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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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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
00:10:26,030 --> 00:10:27,740
My parents have been
handling most of it.
257
00:10:28,560 --> 00:10:31,700
That's great. That's why it's
good to have family close by.
258
00:10:31,750 --> 00:10:35,790
Friends and family just a hop,
skip and a jump away.
259
00:10:35,820 --> 00:10:37,280
I don't hop, skip or jump.
260
00:10:37,330 --> 00:10:38,529
See, that's that sense of humor
261
00:10:38,530 --> 00:10:40,690
that we get but strangers may not.
262
00:10:40,740 --> 00:10:42,350
Yes.
263
00:10:42,400 --> 00:10:45,390
Son, I know you have a lot
of options for grad school,
264
00:10:45,440 --> 00:10:47,355
and I'm sure you'll make the
right choice for yourself
265
00:10:47,356 --> 00:10:49,356
and your sweet, aging grandma.
266
00:10:49,357 --> 00:10:51,942
Who will miss you so much if you leave.
267
00:10:51,943 --> 00:10:53,527
Moon Pie... isn't that
what she calls you?
268
00:10:53,528 --> 00:10:55,237
- Yes.
- Sweet.
269
00:10:55,238 --> 00:10:56,770
So sweet.
270
00:10:58,617 --> 00:10:59,860
_
271
00:10:59,900 --> 00:11:02,070
Hey, what you doing?
272
00:11:02,120 --> 00:11:03,230
Reading.
273
00:11:03,280 --> 00:11:05,860
English Grammar and Composition?
274
00:11:05,916 --> 00:11:07,320
It's Missy's.
275
00:11:07,375 --> 00:11:10,210
You know, you don't have to do this.
276
00:11:10,260 --> 00:11:12,130
Well, I want to do it for CeeCee.
277
00:11:13,060 --> 00:11:14,790
Well, maybe I can help.
278
00:11:14,841 --> 00:11:17,000
- Yeah?
- Yeah, you don't need a book.
279
00:11:17,052 --> 00:11:18,970
Let's just start simple.
280
00:11:19,020 --> 00:11:23,550
Um, instead of "ain't," try "isn't."
281
00:11:23,580 --> 00:11:25,530
That isn't gonna be a problem.
282
00:11:25,580 --> 00:11:26,740
There you go.
283
00:11:26,790 --> 00:11:29,300
Now, let's work on "wasn't."
284
00:11:29,356 --> 00:11:32,100
- Wadn't.
- Wasn't.
285
00:11:32,150 --> 00:11:33,390
Wadn't.
286
00:11:33,443 --> 00:11:35,100
See, I'm not hearing the "S."
287
00:11:35,153 --> 00:11:36,770
That's 'cause it wadn't there.
288
00:11:38,031 --> 00:11:40,250
So, we've narrowed it
down to five schools.
289
00:11:40,280 --> 00:11:42,550
We got Caltech and
Stanford in California.
290
00:11:42,600 --> 00:11:44,310
- The left coast.
- Mom.
291
00:11:44,360 --> 00:11:46,280
- It is.
- Can I continue?
292
00:11:46,331 --> 00:11:49,110
Also known as the land of
fruits and nuts. Continue.
293
00:11:49,167 --> 00:11:51,250
And on the East Coast, we got MIT,
294
00:11:51,280 --> 00:11:53,660
- Harvard and Princeton.
- Damn Yankees.
295
00:11:53,713 --> 00:11:56,006
We can't move the schools, Connie.
296
00:11:56,007 --> 00:11:58,250
There's also East Texas Tech.
297
00:11:58,300 --> 00:12:00,120
Is that a school that
you're considering?
298
00:12:00,178 --> 00:12:02,250
I have friends there,
and it's close to all of you.
299
00:12:02,305 --> 00:12:03,599
Why would you want to be close to us?
300
00:12:03,600 --> 00:12:06,550
Missy. This is your decision,
but best I understand,
301
00:12:06,600 --> 00:12:08,700
these other schools
are the major leagues,
302
00:12:08,730 --> 00:12:10,980
and East Texas Tech is T-ball.
303
00:12:10,981 --> 00:12:12,800
Please don't make sports analogies.
304
00:12:12,857 --> 00:12:14,950
Fine.
305
00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:17,610
These schools are like... Superman
306
00:12:17,660 --> 00:12:19,820
and East Texas Tech is like...
307
00:12:19,870 --> 00:12:21,350
regular man?
308
00:12:21,408 --> 00:12:23,149
Better, I think.
309
00:12:23,150 --> 00:12:25,240
If you're worried about being far away,
310
00:12:25,260 --> 00:12:27,890
they're all offering to
pay for travel expenses
311
00:12:27,930 --> 00:12:29,820
so you can come home for the holidays.
312
00:12:29,874 --> 00:12:32,160
But to be clear, you don't have to.
313
00:12:32,210 --> 00:12:34,280
And we can also come and visit you.
314
00:12:34,337 --> 00:12:36,450
Ooh, free trip. I like that.
315
00:12:36,506 --> 00:12:38,580
You were just complaining
about these places.
316
00:12:38,633 --> 00:12:40,960
I can complain on a beach.
317
00:12:42,060 --> 00:12:44,130
This is a difficult decision.
318
00:12:44,180 --> 00:12:47,080
Which is why we're all
here to help you make it.
319
00:12:50,480 --> 00:12:52,059
♪ Now, this is a story ♪
320
00:12:52,060 --> 00:12:53,510
♪ All about how my life got... ♪
321
00:12:53,560 --> 00:12:55,390
Are we not done?
322
00:12:55,440 --> 00:12:56,860
It-it felt done.
323
00:13:09,920 --> 00:13:11,060
Come in.
324
00:13:12,500 --> 00:13:13,570
What are you doing?
325
00:13:14,400 --> 00:13:16,950
I can't sleep. This is the
biggest decision of my life.
326
00:13:17,720 --> 00:13:20,030
- What's all this?
- I'm employing an algorithm
327
00:13:20,050 --> 00:13:21,169
to assigns points to each school
328
00:13:21,170 --> 00:13:23,370
so I can statistically
decide which is the best.
329
00:13:23,420 --> 00:13:24,840
Hmm.
330
00:13:24,870 --> 00:13:27,080
How about "Eeny, meeny, miny, moe"?
331
00:13:27,900 --> 00:13:28,950
I won't miss you.
332
00:13:29,000 --> 00:13:31,090
Same. What school's winning?
333
00:13:31,144 --> 00:13:32,990
I've narrowed it down
to Caltech and MIT.
334
00:13:33,040 --> 00:13:34,680
Geographically equidistant,
335
00:13:34,731 --> 00:13:36,565
so the travel time home
would be about the same.
336
00:13:36,566 --> 00:13:38,710
Caltech has Stephen Hawking,
which is exciting,
337
00:13:38,760 --> 00:13:39,969
but he hasn't won a Nobel Prize,
338
00:13:39,970 --> 00:13:42,680
unlike Henry Kendall at
MIT, who recently did.
339
00:13:42,739 --> 00:13:44,270
What's this little guy?
340
00:13:44,324 --> 00:13:46,200
Both schools' mascot is a beaver.
341
00:13:46,250 --> 00:13:47,390
Not pertinent to my needs,
342
00:13:47,420 --> 00:13:50,150
- but amusing nonetheless.
- Mm.
343
00:13:50,205 --> 00:13:51,610
Well, if you want my opinion,
344
00:13:51,660 --> 00:13:53,749
I say pick the one that's near
the beach and Hollywood.
345
00:13:53,750 --> 00:13:55,530
I hate those. Advantage MIT.
346
00:13:55,585 --> 00:13:57,295
- Where's that?
- Boston.
347
00:13:57,940 --> 00:13:59,422
So, what's your gut say?
348
00:14:00,000 --> 00:14:02,091
It doesn't say anything.
It's not a thinking organ.
349
00:14:02,092 --> 00:14:05,800
Fine, what's your...
Spidey-sense tell you?
350
00:14:05,850 --> 00:14:08,790
Spidey-sense warns Peter
Parker of imminent danger.
351
00:14:08,840 --> 00:14:10,660
It doesn't help him pick schools.
352
00:14:11,434 --> 00:14:15,610
Well, the important thing is,
no matter where you go,
353
00:14:15,660 --> 00:14:17,760
I'm gonna turn this room
into a dance studio.
354
00:14:19,440 --> 00:14:21,140
Mm-hmm.
355
00:14:28,500 --> 00:14:31,190
- Howdy.
- Well, howdy yourself.
356
00:14:31,246 --> 00:14:35,050
- Is this a bad time?
- No, but Sheldon's not here,
357
00:14:35,080 --> 00:14:36,375
if you were hoping to talk to him.
358
00:14:36,376 --> 00:14:39,280
No, I was fixing to talk
to you and your hubby.
359
00:14:39,330 --> 00:14:40,860
Come on in.
360
00:14:41,840 --> 00:14:45,350
I brought you some pecan pie
and some beer to wash it down.
361
00:14:45,400 --> 00:14:48,190
- You didn't have to do that.
- Oh, it's no problem.
362
00:14:48,240 --> 00:14:49,810
It's my ding-dang pleasure.
363
00:14:49,860 --> 00:14:52,559
Okay. George?
364
00:14:53,720 --> 00:14:57,210
President Hagemeyer. This is a
real honor, having you visit.
365
00:14:57,260 --> 00:15:03,110
Oh, stop it with that President
nonsense. It's Linda... y'all.
366
00:15:03,160 --> 00:15:06,140
Okay, Linda, so how can we help you?
367
00:15:06,197 --> 00:15:08,350
No, no, no, how can I help you?
368
00:15:08,408 --> 00:15:10,850
Gee, I don't know. Rain
gutters could use cleaning.
369
00:15:10,900 --> 00:15:12,900
- George.
- Just a joke.
370
00:15:12,950 --> 00:15:14,920
Well, it doesn't have to be.
371
00:15:14,970 --> 00:15:17,740
You got a ladder and some
gloves, I'm your gal.
372
00:15:17,792 --> 00:15:19,700
And I guess that's why I'm here.
373
00:15:19,750 --> 00:15:21,599
You know, everybody's
rolling out the red carpet
374
00:15:21,600 --> 00:15:23,160
for Sheldon, as they should.
375
00:15:23,210 --> 00:15:26,330
But, I mean, who's looking
after your needs?
376
00:15:26,384 --> 00:15:28,750
Our needs? I don't understand.
377
00:15:28,803 --> 00:15:31,270
Wouldn't you like all your children
378
00:15:31,320 --> 00:15:32,540
to be college graduates?
379
00:15:35,850 --> 00:15:37,060
Wait, are you serious?
380
00:15:37,061 --> 00:15:39,490
I'm in a position to offer
381
00:15:39,540 --> 00:15:42,524
a full scholarship to
Sheldon's twin sister,
382
00:15:42,525 --> 00:15:43,980
his older brother,
383
00:15:44,020 --> 00:15:46,500
and I understand there's
a grandchild in the mix.
384
00:15:46,550 --> 00:15:49,230
Just imagine how
expensive tuition will be
385
00:15:49,280 --> 00:15:50,980
18 years from now.
386
00:15:51,034 --> 00:15:54,110
Wow, that is very generous.
387
00:15:54,162 --> 00:15:56,150
No, no, no, I don't... I don't think so.
388
00:15:56,206 --> 00:16:01,610
No, I think it's just giving
you good, hardworking folk
389
00:16:01,660 --> 00:16:03,379
what you deserve.
390
00:16:04,620 --> 00:16:05,750
I don't know what to say.
391
00:16:05,770 --> 00:16:08,750
Yeah, we... we'll have
to talk it over a little.
392
00:16:08,801 --> 00:16:11,880
At the end of the day,
it's still Sheldon's decision.
393
00:16:11,930 --> 00:16:14,810
Oh, of course, but-but it's
also a family decision,
394
00:16:14,860 --> 00:16:18,570
and that is what East
Texas Tech is all about.
395
00:16:18,620 --> 00:16:20,100
Family.
396
00:16:20,150 --> 00:16:23,260
Or, as I like to say, kin.
397
00:16:25,520 --> 00:16:29,930
Your mother has been helping me,
398
00:16:29,989 --> 00:16:32,730
and it has not been easy.
399
00:16:32,784 --> 00:16:38,650
But I'm going to keep
working on it for you.
400
00:16:39,400 --> 00:16:41,280
Okay, let's get you cleaned up.
401
00:16:42,280 --> 00:16:44,120
See? He's tryin'.
402
00:16:44,170 --> 00:16:45,450
Try-ing.
403
00:16:46,673 --> 00:16:49,080
It's nice to see.
Who's ready for coffee?
404
00:16:49,580 --> 00:16:52,120
I believe you mean,
"Whom's ready for coffee?"
405
00:16:53,470 --> 00:16:54,549
Whom's?
406
00:16:54,550 --> 00:16:56,840
Oh, let him have this one.
407
00:16:59,980 --> 00:17:01,140
Sheldon?
408
00:17:02,550 --> 00:17:05,260
Which is better? One or two?
409
00:17:05,316 --> 00:17:07,068
One, two?
410
00:17:07,770 --> 00:17:09,810
Hat I'll never wear one,
hat I'll never wear two.
411
00:17:09,862 --> 00:17:11,100
Are you okay?
412
00:17:11,155 --> 00:17:12,940
No, I didn't sleep at all last night.
413
00:17:12,990 --> 00:17:15,690
For the life of me, I can't decide
between Caltech and MIT.
414
00:17:15,743 --> 00:17:17,410
No matter how I analyze it,
415
00:17:17,460 --> 00:17:20,030
how I break it down,
they're basically equal.
416
00:17:20,081 --> 00:17:22,110
Great, then just pick the one you want.
417
00:17:22,166 --> 00:17:24,200
What I want is to not have
to make this decision.
418
00:17:24,252 --> 00:17:27,620
Well, you could always stay here.
419
00:17:28,480 --> 00:17:30,660
Maybe you're right.
Maybe deciding not to decide
420
00:17:30,710 --> 00:17:33,424
- is the best decision I can decide.
- Possibly.
421
00:17:33,425 --> 00:17:35,340
After all, an object
at rest stays at rest.
422
00:17:35,350 --> 00:17:36,380
That's just physics.
423
00:17:36,431 --> 00:17:38,670
The kind of physics we understand.
424
00:17:39,480 --> 00:17:41,000
Very well, I'll stay here,
425
00:17:41,050 --> 00:17:42,519
I'll work with you two,
and everything will be...
426
00:17:42,520 --> 00:17:44,590
Stop.
427
00:17:45,320 --> 00:17:46,390
I can't do this.
428
00:17:46,441 --> 00:17:49,060
I'm glad you said that.
I'm also having qualms.
429
00:17:49,110 --> 00:17:50,850
- What are you talking about?
- You.
430
00:17:50,903 --> 00:17:52,946
We have to do the right thing for him.
431
00:17:52,947 --> 00:17:55,650
- And for science.
- So, we're in agreement?
432
00:17:55,700 --> 00:17:57,230
Consequences be damned.
433
00:17:57,285 --> 00:17:59,400
Will someone please
tell me what's going on?
434
00:17:59,454 --> 00:18:02,490
Sheldon, you can't stay here.
435
00:18:02,540 --> 00:18:04,670
- Why?
- You've outgrown us.
436
00:18:04,720 --> 00:18:06,800
Me, literally.
437
00:18:06,850 --> 00:18:08,950
You deserve the best education possible.
438
00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:11,257
You're going to do
great things, Sheldon.
439
00:18:12,140 --> 00:18:17,040
And we're proud to have been
a small part of your journey.
440
00:18:18,290 --> 00:18:19,540
So, where should I go?
441
00:18:19,599 --> 00:18:20,840
- Caltech.
- MIT.
442
00:18:25,730 --> 00:18:28,720
Mom, Dad, I've made a decision.
443
00:18:30,568 --> 00:18:31,930
All right.
444
00:18:32,940 --> 00:18:34,980
I'm going to MIT.
445
00:18:35,640 --> 00:18:37,239
I know what you're thinking.
446
00:18:37,240 --> 00:18:38,810
Wait for it.
447
00:18:39,650 --> 00:18:41,244
I'm so excited to visit MIT.
448
00:18:41,245 --> 00:18:43,230
Me, too.
449
00:18:44,320 --> 00:18:46,140
Proud of you, son.
450
00:18:46,190 --> 00:18:47,400
Thank you, Dad.
451
00:18:48,120 --> 00:18:50,610
_
452
00:18:52,730 --> 00:18:55,410
- Caltech?
- Caltech.
453
00:18:56,940 --> 00:18:58,870
Told you.
454
00:19:02,520 --> 00:19:04,180
I don't know what to tell you, Linda.
455
00:19:04,210 --> 00:19:05,880
We begged him to stay.
456
00:19:05,937 --> 00:19:07,210
I got down on my knees,
457
00:19:07,260 --> 00:19:09,260
and, well, John was already there.
458
00:19:09,315 --> 00:19:12,640
We did everything we could to keep him.
459
00:19:12,694 --> 00:19:16,180
I wore a cowboy hat and offered
a scholarship to a baby.
460
00:19:16,230 --> 00:19:19,280
- Ooh. You win.
- Damn straight.
461
00:19:19,330 --> 00:19:21,279
I'd like to propose a toast.
462
00:19:21,280 --> 00:19:27,010
To our complete and
utter lack of integrity.
463
00:19:27,060 --> 00:19:28,291
- Hear, hear.
- Hear, hear.
464
00:19:28,292 --> 00:19:32,380
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