So, what's your gut say?
389
00:13:59,039 --> 00:14:01,743
It doesn't say anything.
It's not a thinking organ.
390
00:14:01,776 --> 00:14:04,612
Fine, what's your...
Spidey-sense tell you?
391
00:14:04,646 --> 00:14:08,616
Spidey-sense warns Peter Parker
of imminent danger.
392
00:14:08,650 --> 00:14:10,250
It doesn't help him
pick schools.
393
00:14:11,085 --> 00:14:13,087
Well, the important thing is,
394
00:14:13,120 --> 00:14:15,022
no matter where you go,
395
00:14:15,055 --> 00:14:18,325
I'm gonna turn this room
into a dance studio.
396
00:14:19,393 --> 00:14:21,061
Mm-hmm.
397
00:14:28,135 --> 00:14:29,637
Howdy.
398
00:14:29,671 --> 00:14:30,904
Well, howdy yourself.
399
00:14:30,938 --> 00:14:32,774
Is this a bad time?
400
00:14:32,807 --> 00:14:34,174
No, but Sheldon's not here,
401
00:14:34,208 --> 00:14:35,976
if you were hoping
to talk to him.
402
00:14:36,009 --> 00:14:38,946
No, I was fixing to talk
to you and your hubby.
403
00:14:38,979 --> 00:14:40,615
Come on in.
404
00:14:41,683 --> 00:14:42,817
I brought you
some pecan pie
405
00:14:42,851 --> 00:14:45,052
and some beer
to wash it down.
406
00:14:45,085 --> 00:14:46,521
You didn't have
to do that.
407
00:14:46,554 --> 00:14:47,955
Oh, it's no problem.
408
00:14:47,988 --> 00:14:49,657
It's my
ding-dang pleasure.
409
00:14:49,691 --> 00:14:52,359
Okay. George?
410
00:14:53,427 --> 00:14:55,730
President Hagemeyer.
411
00:14:55,764 --> 00:14:57,097
This is a real honor,
having you visit.
412
00:14:57,131 --> 00:15:00,568
Oh, stop it with that
President nonsense.
413
00:15:00,602 --> 00:15:02,804
It's Linda... y'all.
414
00:15:02,837 --> 00:15:05,840
Okay, Linda,
so how can we help you?
415
00:15:05,874 --> 00:15:08,008
No, no, no,
how can I help you?
416
00:15:08,041 --> 00:15:09,544
Gee, I don't know.
417
00:15:09,577 --> 00:15:10,812
Rain gutters
could use cleaning.
418
00:15:10,845 --> 00:15:12,680
George.
Just a joke.
419
00:15:12,714 --> 00:15:14,481
Well, it doesn't have to be.
420
00:15:14,516 --> 00:15:16,551
You got a ladder
and some gloves, I'm your gal.
421
00:15:17,752 --> 00:15:19,453
And I guess that's
why I'm here.
422
00:15:19,486 --> 00:15:21,890
You know, everybody's rolling
out the red carpet for Sheldon,
423
00:15:21,922 --> 00:15:23,290
as they should.
424
00:15:23,323 --> 00:15:25,993
But, I mean, who's
looking after your needs?
425
00:15:26,026 --> 00:15:28,362
Our needs?
I don't understand.
426
00:15:28,395 --> 00:15:31,031
Wouldn't you like
all your children
427
00:15:31,064 --> 00:15:32,366
to be college graduates?
428
00:15:35,603 --> 00:15:36,738
Wait, are
you serious?
429
00:15:36,771 --> 00:15:38,907
I'm in a position to offer
430
00:15:38,939 --> 00:15:42,109
a full scholarship
to Sheldon's twin sister,
431
00:15:42,142 --> 00:15:44,779
his older brother,
and I understand
432
00:15:44,813 --> 00:15:46,146
there's a grandchild in the mix.
433
00:15:46,180 --> 00:15:48,750
Just imagine how expensive
tuition will be
434
00:15:48,783 --> 00:15:50,718
18 years from now.
435
00:15:50,752 --> 00:15:53,855
Wow, that is
very generous.
436
00:15:53,888 --> 00:15:55,857
No, no, no, I don't--
I don't think so.
437
00:15:55,890 --> 00:15:57,191
No, I think
it's just
438
00:15:57,224 --> 00:16:01,629
giving you good,
hardworking folk
439
00:16:01,663 --> 00:16:03,230
what you deserve.
440
00:16:04,164 --> 00:16:05,466
I don't know what to say.
441
00:16:05,499 --> 00:16:08,335
Yeah, we... we'll have
to talk it over a little.
442
00:16:08,368 --> 00:16:11,438
At the end of the day,
it's still Sheldon's decision.
443
00:16:11,472 --> 00:16:14,007
Oh, of course, but-but
it's also a family decision,
444
00:16:14,041 --> 00:16:18,212
and that is what
East Texas Tech is all about.
445
00:16:18,245 --> 00:16:19,647
Family.
446
00:16:19,681 --> 00:16:23,183
Or, as I like to say, kin.
447
00:16:26,119 --> 00:16:29,691
Your mother has been helping me,
448
00:16:29,724 --> 00:16:32,527
and it has
not been easy.
449
00:16:32,560 --> 00:16:35,763
But I'm going to
450
00:16:35,797 --> 00:16:38,533
keep working on it for you.
451
00:16:39,701 --> 00:16:41,201
Okay, let's get you cleaned up.
452
00:16:41,970 --> 00:16:43,838
See? He's tryin'.
453
00:16:43,872 --> 00:16:45,305
Try-ing.
454
00:16:46,273 --> 00:16:48,610
It's nice to see.
Who's ready for coffee?
455
00:16:48,643 --> 00:16:52,079
I believe you mean,
"Whom's ready for coffee?"
456
00:16:53,013 --> 00:16:54,181
Whom's?
457
00:16:54,214 --> 00:16:56,684
Oh, let him have this one.
458
00:16:59,721 --> 00:17:01,188
Sheldon?
459
00:17:02,089 --> 00:17:03,423
Which is better?
460
00:17:03,457 --> 00:17:04,959
One or two?
461
00:17:04,993 --> 00:17:07,327
One, two?
462
00:17:07,361 --> 00:17:09,597
Hat I'll never wear one,
hat I'll never wear two.
463
00:17:09,631 --> 00:17:10,832
Are you okay?
464
00:17:10,865 --> 00:17:12,499
No, I didn't
sleep at all last night.
465
00:17:12,534 --> 00:17:13,935
For the life of me,
I can't decide between
466
00:17:13,968 --> 00:17:15,335
Caltech and MIT.
467
00:17:15,369 --> 00:17:16,938
No matter how
I analyze it,
468
00:17:16,971 --> 00:17:17,939
how I
break it down,
469
00:17:17,972 --> 00:17:19,607
they're basically equal.
470
00:17:19,641 --> 00:17:21,643
Great, then just pick
the one you want.
471
00:17:21,676 --> 00:17:23,945
What I want is to not have
to make this decision.
472
00:17:23,978 --> 00:17:28,215
Well, you could always
stay here.
473
00:17:28,248 --> 00:17:30,217
Maybe you're right.
Maybe deciding not to decide
474
00:17:30,250 --> 00:17:32,286
is the best decision
I can decide.
475
00:17:32,319 --> 00:17:33,120
Possibly.
476
00:17:33,153 --> 00:17:34,354
After all, an object at rest
477
00:17:34,388 --> 00:17:36,089
stays at rest.
That's just physics.
478
00:17:36,123 --> 00:17:38,526
The kind of physics
we understand.
479
00:17:39,393 --> 00:17:40,762
Very well, I'll stay here,
480
00:17:40,795 --> 00:17:42,329
I'll work with you two,
and everything will be...
481
00:17:42,362 --> 00:17:44,431
Stop.
482
00:17:44,464 --> 00:17:46,099
I can't do this.
483
00:17:46,133 --> 00:17:48,836
I'm glad you said that.
I'm also having qualms.
484
00:17:48,870 --> 00:17:50,437
What are you talking about?
You.
485
00:17:50,470 --> 00:17:52,707
We have to do
the right thing for him.
486
00:17:52,740 --> 00:17:53,975
And for science.
487
00:17:54,008 --> 00:17:55,275
So, we're in agreement?
488
00:17:55,309 --> 00:17:56,978
Consequences be damned.
489
00:17:57,011 --> 00:17:59,112
Will someone please
tell me what's going on?
490
00:17:59,146 --> 00:18:02,149
Sheldon, you can't stay here.
491
00:18:02,182 --> 00:18:04,052
Why?
You've outgrown us.
492
00:18:04,084 --> 00:18:06,420
Me, literally.
493
00:18:06,453 --> 00:18:08,523
You deserve the best
education possible.
494
00:18:08,556 --> 00:18:11,158
You're going to do
great things, Sheldon.
495
00:18:12,359 --> 00:18:14,461
And we're proud to have been
496
00:18:14,494 --> 00:18:16,831
a small part of your journey.
497
00:18:17,966 --> 00:18:19,199
So, where should I go?
498
00:18:19,232 --> 00:18:20,668
Caltech.
MIT.
499
00:18:25,339 --> 00:18:28,576
Mom, Dad, I've made a decision.
500
00:18:30,410 --> 00:18:31,779
All right.
501
00:18:32,714 --> 00:18:35,315
I'm going to MIT.
502
00:18:35,349 --> 00:18:36,884
I know what you're thinking.
503
00:18:36,918 --> 00:18:38,653
Wait for it.
504
00:18:39,486 --> 00:18:40,922
I'm so excited to visit MIT.
505
00:18:40,955 --> 00:18:42,690
Me, too.
506
00:18:43,925 --> 00:18:45,793
Proud of you, son.
507
00:18:45,827 --> 00:18:47,127
Thank you, Dad.
508
00:18:52,466 --> 00:18:53,701
Caltech?
509
00:18:53,735 --> 00:18:55,335
Caltech.
510
00:18:56,336 --> 00:18:57,705
Told you.
511
00:19:02,010 --> 00:19:03,711
I don't know
what to tell you, Linda.
512
00:19:03,745 --> 00:19:05,212
We begged him to stay.
513
00:19:05,245 --> 00:19:06,313
I got down
on my knees,
514
00:19:06,346 --> 00:19:08,516
and, well, John
was already there.
515
00:19:08,549 --> 00:19:11,853
We did everything
we could to keep him.
516
00:19:11,886 --> 00:19:15,657
I wore a cowboy hat and
offered a scholarship to a baby.
517
00:19:15,690 --> 00:19:17,925
Ooh. You win.
518
00:19:17,959 --> 00:19:19,259
Damn straight.
519
00:19:19,292 --> 00:19:20,695
I'd like to propose a toast.
520
00:19:20,728 --> 00:19:25,066
To our complete and utter
521
00:19:25,099 --> 00:19:26,400
lack of integrity.
522
00:19:26,433 --> 00:19:27,635
Hear, hear.
Hear, hear.