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Previously on Young Sheldon...

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Maybe it's time to take a
break from your college classes.

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What? Why? I've gotten straight As.

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I know you're smart enough for college.

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I'm just not sure you're mature enough.

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I hope you know you're
jeopardizing our relationship.

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I will take that risk.

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You know I'll eventually wear you down.

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We'll see. I'm pretty tough.

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After everything that I've
done for you and your family.

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You give my grandson a job,
so I'm supposed to marry you?

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Well, you can forget I even asked.

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Oh, no.

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You're fired.

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R-Really?

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Get out of my store.

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Now.

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In every young man's life,

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there are milestones along
the road to independence.

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Squashing one's very first bug.

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Aah!

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Tending to one's own boo-boo.

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Not today, germs. Not today.

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And preparing a favorite meal

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without one's mommy.

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Can you open this?

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I'm making spaghetti with
hot dogs cut up in it.

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You know there's a lady
that does that for us, right?

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Yes, but she's not here right now.

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That's why I'm watching Oprah.

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I would like to introduce each

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of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

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Leonardo...

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I was not alone

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in asserting my independence that day.

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This tiny slice of hot dog also

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seemed to yearn for freedom.

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But sometimes...

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freedom comes at a cost.

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In this case,

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a lowly disc of processed meat...

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...would nearly tear my family apart.

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Ugh. Where the heck did it go?

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Do we have another flashlight?

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A slice of hot dog rolled
under the refrigerator.

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There's a flashlight
in Mom's nightstand.

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- Totally, dude.
- Totally.

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_

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Find the flashlight?

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Yes.

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I also found this letter from Caltech.

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I wonder why she was hiding it.

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So read it.

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I'm not allowed to.
It's not addressed to me.

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Who cares?

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The U.S. Postal Service
is a government agency.

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Mail is protected by federal law.

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- I'll read it.
- Don't.

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If you do, I'll be an
accessory to the crime.

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Interesting.

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What does it say?

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No, don't tell me.

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Okay, tell me. No, don't!

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Sheldon, if I tell you
but you never look at it,

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then you didn't break the law, right?

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Law offices of Morris, Morris & Yorn.

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Janice speaking.

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Hello. I'd like to speak to
either Morris, Morris or Yorn.

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May I ask what it is in regard to?

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Well, I was slicing a hot dog...

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What's up?

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I was wondering if you
could talk to Dale for me.

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Why?

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Wait a minute.

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He fired you?

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Yeah.

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After you gave him the money back?

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He didn't tell you?

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We haven't exactly been
on speaking terms lately.

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Oh.

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I didn't know.

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But we're about to be on yelling terms.

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This is exciting.

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So if I don't actually
look at the letter,

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legally I'm in the clear?

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Thank you. This has been very helpful.

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And if in the future, you
have any physics questions,

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Janice has my info.

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Pizza time!

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Missy, you can legally tell
me what's in the letter.

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See...

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here's where it gets fun.

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Come on!

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Ballard's.

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What's wrong with you?!

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I'm sorry. Who is this?

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You know, you can be
mad at me all you want,

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but don't take it out on my grandson.

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Well, he let the store get robbed.

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And he paid you the money back.

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Like he should've.

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You know,

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I was actually starting
to feel bad for you,

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and now I don't.

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Yeah. Well, thanks for calling.

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Say cheese.

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Cheese.

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Now tell me what was in that letter.

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You're pretty cranky for
a princess rodeo clown.

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- Missy!
- Caltech wants you to go to school there.

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Really?

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They want to talk to
Mom and Dad about it.

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I can't believe she
would hide that from me.

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Whatever. Put your nose back on.

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I'm home.

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Would you care to explain this letter,

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which I didn't read but
legally know the contents of?

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Well?

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What were you doing, going
through my nightstand?

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You answer my question first.

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I am your mother, and I
don't need to answer anything.

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How could you not tell me

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that Caltech wants me
to go to school there?

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Because you're not going,
so it doesn't matter.

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So I don't get a say in this?

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Actually, no, which is why

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that letter is addressed to
the parents of Sheldon Cooper.

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So Dad was okay hiding this from me?

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We are done having this discussion.

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Go to your room.

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Ugh!

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Hey, what time does Fotomat close?

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I was angry at my mother
and needed more information.

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While she told me to go to my room,

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she didn't say stay there.

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Boy howdy, I do love a loophole.

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All right, who's hotter...

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Cindy Crawford or Jessica Rabbit?

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One's a person, one's a cartoon.

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And you couldn't get either one of 'em.

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- Now answer the question.
- Dad.

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What the hell are you doing here?

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I need to talk to you.

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How'd you even find me?

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It's not like you come
home smelling like coffee.

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What do you want, Sheldon?

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I want to know why no one told me

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about this recruitment
letter from Caltech.

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Let me see that.

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All right, let's get me drunk.

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Hi, Mr. Givens.

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Aw, come on!

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Hey. What are you doing with him?

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I thought you were in your room.

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Oh, don't worry. I was.

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I need to talk to your mother.

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- Go back to your room.
- All right.

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And this time, stay there.

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Aw.

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You want to tell me about this?

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It came a couple of weeks ago,

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and since there's no way
he's going to California,

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I didn't see the point
in him knowing about it.

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And when were you gonna tell me?

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What difference does it make?

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This says to the "parents"
of Sheldon Cooper.

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Last I checked, that was me, too.

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You are making a big
deal out of nothing.

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This could be a huge
opportunity for him.

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I should at least be told about it.

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Okay, now you know.

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You think you get to make
these decisions all by yourself?

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In this case, yeah.

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Well, you don't.

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He's not just your
son. He's my son, too.

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He didn't feel like your
son when he had chicken pox,

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or every morning when I
have to make his lunch.

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Well, he felt like my son
when I took him to Caltech,

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where he clearly
impressed a lot of people.

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So you just want to
ship our baby boy off

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to California to live by himself?

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I want to be included in
decisions about his future.

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If that means California,
maybe I'll go with him.

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He is not going anywhere.

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You can go as far away as you want.

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This is weird.

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I think it's nice.

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We don't usually get to chat, just us.

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Yeah, I guess.

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How are things in school?

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Fine.

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Still having fun at baseball?

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Mm-hmm.

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So, any boys you like?

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- Hey.
- Thank God.

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Where have you been?

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Trying to find a job,
but no one's hiring.

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I'm sorry.

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Grab a plate and sit with us.

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I ain't hungry.

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So, where were we?

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Oh. Boys.

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Georgie, come back.

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I should've shown you the letter.

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Yeah, you should have.

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I was going to eventually.

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Sure you were.

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You should know...

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Caltech wasn't the only
school that sent one.

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Are you kidding me?!

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Well, one was in New Jersey

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and one was all the way in Germany.

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Well, who says he can't go
to school in New Jersey?!

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I don't know. Maybe we'll
all move to New Jersey.

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We're not moving to New Jersey, George.

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Well, I guess Mary has spoken.

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Don't start

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- in with that.
- Oh, yes, Your Majesty.

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You know this is your fault.

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You're the one who read the letter.

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You went in her nightstand.

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I was only looking for a flashlight.

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It's not my fault Mom
was hiding things there.

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They're fighting 'cause you're a freak.

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That's your fault.

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You know I'm right.

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This isn't about
what's best for Sheldon,

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this is about what's best for you.

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Where are you going?

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To sleep on the couch.

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Oh...

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baby, come here.

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I want Dad.

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Come on, let's get you back in bed.

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How did these schools
even hear about me?

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Well, if it's anything like sports,

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there's always recruiters
looking for talent.

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I really enjoyed visiting Caltech,

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but Princeton's an interesting choice.

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Albert Einstein taught there.

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Buddy, it's nice all these
schools are interested, but...

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California and New Jersey
are really far away.

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Now you don't want me
to go to college either?

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I didn't say that. I'm just saying,

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given how young you are,
we need to be realistic.

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I'll have you know I recently took care

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- of my own boo-boo.
- And as grown-up

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as that makes you sound,

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I don't think it's gonna
convince your mother.

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What will convince her?

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I don't know, but I'm
sure between the two of us,

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we can come up with a plan.

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Well, you managed to
get her to marry you,

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so you do have a track record.

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Okay,

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the "X" is you.

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College is the goal.

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What stands between
you and the goal line?

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- Mom.
- Exactly.

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She's a tough opponent,
so we got to be smart

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about how we get around her.

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Which won't be easy,

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because she's got Jesus on her team.

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Boy howdy.

266
00:11:49,078 --> 00:11:50,580
Oh, my God.

267
00:11:51,814 --> 00:11:53,347
You smoke?

268
00:11:53,349 --> 00:11:55,115
What? No.

269
00:11:55,117 --> 00:11:57,351
Then your face is on fire.

270
00:11:58,788 --> 00:12:00,354
It's just the one.

271
00:12:00,356 --> 00:12:02,256
I'm going through a rough patch.

272
00:12:02,258 --> 00:12:04,024
What happened?

273
00:12:04,026 --> 00:12:06,927
The bookmark fall out of your
Bible, and you lost your place?

274
00:12:06,929 --> 00:12:08,577
- No.
- You run out of room

275
00:12:08,580 --> 00:12:11,968
on your fridge for Sheldon's
perfect report cards?

276
00:12:18,260 --> 00:12:19,873
Oh.

277
00:12:22,011 --> 00:12:24,211
Oh, hey, um...

278
00:12:24,213 --> 00:12:26,382
I was just kidding around.

279
00:12:27,383 --> 00:12:28,983
I know.

280
00:12:31,120 --> 00:12:33,422
Why don't you come over here?

281
00:12:34,457 --> 00:12:35,590
Really?

282
00:12:35,592 --> 00:12:37,291
And bring the pack.

283
00:12:37,293 --> 00:12:40,396
We'll go in the chicken
coop, where God can't see us.

284
00:12:44,100 --> 00:12:46,934
So, we agree that the only way
this is gonna happen right now

285
00:12:46,936 --> 00:12:48,269
is if you stay local.

286
00:12:48,271 --> 00:12:50,505
I can always go away
for grad school someday.

287
00:12:50,507 --> 00:12:53,274
And truth be told, I don't
have the emotional maturity

288
00:12:53,276 --> 00:12:55,175
to squish my own bugs.

289
00:12:55,177 --> 00:12:57,077
Anyway, that leaves us
with the big question:

290
00:12:57,079 --> 00:12:58,613
how do we get your mom on board

291
00:12:58,615 --> 00:13:00,281
with you going where Sturgis teaches?

292
00:13:00,283 --> 00:13:02,611
Well, how did you get
her to agree to marry you?

293
00:13:02,614 --> 00:13:04,552
Oh, that won't work. She
doesn't drink anymore.

294
00:13:04,554 --> 00:13:06,420
# I changed the lock #

295
00:13:06,422 --> 00:13:07,988
# On my front door... #

296
00:13:07,990 --> 00:13:10,799
So, George is mad at me, and Sheldon

297
00:13:10,802 --> 00:13:12,594
is mad at me, and...

298
00:13:12,596 --> 00:13:15,262
honestly, I'm mad at me, too.

299
00:13:15,264 --> 00:13:18,259
Will you please give yourself a break?

300
00:13:18,262 --> 00:13:20,664
All that you do for that family...

301
00:13:20,667 --> 00:13:23,469
I am surprised you
didn't crack years ago.

302
00:13:24,373 --> 00:13:26,799
How do you handle it all?

303
00:13:26,802 --> 00:13:29,108
I'm sitting in a chicken
coop drinking a wine cooler

304
00:13:29,111 --> 00:13:31,979
at 11:00 a.m.... clearly, I don't.

305
00:13:31,981 --> 00:13:34,048
# Can't call me up at home #

306
00:13:34,050 --> 00:13:36,912
Shelly and this college
stuff is killing me.

307
00:13:36,915 --> 00:13:38,780
I... I never went to college.

308
00:13:38,783 --> 00:13:40,454
How can I prepare him?

309
00:13:40,456 --> 00:13:42,456
Mary, if that kid is smart enough

310
00:13:42,458 --> 00:13:44,559
to have colleges wanting him already,

311
00:13:44,561 --> 00:13:47,328
he's got to be smart
enough to figure it out.

312
00:13:47,330 --> 00:13:48,962
Maybe.

313
00:13:48,964 --> 00:13:52,600
# I changed the kind
of car I drive... #

314
00:13:52,602 --> 00:13:56,070
It still hurts to hear
him say he wants to leave.

315
00:13:56,072 --> 00:13:57,473
I bet.

316
00:13:58,930 --> 00:14:00,726
On the other hand,

317
00:14:00,729 --> 00:14:03,578
I'm worried my Billy will
never be ready to leave.

318
00:14:03,580 --> 00:14:05,613
Oh, of course he will.

319
00:14:05,615 --> 00:14:07,147
Damn.

320
00:14:07,149 --> 00:14:08,683
Smoking, drinking, lying.

321
00:14:08,685 --> 00:14:10,918
You're covering all the sins today.

322
00:14:13,590 --> 00:14:16,390
Mm. This is terrible.

323
00:14:16,392 --> 00:14:17,592
You ready?

324
00:14:17,594 --> 00:14:18,626
Yes.

325
00:14:18,628 --> 00:14:21,061
Okay, we're rolling.

326
00:14:21,063 --> 00:14:23,835
Hello, Mother. I'd
like to present my case

327
00:14:23,838 --> 00:14:26,905
as to why I should be allowed to
go to East Texas Tech next year.

328
00:14:26,908 --> 00:14:29,336
And I'll keep it simple
so you don't get confused.

329
00:14:29,338 --> 00:14:30,371
Stop.

330
00:14:30,373 --> 00:14:32,507
Something in my teeth?

331
00:14:32,509 --> 00:14:34,509
I brought you a snack.

332
00:14:34,511 --> 00:14:36,477
Thanks.

333
00:14:38,080 --> 00:14:40,932
So, I don't know if you
heard me and your father

334
00:14:40,935 --> 00:14:43,016
having a disagreement last night...

335
00:14:43,018 --> 00:14:45,085
A "disagreement"?

336
00:14:45,087 --> 00:14:46,322
Fine. A spat.

337
00:14:47,156 --> 00:14:48,656
Okay, a fight.

338
00:14:48,658 --> 00:14:52,428
I just want you to know that
you do not need to worry.

339
00:14:53,462 --> 00:14:55,331
It's kind of hard not to.

340
00:14:58,134 --> 00:15:01,171
Uh, sometimes moms and dads have fights,

341
00:15:01,174 --> 00:15:04,338
but it doesn't mean that
they don't work things out.

342
00:15:04,340 --> 00:15:06,150
Did you work it out?

343
00:15:06,153 --> 00:15:07,850
We're home.

344
00:15:07,853 --> 00:15:09,688
Eat your cookies.

345
00:15:13,349 --> 00:15:15,983
Why are you so late?

346
00:15:15,985 --> 00:15:17,585
Sheldon?

347
00:15:17,587 --> 00:15:20,320
I've put together a presentation
detailing the reasons

348
00:15:20,322 --> 00:15:22,222
why I should be allowed
to go to college,

349
00:15:22,224 --> 00:15:24,493
and I'd like you to watch
it with an open mind.

350
00:15:27,597 --> 00:15:29,396
I can do that.

351
00:15:29,398 --> 00:15:31,298
Excellent.

352
00:15:31,300 --> 00:15:33,200
Is Meemaw here?

353
00:15:33,202 --> 00:15:35,037
I smell cigarettes.

354
00:15:37,992 --> 00:15:40,625
Thank you for this
opportunity to plead my case.

355
00:15:40,628 --> 00:15:43,858
And I'd like to thank my
cameraman and driver, Dad.

356
00:15:43,861 --> 00:15:46,268
What, I'm not even,
like, assistant director?

357
00:15:46,271 --> 00:15:47,314
No.

358
00:15:47,316 --> 00:15:48,650
Sit back, enjoy.

359
00:15:51,269 --> 00:15:53,570
Hello. I'm Sheldon Cooper,

360
00:15:53,573 --> 00:15:56,643
and this is Why Sheldon
Cooper Should Go to College.

361
00:15:58,327 --> 00:16:00,728
I realize attending college
in another state or country

362
00:16:00,730 --> 00:16:02,885
is unrealistic at this time.

363
00:16:02,888 --> 00:16:05,132
Which is why I'm proposing
that I live at home

364
00:16:05,134 --> 00:16:07,067
but enroll full-time
to continue my studies

365
00:16:07,069 --> 00:16:09,438
with Dr. Sturgis at East Texas Tech.

366
00:16:11,073 --> 00:16:13,407
I firmly believe that I'm
ready for this next step

367
00:16:13,409 --> 00:16:15,042
in my academic life.

368
00:16:15,044 --> 00:16:17,612
But don't just take it from me...

369
00:16:17,614 --> 00:16:19,714
He's ready. In the fall,

370
00:16:19,716 --> 00:16:21,549
now, just let him go.

371
00:16:21,551 --> 00:16:23,283
Please.

372
00:16:23,285 --> 00:16:26,429
I don't think I have anything
left to teach Sheldon.

373
00:16:26,432 --> 00:16:29,490
I'm pretty sure he's
already smarter than me.

374
00:16:29,492 --> 00:16:31,258
It's true.

375
00:16:31,260 --> 00:16:32,827
Honestly...

376
00:16:32,829 --> 00:16:35,830
teaching Sheldon is the hardest
thing I've ever had to do.

377
00:16:35,832 --> 00:16:38,633
And I don't say that
because he can be a pain.

378
00:16:38,635 --> 00:16:41,233
I say that because he's so intelligent,

379
00:16:41,236 --> 00:16:44,339
I had to study every
night just to keep up.

380
00:16:45,775 --> 00:16:47,609
I'm gonna miss him.

381
00:16:49,078 --> 00:16:51,311
A student like Sheldon comes along...

382
00:16:51,313 --> 00:16:52,909
once in a lifetime.

383
00:16:52,912 --> 00:16:56,250
This school is not gonna
be the same without him.

384
00:16:56,252 --> 00:16:58,653
But I know he's gonna do great things.

385
00:16:58,655 --> 00:17:02,859
And I'm honored to have
been a small part of it.

386
00:17:02,862 --> 00:17:05,527
I'll chip in for gas money.
I'll move him into his dorm.

387
00:17:05,529 --> 00:17:07,160
What-Whatever you need.

388
00:17:07,162 --> 00:17:09,496
Let's make it happen.

389
00:17:09,498 --> 00:17:10,865
Hi, Mary.

390
00:17:10,867 --> 00:17:14,536
I know this must be a
hard decision for you.

391
00:17:14,538 --> 00:17:17,170
I can't tell you how
to parent your child.

392
00:17:17,172 --> 00:17:19,273
I don't have children.

393
00:17:19,275 --> 00:17:20,708
But...

394
00:17:20,710 --> 00:17:22,877
I can tell you...

395
00:17:22,879 --> 00:17:26,278
that in all my years in academia,

396
00:17:26,281 --> 00:17:27,575
I've never seen

397
00:17:27,578 --> 00:17:29,619
a mind like Sheldon's.

398
00:17:30,654 --> 00:17:34,321
He's truly extraordinary.

399
00:17:34,323 --> 00:17:36,456
And if you let him come here,

400
00:17:36,458 --> 00:17:39,563
I promise we'll take good care of him.

401
00:17:41,163 --> 00:17:43,297
Sheldon Cooper,

402
00:17:43,299 --> 00:17:46,317
ready for college, ready
to change the world.

403
00:17:46,320 --> 00:17:47,635
Cut.

404
00:17:47,637 --> 00:17:50,672
If that doesn't convince her, I
don't know what her problem is.

405
00:17:53,409 --> 00:17:54,542
Well?

406
00:17:57,714 --> 00:18:00,180
Why don't you let me and your mom talk.

407
00:18:00,182 --> 00:18:01,685
All right.

408
00:18:08,390 --> 00:18:09,757
Well?

409
00:18:22,304 --> 00:18:25,207
I guess our baby's going to college.

410
00:18:30,479 --> 00:18:31,879
Oh.

411
00:18:52,260 --> 00:18:54,530
Whew. That was driving me crazy.

412
00:19:00,245 --> 00:19:02,715
Thank you for getting me into college.

413
00:19:08,918 --> 00:19:10,620
You ready for this?

414
00:19:11,355 --> 00:19:12,643
Let's go.

415
00:19:16,793 --> 00:19:18,480
After you.

416
00:19:18,483 --> 00:19:20,908
Ooh. Why, thank you.

417
00:19:23,270 --> 00:19:25,136
Oh, dang!

418
00:19:25,139 --> 00:19:27,808
- Nice!
- It ain't my first egging.

419
00:19:30,040 --> 00:19:31,739
Whoo! Good one!

420
00:19:31,742 --> 00:19:32,941
Ain't mine, neither.

421
00:19:34,247 --> 00:19:37,683
Here's for firing my grandson...

422
00:19:37,686 --> 00:19:39,847
jackass!

423
00:19:41,457 --> 00:19:48,351
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