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Previously on
The Big Bang Theory...

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Actually, I-I need to talk to
both of you about your paper.

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Oh, right, how are
the citations coming?

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Um...

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We came a-across
a-a Russian paper

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that seems to disprove
super-asymmetry.

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Okay, Sheldon and Amy
are still pretty upset

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about their theory
being disproved.

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So we have made
a list of subjects

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for everyone
to avoid.

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- Symmetry.
- Asymmetry.

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Uh, SimCity--

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sounds too much like symmetry.

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That also applies

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to The Simpsons,
Simba from The Lion King,

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and cymbals.

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Russia or Russian
in any context.

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The country, the dressing,
the roulette.

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Uh, also no talk of Rocky IV.

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Why Rocky IV?

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Because he fights
a Russian.

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I'm sorry about her.

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We should just try and avoid
anything that makes them think

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of their project
or science

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or Nobel Prizes
or successes or failures.

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- Hi.
- Hi!

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Hey, guys.
Hey-a!

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What are you guys doing?

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Nothing.

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Nothing?

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Like what my career
has come to? Thanks a lot.

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Nice going.

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? The Big Bang Theory 12x10 ?
The VCR Illumination

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? Our whole universe
was in a hot, dense state ?

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? Then nearly 14 billion years
ago expansion started... Wait! ?

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? The Earth began to cool ?

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? The autotrophs began to drool,
Neanderthals developed tools ?

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? We built the Wall ?
? We built the pyramids ?

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? Math, Science, History,
unraveling the mystery ?

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? That all started
with a big bang ?

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? Bang! ?

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== sync, corrected by elderman ==
@elder_man

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What are you doing?

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Eating, reading,

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watching television,
listening to the radio.

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What does it look
like I'm doing?

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Is that asparagus? I thought
you hate asparagus.

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I thought so, too, but I also
thought super-asymmetry

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was a good idea,
so what else am I wrong about?

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Oh, so now you're
reevaluating

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every opinion you've ever had?

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Yes. I am following the example

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of 17th century philosopher
René Descartes.

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He subjected
all his beliefs

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to radical doubt so that he
could build a bedrock belief

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and build his cognitive life
back up on firm principles.

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Ugh! Still yucky, still yucky.

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Sheldon, I know you're upset
about the paper, okay.

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I'm upset, too.

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I mean, I was so sure
we were right.

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Every fiber of my being
felt like this was it.

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This was the one. How can I
trust my instincts anymore?

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Well, just because
our theory was wrong,

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that doesn't mean you're wrong
about everything.

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Doesn't it? I've always thought
I hated jazz, maybe I was wrong.

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Maybe it's great to hear
all the notes at once.

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I'm trying,
I'm really trying!

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- What you eating?
- Chicken fried steak.

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What? You can't have
chicken fried steak

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first thing in the morning.
- Hey,

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you knew I was a bad boy
when you married me.

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Come on, you want
a piece of this?

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You or the steak?

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Me.
I'm not sharing the steak.

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Hey, you guys busy?

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No, what's going on?

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I'm really worried
about Sheldon.

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I've never seen him this down.

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Have you tried making him
a cup of tea?

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He's reevaluated tea.

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Now he thinks it's nothing
but leaf soup.

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That's a good point.

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- No, it's not.
- No, it's not.

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He's rethinking everything.

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How long is it gonna be
before he gets to me?

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- Oh.
- It's that bad, huh?

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I'm afraid so. I just...
I don't know what to do.

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I have something
that might help.

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It's-it's a recording
of the only person

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whose opinion Sheldon
actually respects.

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Hawking?

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Feynman?

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No, himself.

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It's a pep talk he made
when he was a kid.

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He gave it to me years ago
and told me to save it

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for a real emergency.

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What?
You didn't break it out

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when he declared his room
a sovereign nation

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and waged a trade war
against us?

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His major export is talking.
I didn't want that anyway.

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Is that a VCR?

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Yeah, Amy asked if we
had one she could borrow

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and I just want to make sure
it still works.

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What's on the tape?

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Not sure. I used to record
a lot of Jeopardy! for my mom,

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but if I push play
and you see some naked people...

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Got it.
What is porn?

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Ooh, we were looking
for "vintage '80s erotica,"

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but I'll accept it.

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Hello, everybody.

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I am The Great Howdini.

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Put it back on.
You look adorable.

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It's just a practice tape

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from when I was trying to become
a member of the Magic Castle.

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I didn't know
you auditioned there.

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Oh, I never went
through with it.

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I watched the tape and realized
I wasn't good enough.

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You know that trick where
you saw a mannequin in half?

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- Don't you mean a lady?
- Thank God it was not a lady.

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I'd just be getting
out of jail.

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Come on, you're
a good magician.

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Really? You always
called magic dumb.

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You can be good
at something dumb.

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- You know what, you should audition now.
- It's fine.

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I don't need to be a member of
the most elite magical society

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on the face
of the earth.

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Sounds like you still want it.

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And I don't want our kids

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to watch this tape one day and
think their dad is a quitter.

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Oh, we don't have to
show it to them.

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Oh, I'm definitely
showing it to them.

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Hey.

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Hello.

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"Fine with flags"?

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Yes, flags--

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up there flapping around
on poles.

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If you think about it,
they're just the strippers

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of the emblem world.

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Well, I got something

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that I think
might cheer you up.

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It is the emergency pep talk
you made when you were a kid.

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Oh, that.

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I was saving it for the day they
stop making Star Wars movies.

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I don't think that's
ever gonna happen.

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How long has it been
since you've seen it?

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Not since the day I recorded it.

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No, I had just watched
Back to the Future II,

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where Marty McFly gets a glimpse
of his future self

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and that got me thinking,

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the day may come
where I needed my help,

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like they did with that movie.
That was not great.

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Okay, all hooked up.

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Here we go.

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Oh, look how cute you were.

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Amy please, of course I was
cute. Look how I turned out.

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Hello, Sheldon.

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Hello, Sheldon.

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If you're watching this,

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I assume something bad
has happened.

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Something unfortunate
and unforeseen.

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Something that's making you

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question everything.

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I'm so smart.

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Now just to make sure
it's really you watching this

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and not an imposter,
what am I thinking of?

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On the count of three.

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One, two, three.

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Robot monkey butler.
Robot monkey butler.

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Okay, good.

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Should I leave
you two alone?

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No, this is gonna be inspiring.
You should watch.

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Sheldon, never forget,

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no matter how bad things seem,

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you can Al...

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- What? What...
- No. N...

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My dad taped over it

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with one of his stupid
high school football games.

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Sorry.

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You know, it doesn't matter,
nothing matters.

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Is there anything
I can do?

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Yes. You can build me
a time machine

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so I can go back and tell my
younger self to give up, because

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nothing's gonna work out
the way he wants.

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I was thinking a nice cup
of leaf soup.

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What's all this?

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Your magic tricks
from the garage.

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Your wands, your top hat
with the stuffed mouse inside.

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I never had a stuffed mouse.

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Okay, do not wear this hat.

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Why is it all
in the living room?

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Because I think
The Great Howdini

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deserves to be a member
of the Magic Castle.

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That's sweet, but I'm
not that guy anymore.

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I've outgrown it.

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Have you?

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Look, I know you still
want this, and I can help you.

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All those pageants
I did as a kid--

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I could teach you
how to present yourself,

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connect with the judges,
sabotage the competition.

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Whoa, whoa, no one's
sabotaging anybody.

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Of course not.

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Little girls in ball gowns
trip, it happens.

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Trust me, I'm gonna be
the pageant mom to you

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that my mom was to me.

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I thought you hated your mom
for making you do that.

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More talk like that and
you're not getting any dinner.

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Amazing how it all comes back.

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Yes?

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- Hello, Mother.
- Hey, Beverly.

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Hello, Leonard.
Hello, Penny.

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To what do I owe this call?

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I need your
professional advice.

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Well, I'd love
to help you out, dear,

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but I'm very busy at the moment.

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Perhaps we can schedule
a time next week.

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It's about Sheldon.

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Oh, well, I-I suppose

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I can spare a minute or two.

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Wh-Why did you just say
you're too busy, but...

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Leonard, please,
not everything is about you.

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Penny, go on.

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Well, ever since his
paper got disproven,

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he's been a wreck.

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He's been sad
and... and angry.

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He just seems
kind of broken.

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Well, it sounds
like he may be grieving.

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Really?

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- Over a theory?
- Of course.

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You can grieve
over any emotional loss.

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The more you care
about something,

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the greater the trauma
of losing it.

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Oh, boy.
He cared about this a lot.

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Yeah. What can we do
to help him?

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Well, grieving is a process.

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Every culture has its own
rituals and traditions

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to facilitate mourning.

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The ancient Egyptians
had their mummification,

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the Tibetans had
their sky funerals...

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And when I was little and my dog
died, my mom sat me down

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and very gently told me
that she wished the truck

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had hit my dad instead.

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I was trying
to lighten the mood.

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Your dog had just died.

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Howard and I have been working
really hard on his audition,

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so it'll be helpful to get
another set of eyes on it.

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Well, as someone who has
watched every episode

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of America's Got Talent,

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I'm getting pretty good
at telling

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when some American's got talent.

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Seriously,

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Heidi and I agree,
like, 90% of the time.

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All right.

253
00:11:12,937 --> 00:11:15,404
Don't be afraid to be
brutally honest.

254
00:11:15,472 --> 00:11:17,806
Like my mom used to say
when I was doing pageants,

255
00:11:17,875 --> 00:11:20,842
"Tears only make your eyes
sparkle brighter."

256
00:11:20,911 --> 00:11:23,178
That is both sad and true.

257
00:11:23,247 --> 00:11:25,681
Half my Instagram
is after a good cry.

258
00:11:25,749 --> 00:11:28,016
Howie, you ready?

259
00:11:28,085 --> 00:11:29,685
Yeah.

260
00:11:29,753 --> 00:11:34,056
I now present The Great Howdini.

261
00:11:41,398 --> 00:11:45,434
? I've got magic to do,
just for you ?

262
00:11:45,502 --> 00:11:48,570
? I've got miracle plays
to play ?

263
00:11:48,639 --> 00:11:53,408
? I've got parts to perform,
hearts to warm ?

264
00:11:53,477 --> 00:11:57,879
? Kings and things
to take by storm ?

265
00:11:57,948 --> 00:12:00,749
? As we go along our ?

266
00:12:00,818 --> 00:12:06,421
? Way. ?

267
00:12:10,494 --> 00:12:14,763
Hello. I'm The Great Howdini
from Altadena, California.

268
00:12:14,832 --> 00:12:16,698
I have no brothers or sisters

269
00:12:16,767 --> 00:12:21,370
and my favorite thing to eat
is grilled cheese.

270
00:12:21,438 --> 00:12:22,871
When does the magic start?

271
00:12:22,973 --> 00:12:26,341
It already started.

272
00:12:27,778 --> 00:12:29,544
Hey.

273
00:12:29,613 --> 00:12:31,713
Hi. How are
you guys doing?

274
00:12:31,782 --> 00:12:33,382
A little better,
if you can believe it.

275
00:12:40,457 --> 00:12:41,323
Sheldon?

276
00:12:41,392 --> 00:12:43,492
Go away.

277
00:12:43,560 --> 00:12:45,560
Buddy, come on, let us help you.

278
00:12:45,629 --> 00:12:47,562
The only person
who could help me was erased

279
00:12:47,631 --> 00:12:49,765
by the Medford High Wolves.

280
00:12:49,833 --> 00:12:52,334
Oh, that's funny. My high
school was also the wolves.

281
00:12:52,403 --> 00:12:54,770
No? Not now? Okay.

282
00:12:54,838 --> 00:12:56,805
Look,
t-this might

283
00:12:56,874 --> 00:12:58,640
seem strange, but, uh,

284
00:12:58,709 --> 00:13:01,154
we thought it might help you get
some closure if you had a chance

285
00:13:01,178 --> 00:13:03,011
to properly say good-bye
to your paper.

286
00:13:03,080 --> 00:13:04,657
Yeah, you know, we
could say a few words,

287
00:13:04,681 --> 00:13:06,126
you could talk about
what it meant to you

288
00:13:06,150 --> 00:13:08,150
and-and we could
bury it somewhere.

289
00:13:08,218 --> 00:13:10,519
You mean have a funeral
for our theory?

290
00:13:10,587 --> 00:13:11,753
Yeah.

291
00:13:11,822 --> 00:13:13,021
That's ridiculous.

292
00:13:13,090 --> 00:13:15,657
I thought so, too, but my mom
thought it might work.

293
00:13:15,726 --> 00:13:18,493
Beverly thought it would help?
We should try it.

294
00:13:18,562 --> 00:13:20,929
Wha-- How come when you thought
it was my idea...

295
00:13:20,998 --> 00:13:22,264
Leonard,

296
00:13:22,332 --> 00:13:24,066
please, this is not about you.

297
00:13:26,203 --> 00:13:28,336
I guess we could bury it
in the park.

298
00:13:28,405 --> 00:13:30,338
Yeah, where dogs do their
business and other dogs

299
00:13:30,407 --> 00:13:32,441
sniff that business?
- I don't think so.

300
00:13:32,509 --> 00:13:34,943
What would you
like to do, Sheldon?

301
00:13:37,081 --> 00:13:39,781
The only fitting send-off:

302
00:13:39,850 --> 00:13:41,049
a Viking funeral.

303
00:13:41,118 --> 00:13:42,884
You mean, like,
push it out into a lake

304
00:13:42,953 --> 00:13:44,453
and shoot it
with a flaming arrow?

305
00:13:44,521 --> 00:13:47,522
This guy gets it.

306
00:13:47,591 --> 00:13:49,391
How about a bathtub
and a match?

307
00:13:49,460 --> 00:13:52,194
How about a bathtub
and a flaming arrow?

308
00:13:52,262 --> 00:13:55,530
How about a bathtub, a match
and an ice-cold Yoo-hoo after?

309
00:13:55,599 --> 00:13:58,133
Sold.

310
00:14:01,738 --> 00:14:04,306
Would you like to say something?

311
00:14:04,374 --> 00:14:06,308
Y-Yes, thank you.

312
00:14:06,376 --> 00:14:10,745
I know this is just
a scientific theory,

313
00:14:10,814 --> 00:14:12,714
but to me, it was
more than that.

314
00:14:12,783 --> 00:14:16,218
It described the universe
in a new and beautiful way.

315
00:14:16,286 --> 00:14:19,554
I want that to be the
universe we live in,

316
00:14:19,623 --> 00:14:22,023
but I guess it's not.

317
00:14:22,092 --> 00:14:25,961
Amy, would you like
to shoot the arrow?

318
00:14:39,810 --> 00:14:41,877
It's kind of beautiful,
isn't it?

319
00:14:41,945 --> 00:14:44,646
Yeah, it is.

320
00:14:48,619 --> 00:14:50,619
It's getting kind of
close to the curtain.

321
00:14:50,687 --> 00:14:51,887
It's in water, it's fine.

322
00:14:51,955 --> 00:14:54,089
- Oh!
- Oh!

323
00:14:54,158 --> 00:14:56,191
Oh!

324
00:14:56,260 --> 00:14:57,701
Looks like we both had theories
that were wrong.

325
00:14:57,725 --> 00:14:58,951
Okay...

326
00:15:03,367 --> 00:15:04,799
Are you getting sick?

327
00:15:04,868 --> 00:15:08,103
No, I have glitter in my nose.

328
00:15:08,172 --> 00:15:10,105
Just your nose?

329
00:15:10,174 --> 00:15:12,073
Consider yourself lucky.

330
00:15:12,142 --> 00:15:13,975
Hey, I'm gonna

331
00:15:14,044 --> 00:15:15,143
take tomorrow off

332
00:15:15,212 --> 00:15:17,279
so we can spend the whole day
running the act.

333
00:15:17,347 --> 00:15:21,917
You know what, it has been
so much fun working on this

334
00:15:21,985 --> 00:15:23,585
with you, but...
- But what?

335
00:15:23,654 --> 00:15:25,120
It hasn't.

336
00:15:26,323 --> 00:15:28,056
I'm not gonna audition.

337
00:15:28,125 --> 00:15:29,891
Hey, I didn't raise a quitter.

338
00:15:29,960 --> 00:15:31,626
You didn't raise me at all.

339
00:15:31,695 --> 00:15:33,995
Look,

340
00:15:34,064 --> 00:15:36,665
I get that you're scared, but
we just have to push past that.

341
00:15:36,733 --> 00:15:38,833
I'm not scared.
I don't like the act.

342
00:15:38,902 --> 00:15:40,135
It's over-the-top

343
00:15:40,204 --> 00:15:44,105
and weird and has more
jazz hands than magic.

344
00:15:44,174 --> 00:15:46,074
Why didn't you say
something earlier?

345
00:15:46,143 --> 00:15:48,677
You seemed like
you were so happy,

346
00:15:48,745 --> 00:15:50,056
and then when I tried
to say something,

347
00:15:50,080 --> 00:15:52,847
you seemed like you were so mad.

348
00:15:52,916 --> 00:15:54,816
Hey, this isn't about me.

349
00:15:54,885 --> 00:15:56,325
I just wanted you
to have your dream,

350
00:15:56,386 --> 00:15:57,986
and I wanted
to control everything

351
00:15:58,055 --> 00:16:01,656
about how you looked and acted
so that your victory was mine.

352
00:16:01,725 --> 00:16:05,694
Well, that's honest.

353
00:16:05,762 --> 00:16:08,163
But if I'm gonna
go through with this,

354
00:16:08,232 --> 00:16:10,031
I have to do it my own way.

355
00:16:10,100 --> 00:16:12,000
I respect that,

356
00:16:12,069 --> 00:16:14,047
and I'm glad that I helped
lead you to this moment.

357
00:16:14,071 --> 00:16:16,471
Stop trying to make this
your victory!

358
00:16:29,786 --> 00:16:32,153
Why are you watching that?

359
00:16:32,222 --> 00:16:33,321
I'm just looking to see

360
00:16:33,390 --> 00:16:35,490
if there's anything left
of your speech.

361
00:16:35,559 --> 00:16:38,293
It's not important.
I remember everything I said.

362
00:16:38,362 --> 00:16:40,061
And?

363
00:16:40,130 --> 00:16:43,898
It was good, it just would've
meant more coming from me.

364
00:16:45,769 --> 00:16:48,303
All right, bring it in.

365
00:16:48,372 --> 00:16:49,638
Is that your dad?

366
00:16:49,706 --> 00:16:51,206
It is.

367
00:16:51,275 --> 00:16:53,475
I've only seen pictures of him.

368
00:16:53,543 --> 00:16:56,411
I know we're down, by a lot.

369
00:16:56,480 --> 00:16:58,847
And if I'm being
honest with you,

370
00:16:58,915 --> 00:17:00,915
we're probably not
gonna win this one.

371
00:17:00,984 --> 00:17:05,420
In fact, we're definitely not
gonna win this one.

372
00:17:05,489 --> 00:17:08,189
Do you want me to turn it off?

373
00:17:08,258 --> 00:17:10,659
But we're not
gonna quit, either.

374
00:17:10,727 --> 00:17:11,993
And if we do lose,

375
00:17:12,062 --> 00:17:15,230
you need to know
that doesn't make you losers.

376
00:17:15,299 --> 00:17:19,234
You learn as much about who you
are and what you're made of

377
00:17:19,303 --> 00:17:22,671
from failing as you do
from success.

378
00:17:22,739 --> 00:17:25,674
Maybe more.

379
00:17:25,742 --> 00:17:29,010
So you can spend the next half
feeling sorry for yourselves,

380
00:17:29,079 --> 00:17:31,713
or you can get out there
and give them hell.

381
00:17:31,782 --> 00:17:33,448
Yeah! Let's give them hell!

382
00:17:33,517 --> 00:17:36,751
Oh-- watch your mouth,
your mom might...

383
00:17:36,820 --> 00:17:39,120
I remember that game.

384
00:17:39,189 --> 00:17:41,656
Did they win?

385
00:17:41,725 --> 00:17:43,425
Oh, no.

386
00:17:43,493 --> 00:17:45,026
No, they lost so bad,
the other team

387
00:17:45,095 --> 00:17:49,130
let one of their cheerleaders
try to kick a field goal.

388
00:17:49,199 --> 00:17:52,534
Well, that was a nice speech.
Too bad it didn't work.

389
00:17:52,602 --> 00:17:54,936
Maybe it did.

390
00:17:55,005 --> 00:17:57,539
What do you mean?

391
00:17:57,607 --> 00:17:59,274
I've been acting
like the game is over,

392
00:17:59,343 --> 00:18:01,910
but it's only halftime.

393
00:18:01,978 --> 00:18:04,713
And there's a lot more physics
left to play.

394
00:18:04,781 --> 00:18:09,617
Wow, was that your first ever
sports metaphor?

395
00:18:09,686 --> 00:18:12,687
It was.

396
00:18:12,756 --> 00:18:15,023
And I think it was a home run.

397
00:18:18,195 --> 00:18:20,395
That's two.

398
00:18:20,464 --> 00:18:23,164
It's interesting.

399
00:18:23,233 --> 00:18:26,668
I've always thought that
my father's journey and my own

400
00:18:26,737 --> 00:18:31,973
were so different, but he also
faced failure and setbacks.

401
00:18:32,042 --> 00:18:36,478
Maybe our lives mirrored each
other more than I thought.

402
00:18:36,546 --> 00:18:40,949
So, from one viewpoint,

403
00:18:41,017 --> 00:18:44,319
you and your father's lives
are asymmetrical,

404
00:18:44,388 --> 00:18:49,624
but from another vantage point,
they're symmetrical.

405
00:18:49,693 --> 00:18:51,126
Sheldon,

406
00:18:51,194 --> 00:18:55,463
what if symmetry and asymmetry
are observer-relative?

407
00:18:55,532 --> 00:18:58,867
That would mean that
the Russian paper was right...

408
00:18:58,935 --> 00:19:01,770
But only from one perspective.

409
00:19:01,838 --> 00:19:04,773
If we look at it from a deeper
view in more dimensions,

410
00:19:04,841 --> 00:19:06,708
our theory still stands.

411
00:19:06,777 --> 00:19:10,078
Not only stands, i-it might be
an even bigger idea

412
00:19:10,147 --> 00:19:12,414
than the one we were
originally proposing.

413
00:19:12,482 --> 00:19:14,482
Go get your laptop.
We have a paper to fix.

414
00:19:14,551 --> 00:19:15,551
Okay.

415
00:19:20,424 --> 00:19:23,958
Thanks, Dad.

416
00:19:24,027 --> 00:19:25,460
We're gonna give them hell.

417
00:19:31,373 --> 00:19:33,473
Hi, I'm The Great Howdini,

418
00:19:33,541 --> 00:19:35,975
and it's an honor to be
auditioning at the Magic Castle.

419
00:19:36,044 --> 00:19:37,844
Could I borrow your watch, sir?

420
00:19:37,912 --> 00:19:39,779
- Sure.
- Thank you.

421
00:19:39,848 --> 00:19:43,483
Ooh, Rolex, fancy.
I'll get it right back to you.

422
00:19:43,551 --> 00:19:47,854
Observe:
one very expensive watch,

423
00:19:47,922 --> 00:19:50,456
one wooden mallet.

424
00:19:52,794 --> 00:19:55,061
Do I dare? I do.

425
00:19:59,200 --> 00:20:02,902
Would you be amazed if your
watch survived that pounding?

426
00:20:02,971 --> 00:20:05,972
I think you would-- behold.

427
00:20:14,037 --> 00:20:21,037
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