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Previously onYoung Sheldon...You can't be my lab assistant.

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There's a wait list of students

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and I just can't give you
special treatment.

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Not with that attitude.

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[phone rings]

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Hello?

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Can I be your lab assistant?

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If I say yes, will you
please stop hounding me?

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Absolutely.Fine, you win.

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I understand my role here.

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In fact, I noticed a flaw
in your reaction rate,

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but I kept it to myself
because I know my place.

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What is it?Nice try.

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LINKLETTER:
Fire!

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Fire!

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Was it too much oxygen
in the reagents?

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See, you didn't need
my help after all.

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ADULT SHELDON:
My role as Dr. Linkletter's
lab assistant

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was progressing nicely.

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I had mastered operating
the manual particle collector,

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aka a broom.

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I may not always recognize

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sarcasm,
but I sure know how to use it.

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Sheldon,

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I've hit a bit of a roadblock

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with the solar
neutrino detector.

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Why don't you come have a look?

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Are you saying you would like meto take part in your experiment?

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Well, I think a fresh set
of eyes might be helpful.

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Because my previous observationsproved correct?

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Yes.

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And had you listened to me, the
lab wouldn't have caught fire?

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Yes.

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So just to be clear,
at the tender age of 11,

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I'll be officially participatingin an academic study.

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Will you do it or not?

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Absolutely. Here you go.

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What am I supposed to do
with this?

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Well, if you can't figure thatout, no wonder you need my help.

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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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Do we have another
hair dryer?

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This one broke.

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Just use a towel.

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So my hair can look like yours?

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I don't think so.

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Go look in the garage.

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Thank you.

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I like my hair.

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ADULT SHELDON: I may have been
part of an academic study,

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but I wasn't the only Cooper

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on the verge of making
a great discovery.

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Sheldon's tests.

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[heavenly choir sings]

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I'm gonna be rich.

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[knocking]MARY: Missy, ten minutes.

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MISSY:
Okay.

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[clears throat]

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♪

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Whatcha looking at?

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Uh, just Pastor Jeffand Mrs. Sparks.

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They were out there
the other day, too.

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Oh.

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How come you don't go with them?

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They didn't invite me.

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Ouch.

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Rough start to your day.

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[exhales]

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So, the problemthat I'm running into

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is I can't getthe inner sphere

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to remain suspendedin the buffer liquid.

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Have you tried wrapping
the sphere in copper wire?

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I did,but it just slips out.

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Perhaps we could suspend it
in some sort of sleeve.

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That would prevent lightfrom getting through.

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Hmm.

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I wonder if my thinking
would be more effective

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if I had a beard to stroke.

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It's one of the few aspects of
puberty I'm looking forward to.

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GEORGE JR.:
Hey, Tam.

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Hey.What if I told you

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you didn't have to study
for your chemistry test tonight?

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Why?

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'Cause I found this.

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TAM:
Cool.

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But how do you know
we're gonna get the same test?

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I checked-- we've been taking
the same ones all year.

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And teachers call uslazy?

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I know.

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Well, thank you.

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Hold on now.
I ain't just givin' it away.

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How much?

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Five bucks.

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It's worth it.

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If I get another B,
my mom will kill me.

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Hey, I don't just sell tests.

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I bring families together.

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♪ Take the Lord,
praise the Lord... ♪

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Get this.

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I drove past

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the Methodist church
and you know

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what the sign out front said?

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What?

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"Friendship, pirate ship,
try the best ship-- worship."

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Clever.

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That was our sign last year!
I wrote that!

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Isn't the most important thing

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that it might get more people
to go to church?

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But whoever did it
has the sin of stealing

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on their soul now,
so at least there's that.

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There you go.

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Oh, um...

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I saw

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you and Brenda Sparks

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out for a walk this mornin'.

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That's fun.
Yeah.

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Nice way to start the day.

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Yeah. Um...

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I'd go with George,

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but he's a gym teacher,

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and as a group,
they're not much for walkin'.

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Well, you keep asking,
maybe he'll come around.

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Good idea, thank you.

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It's not just
witty church signs up here.

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[sighs]

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I never thought a sphere
suspended in mineral oil

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could be so exciting.

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Eight minutes and
it hasn't moved.

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So far so good.

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Oh, boy,
my heart is pounding.

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I hope I don't turn
into an adrenaline junkie.

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What's going
on in there?

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This is a prototype
of a solar neutrino detector.

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We need to keep
the sphere suspended

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precisely
in the scintillator.

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Speaking of scintillating...

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No.
Sorry.

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Darn it.

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Ah, the oil must've
dissolved the adhesive.

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Well...

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ready to hit the road?

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Please, not yet.
We're so close to cracking this.

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Just ten more minutes?

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Fine.

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Oh, boy.
Yes!

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ADULT SHELDON:
I wasn't even at that school,

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and I was still boosting
its grade point average.

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You got biology?

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Depends. You got money?

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Yeah.I got biology.

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Perhaps we could create some
sort of a cocoon to suspend it.

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Out of wire?Or nylon.

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But I wouldn't know
how to weave it around a sphere.

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I'm not a genius,
but it sounds to me

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like what y'all are talking
about is, uh, crochet.

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I suppose we are.

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Because with crochet, you can
make all kinds of shapes.

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Intriguing.

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Hell, I even crocheted
a cover for Jolene.

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I'm sorry?

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That's my bowling ball.

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She likes to name inanimate
objects-- it's odd.

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Or whimsically charming.

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Connie, would you help us
detect solar neutrinos?

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Really?

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You-you-you want me to be
a part of your science thing?

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Indeed.

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Well...

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sure, why not.[chuckles]

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Excellent.

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ADULT SHELDON:
And just like that,

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my meemaw had been seduced
by the siren call of science.

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But before we unravel
the secrets of the universe,

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I'm gonna hit the john.

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Oh... of course.

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MARY: And bless the hands
that prepared it.

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Amen.

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Amen.
Amen.

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Where is everyone?

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Georgie's out and Sheldon's

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at the university with Meemaw.

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A lot of pressure on me
to keep things fun.

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MARY:
Hey, I was thinking

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after dinner, maybe you and I
could go out for a walk.

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Why?

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Pastor Jeff and Brenda have
been doing it, might be nice.

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So go with them.

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They didn't invite her.
She was all upset about it.

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[clears throat]

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Well, you get left out

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and I get punished?

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A walk with your wife
is punishment?

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You're up, say somethin' fun.

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I think Pastor Jeff
and Mrs. Sparks

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might be talking about Billy.

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What's going on with Billy?

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He's been getting
in trouble at school.

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How is that fun?

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It's gossip. Gossip's fun.

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Poor thing.

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Brenda did say he was
having trouble adjusting.

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Maybe I should see
if she's doing okay later.

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Great idea.
I'm not walking, good job.

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So what am I
making this thing out of?

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We were using wire,
but that might be

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difficult to
crochet with.

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Oh, please,
I could crochet barbed wire

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with a chopstick if I had to.

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I admire your bravado.

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In this case,

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isn't it the feminine,
"bravada"?

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I've never heard
the term "bravada."

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Let's just go
with "chutzpah."

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What's chutzpah?It's like moxie.

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Oh, I do like moxie.

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I admire your moxie.

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However, I believe
that nylon thread

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would be the best choice.

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True, it's chemically inert
and would allow

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more light to pass through.

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Nylon thread.

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Done.

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Brava. That one
I know is a word.

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MEEMAW:
Can I ask...

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why exactly are we looking

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for solar neutrinos?

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Other experiments have only
seen about half the neutrinos

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coming from the Sun.

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And we'd like to
figure out why.

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And what happens if we do?

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They will tell us
what kind of nuclear reactions

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are going on there.

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In the Sun?

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Yes.

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That's so far-- how?

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Neutrinos are made deep
within the core of the Sun.

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They have to go
over a hundred times

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the radius of Earth
just to get out.

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Mm, kind of like
how you can drive

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all day and still
be in Texas.

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Exactly, then they have
to travel another

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93 million miles
just to get here.

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Huh.Neutrinos are essentially

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direct messengers
from the center of the Sun.

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That's why we're
building the prototype.

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And I get to be a part of it?

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You do.

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Damn.

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Is there any money in it?

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No.
Damn.

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[phone ringing]

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Hello?

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Hey, Brenda. It's Mary.

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Oh. Hey.

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Hi. I was just checking in,
seeing how you're doing.

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How am I doing about what?

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Well, I heard that Billy

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might be having
a tough time at school.

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Well, you know what, he'll be
fine, so thanks for calling.

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Okay.

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Um, if there's
anything I can do,

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or if you ever want to talk...?

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00:09:37,577 --> 00:09:39,100
Good to know. Anything else?

267
00:09:39,143 --> 00:09:41,842
Uh, no, that was it.

268
00:09:41,885 --> 00:09:43,931
Okay. Bye.

269
00:09:45,889 --> 00:09:47,935
[dial tone]

270
00:09:48,979 --> 00:09:50,633
[exhales]

271
00:09:50,677 --> 00:09:52,287
[audience cheering on TV]

272
00:09:52,330 --> 00:09:54,855
ADULT SHELDON:
That night, my meemaw
was so inspired

273
00:09:54,898 --> 00:09:57,553
to be part
of our science experiment,

274
00:09:57,597 --> 00:09:59,903
she began working on it
as soon as she got home.

275
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♪

276
00:10:00,991 --> 00:10:02,210
♪ Fight till the end

277
00:10:02,253 --> 00:10:03,690
♪ 'Cause your life will depend

278
00:10:03,733 --> 00:10:05,779
♪ On the strength
that you have inside... ♪

279
00:10:05,822 --> 00:10:07,215
She was in the zone.

280
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♪ Standin' out in the crowd...

281
00:10:08,303 --> 00:10:09,783
She was focused.

282
00:10:09,826 --> 00:10:11,741
She was determined.

283
00:10:11,785 --> 00:10:14,657
She was also 68
and had eaten a lot of pizza.

284
00:10:14,701 --> 00:10:16,572
[snoring]

285
00:10:16,616 --> 00:10:21,229
ANNOUNCER: And the Nobel Prize for Science goes to Connie Tucker!

286
00:10:21,272 --> 00:10:22,883
[applause]♪ You're the best around...

287
00:10:22,926 --> 00:10:26,234
Oh, my goodness,
y'all are so sweet.

288
00:10:26,277 --> 00:10:27,801
[chuckles]

289
00:10:27,844 --> 00:10:31,587
I want to thank
my brilliant grandson Sheldon

290
00:10:31,631 --> 00:10:34,895
and his pal Dr. Linkletter,
for bringing me in

291
00:10:34,938 --> 00:10:36,679
on the experiment.

292
00:10:36,723 --> 00:10:39,595
I'd like to thank my Aunt Linda
for teaching me to crochet

293
00:10:39,639 --> 00:10:42,293
when I was knee-high
to a June bug.[laughter]

294
00:10:42,337 --> 00:10:46,341
And everyone, for making me...

295
00:10:46,384 --> 00:10:48,822
"The Meemaw of Science."

296
00:10:48,865 --> 00:10:52,826
[cheering, applause]♪ Oh, you're the best
around... ♪

297
00:10:52,869 --> 00:10:55,089
AUDIENCE [chanting]:
Meemaw! Meemaw! Meemaw!

298
00:10:55,132 --> 00:10:57,091
♪ You're the best around

299
00:10:57,134 --> 00:10:58,962
♪ Nothing's gonna ever
keep you... ♪

300
00:11:04,664 --> 00:11:06,317
ADULT SHELDON:
Being a good entrepreneur,

301
00:11:06,361 --> 00:11:09,973
my brother realized his supply
of my old tests was limited.

302
00:11:10,017 --> 00:11:13,803
So he did something else he was good at: lie to my father.

303
00:11:13,847 --> 00:11:16,284
Dad, you ever use the
copy room at school?

304
00:11:16,327 --> 00:11:18,112
Sometimes. Why?

305
00:11:18,155 --> 00:11:21,637
I need to make some copies for
a school project I'm working on.

306
00:11:21,681 --> 00:11:22,856
Uh, it's not really
for students.

307
00:11:22,899 --> 00:11:24,161
You know, they keep it locked.

308
00:11:24,205 --> 00:11:26,773
So, you have a key?

309
00:11:27,817 --> 00:11:29,645
I'm not giving you my key.

310
00:11:29,689 --> 00:11:31,342
Why not?Well, because I know you,

311
00:11:31,386 --> 00:11:33,214
and therefore don't trust you.

312
00:11:33,257 --> 00:11:35,695
I told you, it's for school.

313
00:11:35,738 --> 00:11:37,087
Great, then bring it
by my office tomorrow

314
00:11:37,131 --> 00:11:38,654
and I'll make copies.

315
00:11:38,698 --> 00:11:40,177
Never mind.

316
00:11:46,401 --> 00:11:48,098
It's not on my key chain!

317
00:11:48,142 --> 00:11:49,926
GEORGE JR.:
Dang it.

318
00:11:49,970 --> 00:11:52,886
ADULT SHELDON:
It was however,
in my dad's drawer at work,

319
00:11:52,929 --> 00:11:55,366
leading my brother
to do something

320
00:11:55,410 --> 00:11:58,935
he had never done before:
get to school early.

321
00:12:03,940 --> 00:12:05,725
Sucker.

322
00:12:06,856 --> 00:12:08,205
[machine whirring]

323
00:12:12,079 --> 00:12:14,821
It's like printing money.

324
00:12:15,865 --> 00:12:18,128
[key clicking in lock]

325
00:12:31,838 --> 00:12:32,969
[sniffs]

326
00:12:34,841 --> 00:12:36,277
[knocking on door]

327
00:12:40,237 --> 00:12:42,239
[door closes]

328
00:12:43,763 --> 00:12:45,068
You look beautiful.

329
00:12:45,112 --> 00:12:46,853
Shut up and kiss me.

330
00:12:49,116 --> 00:12:50,944
[moaning]GIVENS: Oh, Cheryl.

331
00:12:50,987 --> 00:12:52,859
HUTCHINS:
Oh, Hubert.

332
00:12:53,860 --> 00:12:55,035
[cow bellows]

333
00:12:55,078 --> 00:12:56,253
[phone ringing]

334
00:12:57,254 --> 00:12:59,082
John Sturgis.

335
00:12:59,126 --> 00:13:00,388
Hey, John.

336
00:13:00,431 --> 00:13:03,391
Connie.
So nice to hear from you.

337
00:13:03,434 --> 00:13:05,872
You'll never guess
what I'm doing.

338
00:13:05,915 --> 00:13:06,873
Tell me.

339
00:13:06,916 --> 00:13:08,962
I am working on a solar

340
00:13:09,005 --> 00:13:11,442
neutrino detector.

341
00:13:11,486 --> 00:13:15,882
Wow. I was gonna guess making
soft-boiled eggs. [chuckles]

342
00:13:15,925 --> 00:13:18,841
[chuckles]
Yeah, Sheldon and Linkletter

343
00:13:18,885 --> 00:13:20,277
asked me to help them out.

344
00:13:20,321 --> 00:13:23,803
Oh. Linkletter's involved.

345
00:13:23,846 --> 00:13:25,152
Oh, well, he's not so bad.

346
00:13:25,195 --> 00:13:27,197
[laughs]
You and he aren't...?

347
00:13:27,241 --> 00:13:29,983
Oh, no, no, no.
I'm still seeing Dale.

348
00:13:30,026 --> 00:13:31,767
Okay, good.

349
00:13:31,811 --> 00:13:34,509
I can handle you with a guy
who sells volleyballs,

350
00:13:34,552 --> 00:13:37,468
but you with another scientist,
that'd be like

351
00:13:37,512 --> 00:13:39,253
a dagger in the heart.

352
00:13:39,296 --> 00:13:41,864
[chuckles]
No daggers here.

353
00:13:41,908 --> 00:13:44,780
[chuckles] So tell me
about this experiment.

354
00:13:44,824 --> 00:13:47,870
Well, I don't know if you know
this, but solar neutrinos

355
00:13:47,914 --> 00:13:50,786
are like little messengers
from the center of the Sun.

356
00:13:50,830 --> 00:13:52,135
I did know that,

357
00:13:52,179 --> 00:13:54,355
but it's delightful
to hear you say it.

358
00:13:54,398 --> 00:13:57,880
Well, enjoy, 'cause that's about
all I remember.

359
00:13:57,924 --> 00:13:59,447
[laughs]

360
00:13:59,490 --> 00:14:01,231
So, what's new by you?Well, let's see...

361
00:14:01,275 --> 00:14:06,454
Uh, oh, yesterday I had
my first breakfast burrito.

362
00:14:06,497 --> 00:14:08,021
Mm.

363
00:14:08,064 --> 00:14:10,153
Good for you. How was it?

364
00:14:10,197 --> 00:14:14,244
Confusing. I ordinarily have
burritos for lunch or dinner.

365
00:14:14,288 --> 00:14:15,463
[Meemaw laughs]

366
00:14:15,506 --> 00:14:17,813
I don't know
how to respond to that.

367
00:14:17,857 --> 00:14:19,815
You're working on an experiment

368
00:14:19,859 --> 00:14:21,904
and I'm eating dinner
for breakfast.

369
00:14:21,948 --> 00:14:24,298
It's a crazy world.

370
00:14:24,341 --> 00:14:26,474
[moaning]

371
00:14:28,519 --> 00:14:30,304
I've got to get back
to the library.

372
00:14:30,347 --> 00:14:33,176
Oh, but this is so much
more fun than books.

373
00:14:33,220 --> 00:14:35,352
Will I be
seeing you tonight?

374
00:14:35,396 --> 00:14:38,921
Oh, you'll be seeing all of me.

375
00:14:38,965 --> 00:14:40,836
[both panting]

376
00:14:40,880 --> 00:14:42,969
I think this might be
my finest work.

377
00:14:43,012 --> 00:14:45,536
And she made my dinner
mittens, so that means a lot.

378
00:14:45,580 --> 00:14:47,408
Oh.

379
00:14:47,451 --> 00:14:48,888
I can't thank you enough.

380
00:14:48,931 --> 00:14:50,890
Shall we apply
the empirical method?

381
00:14:50,933 --> 00:14:53,196
Yes, the empirical method.
Let's apply that.

382
00:14:53,240 --> 00:14:55,242
[knocking on door]

383
00:14:56,547 --> 00:14:58,985
What now?

384
00:14:59,028 --> 00:15:01,161
I feel like I might've
overstepped my bounds

385
00:15:01,204 --> 00:15:05,252
last night, so I just wanted to
bring you these and apologize.

386
00:15:06,906 --> 00:15:07,994
Thank you.

387
00:15:09,038 --> 00:15:10,213
And I did mean it.

388
00:15:10,257 --> 00:15:11,954
If you ever need to talk,
I'm here.

389
00:15:11,998 --> 00:15:13,869
Appreciate it.

390
00:15:13,913 --> 00:15:15,131
Okay.

391
00:15:17,351 --> 00:15:18,526
It's more than Billy.

392
00:15:22,356 --> 00:15:24,314
Herschel moved out.

393
00:15:26,012 --> 00:15:29,015
Oh, Brenda, I'm so sorry.

394
00:15:30,407 --> 00:15:32,018
Do you want to come in?

395
00:15:34,063 --> 00:15:35,456
Of course.

396
00:15:42,942 --> 00:15:44,682
So what's with the box?

397
00:15:44,726 --> 00:15:47,163
SHELDON:
The experiment needs to be
in complete darkness to work.

398
00:15:47,207 --> 00:15:49,078
We watch these monitors
for the results.

399
00:15:53,039 --> 00:15:55,911
Okay, all that's left
is to turn on the cameras.

400
00:15:55,955 --> 00:15:57,260
Sheldon, will you
get the lights?

401
00:15:57,304 --> 00:15:59,219
Yes, sir.

402
00:15:59,262 --> 00:16:01,612
Is that to make it
more dramatic?

403
00:16:01,656 --> 00:16:04,615
It's so that we can better
see the flashes on the monitor.

404
00:16:04,659 --> 00:16:06,139
But a little drama never hurts.

405
00:16:06,182 --> 00:16:07,618
[chuckles]All right, here we go.

406
00:16:07,662 --> 00:16:10,056
Commencement of the solar
neutrino detector prototype

407
00:16:10,099 --> 00:16:13,059
in three, two, one.

408
00:16:13,102 --> 00:16:14,974
[whirring]

409
00:16:20,240 --> 00:16:21,415
I don't see anything.

410
00:16:21,458 --> 00:16:22,720
Give it a moment.

411
00:16:27,987 --> 00:16:30,467
♪

412
00:16:30,511 --> 00:16:31,947
Is that it?

413
00:16:31,991 --> 00:16:33,035
That's it.

414
00:16:33,079 --> 00:16:34,297
[gasps]

415
00:16:34,341 --> 00:16:35,951
We did it.

416
00:16:35,995 --> 00:16:37,431
Phase one is a success.

417
00:16:37,474 --> 00:16:38,954
Congratulations.

418
00:16:38,998 --> 00:16:40,260
MEEMAW:
Wow.

419
00:16:40,303 --> 00:16:43,959
Look at those
beautiful neutrinos.

420
00:16:44,003 --> 00:16:45,178
Those aren't neutrinos.

421
00:16:45,221 --> 00:16:46,440
What are you talking about?

422
00:16:46,483 --> 00:16:48,007
That's what we're looking for.

423
00:16:48,050 --> 00:16:50,009
That's just radioactivity.

424
00:16:50,052 --> 00:16:53,969
Well, then,
when do we find the neutrinos?

425
00:16:54,013 --> 00:16:56,232
We don't.
This is just the prototype.

426
00:16:56,276 --> 00:16:57,712
You kidding me?

427
00:16:57,755 --> 00:17:00,193
The actual device needed
would be the size of a building.

428
00:17:00,236 --> 00:17:02,064
And that's 20 to 30 years away.

429
00:17:02,108 --> 00:17:04,066
Well, I could be dead by then.

430
00:17:04,110 --> 00:17:06,460
You still may have
helped advance science.

431
00:17:06,503 --> 00:17:08,070
Unless another team
beats us to it.

432
00:17:08,114 --> 00:17:09,071
Yeah.

433
00:17:10,246 --> 00:17:12,422
I'm gonna wait in the car.

434
00:17:12,466 --> 00:17:15,556
If it helps, in 30 years,
I should still be alive.

435
00:17:17,253 --> 00:17:19,690
Boy, you'd think
she'd be happy about that.

436
00:17:19,734 --> 00:17:20,561
[door closes]

437
00:17:25,218 --> 00:17:27,002
Remember, the smart cheater
gets some answers wrong.

438
00:17:31,746 --> 00:17:32,964
I heard I might find you here.

439
00:17:34,009 --> 00:17:36,098
Oh, hey, Mr. Givens.

440
00:17:36,142 --> 00:17:38,796
Would you like to explain why
this was on the copy machine?

441
00:17:39,841 --> 00:17:41,451
Anyone could have
left that there.

442
00:17:41,495 --> 00:17:43,758
It's your brother's
and Tam said it was you.

443
00:17:44,802 --> 00:17:46,456
Fine, but I only left it there

444
00:17:46,500 --> 00:17:48,719
because you came in
the copy room and I had to hide.

445
00:17:49,807 --> 00:17:51,722
What? When? What?

446
00:17:51,766 --> 00:17:53,768
This morning before school.

447
00:17:53,811 --> 00:17:55,552
[exhales]:
Uh...

448
00:17:55,596 --> 00:17:57,598
What exactly did you see?

449
00:17:57,641 --> 00:17:59,600
I don't want to talk about it.

450
00:17:59,643 --> 00:18:02,124
Well, I don't want you
talking about it.

451
00:18:02,168 --> 00:18:03,995
Well, I don't want
you talking about this.

452
00:18:04,039 --> 00:18:05,954
I don't even know what this is.

453
00:18:05,997 --> 00:18:07,129
I don't even know what I saw.

454
00:18:07,173 --> 00:18:08,913
All right, then.
All right.

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00:18:08,957 --> 00:18:10,915
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