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Previously onYoung Sheldon...

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Hello. I'm Sheldon Cooper,
and this is

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"Why Sheldon Cooper Should
Go to College."

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Which is why I'm proposing
that I live at home

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but enroll full-time
to continue my studies

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with Dr. Sturgis
at East Texas Tech.

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Hi, Mary.

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I know this must be
a hard decision for you,

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but if you let him come here,

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I promise we'll take
good care of him.

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Sheldon Cooper:
ready for college,

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ready to change the world.

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GEORGE SR.:
Cut.

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If that doesn't convince her,

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I don't know
what her problem is.

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♪

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I'm excited to finally usecollege-ruled paper

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and not feel likeI'm living a lie.

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What's college-ruled paper?

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The lines are18% closer together.

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College sounds hard.

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You won't have to worry
about that, honey.

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Okay.

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Missy, don't forget thatyou have to pick out a present

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for that birthday next week.

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Mom, it's "Melissa" now.

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Middle school.

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Who's Melissa?Me.

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Then who's Missy?

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"Missy" is short for "Melissa."

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Like how "Billy" is short
for "William."

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I don't understand.

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You know how your
real name is William?

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I'm Billy.

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No, we call you Billy,but your real name is William.

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But my underpants
say "Billy" in them.

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Mom, is my name William?

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Yeah.

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Then whose underpants
am I wearing?

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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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JEFF:
Thanks again.

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Robin is gonna be
thrilled with this.

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Oh, don't thank me. Thank Mary.

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She's the one who said
I had to do it.

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Just out of curiosity,
did she also mention

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helping me build the crib
at some point?

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No.

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Well, act surprised
when she does.

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[engine sputtering outside]GEORGE JR.: Dang it.

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What do you think you're doing?

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Trying to get the bike started.

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Why?

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So I can ride it.

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Like hell you are!

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Sorry.

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You don't use it.

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'Cause your mother won't let me.

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And if I can't, you can't.

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If I get it running,
can I at least sell it?

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No.

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But it's just sitting here.
What's the point?

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Point is I said no.

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I can't believe someone so lame
even owned a bike like this.

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Why are kids
such a pain in the ass?

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I'm sure yours will be great.

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I feel like this cover
really says who I am now.

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That looks like
all your notebooks.

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Missy got ponies.
Melissa gets horses.

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[answering machine beeps]

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STURGIS:
Hello, Coopers.

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Dr. Sturgis here.

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This is a message for Mary.

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I have some news
I need to share with you

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before Sheldon starts college.

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Please call me back.

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[answering machine beeps]

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I wonder why he'd want
to talk to you and not me.

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[answering machine beeps]

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STURGIS:
Dr. Sturgis again.

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If Sheldon happened to hear
that last message

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and is wondering why I'd want
to speak to his mother first

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and not him...

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Excellent question!

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It's that kind of curiosity
that makes him

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a true man of science.

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[answering machine
clicks, beeps]

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I'm a true man of science.

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[line ringing]

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STURGIS: Hello.Hello, Dr. Sturgis.

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This is Mary Cooper.

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Hi. Thanks for calling me back.

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So, what's going on?

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Everything okay?

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Yes, everything is
quite good, actually.

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Well, for me, that is.

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Um...

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did you know there's
a supercollider being built

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in Waxahachie, Texas?

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No.

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Do you know
what a supercollider is?

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Not really.

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Would you like a crash course?

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Which is humorous

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because it involves particles
crashing into each other.

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I'd like you to tell me what
this has to do with Sheldon.

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Well, that part's less funny.

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I've taken a job there.

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Hold on.

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You're not gonna be around
when Sheldon starts college?

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That's a great question.

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No.

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John, I agreed to let him go

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because you were gonna be there
to look after him.

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I know.

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And I feel terrible
about it, but...

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please understand,

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this is a once-in-a-lifetime
opportunity.

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I couldn't turn it down.

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Orientation starts next week.

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I'm aware.

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[sighs] Well, I hope
that you're ready

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to hear him freak out
when you tell him.

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I was kind of hoping
he'd just be excited

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I get to work on
the supercollider.

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Right, because being happy
for other people

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is where he shines.

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A supercollider?

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Well, you can't say no to that.

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I give up.

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Ooh, can you get me
a bumper sticker?

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Did you know Dr. Sturgis
was taking a new job?

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What job?

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He went to work on some
supercollider in Waxahachie.

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What do you mean "went"?

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He's already there.

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When did you hear this?He just called.

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I was counting on him
to be there for Sheldon.

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Well, you'd think he would've
mentioned it to me.

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Sheldon says it's okay with him,

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but I would certainly
feel a lot better

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if there were adults there
that I trusted.

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Nothing on the
answering machine.

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He's just a little boy,
and he's gonna be

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on that big campus
all by himself.

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I mean, I know
we're not dating anymore,

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but I thought
we were still friends.

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Excuse me.

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I think you're focusing on the
wrong part of the story here.

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He's little, you're worried.
Please continue.

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That sums it up.

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Okay.

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Missy.

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[groans]

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What?

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Help me with my clothes.

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Burn them and get new ones.

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Please, it's
freshman orientation.

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I want to make
a good impression.

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Fine.

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Which bow tie says
mature enough to be in college

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but whimsical enough
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the Higgs field or the photon?

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They both say
weird kid who eats alone.

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Come on.
I know you're concerned about

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what you'll wear
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[sighs] Show me again.

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The blue one. Plaid's too busy.

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Thanks.

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Or don't be the kid
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This is not the day to go crazy.

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My son, the college freshman.

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I can't believe it.

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How can you not believe it?

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You had to sign
my vaccination form.

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Right.

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So, what do you
want to do first?

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I was thinking we could
start at the bookstore,

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try and beat the lines.

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I agree about the lines,
but what do you mean "we"?

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I mean you and me.

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This is my first day.
I can't be seen

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walking around campus
with my mommy.

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Well, it's only orientation.

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Yes, and I'm quite capable
of handling everything

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that I need to get done today
on my own.

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I'm sure you are.

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I just figured,
with Dr. Sturgis not around,

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it might be nice if I could be.

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No one else's mother
is going to be.

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You don't know that.

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Well, I know mine isn't.

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[sighs] You might want
to watch the attitude

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to the person who's
driving you there.

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Not all the way there.

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Drop me off a block away
so no one sees us together.

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Sorry, I am not leaving you
alone your first day.

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Yes, you are.

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For someone going into college,

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you are acting very childish.

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Maybe it just appears that way

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because you see me
with my mommy.

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Oh...

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Boy, I remember putting one of
these together for Georgie.

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It is great having
y'all next door.

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Did you not hear me yelling
at Georgie last night?

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It's okay. I'm sure
you'll hear our little one

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crying soon enough.

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Missy was a crier.

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Sheldon just learned
to talk and said,

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"Father, I have soiled myself."

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Well, he's a miracle
in his own way.

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Oh, you just put a positive spin
on everything, don't you?

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Kind of goes with
the pastor territory.

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Okay.

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What if I said

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Mary and I have not had

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a real vacation
since we had kids?

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I like to believe
starting a family

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will be the most rewarding
adventure of all.

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You're good. [chuckles]

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You could not be more wrong,
but you're good.

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["I'm Free"
by The Soup Dragons playing]

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♪ Freedom

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♪ I'm free to do
what I want... ♪

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Can you show me where
the used physics textbooks are?

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Follow me.

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Normally I would prefer
a fresh new textbook,

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but my father is a high
school football coach.

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Which is another way
of saying we're poor.

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Here you go.

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♪ I say love me

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♪ Hold me...

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Who owned this, a werewolf?

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WOMAN [over radio]:
Let's talk about the weather.

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It's going to be
a beautiful sunny day today

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with temps reaching
a high of 97.

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Gross.

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In other news, President Bush
will be traveling to Waxahachie

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later this month
to visit the site

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of a new supercollider.

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Scientists are hopeful this willlead to exciting discoveries

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in the world of part...

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[knock on door]

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What?

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You said you'd show me
how to hot-roll my hair.

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Oh, right.
You still want to do that?

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You're cranky.

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So maybe I shouldn't be putting
hot rollers on your head.

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Meh, you're always cranky.
Let's do this.

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SHELDON:
Not so bad.

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I would have highlighted that.

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And someone drew genitals.

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[pop music playing quietly
over speakers]

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Oh. Mrs. Cooper?

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Oh, hi.

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Sam.

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Yes, of course.

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00:10:26,364 --> 00:10:29,411
Oh, from, um,
Sheldon's physics class.

263
00:10:29,454 --> 00:10:30,630
How are you?

264
00:10:30,673 --> 00:10:32,283
Oh, I'm-I'm good. Yeah.

265
00:10:32,327 --> 00:10:33,894
What brings you here?
[chuckles]

266
00:10:33,937 --> 00:10:36,070
Sheldon's freshman orientation.

267
00:10:36,113 --> 00:10:38,072
Oh, sure.
Mm-hmm.

268
00:10:38,115 --> 00:10:39,639
You didn't want to go with him?

269
00:10:39,682 --> 00:10:42,206
I did, but, uh,

270
00:10:42,250 --> 00:10:44,687
he made it very clear
that he did not want me

271
00:10:44,731 --> 00:10:46,254
anywhere near him today.

272
00:10:46,297 --> 00:10:49,474
Well, I don't know Sheldon well,
but he can be a little...

273
00:10:49,518 --> 00:10:51,868
Rude, obnoxious, condescending?

274
00:10:51,912 --> 00:10:54,088
Oh, hey, I do know him. [laughs]

275
00:10:54,131 --> 00:10:55,132
[chuckles]

276
00:10:55,176 --> 00:10:56,786
So are you just gonna sit here?

277
00:10:56,830 --> 00:10:59,963
Uh, well, just until it's time
to drive him home.

278
00:11:00,007 --> 00:11:02,139
Well, I can show you
around campus.

279
00:11:02,183 --> 00:11:04,228
No, no, that's okay.Yeah, no.

280
00:11:04,272 --> 00:11:06,491
Come on.
I'll buy you a school shirt.

281
00:11:06,535 --> 00:11:09,233
[chuckles]: Oh, he would be
mortified to see me

282
00:11:09,277 --> 00:11:10,670
wearing one of those.

283
00:11:10,713 --> 00:11:13,150
That's why I'm offering.
Let's go.

284
00:11:13,194 --> 00:11:14,717
[chuckles]:
Well, yeah.

285
00:11:14,761 --> 00:11:16,023
[laughs]

286
00:11:18,808 --> 00:11:21,593
Wow, you're really getting
this together fast.

287
00:11:21,637 --> 00:11:23,508
I feel like I'm nothelping at all.Oh, come on now.

288
00:11:23,552 --> 00:11:26,250
You cut those oranges
into nice little wedges.

289
00:11:26,294 --> 00:11:28,035
I do it for the kids
at Sunday school.

290
00:11:28,078 --> 00:11:29,645
They go to town on 'em.

291
00:11:32,604 --> 00:11:35,390
Did you feel ready
before Georgie was born?

292
00:11:35,433 --> 00:11:36,957
Absolutely.

293
00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:38,567
Boy, was I wrong.

294
00:11:39,481 --> 00:11:40,743
Why? Getting nervous?

295
00:11:40,787 --> 00:11:43,093
Well, if I can't get
a crib built on my own,

296
00:11:43,137 --> 00:11:45,182
how am I gonna be
responsible for a human life?

297
00:11:45,226 --> 00:11:46,706
Ah, you'll figure it out.

298
00:11:46,749 --> 00:11:48,882
And no sense in worrying
about it 'cause you never know

299
00:11:48,925 --> 00:11:50,710
what kind of curveballs
will come your way.

300
00:11:50,753 --> 00:11:52,755
I guess that's true.Mm.

301
00:11:52,799 --> 00:11:54,539
The doctors could tell us
we were having twins,

302
00:11:54,583 --> 00:11:56,759
but they couldn't warn us
we were having a Sheldon.

303
00:11:56,803 --> 00:11:58,935
You don't think I'm gonna...?Oh, no.

304
00:11:58,979 --> 00:12:00,371
They broke the mold.

305
00:12:00,415 --> 00:12:01,938
But...

306
00:12:01,982 --> 00:12:03,853
you could go the other way
and have a Georgie,

307
00:12:03,897 --> 00:12:07,248
so... some terror is called for.

308
00:12:07,291 --> 00:12:09,032
♪

309
00:12:10,555 --> 00:12:12,557
[sighs]
If you highlight everything,

310
00:12:12,601 --> 00:12:14,385
you highlight nothing.

311
00:12:14,429 --> 00:12:15,691
Uh-oh.

312
00:12:15,735 --> 00:12:17,649
Young man,
don't move these books.

313
00:12:17,693 --> 00:12:18,912
I have a system.

314
00:12:18,955 --> 00:12:20,740
How's it look?

315
00:12:20,783 --> 00:12:21,871
Cute.

316
00:12:22,829 --> 00:12:23,960
Why are you here?

317
00:12:24,004 --> 00:12:26,093
I ran into Sam.

318
00:12:26,136 --> 00:12:27,747
Yes, you're a person I know.

319
00:12:27,790 --> 00:12:30,532
Hey, aren't you supposed
to be getting your I.D. photo?

320
00:12:30,575 --> 00:12:33,187
I got a little waylaid.Can I help?

321
00:12:33,230 --> 00:12:35,580
No, everything is
perfectly under control.

322
00:12:35,624 --> 00:12:38,148
And take off that sweatshirt.
You don't go to school here!

323
00:12:38,192 --> 00:12:39,584
See?

324
00:12:39,628 --> 00:12:40,934
Worth every penny.

325
00:12:40,977 --> 00:12:42,109
[chuckles]

326
00:12:42,152 --> 00:12:44,894
Stay calm. You can make it.

327
00:12:44,938 --> 00:12:46,156
Aah!

328
00:12:48,463 --> 00:12:51,814
Honestly, who drinks
a Slurpee at 11:00 a.m.?

329
00:12:52,946 --> 00:12:54,643
Will this make me look older?

330
00:12:54,686 --> 00:12:55,644
Definitely.

331
00:12:55,687 --> 00:12:57,385
But not like you older, right?

332
00:12:58,386 --> 00:12:59,517
Right.

333
00:12:59,561 --> 00:13:02,085
You still dating
that Marcus boy?

334
00:13:02,129 --> 00:13:03,434
Sort of.

335
00:13:03,478 --> 00:13:06,046
He went away with his family
for the summer.

336
00:13:07,221 --> 00:13:09,310
Just out of curiosity,

337
00:13:09,353 --> 00:13:11,878
before he left,
did he let you know?

338
00:13:11,921 --> 00:13:12,879
Mm-hmm.

339
00:13:12,922 --> 00:13:14,968
Hmm, interesting.

340
00:13:15,011 --> 00:13:17,797
And how long before he left
did he tell you?

341
00:13:17,840 --> 00:13:19,102
I don't know, a week.

342
00:13:19,146 --> 00:13:21,104
Hmm, must be nice.

343
00:13:21,148 --> 00:13:23,063
You hear from him at all?

344
00:13:23,106 --> 00:13:25,239
Yeah, he sent me
the cutest postcard.

345
00:13:25,282 --> 00:13:27,589
It was a turtle
surfing on a dolphin.

346
00:13:27,632 --> 00:13:29,896
Adorable.

347
00:13:29,939 --> 00:13:31,854
Pulling kind of hard.

348
00:13:33,987 --> 00:13:35,466
I made it! I'm here! [panting]

349
00:13:35,510 --> 00:13:37,642
Fill this out and sign the--

350
00:13:37,686 --> 00:13:39,862
Um, there's a bee on you.

351
00:13:40,907 --> 00:13:41,995
What?

352
00:13:43,474 --> 00:13:44,824
Hey, Sam.

353
00:13:44,867 --> 00:13:46,651
Can I help y'all find anything?

354
00:13:46,695 --> 00:13:48,958
Oh, we're good. Just showing
my friend around campus.

355
00:13:49,002 --> 00:13:50,177
Oh, you a new student?

356
00:13:50,220 --> 00:13:53,267
Oh, actually...Jason, this is Mary.

357
00:13:53,310 --> 00:13:55,138
Ah, well, hello, Mary.

358
00:13:55,182 --> 00:13:56,966
Allow me to welcome you
to our school.

359
00:13:57,010 --> 00:13:59,273
Thank you.Uh, you know, my dorm

360
00:13:59,316 --> 00:14:00,927
is doing a back-to-school
barbecue this afternoon.

361
00:14:00,970 --> 00:14:02,319
Y'all should swing by.

362
00:14:02,363 --> 00:14:03,886
Sounds fun.

363
00:14:03,930 --> 00:14:05,018
Cool.

364
00:14:05,061 --> 00:14:07,194
Braden Hall,
in the courtyard, 1:00.

365
00:14:07,237 --> 00:14:08,369
See you there.

366
00:14:09,370 --> 00:14:10,719
Sweet, free food.

367
00:14:10,762 --> 00:14:13,896
Who cares?
He thought I was a student.

368
00:14:17,552 --> 00:14:19,641
Okay. Smile.

369
00:14:19,684 --> 00:14:21,121
SHELDON:
Just take the picture.

370
00:14:21,164 --> 00:14:21,861
[camera clicks]

371
00:14:29,564 --> 00:14:31,958
ADULT SHELDON:
I had suffered some setbacks.

372
00:14:32,001 --> 00:14:34,569
But just as Edison
had forged ahead

373
00:14:34,612 --> 00:14:37,050
on electric lighting
without the help of Tesla,

374
00:14:37,093 --> 00:14:39,704
I was going to make it
through orientation

375
00:14:39,748 --> 00:14:41,315
without the help of my mommy,

376
00:14:41,358 --> 00:14:44,361
even if she did make
boo-boos stop hurting.

377
00:14:44,405 --> 00:14:47,364
While I had found inspiration
courtesy of Thomas Edison,

378
00:14:47,408 --> 00:14:51,803
it was soon replaced with anger at Whitcomb L. Judson,

379
00:14:51,847 --> 00:14:53,240
inventor of the zipper.

380
00:14:53,283 --> 00:14:56,199
[scoffs] Oh, come on.

381
00:14:57,244 --> 00:14:59,202
What do you think?

382
00:14:59,246 --> 00:15:01,726
I think you're gonna be
a little heartbreaker.

383
00:15:01,770 --> 00:15:03,076
I don't want
to break anyone's heart.

384
00:15:03,119 --> 00:15:04,686
I just want to look hot.

385
00:15:04,729 --> 00:15:06,296
Well, that you do.

386
00:15:06,340 --> 00:15:08,037
Thank you.

387
00:15:08,081 --> 00:15:11,084
And there's nothing wrong
with breaking some hearts.

388
00:15:11,127 --> 00:15:14,696
If you don't do it to them,
they're gonna do it to you.

389
00:15:14,739 --> 00:15:16,741
Why would they do that?Because sometimes

390
00:15:16,785 --> 00:15:19,483
men do things without thinking
how it's gonna make you feel.

391
00:15:19,527 --> 00:15:21,877
Marcus wouldn't do that.
We're friends.

392
00:15:21,921 --> 00:15:23,835
That don't mean nothing.

393
00:15:23,879 --> 00:15:26,099
You think somebody's
your friend,

394
00:15:26,142 --> 00:15:29,537
then they just up and leave
without a word.

395
00:15:29,580 --> 00:15:30,930
But Marcus told me.

396
00:15:32,105 --> 00:15:33,889
[mocking]:
But Marcus told me.

397
00:15:33,933 --> 00:15:35,369
["Batman Theme" playing]

398
00:15:35,412 --> 00:15:37,110
ADULT SHELDON:
Like Batman's utility belt,

399
00:15:37,153 --> 00:15:40,591
my briefcase was equipped
for any emergency.

400
00:15:40,635 --> 00:15:42,942
♪ Batman...

401
00:15:42,985 --> 00:15:44,378
I don't know if the Bat-pants
had a zipper,

402
00:15:44,421 --> 00:15:46,902
but if they did, I could fix it.

403
00:15:46,946 --> 00:15:48,730
♪ Ba-Ba-Ba-Ba-Ba-Ba-Ba-Ba...

404
00:15:50,079 --> 00:15:51,951
Oh, dear.♪ Batman!

405
00:15:53,822 --> 00:15:55,084
Two months!

406
00:15:55,128 --> 00:15:57,086
Two months
till this baby comes!

407
00:15:57,130 --> 00:15:59,523
There's so much I thought
I was gonna do in my life.

408
00:15:59,567 --> 00:16:01,003
I'm sure you've
done plenty.

409
00:16:01,047 --> 00:16:02,178
Nothing cool.

410
00:16:02,222 --> 00:16:03,527
Look at you.

411
00:16:03,571 --> 00:16:05,529
You played football
and rode a motorcycle.

412
00:16:05,573 --> 00:16:07,879
Well, you save people's souls.

413
00:16:07,923 --> 00:16:09,272
That's neat, right?

414
00:16:09,316 --> 00:16:10,926
Oh, it's neat as neat can be,
but you know

415
00:16:10,970 --> 00:16:12,188
that's not
what I'm talking about.

416
00:16:12,232 --> 00:16:13,973
[sighs]

417
00:16:14,016 --> 00:16:17,019
Look, being a dad doesn't mean
your life is over.

418
00:16:17,063 --> 00:16:18,978
It just means it's different.

419
00:16:19,021 --> 00:16:21,676
Instead of playing football,
I get to coach it now.

420
00:16:21,719 --> 00:16:23,808
I mean, high school football.

421
00:16:23,852 --> 00:16:26,507
Not college like I'd hoped.

422
00:16:26,550 --> 00:16:30,685
I-Instead of a motorcycle,
I drive a truck.

423
00:16:30,728 --> 00:16:33,818
To work every single day.

424
00:16:33,862 --> 00:16:35,255
To pay the bills.

425
00:16:35,298 --> 00:16:37,039
[sighs]:
Oh.

426
00:16:37,083 --> 00:16:39,650
Endless bills.

427
00:16:39,694 --> 00:16:41,696
What happened to my life?

428
00:16:43,393 --> 00:16:45,439
Orange wedge?

429
00:16:46,962 --> 00:16:50,096
ADULT SHELDON:
With only seven minutes until my freshman orientation seminar,

430
00:16:50,139 --> 00:16:52,011
I was in a sticky spot.

431
00:16:52,054 --> 00:16:56,015
Thankfully, I was armed with an even stickier solution.

432
00:16:57,581 --> 00:16:59,540
♪

433
00:17:03,718 --> 00:17:05,328
Ah, you made it!

434
00:17:05,372 --> 00:17:06,503
Hey.
Hi.

435
00:17:06,547 --> 00:17:07,504
Hey, guys,

436
00:17:07,548 --> 00:17:08,984
this is Sam and Mary.

437
00:17:09,028 --> 00:17:10,681
[crowd cheering, whooping]

438
00:17:10,725 --> 00:17:13,945
[chuckles]:
Well, aren't y'all friendly.

439
00:17:13,989 --> 00:17:16,426
DEAN:
We are so excited
to have you here today.

440
00:17:16,470 --> 00:17:19,081
This is the most competitive
year we've had for admissions.

441
00:17:19,125 --> 00:17:22,084
So you should feel really good
about your accomplishments.

442
00:17:22,128 --> 00:17:24,521
You belong to an elite group
of scholars...[door bangs]

443
00:17:24,565 --> 00:17:26,567
[grunting]

444
00:17:29,135 --> 00:17:31,093
[door closes]

445
00:17:31,137 --> 00:17:33,095
I may not look it,
but I'm the future of physics,

446
00:17:33,139 --> 00:17:35,054
so just move on.

447
00:17:36,577 --> 00:17:38,753
You have kids?

448
00:17:38,796 --> 00:17:39,797
Three.

449
00:17:39,841 --> 00:17:41,538
You look amazing!

450
00:17:41,582 --> 00:17:43,888
Oh...
Two of 'em are twins.

451
00:17:43,932 --> 00:17:47,109
I don't want to brag,
but natural birth.

452
00:17:47,153 --> 00:17:48,589
Whoa.

453
00:17:48,632 --> 00:17:51,070
I love college.

454
00:17:51,113 --> 00:17:51,983
[laughs]

455
00:17:56,814 --> 00:17:57,989
[engine starts, revs]

456
00:18:06,172 --> 00:18:08,696
♪

457
00:18:11,307 --> 00:18:12,830
John.

458
00:18:21,448 --> 00:18:23,406
STURGIS: Dear Connie, you may have heard

459
00:18:23,450 --> 00:18:27,802
I've taken a job at the new
supercollider in Waxahachie.

460
00:18:27,845 --> 00:18:31,414
I wanted to tell you
in person, but, uh,

461
00:18:31,458 --> 00:18:33,721
I was afraid you'd be upset.

462
00:18:33,764 --> 00:18:36,289
And, honestly...

463
00:18:36,332 --> 00:18:39,727
I was even more afraid
you wouldn't be.

464
00:18:39,770 --> 00:18:41,685
Oh, John.

465
00:18:41,729 --> 00:18:45,428
STURGIS:
This also gives me an excuse
to use my astronaut pen.

466
00:18:45,472 --> 00:18:49,128
I'm not upside-down,
but if I was,

467
00:18:49,171 --> 00:18:51,782
it would still write. [laughs]

468
00:18:51,826 --> 00:18:54,133
[motorcycle approaching]

469
00:18:55,569 --> 00:18:57,179
How you doing back there?

470
00:18:57,223 --> 00:18:59,834
I've never
felt so alive!

471
00:18:59,877 --> 00:19:02,489
Praise the Lord!

472
00:19:05,492 --> 00:19:09,409
JEFF:
Let's go to Mexico!

473
00:19:09,452 --> 00:19:13,456
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