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- Previously on Young Sheldon...
- Hello.

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I'm here for tutoring with Sheldon.

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Oh, he's helping you? Isn't that nice?

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I'm tutoring him.

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Come on. I just gave you a hint.

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We solve for the geodesics.

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- Wrong.
- Ow!

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- What?
- Sorry,

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just a funny part of the Bible.

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Oh, Shelly,

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you got a package from
your little friend.

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Dr. Sturgis sent me something?
He's so cute.

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No, your tutor friend from Germany.

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Mei-Tung was not my tutor,
she just assisted me

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in learning things
I didn't understand yet.

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What'd you get?

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It's the latest issue

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of the International Physics Review.

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"Sheldon, check out page 58.

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"I never thought I'd be published

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in such a prestigious journal."

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Wow, good for her.

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Good for her? What kind
of monster sends mail

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across multiple time zones just
to rub their success in my face?

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Indulging the ramblings of a child.

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My respect for this esteemed
journal is plummeting.

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Oh, my.

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- _
- What is it?

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It's the paper I wrote with Mei-Tung.

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I'm the coauthor of an article

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in a highly esteemed physics journal.

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- Well, that's neat, Sheldon.
- Neat is a robot

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that doesn't look like a truck
that turns into a truck.

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This treatise revolutionizes
the theory of manifolds.

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What word would you like me to use?

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How about... transformative?

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Sheldon, that's transformative.

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Thank you.

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- Hey.
- Hey, how was school?

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Good. I got an "A."

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- That's amazing!
- She gets an "amazing"?

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All-all she did was
color inside the lines.

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- She tell you?
- Yes, so great.

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Dad, I got published in
International Physics Review.

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Nice, buddy.

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Ooh, new boat catalog.

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- Synced & corrected by MementMori -
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An "A"?

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That's nice, sweetie.

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It's Medford from the year I was born.

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Aren't we going a little overboard
with this "A" thing?

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Hey, some of us never got an "A."

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Really? Not even one?

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If only they graded lunch.

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I'll have you know, I love my body.

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Shelly, tell your meemaw

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about your fancy article.

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Gladly. As an alternative
to the Calabi-Yau manifold,

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we've come up with a new shape

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to compactify the extra
dimensions in string theory.

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Well... hot dog.

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Hot dog?

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Maybe explain it a little more simply.

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She means dumb it down.

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Hey. But, yeah.

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You know how a Möbius strip
generalized to the third dimension

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- is a Klein bottle?
- Dumber.

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A Möbius strip is a
two-dimensional manifold

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- that's embedded in...
- Dumber.

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- Do you know what a square is?
- Yes.

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- Cube?
- Of course.

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Then you know what a C-8 octachoron is.

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And for your information,
I've lost a little weight.

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You got to eat them Cheerios,
they're good for you.

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You can tell 'cause there
ain't no cartoon on the box.

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Now, Cocoa Puffs got that bird on 'em,

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and he's cuckoo for 'em.

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Maybe she'd like some bananas
or some applesauce?

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- She don't like none of that.
- Any of that.

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- Any of what?
- She doesn't like any of that.

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That's what I said.

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No, you said, "She don't
like none of that."

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We're sayin' the same thang.

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No, we're saying the same thing.

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Exactly.

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- And we aren't.
- We ain't?

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I just think you may want to
try speaking more properly

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in front of your daughter.

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Ain't nothin' wrong with the way I talk.

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Lotta people talk like me.

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True, but maybe CeeCee will have
better opportunities in life

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if she's well-spoken.

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She don't even talk yet.

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No, she doesn't.

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But she's listening and she's learning,

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and we don't want her
first word to be "dang it."

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Better that than whatever the
snooty version of "dang it" is.

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It's "darn it."

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Dang it, I knew that.

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Remarkable work. Well done, lad.

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Yes, first paper published at 14.

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Oh. You're officially a wunderkind.

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Did you catch my sly
in-joke about a tesseract?

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- Did I?
- I did.

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- Did you?
- I don't know.

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It's refreshing to talk to people
who appreciate my work.

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Appreciate it, understand it,

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- and are inspired by it.
- Ditto, ditto and ditto.

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And I'm sure your family is very proud.

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Yes, but not just me.

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Childish maps, impregnating
a woman out of wedlock...

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they're proud of all their kids.

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The important thing is,
that kid belongs to us.

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He is our cash cow.

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Okay.

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Explain this to me so I sound like
I know what I'm talking about

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when I shake the donor tree.

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Well, young Mr. Cooper has
reimagined string theory.

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And compactified dimensions
like nobody's business.

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You don't understand this, do you?

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- No.
- Not really.

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I mean, we get what he's trying to do.

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- Absolutely.
- No, we don't really understand it.

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- Not a bit.
- So two of the top minds

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at our school are flummoxed
by a 14-year-old.

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Well, "flummoxed" is a strong word.

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- But accurate.
- Accurate.

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Mm-hmm. Okay, maybe
I can sell this by saying

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that this is so advanced

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that even other brilliant scientists

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don't understand it.

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Sexy.

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Don't do that.

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Hello? This is she.

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- Oh, really?
- Who is it?

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If it's a guy about a boat, hang up.

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One moment, please. It's Princeton.

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They want to talk about
Sheldon going to grad school.

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Ooh, what are they offering?

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- I don't know.
- Full-ride?

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- I said I don't know.
- Well, ask 'em.

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I will if you'll shut up.

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Okay, but I wouldn't use that tone.

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I'll get it. Remember, cash is king.

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Well, howdy.

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Is this the Cooper residence?

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- It is.
- Phil Lambert,

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Stanford University.

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I was just passing through Medford

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and I would love to talk to
you about your son's future.

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Come on in, Phil.

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Hey, Mare,

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tell Princeton,
Stanford's passing through.

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Well, thanks for stopping by.

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Well, I was kind of hoping
I could meet Sheldon.

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All in good time. We still got
to whip some of the lumps

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out of that offer of yours.
We'll be in touch.

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Okay.

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Whip some of the lumps?

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Point is, Sheldon's gobbledygook article

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got us a bidding war.

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George, what do you know
about grad school?

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Nothing, but I do know about
recruiting blue chip talent.

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These schools want him, and we got him.

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He's not a prize heifer to auction off.

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Mary, we got two average kids.

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Let's cash in on the smart one.

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Do you think I talk funny?

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What'd my mom say?

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Just that I should speak more proper.

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You're fine, and she should
mind her own business.

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Thanks, 'cause she's all worried
CeeCee's gonna sound like me.

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Oh.

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- What?
- Nothing.

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You know, when I was a weather girl,

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I took some speech classes,

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and they really seemed to help.

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Did you used to sound like me?

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Oh, sweetie, no.

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Incoming, nine o'clock.

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Well, I hope you two are happy.

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Sheldon is being recruited
by Princeton, by Stanford,

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MIT, Caltech.

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We are losing him, and
you two have done nothing.

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What can we do? Those are some
of the best schools in the world.

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We have a wonderful graduate
program for physics.

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Actually...

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You're the chair of the department.

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Yes, and the program
is far from wonderful.

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That said,

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our animal husbandry
department is first-rate.

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Fine.

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We have other cards to play. Uh...

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we're near his family,
and he loves you two...

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God knows why...

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and most importantly, he hates change.

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I changed deodorants once.
He made me change it back.

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Apparently, I smelled too outdoorsy.

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All right, look, we-we've
been catering to Sheldon

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and his family for years,
so let's take advantage

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of what we know and use it to keep him

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at East Texas Tech.

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His mother is very religious.

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Someone might mention
Caltech was founded

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by a Satanist.

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Good, good. Wait-wait, is that true?

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Actually, I don't care. We're using it.

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- It is true.
- And again, I don't care.

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So, what else we got?

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Eh, with all the freeways
and traffic in California,

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- he's gonna need a car.
- George, he's 14.

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Right. He's gonna need
a car and a driver.

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We can arrange that.

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So, what do you say?

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Stephen Hawking and Sheldon
Cooper together at Caltech?

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It's very promising.

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And of course, some of our
alumni include John Kennedy,

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Franklin Roosevelt,

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newly appointed Supreme Court Justice

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

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That's an awful lot of Democrats.

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Although Harvard did have
some impressive alumni.

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Bunch of presidents

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- and that gal on the court.
- Mm-hmm.

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I thought U.T. was burnt orange?

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Oh, no, that's the University of Texas.

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We're the University of Toronto.

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- Go, True Blue.
- Toronto?

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Yes, sir, we're the Harvard
of the North, eh.

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Well, you should probably get going.

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Got a long trip ahead of you.

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I like everything I'm hearing,
but, at the end of the day,

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this'll be Sheldon's choice.

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- Absolutely.
- Hang on a sec.

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I see an engineering department,

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a physics department, computer lab.

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What I don't see is a church.

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Don't worry, we have a beautiful
nondenominational chapel

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built in 1956.

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Nondenominational?

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Everyone's welcome.

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Hello, Sheldon.

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There's my guy.

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Oh, hello.

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- Is everything okay?
- Does something have to be wrong

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to hang out with a pal?

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Here at East Texas Tech,

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we're not just your faculty,
we're your friends.

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In the past, you made it very
clear that we're not friends.

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That's just me giving you the business

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the way buddies do, you little scamp.

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Sorry, that was a little hard.

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We know this recruiting
thing can be stressful,

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and we just wanted to see
how you're holding up.

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It's actually not stressful at all.

256
00:10:21,350 --> 00:10:23,150
My parents have been
handling most of it.

257
00:10:23,920 --> 00:10:27,060
That's great. That's why it's
good to have family close by.

258
00:10:27,110 --> 00:10:31,130
Friends and family just a hop,
skip and a jump away.

259
00:10:31,150 --> 00:10:32,640
I don't hop, skip or jump.

260
00:10:32,690 --> 00:10:33,849
See, that's that sense of humor

261
00:10:33,850 --> 00:10:36,050
that we get but strangers may not.

262
00:10:36,070 --> 00:10:37,750
Yes.

263
00:10:37,804 --> 00:10:40,790
Son, I know you have a lot
of options for grad school,

264
00:10:40,849 --> 00:10:42,766
and I'm sure you'll make the
right choice for yourself

265
00:10:42,767 --> 00:10:44,710
and your sweet, aging grandma.

266
00:10:44,769 --> 00:10:47,300
Who will miss you so much if you leave.

267
00:10:47,355 --> 00:10:48,939
Moon Pie... isn't that
what she calls you?

268
00:10:48,940 --> 00:10:50,600
- Yes.
- Sweet.

269
00:10:50,650 --> 00:10:52,180
So sweet.

270
00:10:54,029 --> 00:10:55,270
_

271
00:10:55,322 --> 00:10:57,480
Hey, what you doing?

272
00:10:57,532 --> 00:10:58,650
Reading.

273
00:10:58,700 --> 00:11:01,270
English Grammar and Composition?

274
00:11:01,328 --> 00:11:02,730
It's Missy's.

275
00:11:02,787 --> 00:11:05,610
You know, you don't have to do this.

276
00:11:05,665 --> 00:11:07,450
Well, I want to do it for CeeCee.

277
00:11:08,420 --> 00:11:10,200
Well, maybe I can help.

278
00:11:10,253 --> 00:11:12,410
- Yeah?
- Yeah, you don't need a book.

279
00:11:12,464 --> 00:11:14,330
Let's just start simple.

280
00:11:14,380 --> 00:11:18,960
Um, instead of "ain't," try "isn't."

281
00:11:19,012 --> 00:11:20,920
That isn't gonna be a problem.

282
00:11:20,972 --> 00:11:22,100
There you go.

283
00:11:22,150 --> 00:11:24,710
Now, let's work on "wasn't."

284
00:11:24,768 --> 00:11:27,510
- Wadn't.
- Wasn't.

285
00:11:27,562 --> 00:11:28,800
Wadn't.

286
00:11:28,855 --> 00:11:30,510
See, I'm not hearing the "S."

287
00:11:30,565 --> 00:11:32,180
That's 'cause it wadn't there.

288
00:11:33,443 --> 00:11:35,589
So, we've narrowed it
down to five schools.

289
00:11:35,590 --> 00:11:37,980
We got Caltech and
Stanford in California.

290
00:11:38,031 --> 00:11:39,670
- The left coast.
- Mom.

291
00:11:39,680 --> 00:11:41,690
- It is.
- Can I continue?

292
00:11:41,743 --> 00:11:44,520
Also known as the land of
fruits and nuts. Continue.

293
00:11:44,579 --> 00:11:46,590
And on the East Coast, we got MIT,

294
00:11:46,600 --> 00:11:49,070
- Harvard and Princeton.
- Damn Yankees.

295
00:11:49,125 --> 00:11:51,360
We can't move the schools, Connie.

296
00:11:51,419 --> 00:11:53,680
There's also East Texas Tech.

297
00:11:53,710 --> 00:11:55,540
Is that a school that
you're considering?

298
00:11:55,590 --> 00:11:57,660
I have friends there,
and it's close to all of you.

299
00:11:57,717 --> 00:11:58,919
Why would you want to be close to us?

300
00:11:58,920 --> 00:12:01,910
Missy. This is your decision,
but best I understand,

301
00:12:01,960 --> 00:12:04,040
these other schools
are the major leagues,

302
00:12:04,070 --> 00:12:06,340
and East Texas Tech is T-ball.

303
00:12:06,393 --> 00:12:08,220
Please don't make sports analogies.

304
00:12:08,270 --> 00:12:10,310
Fine.

305
00:12:10,330 --> 00:12:12,970
These schools are like... Superman

306
00:12:12,990 --> 00:12:15,180
and East Texas Tech is like...

307
00:12:15,230 --> 00:12:16,770
regular man?

308
00:12:16,820 --> 00:12:18,520
Better, I think.

309
00:12:18,571 --> 00:12:20,569
If you're worried about being far away,

310
00:12:20,570 --> 00:12:23,240
they're all offering to
pay for travel expenses

311
00:12:23,290 --> 00:12:25,230
so you can come home for the holidays.

312
00:12:25,287 --> 00:12:27,570
But to be clear, you don't have to.

313
00:12:27,622 --> 00:12:29,690
And we can also come and visit you.

314
00:12:29,749 --> 00:12:31,860
Ooh, free trip. I like that.

315
00:12:31,918 --> 00:12:33,990
You were just complaining
about these places.

316
00:12:34,045 --> 00:12:36,370
I can complain on a beach.

317
00:12:37,350 --> 00:12:39,490
This is a difficult decision.

318
00:12:39,540 --> 00:12:42,490
Which is why we're all
here to help you make it.

319
00:12:45,840 --> 00:12:47,419
? Now, this is a story ?

320
00:12:47,420 --> 00:12:48,870
? All about how my life got... ?

321
00:12:48,890 --> 00:12:50,800
Are we not done?

322
00:12:50,854 --> 00:12:52,270
It-it felt done.

323
00:13:02,930 --> 00:13:04,070
Come in.

324
00:13:05,510 --> 00:13:06,690
What are you doing?

325
00:13:07,410 --> 00:13:10,070
I can't sleep. This is the
biggest decision of my life.

326
00:13:10,730 --> 00:13:13,010
- What's all this?
- I'm employing an algorithm

327
00:13:13,060 --> 00:13:14,179
to assigns points to each school

328
00:13:14,180 --> 00:13:16,380
so I can statistically
decide which is the best.

329
00:13:16,430 --> 00:13:17,830
Hmm.

330
00:13:17,880 --> 00:13:20,140
How about "Eeny, meeny, miny, moe"?

331
00:13:20,910 --> 00:13:21,960
I won't miss you.

332
00:13:22,010 --> 00:13:24,210
Same. What school's winning?

333
00:13:24,262 --> 00:13:26,080
I've narrowed it down
to Caltech and MIT.

334
00:13:26,139 --> 00:13:27,750
Geographically equidistant,

335
00:13:27,807 --> 00:13:29,683
so the travel time home
would be about the same.

336
00:13:29,684 --> 00:13:31,720
Caltech has Stephen Hawking,
which is exciting,

337
00:13:31,770 --> 00:13:32,979
but he hasn't won a Nobel Prize,

338
00:13:32,980 --> 00:13:35,800
unlike Henry Kendall at
MIT, who recently did.

339
00:13:35,857 --> 00:13:37,390
What's this little guy?

340
00:13:37,442 --> 00:13:39,210
Both schools' mascot is a beaver.

341
00:13:39,260 --> 00:13:40,380
Not pertinent to my needs,

342
00:13:40,430 --> 00:13:43,270
- but amusing nonetheless.
- Mm.

343
00:13:43,323 --> 00:13:44,620
Well, if you want my opinion,

344
00:13:44,670 --> 00:13:46,830
I say pick the one that's near
the beach and Hollywood.

345
00:13:46,868 --> 00:13:48,650
I hate those. Advantage MIT.

346
00:13:48,703 --> 00:13:50,350
- Where's that?
- Boston.

347
00:13:50,950 --> 00:13:52,480
So, what's your gut say?

348
00:13:53,100 --> 00:13:55,160
It doesn't say anything.
It's not a thinking organ.

349
00:13:55,210 --> 00:13:58,810
Fine, what's your...
Spidey-sense tell you?

350
00:13:58,860 --> 00:14:01,800
Spidey-sense warns Peter
Parker of imminent danger.

351
00:14:01,850 --> 00:14:03,720
It doesn't help him pick schools.

352
00:14:04,552 --> 00:14:08,620
Well, the important thing is,
no matter where you go,

353
00:14:08,670 --> 00:14:10,820
I'm gonna turn this room
into a dance studio.

354
00:14:12,450 --> 00:14:14,260
Mm-hmm.

355
00:14:21,510 --> 00:14:24,310
- Howdy.
- Well, howdy yourself.

356
00:14:24,364 --> 00:14:28,110
- Is this a bad time?
- No, but Sheldon's not here,

357
00:14:28,130 --> 00:14:29,490
if you were hoping to talk to him.

358
00:14:29,494 --> 00:14:32,400
No, I was fixing to talk
to you and your hubby.

359
00:14:32,455 --> 00:14:33,920
Come on in.

360
00:14:34,850 --> 00:14:38,360
I brought you some pecan pie
and some beer to wash it down.

361
00:14:38,410 --> 00:14:41,200
- You didn't have to do that.
- Oh, it's no problem.

362
00:14:41,250 --> 00:14:42,820
It's my ding-dang pleasure.

363
00:14:42,870 --> 00:14:45,610
Okay. George?

364
00:14:46,730 --> 00:14:50,340
President Hagemeyer. This is a
real honor, having you visit.

365
00:14:50,390 --> 00:14:56,220
Oh, stop it with that President
nonsense. It's Linda... y'all.

366
00:14:56,271 --> 00:14:59,260
Okay, Linda, so how can we help you?

367
00:14:59,315 --> 00:15:01,470
No, no, no, how can I help you?

368
00:15:01,526 --> 00:15:03,860
Gee, I don't know. Rain
gutters could use cleaning.

369
00:15:03,910 --> 00:15:06,020
- George.
- Just a joke.

370
00:15:06,072 --> 00:15:07,930
Well, it doesn't have to be.

371
00:15:07,980 --> 00:15:10,860
You got a ladder and some
gloves, I'm your gal.

372
00:15:10,910 --> 00:15:12,820
And I guess that's why I'm here.

373
00:15:12,871 --> 00:15:14,609
You know, everybody's
rolling out the red carpet

374
00:15:14,610 --> 00:15:16,170
for Sheldon, as they should.

375
00:15:16,220 --> 00:15:19,450
But, I mean, who's looking
after your needs?

376
00:15:19,502 --> 00:15:21,870
Our needs? I don't understand.

377
00:15:21,921 --> 00:15:24,280
Wouldn't you like all your children

378
00:15:24,330 --> 00:15:25,660
to be college graduates?

379
00:15:28,860 --> 00:15:30,130
Wait, are you serious?

380
00:15:30,180 --> 00:15:32,500
I'm in a position to offer

381
00:15:32,550 --> 00:15:35,590
a full scholarship to
Sheldon's twin sister,

382
00:15:35,643 --> 00:15:36,980
his older brother,

383
00:15:37,030 --> 00:15:39,510
and I understand there's
a grandchild in the mix.

384
00:15:39,560 --> 00:15:42,240
Just imagine how
expensive tuition will be

385
00:15:42,290 --> 00:15:44,100
18 years from now.

386
00:15:44,152 --> 00:15:47,230
Wow, that is very generous.

387
00:15:47,280 --> 00:15:49,230
No, no, no, I don't... I don't think so.

388
00:15:49,282 --> 00:15:54,620
No, I think it's just giving
you good, hardworking folk

389
00:15:54,670 --> 00:15:56,430
what you deserve.

390
00:15:57,630 --> 00:15:58,730
I don't know what to say.

391
00:15:58,780 --> 00:16:01,870
Yeah, we... we'll have
to talk it over a little.

392
00:16:01,920 --> 00:16:04,990
At the end of the day,
it's still Sheldon's decision.

393
00:16:05,048 --> 00:16:07,820
Oh, of course, but-but it's
also a family decision,

394
00:16:07,870 --> 00:16:11,580
and that is what East
Texas Tech is all about.

395
00:16:11,630 --> 00:16:13,110
Family.

396
00:16:13,160 --> 00:16:16,380
Or, as I like to say, kin.

397
00:16:18,530 --> 00:16:23,050
Your mother has been helping me,

398
00:16:23,107 --> 00:16:25,850
and it has not been easy.

399
00:16:25,902 --> 00:16:31,770
But I'm going to keep
working on it for you.

400
00:16:32,410 --> 00:16:34,400
Okay, let's get you cleaned up.

401
00:16:35,290 --> 00:16:37,230
See? He's tryin'.

402
00:16:37,288 --> 00:16:38,570
Try-ing.

403
00:16:39,180 --> 00:16:42,200
It's nice to see.
Who's ready for coffee?

404
00:16:42,590 --> 00:16:45,240
I believe you mean,
"Whom's ready for coffee?"

405
00:16:46,480 --> 00:16:47,620
Whom's?

406
00:16:47,674 --> 00:16:49,950
Oh, let him have this one.

407
00:16:53,096 --> 00:16:54,200
Sheldon?

408
00:16:55,560 --> 00:16:58,380
Which is better? One or two?

409
00:16:58,434 --> 00:17:00,186
One, two?

410
00:17:00,890 --> 00:17:02,930
Hat I'll never wear one,
hat I'll never wear two.

411
00:17:02,981 --> 00:17:04,220
Are you okay?

412
00:17:04,274 --> 00:17:06,050
No, I didn't sleep at all last night.

413
00:17:06,109 --> 00:17:08,810
For the life of me, I can't decide
between Caltech and MIT.

414
00:17:08,861 --> 00:17:10,420
No matter how I analyze it,

415
00:17:10,450 --> 00:17:13,140
how I break it down,
they're basically equal.

416
00:17:13,199 --> 00:17:15,230
Great, then just pick the one you want.

417
00:17:15,285 --> 00:17:17,320
What I want is to not have
to make this decision.

418
00:17:17,370 --> 00:17:20,740
Well, you could always stay here.

419
00:17:21,490 --> 00:17:23,670
Maybe you're right.
Maybe deciding not to decide

420
00:17:23,720 --> 00:17:26,490
- is the best decision I can decide.
- Possibly.

421
00:17:26,546 --> 00:17:28,310
After all, an object
at rest stays at rest.

422
00:17:28,340 --> 00:17:29,490
That's just physics.

423
00:17:29,549 --> 00:17:31,790
The kind of physics we understand.

424
00:17:32,490 --> 00:17:34,010
Very well, I'll stay here,

425
00:17:34,060 --> 00:17:35,637
I'll work with you two,
and everything will be...

426
00:17:35,638 --> 00:17:37,710
Stop.

427
00:17:38,330 --> 00:17:39,500
I can't do this.

428
00:17:39,559 --> 00:17:42,170
I'm glad you said that.
I'm also having qualms.

429
00:17:42,228 --> 00:17:43,970
- What are you talking about?
- You.

430
00:17:44,022 --> 00:17:46,010
We have to do the right thing for him.

431
00:17:46,065 --> 00:17:48,760
- And for science.
- So, we're in agreement?

432
00:17:48,818 --> 00:17:50,350
Consequences be damned.

433
00:17:50,403 --> 00:17:52,520
Will someone please
tell me what's going on?

434
00:17:52,572 --> 00:17:55,600
Sheldon, you can't stay here.

435
00:17:55,658 --> 00:17:57,680
- Why?
- You've outgrown us.

436
00:17:57,730 --> 00:17:59,900
Me, literally.

437
00:17:59,954 --> 00:18:02,070
You deserve the best education possible.

438
00:18:02,123 --> 00:18:04,310
You're going to do
great things, Sheldon.

439
00:18:05,150 --> 00:18:10,160
And we're proud to have been
a small part of your journey.

440
00:18:11,300 --> 00:18:12,660
So, where should I go?

441
00:18:12,717 --> 00:18:13,960
- Caltech.
- MIT.

442
00:18:18,848 --> 00:18:21,840
Mom, Dad, I've made a decision.

443
00:18:23,686 --> 00:18:25,050
All right.

444
00:18:26,064 --> 00:18:28,040
I'm going to MIT.

445
00:18:28,650 --> 00:18:30,249
I know what you're thinking.

446
00:18:30,250 --> 00:18:31,930
Wait for it.

447
00:18:32,660 --> 00:18:34,310
I'm so excited to visit MIT.

448
00:18:34,364 --> 00:18:36,290
Me, too.

449
00:18:37,330 --> 00:18:39,150
Proud of you, son.

450
00:18:39,200 --> 00:18:40,460
Thank you, Dad.

451
00:18:41,245 --> 00:18:43,690
_

452
00:18:45,750 --> 00:18:48,530
- Caltech?
- Caltech.

453
00:18:49,950 --> 00:18:51,200
Told you.

454
00:18:53,510 --> 00:18:55,050
I don't know what to tell you, Linda.

455
00:18:55,090 --> 00:18:56,910
We begged him to stay.

456
00:18:56,969 --> 00:18:58,200
I got down on my knees,

457
00:18:58,250 --> 00:19:00,250
and, well, John was already there.

458
00:19:00,300 --> 00:19:03,630
We did everything we could to keep him.

459
00:19:03,680 --> 00:19:07,170
I wore a cowboy hat and offered
a scholarship to a baby.

460
00:19:07,220 --> 00:19:10,270
- Ooh. You win.
- Damn straight.

461
00:19:10,300 --> 00:19:12,220
I'd like to propose a toast.

462
00:19:12,270 --> 00:19:18,000
To our complete and
utter lack of integrity.

463
00:19:18,050 --> 00:19:19,270
- Hear, hear.
- Hear, hear.

464
00:19:19,325 --> 00:19:23,360
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