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Previously on Young Sheldon...
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So, where should I go?
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Caltech.
MIT.
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I'm so excited to visit MIT.
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Me, too.
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Proud of you, son.
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Thank you, Dad.
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Caltech?
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Caltech.
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I always believed
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my extraordinary life
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would be chronicled
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in numerous biographies.
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I even used
to make up my own titles.
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My favorites were:
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From Texas to Success:
the Sheldon Cooper Journey,
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and Cooper for Kids,
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a pre-school introduction to
quantum gravity in superstring.
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The point is,
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I knew my formative years
would be well-documented,
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which meant
I needed to polish up
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some of my early
academic credentials,
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especially East Texas Tech.
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Wh-What am I looking at?
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My proposal
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for next semester's curriculum
on string theory.
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I may be leaving,
but that doesn't mean
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you can attract
more brilliant minds
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by staying on the cutting edge.
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Sheldon,
you are not a professor here.
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Oh, I know.
If I were to teach,
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it would be at
a much better university
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than this one.
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And, in 54 days, you will
no longer be a student here.
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Not that I'm counting.
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True,
we should relish these moments.
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Oh, I'm relishing.
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Look at me relish.
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So,
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what am I supposed to do
with this?
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Just because I won't be here
doesn't mean
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I won't forever be associated
with this university.
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And it would be nice
if people look at my résumé
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and said "East Texas Tech,"
not "East Texas Tech."
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You said those
the exact same way.
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Really? In my head, the second
one was dripping with scorn.
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"East Texas Tech."
How was that?
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Dripping.
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- Mm.
- Sheldon, I appreciate this,
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but, uh, we have
an excellent faculty here,
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and they are quite capable of
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devising their own curriculum
without your help.
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I suppose
I could spin East Texas Tech
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as a hardship I had to overcome,
like a hunchback or a club foot.
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54 days.
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I know.
I'm going to miss this, too.
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Mm.
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♪ Nobody else
is stronger than I am ♪
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♪ Yesterday I moved a mountain
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♪ I bet I could be your hero
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♪ I am a mighty little man
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♪ I am a mighty little man. ♪
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So, this is
the new physics curriculum
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I've developed for next year.
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Introduction to
nonlinear sigma models?
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That's some pretty
advanced stuff.
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And that's the point.
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You know,
Sheldon may be leaving,
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but we can attract
the next brilliant mind
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if we stay on the cutting edge.
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Couldn't agree more.
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In fact, John,
why don't you take point
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on that nonlinear class
and I'll teach, uh...
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Ooh, so much here I've heard of,
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which one do I pick?
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All right, if this material is
too challenging for you,
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maybe I should
rethink my faculty.
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What are you saying?
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Well, legally I can't say
that I'm replacing you
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with someone younger,
so I'm not saying that.
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Uh, legally.
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Nice try,
but I have tenure.
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I don't.
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Tough luck.
Another thing
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I'm not saying is
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that I'm going to put
your office at the top
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of a flight of
very steep stairs.
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Okay, that won't
be necessary.
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We may be out of the
loop on this stuff,
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but we can catch up.
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Agreed! We can be up to speed
in two shakes of a lamb's tail.
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Don't say that,
you sound old.
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Lickety-split?
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Better.
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Lickety-split.
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Hi.
Hi.
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- Oh, come to Nana.
- There you go.
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Oh, you got so big.
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I said that to her
when she was pregnant.
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No bueno.
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So, uh, what movie
y'all going to see?
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Ace Ventura: Pet Detective.
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Mandy, you want to see that?
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I don't care,
I'm gonna be asleep
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before the lights go down.
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Well, we are
so happy to babysit.
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In fact,
if you want to go to dinner
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after the movie,
that's fine with us.
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Aw, thanks,
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but we're trying
to save money.
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George, give them some money
so they can go to dinner.
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We're already babysitting
for free.
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But we never get
to see this little one,
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because her mean Mommy
and Daddy moved her away.
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Well, Mommy and Daddy have
their own bathroom now, so...
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Oh, that's the dream
right there.
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Alrighty. Bye, baby.
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- Bye, honey.
- Be good.
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Oh, she'll be an angel
for Nana and Grampy.
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Grampy?
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I didn't sign off on that.
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Okay, let's go, I want
to get this nap started.
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See you, Grampy.
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Grant.
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I finished reading
Ed Witten's article
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on the Landau-Ginzburg orbifold.
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I'm almost done with one
on Planckian scattering.
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I don't know
why we were so reluctant
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to dive into these new theories.
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- Agreed.
- Exciting stuff.
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- Thrilling.
- So thrilling.
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A little hard to parse.
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A bit enigmatic.
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I had to read the same paragraph
four times.
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I fell asleep on one paper,
drooled all over it.
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- Huh.
- Is it possible
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that we're too old
to learn new things?
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Nonsense. This would have
been over my head
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even as a young man.
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Maybe we just need
someone to explain it to us.
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Are you talking about Sheldon?
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I'm sure he'd be happy to help.
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Oh, that's what I'm afraid of.
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I don't want to give him
the satisfaction of thinking
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he's smarter than us.
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But he is smarter than us.
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I know that and you know that,
but he can never know that.
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Okay, how about this?
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We take
one of these papers,
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buckle down
and figure it out together.
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Teamwork, I like it.
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Oh.
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Actually,
could you move it a bit closer?
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That's a little fuzzy.
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Uh...
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Now it's fuzzy for me.
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Put on your cheaters.
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I forgot them on the bus.
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I have an extra pair,
would you like them?
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That would be lovely.
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Teamwork.
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Say "Nana."
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Nana.
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Na-na.
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Ain't she a little young
for that, Mare?
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For the record,
I said my first word
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at four months.
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It was "hypotenuse."
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I asked you to get her bottle,
not yours.
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Two birds, Mare.
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Get down here
and feed her with me.
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Why?
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'Cause that's how you bond.
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All right.
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You're gonna have
to get me back up.
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Cheers.
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I'm home!
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Oh, no, did Dad fall?
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No, I'm bonding
with the baby.
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- Isn't she the cutest?
- Hmm.
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Want to know what else is cute?
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- Another piercing right up here.
- No.
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Why? Heather just got one.
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I thought
you and Heather were fighting.
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Yeah,
middle school's complicated.
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You're not getting
another piercing.
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It's my ear.
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We made that ear.
It's our ear.
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I hate this house.
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I miss when she couldn't talk.
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Hi, Sheldon.
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Hello.
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I was hoping
I could pick your brain
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about some of
the latest breakthroughs
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in string theory.
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And, uh,
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maybe we keep this between us.
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Uh, Dr. Linkletter doesn't
need to know.
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Grant?
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John.
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I can't believe you went
to Sheldon behind my back.
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You're doing
the same exact thing.
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Yeah, well, you did it first!
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In or out?
I don't have all night.
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Well, thanks so much
for watching her.
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- Was she any trouble?
- No, not at all.
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How was your nap?
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I've had better.
Hey.
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A guy talks out of his butt,
I laugh.
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Dr Pepper came out your nose.
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Yeah, when words came
out of his butt.
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Okay.
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Mare, this is where
you hand the baby back
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and let them leave.
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I'm just soaking her up.
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They don't live in Kansas.
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You can see 'em
whenever you want.
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Okay, well,
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Nana loves you.
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Nana's the best.
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Nana.
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Nana, Nana, Nana.
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All right, Nana.
Take it down a notch.
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Okay. Bring her back anytime.
I mean it, anytime.
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I think they got it.
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We got it.
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Bye.
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That was so nice.
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Yeah, what a sweet deal.
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You have a little fun,
then hand her right back.
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I don't know, I like having
a baby in the house.
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Yeah, well...
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You know, Russ at work,
he-he's starting all over
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with wife number two.
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You should see him.
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Looks like a walking corpse.
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That doesn't sound so bad.
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Are you serious?
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Well,
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Georgie and CeeCee live
across town,
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Sheldon's about to move
to California.
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The house is gonna feel empty.
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Whoa, whoa, it ain't empty yet,
you still got Missy here.
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Missy doesn't let me hug her
anymore.
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That is not true.
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Missy, get out here
- and hug your mother!
- No!
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Mm, mm.
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Booth just opened up.
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Y'all want to move over?
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Booth?
We're not on a date.
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I don't want our knees
rubbing up on each other.
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Well, excuse me
for wanting to be comfortable.
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George, you believe this guy?
He wants to sit in a booth.
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What? Oh, yeah.
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Come on, Wayne
we're not on a date.
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I just made that joke.
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Get your head in the game.
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Sorry, I...
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I'm a little distracted.
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All right,
what's going on?
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We were babysitting
the granddaughter.
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I'm worried Mary's got
a little baby fever.
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You tell her about Russ?
264
00:09:18,949 --> 00:09:20,777
'Course I told her about Russ.
265
00:09:20,777 --> 00:09:23,519
Poor bastard.
Shuffling around like a zombie.
266
00:09:23,519 --> 00:09:25,434
And Russ is in shape.
267
00:09:25,434 --> 00:09:27,784
You can't go around
chasing after a baby.
268
00:09:27,784 --> 00:09:29,220
Hey, I'll have you know
I got up off the floor
269
00:09:29,220 --> 00:09:30,613
all by myself today.
270
00:09:30,613 --> 00:09:31,919
Of course you did.
271
00:09:31,919 --> 00:09:33,529
Just because
she's having fun
272
00:09:33,529 --> 00:09:35,618
with your grandkid doesn't mean
she wants more babies.
273
00:09:35,618 --> 00:09:37,185
I don't know.
274
00:09:37,185 --> 00:09:39,187
She's definitely
brought it up before.
275
00:09:39,187 --> 00:09:40,623
Oh, boy.
276
00:09:40,623 --> 00:09:42,843
There's gonna be a new zombie
in town.
277
00:09:42,843 --> 00:09:44,801
Chunky zombie. [laughs]
278
00:09:44,801 --> 00:09:47,282
Hey, it isn't all up to her.
I have a say in this.
279
00:09:47,282 --> 00:09:49,458
I'm serious. It...
280
00:09:49,458 --> 00:09:51,112
It takes two. Mm.
281
00:09:51,112 --> 00:09:52,635
Then be honest with her.
282
00:09:52,635 --> 00:09:56,334
Or you don't want another one,
do what I did.
283
00:09:56,334 --> 00:09:57,988
I'm not getting a divorce.
284
00:09:57,988 --> 00:10:00,643
No, I mean, get a little snip.
285
00:10:00,643 --> 00:10:02,645
Never worry about it again.
286
00:10:02,645 --> 00:10:06,170
Well, you mean like a...
like a down-there snip?
287
00:10:06,170 --> 00:10:09,217
I can't believe
I let you teach Health.
288
00:10:09,217 --> 00:10:10,784
Well, Mary'd never go for that.
289
00:10:10,784 --> 00:10:12,394
I didn't know you got snipped.
290
00:10:12,394 --> 00:10:15,353
That's 'cause my balls are none
of your business.
291
00:10:15,353 --> 00:10:17,399
Fair point.
292
00:10:17,399 --> 00:10:20,358
If W is the Kaähler metric
on the algebraic variety X,
293
00:10:20,358 --> 00:10:23,187
and the canonical bundle KX is
trivial, then X is what?
294
00:10:23,187 --> 00:10:25,668
- A Zariski space.
- Wrong.
295
00:10:25,668 --> 00:10:27,714
Hey!
296
00:10:27,714 --> 00:10:29,672
Obviously,
it's an elliptic curve.
297
00:10:29,672 --> 00:10:30,804
Wrong.
298
00:10:30,804 --> 00:10:32,153
Hey!
299
00:10:32,153 --> 00:10:34,242
Why are you hitting us?
300
00:10:34,242 --> 00:10:36,897
- Wrong.
- Ow! Why'd you hit me?
301
00:10:36,897 --> 00:10:38,812
Pain is the best teacher.
302
00:10:38,812 --> 00:10:40,248
I'm teaching you.
303
00:10:40,248 --> 00:10:42,076
Well, it feels like
you're hitting us.
304
00:10:42,076 --> 00:10:43,817
Like you, I struggled with
these concepts, but eventually,
305
00:10:43,817 --> 00:10:45,557
I mastered them,
through hard work, resilience
306
00:10:45,557 --> 00:10:47,255
and a healthy dose
of knuckle whacking.
307
00:10:47,255 --> 00:10:49,518
Son, we are accomplished
scientists.
308
00:10:49,518 --> 00:10:51,346
We won't be treated like this.
309
00:10:51,346 --> 00:10:52,826
Very well.
310
00:10:52,826 --> 00:10:55,176
Class, who knows where
the dummkopf went wrong?
311
00:10:55,176 --> 00:10:57,526
Dummkopf?
You're calling me a dummy?
312
00:10:57,526 --> 00:11:00,529
There's also public humiliation.
That was quite effective.
313
00:11:00,529 --> 00:11:02,009
Are you old dummkopfs ready
to learn,
314
00:11:02,009 --> 00:11:03,314
or is it past your bedtime?
315
00:11:03,314 --> 00:11:06,274
Oh, I'm good
till at least 7:30.
316
00:11:10,365 --> 00:11:11,671
Hey.
317
00:11:11,671 --> 00:11:13,368
What you doing?
318
00:11:13,368 --> 00:11:16,066
- The twins' first birthday.
- Yeah.
319
00:11:16,066 --> 00:11:17,546
Look how little they were.
320
00:11:17,546 --> 00:11:19,200
- Well, look how little I was.
- Oh.
321
00:11:19,200 --> 00:11:21,376
And Georgie
when he lost his first tooth.
322
00:11:21,376 --> 00:11:22,812
When he learned
it was worth a quarter,
323
00:11:22,812 --> 00:11:24,466
he tried to pull out
the rest of 'em.
Ah.
324
00:11:24,466 --> 00:11:26,076
Guess he's always
been a businessman.
325
00:11:26,076 --> 00:11:28,035
Yeah. And an idiot.
326
00:11:28,035 --> 00:11:31,299
Tell me you don't miss
their sweet little faces.
327
00:11:31,299 --> 00:11:33,257
Mm. That's why
we took pictures.
328
00:11:33,257 --> 00:11:36,783
It's not the same as rocking 'em
to sleep at night.
329
00:11:36,783 --> 00:11:38,610
Yeah, 'till they wake
you up at 3:00 a.m.
330
00:11:38,610 --> 00:11:40,482
And smelling
their little heads.
331
00:11:40,482 --> 00:11:42,440
Really? That's the smell
you remember?
332
00:11:42,440 --> 00:11:44,878
Come on. It wasn't that bad.
333
00:11:44,878 --> 00:11:48,316
It wasn't, but...
we were younger then.
334
00:11:48,316 --> 00:11:51,885
I'm not saying
we should try for another one.
335
00:11:51,885 --> 00:11:54,235
- Great.
- I'm just saying,
336
00:11:54,235 --> 00:11:58,065
if there was an accident,
it might be a happy accident.
337
00:11:58,065 --> 00:12:00,589
Mm-hmm.
338
00:12:00,589 --> 00:12:02,156
I guess it's in God's hands.
339
00:12:02,156 --> 00:12:03,723
I guess it is.
340
00:12:05,202 --> 00:12:06,290
Hello. Hey.
341
00:12:06,290 --> 00:12:08,118
I'm here about a vasectomy.
342
00:12:08,118 --> 00:12:12,688
Actually, our earliest
appointment is in three weeks.
343
00:12:12,688 --> 00:12:14,821
- Hmm. That long, huh?
- Yeah.
344
00:12:14,821 --> 00:12:17,998
I can't do it.
I cannot do it.
345
00:12:19,042 --> 00:12:21,001
Something may have
just opened up.
346
00:12:28,704 --> 00:12:29,792
Hello?
347
00:12:29,792 --> 00:12:31,098
Hello, Meemaw.
348
00:12:31,098 --> 00:12:33,361
Well,
isn't this a nice surprise?
349
00:12:33,361 --> 00:12:35,929
You're old.
Can you still learn new things?
350
00:12:41,325 --> 00:12:42,849
Want to try that again?
351
00:12:42,849 --> 00:12:44,154
I need your help.
352
00:12:44,154 --> 00:12:45,416
I'm listening.
353
00:12:45,416 --> 00:12:46,940
I'm trying to teach
354
00:12:46,940 --> 00:12:48,811
Dr. Linkletter
and Dr. Sturgis string theory,
355
00:12:48,811 --> 00:12:50,334
and they're struggling.
356
00:12:50,334 --> 00:12:51,858
I'm worried that
their advanced age is a factor.
357
00:12:51,858 --> 00:12:53,207
And since you're also...
358
00:12:53,207 --> 00:12:54,295
Careful.
359
00:12:54,295 --> 00:12:56,297
...in the winter of your life...
360
00:13:03,652 --> 00:13:05,262
You were saying?
361
00:13:05,262 --> 00:13:08,483
And since you're also
a wise and mature woman...
362
00:13:08,483 --> 00:13:09,919
Go on.
363
00:13:09,919 --> 00:13:11,268
...you might have some tips
on how best
364
00:13:11,268 --> 00:13:13,009
to educate others
in your peer group.
365
00:13:13,009 --> 00:13:16,317
So you want me to help you
teach an old dog new tricks?
366
00:13:16,317 --> 00:13:18,710
I feel like if I said that
you would have hung up.
367
00:13:18,710 --> 00:13:20,364
Look, it can't be easy for them
368
00:13:20,364 --> 00:13:23,193
to be taught
by somebody your age.
369
00:13:23,193 --> 00:13:24,673
I think you're just gonna have
370
00:13:24,673 --> 00:13:27,502
to be a little understanding
and patient.
371
00:13:27,502 --> 00:13:29,330
Patient? They could drop dead
372
00:13:29,330 --> 00:13:31,245
at any mome--
373
00:13:34,857 --> 00:13:36,163
What?
374
00:13:36,163 --> 00:13:37,251
Despite this
challenging exchange,
375
00:13:37,251 --> 00:13:38,600
you know I love you.
376
00:13:38,600 --> 00:13:39,862
Yeah, yeah.
377
00:13:43,474 --> 00:13:45,825
♪ Let's say goodbye
like we said hello... ♪
378
00:13:46,869 --> 00:13:49,437
I can't believe you did it
without telling your wife.
379
00:13:49,437 --> 00:13:51,569
I didn't call you for a lecture,
Wayne. I called you for a ride.
380
00:13:51,569 --> 00:13:53,876
Which you needed
'cause you had a vasectomy
381
00:13:53,876 --> 00:13:55,399
without telling Mary.
382
00:13:55,399 --> 00:13:56,531
I only went down there
to ask some questions,
383
00:13:56,531 --> 00:13:58,054
and they had an opening.
384
00:13:58,054 --> 00:14:00,578
So you said,
"Get in there, start snipping!"
385
00:14:00,578 --> 00:14:01,971
I panicked!
386
00:14:01,971 --> 00:14:03,930
Mary was looking
at baby pictures.
387
00:14:03,930 --> 00:14:06,062
Oh. Well, clearly,
you had no choice.
388
00:14:06,062 --> 00:14:08,195
I'm in a lot of pain here,
Wayne. You're not helping.
389
00:14:08,195 --> 00:14:10,371
What do you think she's gonna
say when she finds out?
390
00:14:10,371 --> 00:14:12,939
- She's not gonna find out.
- You can barely walk.
391
00:14:12,939 --> 00:14:15,289
You think she's not
gonna notice?
392
00:14:15,289 --> 00:14:17,465
You have any idea
how much sitting I do at home?
393
00:14:17,465 --> 00:14:20,207
Oh, I can imagine.
I do work with you.
394
00:14:21,773 --> 00:14:24,211
Hey, watch out for that...
395
00:14:25,255 --> 00:14:27,301
...pothole.
396
00:14:27,301 --> 00:14:29,129
Oh, I saw it.
397
00:14:31,479 --> 00:14:32,828
26 dimensions.
398
00:14:32,828 --> 00:14:34,395
In what world
are there 26 dimensions?
399
00:14:34,395 --> 00:14:36,136
When I was
an undergraduate,
400
00:14:36,136 --> 00:14:39,052
we made fun
of the old professors
401
00:14:39,052 --> 00:14:42,229
who didn't understand
the theory of mesons.
402
00:14:42,229 --> 00:14:44,579
Me, too.
I told my thesis advisor,
403
00:14:44,579 --> 00:14:46,624
"I'm surprised you don't
understand the physics of time.
404
00:14:46,624 --> 00:14:48,322
You were here
for the dawn of it."
405
00:14:50,324 --> 00:14:54,458
And now, we've become them.
406
00:14:54,458 --> 00:14:57,070
I wish. My mentor was
a Fields Medal winner,
407
00:14:57,070 --> 00:14:58,941
taught at Princeton.
What have I done?
408
00:14:58,941 --> 00:15:02,423
You wrote that article
on the positron.
409
00:15:02,423 --> 00:15:05,905
I did. I was the belle
of the physics ball that year.
410
00:15:05,905 --> 00:15:07,950
And you-- you've lectured
all over the world.
411
00:15:07,950 --> 00:15:12,781
I can ask for Pepto Bismol
in 16 languages.
412
00:15:12,781 --> 00:15:16,437
Póro na écho lígo
Pepto Bismol?
413
00:15:16,437 --> 00:15:17,873
That was Greek.
414
00:15:17,873 --> 00:15:20,267
Clearly, we're not too old
to learn things.
415
00:15:20,267 --> 00:15:23,139
And there's no shame
in needing a little help.
416
00:15:23,139 --> 00:15:24,619
- Yeah!
- Yeah!
417
00:15:24,619 --> 00:15:26,838
But does it have to be Sheldon?
418
00:15:27,839 --> 00:15:29,711
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
419
00:15:29,711 --> 00:15:32,148
My meemaw made me realize
420
00:15:32,148 --> 00:15:33,976
that Dr. Linkletter
and Dr. Sturgis' failure
421
00:15:33,976 --> 00:15:37,458
to learn string theory
was my failure as a teacher.
422
00:15:37,458 --> 00:15:39,155
Perhaps the knuckles
that really needed
423
00:15:39,155 --> 00:15:40,809
to be rapped were my own.
424
00:15:40,809 --> 00:15:43,377
Ow! Lesson learned.
425
00:15:45,031 --> 00:15:47,163
Sheldon,
426
00:15:47,163 --> 00:15:49,296
we'd like you to teach us again.
427
00:15:49,296 --> 00:15:52,038
Understanding and patience.
428
00:15:52,038 --> 00:15:55,693
♪ Everybody hurts...
429
00:15:55,693 --> 00:15:58,305
All right, dummkopfs,
let's do this.
430
00:15:58,305 --> 00:16:01,961
♪ Sometimes
431
00:16:05,355 --> 00:16:07,836
♪ Everybody hurts...
432
00:16:07,836 --> 00:16:09,490
You don't do that
433
00:16:09,490 --> 00:16:11,492
to all the food, do you?
434
00:16:11,492 --> 00:16:13,668
I got hurt at practice.
435
00:16:13,668 --> 00:16:15,148
Blow your whistle too hard?
436
00:16:15,148 --> 00:16:16,323
Funny.
437
00:16:16,323 --> 00:16:18,151
Well, you make it easy.
438
00:16:18,151 --> 00:16:19,543
George,
439
00:16:19,543 --> 00:16:20,718
what happened?
440
00:16:20,718 --> 00:16:22,590
Pulled a muscle at practice.
441
00:16:22,590 --> 00:16:24,374
Also, I'm never
eating peas again.
442
00:16:25,158 --> 00:16:27,682
Is it your...?
Groin, yeah.
443
00:16:27,682 --> 00:16:30,250
Let me run you a warm bath.
I bet that'll help.
444
00:16:30,250 --> 00:16:33,340
Oh, I'll be fine. I just need
to sit for a while...
445
00:16:33,340 --> 00:16:35,733
and not take a shower
for two to three days.
446
00:16:35,733 --> 00:16:36,952
I'll get you some BENGAY.
447
00:16:36,952 --> 00:16:38,214
No, no! No.
448
00:16:38,214 --> 00:16:39,607
Heating pad?
449
00:16:39,607 --> 00:16:43,176
I'm good. Got my peas,
just need to sit.
450
00:16:50,748 --> 00:16:52,881
You sure you're okay?
451
00:16:52,881 --> 00:16:56,102
Oh, yeah, right as rain.
452
00:17:02,586 --> 00:17:03,805
So wait a minute.
Are you saying
453
00:17:03,805 --> 00:17:05,720
that the particle
should be understood
454
00:17:05,720 --> 00:17:09,724
as a sequence of functions
executed in a manifold?
455
00:17:09,724 --> 00:17:11,595
He said it, not me.
456
00:17:11,595 --> 00:17:13,075
Actually, that's correct.
457
00:17:13,075 --> 00:17:16,209
We were both thinking it.
That's what's important.
458
00:17:16,209 --> 00:17:17,819
So that would mean...?
459
00:17:18,820 --> 00:17:22,302
Gravity is just the residue
of forces within manifolds?
460
00:17:22,302 --> 00:17:24,130
Are you asking me or telling me?
461
00:17:24,130 --> 00:17:25,740
Telling?
462
00:17:25,740 --> 00:17:26,741
You're right.
463
00:17:26,741 --> 00:17:28,569
Oh.
464
00:17:30,179 --> 00:17:31,920
I'm going to bed. You coming?
465
00:17:31,920 --> 00:17:33,748
Nah, I think
I'm just gonna stay here.
466
00:17:33,748 --> 00:17:35,141
You sure you're okay?
467
00:17:35,141 --> 00:17:37,143
Yeah, I'll be fine.
468
00:17:37,143 --> 00:17:40,363
Look at us. It's 9:00,
I'm exhausted.
469
00:17:40,363 --> 00:17:44,759
You got hurt watching other
people exercise.
470
00:17:44,759 --> 00:17:47,414
I can't believe I thought
we could handle another baby.
471
00:17:50,634 --> 00:17:52,419
Really?
472
00:17:52,419 --> 00:17:54,638
Oh. CeeCee's all we need.
473
00:17:56,292 --> 00:17:59,991
Well, if that's how you feel,
I support it.
474
00:17:59,991 --> 00:18:02,342
Good night.
475
00:18:02,342 --> 00:18:04,431
Hey, before you go...
476
00:18:05,388 --> 00:18:07,129
...could you swap me out?
477
00:18:07,129 --> 00:18:08,565
Broccoli or corn?
478
00:18:08,565 --> 00:18:10,176
Surprise me.
479
00:18:19,837 --> 00:18:22,797
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