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ADULT SHELDON: I never cared
for The Game of Life.

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[kids shouting]

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Marriage, children,
careers, houses.

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What kind of life is that?

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In my game,
the milestones are...

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papers published,
degrees earned,

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Nobel Prizes won.

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And in my version,
I am dominating.

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But you knew that.

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Ooh, and instead of cars,

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you'd ride around in a train. [train whistle blows]

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Honestly,
why aren't they making this?

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Yes!
Hello, Sam.

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You seem agitated.

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I just got accepted
into my summer program.

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Oh, summer school. I didn't
realize you were struggling.

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But way to not give up.

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No.

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It's at Columbia.

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This is gonna
look really good

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on my grad school
application.

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Grad school?

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Those applications are
a year away.

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You have to start early.

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It's so competitive
these days.

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I think I'll be fine.

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Where are you hoping to go?

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Caltech.Sheldon,

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that's one of the
toughest programs

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to get into in the world.

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I know, they deserve the best.

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Well, if I were you,
I would start

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building up my r sum  now.

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Uh, my r sum 's pretty good.

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4.0, child prodigy.

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Beloved wherever I go.

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Are you on any published papers?

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No.

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Have you presented
at any conferences?

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No.

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Have you been involved
in any outside projects?

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I did develop
a grant research database.

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Oh, well that's something.

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It failed spectacularly.

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Well, hey...

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at least you're beloved.

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[train whistle blows]

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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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CHIP:
Now I hope y'all enjoyed
those sunny skies.

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Because we have
some weather headed our way...

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Want some?

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No, I'm good.

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You sure?

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Yeah, I slept
almost four hours last night.

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I feel like a tiger.

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Good for you.

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Brushed my hair,
I brushed my teeth,

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I may even
go outside today.

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Wow, an 80% chance of rain.Never mind.

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Probably from all these clouds
over here...

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MEEMAW:
Who is this guy?

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Where's perky Heather
with today's weather?

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I don't know, I think
the sports guy's filling in.

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This storm is just gonna
make a full-court press.

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And just run right on
past Houston,

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right on past Lufkin,

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all the way over
to Medford over here...

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He ain't even
pointin' at Medford.

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That's a drive
that Jack Nicklaus

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would be proud of right there.

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I used to do that job,
you know.

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It's not as easy
as you'd think.

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You got to look forward,
but point backward

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while reading the script.

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All with sunshine
in your voice.

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I could actually hear
the sunshine in your voice.

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Thanks.

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[CeeCee crying]

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Now back to CeeCee
in the nursery

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with screaming.
[groans]

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CHIP:
And that's the weather.

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You're late.

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Sorry,
I ran into Sam.

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Bright girl.
She's going places.

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Specifically the physics
department at Columbia.

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Oh, she got in, fantastic.Mm-hmm.

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I know she was hoping
to spice up

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her applications.

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Well, I like to think
that I'm all the spice

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my applications will need.

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You're not.

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What are you saying?

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Actually, uh...

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Hold on,
should I be trying to beef up

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my grad school applications?

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The competition is fierce.

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It takes a lot to stand out.

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You're my advisors,
why didn't you

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advise me of this?

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Sheldon, if I could
offer you some advice...

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No thank you.

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Sheldon, I have
a recommendation for you.

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I have one for you.

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Trim your nose hair.

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Do you remember that?

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I do. It looked like a spider
was living up there.

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Hey.

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Hey. What are you doing here?

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Oh, just looking through
some of my old videotapes.

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Oh, cool.

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Wait, you didn't find
any of my tapes, did you?

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What are your tapes?

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Nothing.

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Well, mine are from
when I was a weather girl.

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Whatcha need 'em for?

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Well, the local station's
looking.

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I'm gonna apply.

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But you're a mom now.

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Yeah, so?

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Well, I'm just sayin'
don't you kind of have

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your hands full with CeeCee?

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Well, there's a lot of
family around to help.

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Well, I know, but...

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And I was always gonna
go back to work.

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If it's about money,

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we're good.

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You live in a garage.

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It ain't a garage
if there ain't a car in it.

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Yeah, it is.

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And it's not about money,
it's about my life.

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I want a career.

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Well, I-I happen to think
motherhood is a career.

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Hmm. What about fatherhood?

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You have a job.

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That's different.Why?

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Because.

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There's lots of reasons.

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Oh, okay, so you just get
to have a job and a life,

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and I have to stay
home with the baby?

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Or I have to have a job

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and you getto stay home
with the baby.

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It's all
about perspective.

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SHELDON:
Yes, is this

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the Columbia
summer science honors program?

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Excellent.

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My name is Sheldon Cooper,
perhaps you've heard of me.

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Well, now you have.

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Anyways, it's recently
come to my attention

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that you could be an important
step in my career advancement.

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So, good news, I'm available.

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Yes, I understand
I've missed the deadline,

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but I'm sure
you can make an exception.

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But I'm Sheldon Cooper.

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And apparently Doctors
Linkletter and Sturgis were

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aware that I already
should have been focusing

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on my applications.

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And they didn't say anything
to you?

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Well, they did, but I don't
come off well in that story.

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Shelly, how bad could it be?

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You started college
when you were 11.

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Well, it was impressive
when I was little and cute.

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But now that I'm old and cute,
it's just not the same thing.

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Well, just 'cause
you look older,

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doesn't mean
you're any less special.

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Of course.

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It's your fault.What?

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Well, you've been saying
I'm special my whole life,

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so now I'm conditioned
to expect the world

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to cater to me
instead of taking initiative.

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But you are special, sweetie.

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You just can't turn it off,
can you?

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[crickets chirping]

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She's changed and napping.

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You washed your hands,
right?

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Shelly, you want
some mashed potatoes?

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See, there you go again,

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bringing the mashed potatoes
to me

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when I should be going
to the mashed potatoes.

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Fine.

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What's goin' on?

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Years of coddling
have made me complacent,

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and now it may cost me my chance

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to get into grad school
at Caltech.

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I've been sayin' that
since you were born.

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And yet you did
nothing to stop her?

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If it helps,
I always thought you sucked.

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MARY:
Missy.

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I talked to Meemaw.
She said if you

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come back to work at the video
store, you can bring the baby.

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What? I thought
you wanted a job.

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No, I said
I wanted a career.

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Oh, are you thinkin'

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about going back
to work already?

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Yeah.

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I mean, it's a little earlier

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than I thought,
but an opportunity

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came up and I'm going for it.

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See? Initiative.
Her parents kicked her out,

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and look at that gumption.

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So what job you goin' for?

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Channel 7's looking
for a new weather girl.

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Oh, yeah,
she said she quit

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because she was
getting married.

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Rumor is she got knocked up.
[chuckles]

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Which is exciting.

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The interview's on Thursday.

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What?

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You already applied?

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I thought we were
gonna talk about it.

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We did talk about it.
I said I was gonna

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send in a tape
and then I sent it in.

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Who's gonna watch CeeCee?

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Well, I was hoping

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her family would help out.

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Of course.

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I mean, I do work.

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I work, too, George.

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Wework.

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They got a point.

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Uh, is the point

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that your mom is
a working mother?

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Well, I didn't work
when my kids were babies.

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That's true, she was
a stay-at-home coddler.

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Okay, now you're
being obnoxious.

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No one wants to hear
you talk, ass face.

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Thanks, I appreciate the help,
but let's keep it clean.

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Butt wad?

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Better.

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Well, that's a look.

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That's also a look.

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I can't find anything
to wear for my interview.

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Well, let's see.

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Hmm.

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That's pretty cute.

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"Can't find" was code

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for "can't fit into."

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Don't be so hard on yourself,
honey.

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You just had a baby.

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I'll make sure
to tell them that.

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Apparently everyone loves
a working mother.

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Is that code for something?

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Yeah, your family sucks.

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Ooh, sounds like
I missed a good dinner.

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Am I a bad mom
because I want a career?Hell no!

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And you're teachin' your
daughter that she can grow up

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to do something
more than raise kids.

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Yeah!

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And you're gonna go in there

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and you're gonna get this job.

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Yeah!

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But not in that.

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Yeah.

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I'm waitin'.
For what?

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The "I told you so."

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'Cause I coddled

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Sheldon and apparently
ruined his life.

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Oh.

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I'm not gonna say that.

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I mean, you did coddle him
and I did tell ya--

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All right,
I told you so.

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Thanks for not sayin' it.

266
00:08:44,420 --> 00:08:46,310
Well, what does he know?

267
00:08:46,510 --> 00:08:48,010
He's just a dumb teenager.

268
00:08:48,210 --> 00:08:50,360
I guess it is normal
for teenagers

269
00:08:50,560 --> 00:08:52,410
to blame their parents
for stuff.

270
00:08:52,600 --> 00:08:53,750
Sheldon's normal.

271
00:08:53,950 --> 00:08:55,020
That's a shocker.

272
00:08:55,220 --> 00:08:57,190
Great, the one
normal thing he does

273
00:08:57,390 --> 00:08:59,020
is blame me.
[chuckles]
Someday

274
00:08:59,220 --> 00:09:01,680
his kids are gonna tell him
he's ruinin' their lives.

275
00:09:01,880 --> 00:09:02,890
You think?

276
00:09:03,090 --> 00:09:05,060
If he has 'em,
they're gonna say it.

277
00:09:06,060 --> 00:09:08,120
So probably not.

278
00:09:08,320 --> 00:09:10,030
ADULT SHELDON:
Joke's on him.

279
00:09:10,230 --> 00:09:11,640
I did have kids.

280
00:09:11,840 --> 00:09:13,120
And joke's on me.

281
00:09:13,320 --> 00:09:16,030
They say it all the time.

282
00:09:18,810 --> 00:09:20,040
[door opens]

283
00:09:20,240 --> 00:09:22,260
Good morning.

284
00:09:22,460 --> 00:09:24,130
Oh, you're out and about early.

285
00:09:24,330 --> 00:09:25,920
Yeah, got a lot going on today.

286
00:09:26,120 --> 00:09:28,010
Connie's taking me out shopping
and then to the salon

287
00:09:28,210 --> 00:09:29,750
to get ready for my interview.Nice.

288
00:09:29,950 --> 00:09:31,400
A little mommy-daughter day?

289
00:09:31,600 --> 00:09:33,400
Daddy-daughter day.
Here ya go.

290
00:09:33,600 --> 00:09:35,140
I have work.

291
00:09:35,340 --> 00:09:37,710
Well, I like to think
fatherhood is a full-time job.

292
00:09:37,910 --> 00:09:39,150
How am I gonna feed her?

293
00:09:39,350 --> 00:09:41,410
I don't have the...
you know.

294
00:09:41,610 --> 00:09:42,980
Formula's in the bag.

295
00:09:43,180 --> 00:09:44,200
Tag, you're it.

296
00:09:44,400 --> 00:09:45,890
Bye, CeeCee.

297
00:09:46,090 --> 00:09:47,720
[door closes]

298
00:09:47,920 --> 00:09:50,420
Well, looks like
it's just me and you.

299
00:09:50,620 --> 00:09:52,550
Let me give you the tour.

300
00:09:52,750 --> 00:09:54,900
That's Axl Rose.

301
00:09:55,100 --> 00:09:56,730
He's awesome.

302
00:09:56,930 --> 00:09:58,040
That's the weight bench.

303
00:09:58,240 --> 00:09:59,990
That's where Daddy
gets ripped.

304
00:10:00,190 --> 00:10:02,080
Yeah.
And that's the sink

305
00:10:02,280 --> 00:10:03,910
your mom totally peed in once.

306
00:10:04,110 --> 00:10:05,830
It's true.

307
00:10:06,030 --> 00:10:07,180
I know, it's true.

308
00:10:07,380 --> 00:10:09,740
Ooh, Volvo-- safe and flashy.

309
00:10:09,940 --> 00:10:11,700
Like me.
Sheldon...

310
00:10:11,900 --> 00:10:12,830
I haven't had my coffee yet.

311
00:10:13,030 --> 00:10:14,970
I thought you
might say that.

312
00:10:15,170 --> 00:10:17,270
Thank you.I'm not a coffee drinker.

313
00:10:17,470 --> 00:10:18,800
I hope you like seven sugars.

314
00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:20,150
[coughs]

315
00:10:20,340 --> 00:10:22,410
So what's so important
it got you outside?

316
00:10:22,610 --> 00:10:24,500
I had an idea that I think
might be beneficial

317
00:10:24,700 --> 00:10:26,330
to both the university and me.

318
00:10:26,520 --> 00:10:28,240
An exclusive summer program led

319
00:10:28,440 --> 00:10:30,160
by a prestigious scientist
of my choosing.

320
00:10:30,350 --> 00:10:31,940
I've got an idea.

321
00:10:32,140 --> 00:10:34,030
Apply to a school
that already has it,

322
00:10:34,230 --> 00:10:35,550
get in, and go there.

323
00:10:35,750 --> 00:10:37,160
Well, to be honest,

324
00:10:37,360 --> 00:10:39,160
with my current r sum ,
I may not get in anywhere,

325
00:10:39,360 --> 00:10:41,250
which is why we need
a program like this.

326
00:10:41,450 --> 00:10:43,730
Sheldon, we don't have the time
or the resources

327
00:10:43,930 --> 00:10:46,300
to create
a brand-new summer program.

328
00:10:46,500 --> 00:10:48,260
Oh, that's just sleepy talk.
Take a few more sips,

329
00:10:48,460 --> 00:10:49,700
let that sugar kick in.

330
00:10:49,900 --> 00:10:52,080
The answer is no.

331
00:10:53,520 --> 00:10:55,950
I knew I should have put
whiskey in that coffee.

332
00:10:57,480 --> 00:11:00,190
[games dinging]

333
00:11:00,380 --> 00:11:01,530
Whose baby?

334
00:11:01,730 --> 00:11:03,010
Mine.

335
00:11:03,210 --> 00:11:05,710
And you brought her
to a gambling room?

336
00:11:05,910 --> 00:11:07,980
Why not? There's flashin'
lights and fun noises.

337
00:11:08,180 --> 00:11:09,630
It's basically Chuck E. Cheese.

338
00:11:09,830 --> 00:11:11,630
Can I touch her head for luck?

339
00:11:11,830 --> 00:11:12,680
No.

340
00:11:12,880 --> 00:11:15,190
Come on, I just washed my hands.

341
00:11:16,240 --> 00:11:17,760
Make it quick.

342
00:11:18,980 --> 00:11:20,290
Come on, baby.

343
00:11:20,490 --> 00:11:22,560
Uncle Wade needs a win.

344
00:11:22,750 --> 00:11:24,770
All right, that's enough.

345
00:11:25,810 --> 00:11:28,200
[beeping, dinging]

346
00:11:29,600 --> 00:11:31,390
That's what I'm talkin' about!

347
00:11:31,590 --> 00:11:34,260
I told you babies is good luck.

348
00:11:34,460 --> 00:11:36,570
Can I touch her head, too?

349
00:11:36,770 --> 00:11:40,010
All right, no one else is
touchin' my baby's head...

350
00:11:40,210 --> 00:11:42,010
for free.

351
00:11:42,210 --> 00:11:43,660
How much?

352
00:11:43,860 --> 00:11:45,190
Five bucks.

353
00:11:45,390 --> 00:11:46,830
Worth it.Sold.

354
00:11:56,410 --> 00:11:57,850
[door slams]
MEEMAW:
Hey, dummy.

355
00:11:58,050 --> 00:11:59,460
We need to talk.

356
00:11:59,660 --> 00:12:02,460
If it's about CeeCee
being here, I can explain.

357
00:12:02,660 --> 00:12:03,730
Where is she?

358
00:12:03,930 --> 00:12:05,370
WADE:
Right here.

359
00:12:07,900 --> 00:12:09,380
[whispers]:
Really?

360
00:12:09,580 --> 00:12:10,560
It's fine.

361
00:12:10,760 --> 00:12:11,600
He's got, like, 15 grandkids.

362
00:12:11,800 --> 00:12:14,220
We'll get back to that.

363
00:12:14,420 --> 00:12:16,090
I have spent my day

364
00:12:16,290 --> 00:12:19,130
listening to Mandy
bitch about you.

365
00:12:19,330 --> 00:12:20,700
Well, I don't suppose
you stuck up for me?

366
00:12:20,900 --> 00:12:22,090
No.

367
00:12:22,290 --> 00:12:23,960
If you really want
to be with that girl,

368
00:12:24,160 --> 00:12:26,140
you will not be the one
to stand in her way.

369
00:12:26,340 --> 00:12:28,230
I'm not trying to.

370
00:12:28,430 --> 00:12:30,750
I just want to do
what's best for CeeCee.

371
00:12:32,050 --> 00:12:32,890
Obviously.

372
00:12:33,090 --> 00:12:34,540
Don't you think she deserves

373
00:12:34,740 --> 00:12:35,890
a mom who's home with her?

374
00:12:36,090 --> 00:12:38,110
I think she deserves
a mom who's happy

375
00:12:38,310 --> 00:12:39,840
and supported by her dad.

376
00:12:41,150 --> 00:12:42,290
Huh.

377
00:12:42,490 --> 00:12:44,590
Why is that woman
touchin' her head?

378
00:12:44,790 --> 00:12:45,640
I'll handle it. Hey!

379
00:12:45,840 --> 00:12:48,020
You got to pay for that.

380
00:12:51,770 --> 00:12:53,420
[sighs]
Come on, Cooper.

381
00:12:55,120 --> 00:12:56,560
See? He's been here
since this morning.

382
00:12:56,760 --> 00:12:58,350
He won't leave.

383
00:12:58,550 --> 00:13:00,780
What do you want me to do?Get him to leave.

384
00:13:00,980 --> 00:13:02,960
Oh, good, you're both here.

385
00:13:03,160 --> 00:13:04,610
This will go faster
with three of us.

386
00:13:04,810 --> 00:13:06,830
Now, do it!
Give him the boot.

387
00:13:07,030 --> 00:13:08,010
[laughs]

388
00:13:08,210 --> 00:13:10,450
Trying to solve
unified field theory?

389
00:13:10,650 --> 00:13:12,190
Yes. Who needs
a summer program

390
00:13:12,390 --> 00:13:14,190
if you can solve what
Albert Einstein couldn't.

391
00:13:14,390 --> 00:13:15,840
Let's see Caltech
say no to this.

392
00:13:16,040 --> 00:13:17,800
Sheldon, you're not
gonna solve this

393
00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:20,190
in an afternoon.Or ever.

394
00:13:20,390 --> 00:13:21,980
Well, I need to do something
to stand out.

395
00:13:22,180 --> 00:13:23,760
I think you're putting
too much pressure

396
00:13:23,960 --> 00:13:25,720
on this summer program.

397
00:13:25,920 --> 00:13:27,810
You can apply next year.

398
00:13:28,010 --> 00:13:28,900
I can't wait a whole
nother year.

399
00:13:29,100 --> 00:13:30,420
I'll fall even further behind.

400
00:13:30,620 --> 00:13:32,380
And then when I'm
applying to Columbia,

401
00:13:32,580 --> 00:13:34,300
Sam will be using
her letter of recommendation

402
00:13:34,500 --> 00:13:36,210
to get into Caltech, and then
when I apply to Caltech,

403
00:13:36,410 --> 00:13:38,560
they'll say, "Oh, you're
from East Texas Tech, too.

404
00:13:38,760 --> 00:13:40,650
"Well, you must know Sam, she's
been here a year longer than you

405
00:13:40,850 --> 00:13:42,160
and you'll never catch up."

406
00:13:43,210 --> 00:13:44,960
I think you need to calm down.

407
00:13:45,160 --> 00:13:46,660
I can't calm down.
I have to keep pushing myself

408
00:13:46,860 --> 00:13:48,220
or I'll fall farther and
farther behind until I'm a...

409
00:13:48,420 --> 00:13:49,960
aging professor
in a small university

410
00:13:50,160 --> 00:13:51,840
with nothing to show
for my work.

411
00:13:52,030 --> 00:13:53,750
Ouch, I think
he's talking about you.

412
00:13:53,950 --> 00:13:55,840
I think he's talking about us.

413
00:13:56,040 --> 00:13:57,540
No.I'm wasting

414
00:13:57,740 --> 00:13:58,840
too much time sleeping at night.

415
00:13:59,040 --> 00:14:00,630
In fact,
where's the coffee machine?

416
00:14:00,830 --> 00:14:02,850
Perhaps it is time I start
chasing the caffeine dragon.

417
00:14:03,050 --> 00:14:04,850
Sheldon, listen to us.Why should I?

418
00:14:05,050 --> 00:14:06,240
You let this happen to me.

419
00:14:06,440 --> 00:14:07,840
You failed as my mentors.

420
00:14:10,760 --> 00:14:12,420
What are you doing?!

421
00:14:12,620 --> 00:14:14,070
You're still the student,
this is still my office,

422
00:14:14,270 --> 00:14:16,070
and it's time for you to leave.

423
00:14:17,900 --> 00:14:19,850
I'm afraid he's right.

424
00:14:25,560 --> 00:14:26,570
[Mandy gasps]

425
00:14:26,760 --> 00:14:29,040
There she is.

426
00:14:30,170 --> 00:14:31,880
Hi!

427
00:14:32,070 --> 00:14:34,270
Um, why does she
smell like smoke?

428
00:14:34,470 --> 00:14:36,400
Oh, she hung out with me
in the gambling room.

429
00:14:36,600 --> 00:14:37,970
What?

430
00:14:38,170 --> 00:14:39,870
She was a hit. Everybody
said she was good luck.

431
00:14:40,920 --> 00:14:42,450
Okay, so I-I guess it went well?

432
00:14:42,650 --> 00:14:44,280
It did.

433
00:14:44,480 --> 00:14:45,760
So, if you get that job,

434
00:14:45,960 --> 00:14:48,100
I'm all for it.

435
00:14:49,450 --> 00:14:50,460
[CeeCee fussing]

436
00:14:50,660 --> 00:14:52,020
Okay, good.

437
00:14:52,760 --> 00:14:54,240
What's wrong?

438
00:14:56,630 --> 00:14:58,510
Today was the longest
I've been away from her,

439
00:14:58,710 --> 00:15:00,600
and it was awful.

440
00:15:00,800 --> 00:15:03,070
So you don't want the job?

441
00:15:04,720 --> 00:15:06,130
I-I don't know.

442
00:15:06,330 --> 00:15:08,770
I think you should
give it a shot.

443
00:15:09,820 --> 00:15:12,390
Really?Well, you were
all excited about it.

444
00:15:12,590 --> 00:15:14,130
And if you get the job,
you can still say no.

445
00:15:15,740 --> 00:15:16,960
Yeah, that's a good point.

446
00:15:17,160 --> 00:15:19,230
I'd love to see you on TV.

447
00:15:19,430 --> 00:15:21,010
Aw.

448
00:15:21,210 --> 00:15:22,800
Then I can say
I slept with that girl on TV.

449
00:15:22,990 --> 00:15:25,050
Okay, well...

450
00:15:27,620 --> 00:15:30,660
♪ Raindrops are
falling on my head ♪

451
00:15:31,930 --> 00:15:33,280
♪ And just like the guy ♪

452
00:15:33,480 --> 00:15:37,290
♪ Whose feet are
too big for his bed ♪

453
00:15:37,490 --> 00:15:39,420
♪ Nothing seems to fit ♪[door opens, closes]

454
00:15:39,620 --> 00:15:41,810
♪ Those raindrops... ♪

455
00:15:42,010 --> 00:15:43,420
Why are you
listening to this?

456
00:15:43,620 --> 00:15:45,210
I was upset, and this was
the most angst-filled song

457
00:15:45,410 --> 00:15:47,250
I could find
in Mom's record collection.

458
00:15:47,450 --> 00:15:48,600
What's wrong?

459
00:15:48,800 --> 00:15:49,870
These are grown-up problems.

460
00:15:50,070 --> 00:15:50,740
You wouldn't understand.

461
00:15:50,940 --> 00:15:52,000
Okay, bye.

462
00:15:52,200 --> 00:15:53,090
I was the youngest student

463
00:15:53,290 --> 00:15:54,610
at the university, and now...

464
00:15:54,810 --> 00:15:56,830
I thought I wouldn't
understand your problems.

465
00:15:57,030 --> 00:15:59,480
Well, you're all I've got.

466
00:15:59,680 --> 00:16:01,360
I always assumed

467
00:16:01,560 --> 00:16:03,360
that I'd be the youngest
student in grad school,

468
00:16:03,560 --> 00:16:05,140
and then the youngest person
to win the Nobel Prize,

469
00:16:05,340 --> 00:16:06,670
and now it's all slipping away.

470
00:16:06,860 --> 00:16:08,540
No one cares how old you are.

471
00:16:08,740 --> 00:16:11,060
Really? You don't think
I get treated special

472
00:16:11,260 --> 00:16:12,500
because of my age and intellect?

473
00:16:12,700 --> 00:16:16,110
I guess you do get everything
you want all the time.

474
00:16:16,310 --> 00:16:17,110
See?

475
00:16:17,310 --> 00:16:18,850
And whenever you're obnoxious

476
00:16:19,050 --> 00:16:20,640
it's always, "Poor Sheldon,
he doesn't know any better."

477
00:16:20,840 --> 00:16:22,550
Exactly. "Poor Sheldon."

478
00:16:22,750 --> 00:16:25,030
At grad school, everybody's
going to be smart.

479
00:16:25,230 --> 00:16:26,730
If I'm not the youngest,
how am I gonna stand out?

480
00:16:26,930 --> 00:16:29,820
Sheldon, you're a kid talking
about going to grad school.

481
00:16:30,020 --> 00:16:31,650
You have no problems.

482
00:16:31,850 --> 00:16:33,390
I knew you wouldn't understand.

483
00:16:33,590 --> 00:16:35,520
I do-- instead of
being a kid genius,

484
00:16:35,720 --> 00:16:37,570
you're worried you're just
gonna be a regular genius,

485
00:16:37,770 --> 00:16:40,480
which is a stupid thing for
a genius to worry about.

486
00:16:40,680 --> 00:16:42,270
Well, stupid or not,

487
00:16:42,470 --> 00:16:44,390
I may not get to go
to Caltech until I'm 15.

488
00:16:45,430 --> 00:16:46,970
Wait, this is about
when you move out?

489
00:16:47,170 --> 00:16:48,270
Yes.

490
00:16:48,470 --> 00:16:50,880
I take it back,
this is a big deal.

491
00:16:51,080 --> 00:16:53,970
♪ Because I'm free ♪

492
00:16:54,170 --> 00:16:57,150
♪ Nothing's worrying me. ♪

493
00:16:57,350 --> 00:16:58,280
All right.

494
00:16:58,480 --> 00:16:59,540
So, we're just gonna
put you on tape

495
00:16:59,740 --> 00:17:00,720
and see how it goes.

496
00:17:00,920 --> 00:17:03,420
Okay. Uh, I'm ready.

497
00:17:03,620 --> 00:17:05,160
Okay.

498
00:17:05,360 --> 00:17:06,200
In three...

499
00:17:06,400 --> 00:17:08,500
[mouthing]

500
00:17:09,590 --> 00:17:12,300
All right, let's take a look
at our forecast for tonight.

501
00:17:12,500 --> 00:17:14,520
Winds from the west
are headed our way,

502
00:17:14,720 --> 00:17:18,170
taking temperatures
down to a cool 43 degrees.

503
00:17:18,370 --> 00:17:19,610
But you know what
they say in Texas--

504
00:17:19,810 --> 00:17:22,090
if you don't like the weather,
wait five minutes.

505
00:17:22,290 --> 00:17:23,790
Actually, I've never said that,

506
00:17:23,990 --> 00:17:25,090
but my Aunt Bonnie does.

507
00:17:25,290 --> 00:17:27,220
She's not
wrong though,

508
00:17:27,420 --> 00:17:29,970
because those chilly days
are gonna pass us by,

509
00:17:30,170 --> 00:17:33,490
and by the weekend we're
looking at sunny and 72.

510
00:17:33,690 --> 00:17:35,410
ADULT SHELDON: Mandy was
proving that new mothers

511
00:17:35,610 --> 00:17:37,150
could do anything
anyone else could do.

512
00:17:37,350 --> 00:17:39,710
In fact, they could do more,

513
00:17:39,910 --> 00:17:42,150
like make their own milk,

514
00:17:42,350 --> 00:17:43,760
right there, on camera.

515
00:17:43,960 --> 00:17:46,020
Everything okay?

516
00:17:47,320 --> 00:17:48,900
Not if you live on the coast,

517
00:17:49,100 --> 00:17:51,160
because there is
a storm front building,

518
00:17:51,360 --> 00:17:53,600
so we need to keep
an eye on, uh,

519
00:17:53,800 --> 00:17:54,690
these clouds

520
00:17:54,890 --> 00:17:56,600
right here.

521
00:17:56,800 --> 00:17:58,820
Uh, but there's a low-pressure
system building,

522
00:17:59,020 --> 00:18:00,430
um, over here,

523
00:18:00,630 --> 00:18:02,220
and, uh,

524
00:18:02,420 --> 00:18:03,960
well, then, that could
bring rain to, uh,

525
00:18:04,160 --> 00:18:05,910
to this whole area here.

526
00:18:07,170 --> 00:18:08,350
So, for Channel 7 weather,

527
00:18:08,550 --> 00:18:11,910
I'm Mandy McAllister.
Good night.

528
00:18:20,620 --> 00:18:22,060
And I just wanted to say
I'm sorry for my behavior.

529
00:18:22,260 --> 00:18:24,060
I realized that
I'm going to age out

530
00:18:24,260 --> 00:18:25,940
of being a child prodigy
regardless of your help.

531
00:18:26,130 --> 00:18:27,680
I appreciate that.

532
00:18:27,880 --> 00:18:30,900
It takes maturity to
admit when you're wrong.

533
00:18:31,100 --> 00:18:33,070
I know, even this apology
is grown-up.

534
00:18:33,270 --> 00:18:34,640
Well, this is all a disaster.

535
00:18:34,840 --> 00:18:37,420
Son, it's not. Believe me,
no one is more excited

536
00:18:37,620 --> 00:18:39,340
for you to go to grad school
than I am.

537
00:18:39,540 --> 00:18:41,340
I don't know, you should
talk to my sister.

538
00:18:41,540 --> 00:18:43,260
Anyway, thank you
for hearing me out.

539
00:18:43,460 --> 00:18:46,090
Actually, Sheldon,
I do have some news.

540
00:18:46,290 --> 00:18:47,390
I reached out
to a colleague

541
00:18:47,590 --> 00:18:50,050
who's doing a summer
research program

542
00:18:50,250 --> 00:18:52,270
at the University of Heidelberg,

543
00:18:52,470 --> 00:18:54,400
and I think I can get you in.

544
00:18:54,600 --> 00:18:56,310
Heidelberg, Germany?

545
00:18:56,510 --> 00:18:58,180
A summer program
5,000 miles away.

546
00:18:58,380 --> 00:19:00,100
Only a fool would
say no to that.

547
00:19:00,300 --> 00:19:02,840
Well, that would certainly help
my grad school applications.

548
00:19:03,040 --> 00:19:03,970
STURGIS:
Yes, and they're doing

549
00:19:04,170 --> 00:19:06,630
exciting work on superstrings.

550
00:19:06,830 --> 00:19:09,200
Fantastisch.
That's German for "fantastic."

551
00:19:09,400 --> 00:19:11,280
Ich helfe dir beim packen.

552
00:19:11,480 --> 00:19:13,150
That's German for
"I'll help you pack."

553
00:19:21,940 --> 00:19:24,780
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