1
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Let's go. Let's go.

2
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We're gonna be late!

3
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<i>Fun fact... the first time</i>

4
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<i>I almost died was
at the age of nine.</i>

5
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<i>The murder weapon?</i>

6
00:00:11,595 --> 00:00:13,257
<i>A Jimmy Dean sausage.</i>

7
00:00:18,644 --> 00:00:21,352
Mom, Sheldon's
making faces at me.

8
00:00:23,732 --> 00:00:24,347
Sheldon!

9
00:00:24,566 --> 00:00:25,556
<i>In fairness to Mr. Dean...</i>

10
00:00:25,776 --> 00:00:27,483
- Honey!
<i>- ...this one morning, I decided</i>

11
00:00:27,694 --> 00:00:30,311
<i>to forgo my normal
20 chews per bite,</i>

12
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<i>as prescribed by the
American Medical Association.</i>

13
00:00:33,200 --> 00:00:34,031
George, help!

14
00:00:36,495 --> 00:00:39,078
Come here, boy. We got it.
We just got to smack it out.

15
00:00:39,289 --> 00:00:40,655
<i>To further complicate matters,</i>

16
00:00:40,874 --> 00:00:42,581
<i>in any real-life crisis,</i>

17
00:00:42,793 --> 00:00:45,877
<i>my family's default mode
is mindless panic.</i>

18
00:00:46,088 --> 00:00:48,125
Sheldon's gonna die!
Sheldon's gonna die!

19
00:00:48,340 --> 00:00:49,706
<i>Or heartless apathy.</i>

20
00:00:50,259 --> 00:00:51,625
<i>Oh, Lord.</i>

21
00:00:51,843 --> 00:00:53,129
Here we go.
This is how you do it.

22
00:00:53,345 --> 00:00:55,632
- Here we go. And we shake.
- Honey!

23
00:00:56,056 --> 00:00:58,013
<i>It's interesting
the things you think about</i>

24
00:00:58,225 --> 00:01:00,057
<i>when life is ebbing
from your body.</i>

25
00:01:00,269 --> 00:01:03,307
<i>For instance, linoleum.
What is it, really?</i>

26
00:01:03,522 --> 00:01:06,640
<i>Plastic? And if so, how is it
different from Formica?</i>

27
00:01:06,858 --> 00:01:08,190
I'm calling 911.

28
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<i>And what about Count Chocula?</i>

29
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<i>How is he a count?</i>

30
00:01:13,907 --> 00:01:15,318
<i>Did the title come with land?</i>

31
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George, Heimlich!

32
00:01:18,203 --> 00:01:20,536
<i>Don't hurt his little ribs!</i>

33
00:01:20,747 --> 00:01:22,238
<i>They say, in the final moments,</i>

34
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<i>your life passes
before your eyes.</i>

35
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<i>All I saw was my brother
licking jelly off the knife</i>

36
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<i>and putting it back in the jar.</i>

37
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Okay, it's better now. Sheldon!

38
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Honey. Are you okay?

39
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Can you breathe?
Say something!

40
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You have to... throw
away... that jelly.

41
00:02:05,334 --> 00:02:07,496
I've never been late
to school before.

42
00:02:07,711 --> 00:02:09,748
I'm late all the time.
It's no big deal.

43
00:02:09,963 --> 00:02:12,580
I get you to school on time
every day. Why are you late?

44
00:02:12,799 --> 00:02:15,212
I have a lot of people
to say hi to in the morning.

45
00:02:15,427 --> 00:02:16,042
<i>Mom,</i>

46
00:02:16,261 --> 00:02:17,422
would you write a note for me?

47
00:02:18,013 --> 00:02:18,799
Sure.

48
00:02:19,014 --> 00:02:20,721
You have the coolest excuse.

49
00:02:20,932 --> 00:02:23,515
You almost died.
Did you see Jesus?

50
00:02:23,810 --> 00:02:26,018
I saw Count Chocula.

51
00:02:26,688 --> 00:02:29,681
But feel free to mention
my brush with death in the note.

52
00:02:29,900 --> 00:02:32,267
All right, that's enough
talk about death and dying.

53
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I came this close to
having my own room.

54
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<i>Remember, the food drive</i>

55
00:02:41,119 --> 00:02:41,859
ends Friday.

56
00:02:42,079 --> 00:02:43,741
All canned goods
are welcome.

57
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But please... make sure
your cans have labels.

58
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Needy people
have enough problems

59
00:02:49,336 --> 00:02:51,669
without having to guess
what's for dinner.

60
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I'm sorry I'm late.
I have a note.

61
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You poor thing, you had
a medical emergency?

62
00:03:00,222 --> 00:03:02,760
Yes, ma'am.
I choked on a sausage.

63
00:03:04,017 --> 00:03:05,133
<i>How big was it?</i>

64
00:03:05,602 --> 00:03:07,264
About yay big.

65
00:03:11,024 --> 00:03:11,730
<i>To this day,</i>

66
00:03:11,942 --> 00:03:14,434
<i>I still don't understand
why they were laughing.</i>

67
00:03:21,159 --> 00:03:22,695
You're sitting in my spot.

68
00:03:23,995 --> 00:03:24,826
Why is it your spot?

69
00:03:25,038 --> 00:03:26,745
It's complicated.
Just move.

70
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- You're reading a comic book.
- I am.

71
00:03:37,175 --> 00:03:39,588
You do understand
those are for children.

72
00:03:40,262 --> 00:03:41,173
Have you ever read one?

73
00:03:41,638 --> 00:03:44,221
I outgrew picture books
when I was three.

74
00:03:44,433 --> 00:03:45,344
Just eat your lunch.

75
00:04:02,534 --> 00:04:03,490
What's the matter?

76
00:04:04,661 --> 00:04:06,698
I-I don't think
I can eat this.

77
00:04:06,913 --> 00:04:08,120
You want to trade?

78
00:04:08,749 --> 00:04:10,206
My mom made me
fish soup again.

79
00:04:10,417 --> 00:04:11,828
How long do we have
to be in this country

80
00:04:12,002 --> 00:04:13,538
before I get baloney?

81
00:04:17,007 --> 00:04:19,340
Mm, no, thank you.

82
00:04:19,551 --> 00:04:20,792
I'm not hungry.

83
00:04:21,595 --> 00:04:22,927
"I'm not hungry."

84
00:04:24,222 --> 00:04:26,305
Three words you never hear
in Vietnam.

85
00:04:28,059 --> 00:04:29,971
<i>Well, here's
something nice.</i>

86
00:04:30,187 --> 00:04:31,723
You know
that Mr. Rosenbloom

87
00:04:31,938 --> 00:04:34,396
with the furniture store
over by the steakhouse?

88
00:04:34,775 --> 00:04:37,017
- I don't think so.
<i>- Oh, sure you do.</i>

89
00:04:37,235 --> 00:04:38,771
That Hebrew fella
with the comb-over?

90
00:04:38,987 --> 00:04:40,023
You mean Jewish?

91
00:04:40,322 --> 00:04:42,484
I think they like
to be called Hebrew.

92
00:04:43,283 --> 00:04:44,023
Anyway,

93
00:04:45,285 --> 00:04:46,821
he's asked me to dinner.

94
00:04:47,954 --> 00:04:49,786
Well, good for you.
What'd you say?

95
00:04:50,165 --> 00:04:51,997
I said I'd have
to think about it.

96
00:04:52,209 --> 00:04:53,165
What's to think about?

97
00:04:53,376 --> 00:04:54,912
Well, a lot.

98
00:04:55,128 --> 00:04:57,711
I mean, assuming he enjoys
dinner, he might want

99
00:04:57,923 --> 00:04:59,664
a scoop of Meemaw for dessert.

100
00:04:59,883 --> 00:05:01,249
Mom, the kids.

101
00:05:01,885 --> 00:05:03,467
I said "dessert."

102
00:05:03,678 --> 00:05:05,544
Did you know
I was talking about sex?

103
00:05:06,097 --> 00:05:06,803
No.

104
00:05:07,015 --> 00:05:08,256
See?

105
00:05:10,393 --> 00:05:11,509
Why aren't you eating?

106
00:05:12,270 --> 00:05:13,886
I don't think I can.

107
00:05:14,105 --> 00:05:16,438
Sometimes the different foods
touch each other, Sheldon.

108
00:05:16,650 --> 00:05:17,731
Not the end of the world.

109
00:05:17,943 --> 00:05:20,310
No, I'm afraid I'll choke again.

110
00:05:20,695 --> 00:05:23,028
Oh, honey, that's
not gonna happen.

111
00:05:23,240 --> 00:05:24,447
Go ahead, eat your dinner.

112
00:05:24,658 --> 00:05:26,115
What's all this about choking?

113
00:05:26,368 --> 00:05:27,904
Sheldon almost died
this morning.

114
00:05:28,119 --> 00:05:29,451
- What?!
- Oh, yeah.

115
00:05:29,663 --> 00:05:31,996
Dad was shaking him upside down
like a ketchup bottle.

116
00:05:32,207 --> 00:05:33,493
It was great.

117
00:05:33,750 --> 00:05:35,286
Well, you got to eat
something, baby.

118
00:05:35,502 --> 00:05:36,618
Just have a few bites.

119
00:05:36,837 --> 00:05:38,749
I can't. It's too risky.

120
00:05:38,964 --> 00:05:40,205
Dibs on the tater tots.

121
00:05:40,549 --> 00:05:41,915
All right, I'll wrap
that up for you,

122
00:05:42,133 --> 00:05:44,591
and if you change your mind,
you can have some later.

123
00:05:44,803 --> 00:05:46,010
At least drink your milk.

124
00:05:46,847 --> 00:05:47,507
Sure.

125
00:05:48,014 --> 00:05:49,255
<i>My mother and father saw</i>

126
00:05:49,474 --> 00:05:52,683
<i>that I'd been traumatized and
were patient and understanding</i>

127
00:05:52,894 --> 00:05:55,602
<i>about my fear
of eating solid foods.</i>

128
00:05:56,022 --> 00:05:57,684
<i>This lasted one more day.</i>

129
00:05:57,899 --> 00:05:59,106
<i>Sheldon Lee Cooper,
if you don't</i>

130
00:05:59,317 --> 00:06:01,149
finish that pork chop,
I swear I will chew it up

131
00:06:01,361 --> 00:06:02,977
and spit it in your mouth
like a mama bird.

132
00:06:03,196 --> 00:06:04,107
Do it, Mom. Do it.

133
00:06:04,322 --> 00:06:06,439
- Mary, can I speak to you for a second?
- No. Enough is enough.

134
00:06:06,658 --> 00:06:08,274
The boy has got to eat.

135
00:06:08,493 --> 00:06:09,654
Just give me a minute.

136
00:06:12,664 --> 00:06:14,075
Start eating, mister.

137
00:06:17,752 --> 00:06:19,084
You don't mind, right?

138
00:06:22,549 --> 00:06:24,290
How about I cut that
pork chop off the bone

139
00:06:24,509 --> 00:06:27,126
and throw it in the
blender with some gravy?

140
00:06:28,763 --> 00:06:31,426
If it fits through
a bendy straw, I'll drink it.

141
00:06:31,641 --> 00:06:32,757
Coming up.

142
00:06:34,477 --> 00:06:36,093
Why does he get a pork shake?

143
00:06:36,313 --> 00:06:37,520
This is all my fault.

144
00:06:37,731 --> 00:06:39,313
I rushed him through
breakfast the other day,

145
00:06:39,524 --> 00:06:41,186
and now look...
he is wasting away.

146
00:06:41,401 --> 00:06:43,313
Oh, come on.
You can't blame yourself.

147
00:06:43,528 --> 00:06:45,520
This isn't gonna last. Remember
the time a bee got in the house

148
00:06:45,739 --> 00:06:47,696
and he slept under a net
for a couple months?

149
00:06:47,908 --> 00:06:49,149
This is different.

150
00:06:49,367 --> 00:06:50,323
- How?
<i>- First of all,</i>

151
00:06:50,535 --> 00:06:51,321
you let that bee in.

152
00:06:51,536 --> 00:06:52,526
The bee was your fault.

153
00:06:52,746 --> 00:06:53,987
- Okay.
- Secondly,

154
00:06:54,205 --> 00:06:55,446
this is about his health.

155
00:06:55,665 --> 00:06:56,746
He is a fragile little boy.

156
00:06:56,958 --> 00:06:58,119
<i>He can't go on like this.</i>

157
00:06:58,335 --> 00:06:59,416
I'm not arguing with you.

158
00:06:59,628 --> 00:07:01,995
Let's just, you know,
give him a little more time.

159
00:07:07,344 --> 00:07:08,551
Now what?

160
00:07:08,845 --> 00:07:10,586
Sounds like your mom's
making margaritas.

161
00:07:14,017 --> 00:07:14,928
What's he drinking?

162
00:07:15,185 --> 00:07:16,892
Pork chop and gravy.

163
00:07:17,562 --> 00:07:19,019
I snuck
some broccoli in there, too.

164
00:07:19,230 --> 00:07:20,937
Shh...

165
00:07:41,002 --> 00:07:42,743
I'm real glad
you've been getting out again.

166
00:07:42,963 --> 00:07:44,454
Me, too.

167
00:07:44,673 --> 00:07:47,006
We had a nice dinner,
took a walk.

168
00:07:47,384 --> 00:07:49,046
He's a divorcé, you know.

169
00:07:49,260 --> 00:07:50,250
I didn't.

170
00:07:50,470 --> 00:07:52,086
It's not a big deal
for those people.

171
00:07:52,305 --> 00:07:55,264
If they're not a lawyer,
they're related to one.

172
00:07:56,309 --> 00:07:57,345
You're actually
cutting the crust off

173
00:07:57,560 --> 00:07:58,846
- before you blend it?
- I left it

174
00:07:59,062 --> 00:08:01,645
on his tuna sandwich yesterday,
he said he could tell.

175
00:08:01,856 --> 00:08:03,097
Only drank half of it.

176
00:08:04,025 --> 00:08:05,311
Mary, you think this has
gone on long enough?

177
00:08:05,986 --> 00:08:06,772
No trouble.

178
00:08:06,987 --> 00:08:09,104
But it'd be better
if I had two blenders.

179
00:08:09,322 --> 00:08:10,688
Be better if you stopped
coddling him.

180
00:08:10,907 --> 00:08:12,398
Well, I don't know
what else to do.

181
00:08:12,617 --> 00:08:14,529
I suggested that we take him
to some kind of professional,

182
00:08:14,744 --> 00:08:16,201
but you said he'd outgrow it.

183
00:08:16,413 --> 00:08:17,699
Well, if you're looking
for a psychiatrist,

184
00:08:17,914 --> 00:08:20,702
I bet my new fella's
related to one.

185
00:08:23,545 --> 00:08:24,376
What do you think?

186
00:08:27,173 --> 00:08:27,959
Not sure.

187
00:08:28,967 --> 00:08:30,424
If we take him to a shrink,
it feels like we're admitting

188
00:08:30,635 --> 00:08:31,671
something's wrong with him.

189
00:08:31,886 --> 00:08:34,378
He hasn't had solid food
in five weeks.

190
00:08:35,140 --> 00:08:38,383
Well, if there is
something wrong with him,

191
00:08:38,601 --> 00:08:39,842
it ain't constipation.

192
00:08:46,067 --> 00:08:46,682
Okay.

193
00:08:46,901 --> 00:08:48,517
Let's see if we
can find somebody.

194
00:08:48,737 --> 00:08:49,773
Thank you.

195
00:08:50,989 --> 00:08:51,854
Hmm.

196
00:08:57,620 --> 00:08:59,111
Needs a few more Cheetos.

197
00:09:00,290 --> 00:09:03,249
<i>My mother managed
to locate a family psychiatrist</i>

198
00:09:03,460 --> 00:09:04,826
<i>within our price range.</i>

199
00:09:05,211 --> 00:09:06,952
<i>No one seemed to be bothered
that he had</i>

200
00:09:07,172 --> 00:09:09,380
<i>a coupon in</i> The Pennysaver.

201
00:09:09,924 --> 00:09:12,667
Is this man gonna make me
eat solid foods?

202
00:09:12,886 --> 00:09:14,752
No, he just wants to
talk to you about it.

203
00:09:14,971 --> 00:09:17,384
Did you tell him I have
a lot to accomplish in my life

204
00:09:17,599 --> 00:09:20,933
and cannot afford to be killed
by an unchewed sausage?

205
00:09:21,770 --> 00:09:23,557
Not in those exact words.

206
00:09:27,525 --> 00:09:28,857
Did you bring
the coupon?

207
00:09:30,111 --> 00:09:31,318
Hi. Welcome.

208
00:09:31,529 --> 00:09:32,770
You must be the Cooper family.

209
00:09:32,989 --> 00:09:33,729
We are.

210
00:09:33,948 --> 00:09:35,359
Right on, right on.

211
00:09:35,784 --> 00:09:37,070
This must be Sheldon.

212
00:09:37,410 --> 00:09:38,400
Put 'er there.

213
00:09:39,370 --> 00:09:40,577
No, thank you.

214
00:09:41,498 --> 00:09:42,705
Right on, right on.

215
00:09:42,916 --> 00:09:45,203
Okay, well, here's how
I'd like to start. Mom and Dad,

216
00:09:45,418 --> 00:09:47,580
why don't you come talk to me
first, and then, Sheldon,

217
00:09:47,796 --> 00:09:49,788
you and I have
a little rap session.

218
00:09:50,507 --> 00:09:51,167
Folks?

219
00:09:56,513 --> 00:09:57,970
Right on, right on.

220
00:09:58,640 --> 00:10:00,632
Feel free to read
any of my comics.

221
00:10:04,604 --> 00:10:06,687
And you guys feel free
to sit on my beanbag!

222
00:10:12,028 --> 00:10:14,645
40 cents? Outrageous.

223
00:10:14,864 --> 00:10:16,230
<i>As fate would have it,</i>

224
00:10:16,449 --> 00:10:19,442
<i>the comic I picked up
was called X-Men.</i>

225
00:10:19,661 --> 00:10:21,869
<i>Young mutants
with incredible powers</i>

226
00:10:22,080 --> 00:10:24,117
<i>who were feared
and misunderstood</i>

227
00:10:24,332 --> 00:10:25,994
<i>by the entire world.</i>

228
00:10:26,209 --> 00:10:28,451
Hey, it's about me.

229
00:10:29,754 --> 00:10:31,746
Now, the thing
you have to understand is

230
00:10:31,965 --> 00:10:33,627
<i>Shelly is
incredibly bright.</i>

231
00:10:33,842 --> 00:10:36,755
I mean, his IQ is right up there
with Albert Einstein

232
00:10:37,011 --> 00:10:39,253
and that English
wheelchair fella.

233
00:10:39,514 --> 00:10:41,301
- Cool.
<i>- He's nine years old</i>

234
00:10:41,516 --> 00:10:44,350
and he's in high school, so you
can't judge him like other kids.

235
00:10:44,811 --> 00:10:45,676
- I hear ya.
<i>- George,</i>

236
00:10:45,895 --> 00:10:47,136
tell him about
how he's always going

237
00:10:47,313 --> 00:10:50,181
on and on about
subatomic particles and such.

238
00:10:50,692 --> 00:10:52,274
Oh, he'll get to gabbin'
about it.

239
00:10:52,485 --> 00:10:55,523
We're accustomed
to his quirks and oddities.

240
00:10:55,738 --> 00:10:59,823
But this whole "being afraid
of solid foods" thing,

241
00:11:00,243 --> 00:11:01,529
it's got us thrown.

242
00:11:02,287 --> 00:11:04,404
Okay.
Let me just start by saying

243
00:11:04,622 --> 00:11:05,703
you came to the right place.

244
00:11:06,374 --> 00:11:08,616
<i>Sheldon and I happen
to have a lot in common.</i>

245
00:11:08,835 --> 00:11:10,667
I, too, was
a special little boy.

246
00:11:10,879 --> 00:11:11,915
In the fourth grade,
I was reading

247
00:11:12,130 --> 00:11:13,462
at a seventh grade level.

248
00:11:14,048 --> 00:11:14,879
And I don't have to tell you
where I was

249
00:11:15,091 --> 00:11:16,047
by the seventh grade.

250
00:11:19,179 --> 00:11:20,386
Tenth.

251
00:11:24,767 --> 00:11:26,759
I'm gonna give
the beanbag a whirl.

252
00:11:30,398 --> 00:11:31,479
What are y'all watching?

253
00:11:31,691 --> 00:11:32,772
<i>Little Rascals.</i>

254
00:11:35,486 --> 00:11:37,523
You know most of those kids
are dead, right?

255
00:11:37,739 --> 00:11:38,650
What?

256
00:11:38,865 --> 00:11:41,824
Alfalfa, Stymie, Buckwheat.

257
00:11:42,035 --> 00:11:43,321
Even Petey the dog?

258
00:11:43,536 --> 00:11:45,493
Oh, especially Petey the dog.

259
00:11:45,705 --> 00:11:47,196
Thanks for making it
depressing.

260
00:11:47,415 --> 00:11:48,576
You're very welcome.

261
00:11:48,791 --> 00:11:50,202
Y'all want to go get
some ice cream?

262
00:11:50,418 --> 00:11:51,204
What about dinner?

263
00:11:51,419 --> 00:11:53,160
What about it? Come on.

264
00:11:54,505 --> 00:11:55,666
Is ALF dead?

265
00:11:55,965 --> 00:11:58,002
No, but it's just
a matter of time.

266
00:11:58,968 --> 00:12:01,005
You'd be surprised how many
children have food phobias.

267
00:12:01,221 --> 00:12:03,929
- Is that so?
- Oh, yeah. When I was Sheldon's age,

268
00:12:04,140 --> 00:12:05,221
I was afraid of
that weird skin

269
00:12:05,433 --> 00:12:06,799
- on top of puddin'.
- Really?

270
00:12:07,018 --> 00:12:08,725
Me, too. You know, you put
a little Saran Wrap on...

271
00:12:08,937 --> 00:12:09,973
George.

272
00:12:13,024 --> 00:12:14,014
Sheldon?

273
00:12:14,859 --> 00:12:15,690
Where the hell did he go?

274
00:12:16,694 --> 00:12:17,650
Sheldon?

275
00:12:18,154 --> 00:12:19,190
Couldn't have gone far.

276
00:12:19,697 --> 00:12:20,483
Why not?

277
00:12:21,241 --> 00:12:22,231
Right on, right on.

278
00:12:25,245 --> 00:12:26,201
I checked the bathroom,
the stairs.

279
00:12:26,412 --> 00:12:27,493
He's not in the building.

280
00:12:27,705 --> 00:12:29,196
I'm worried.
No one's answering at home.

281
00:12:29,415 --> 00:12:30,622
Stay calm. We'll find him.

282
00:12:31,125 --> 00:12:31,740
<i>You know,</i>

283
00:12:31,960 --> 00:12:32,746
when I was a kid...

284
00:12:32,961 --> 00:12:34,202
Shut up.

285
00:12:34,921 --> 00:12:35,752
Well...

286
00:12:40,301 --> 00:12:42,759
<i>It wasn't typical
for me to wander out into</i>

287
00:12:42,971 --> 00:12:46,590
<i>the urban jungle on my own,
but I was on a mission.</i>

288
00:12:46,808 --> 00:12:50,768
<i>I had gotten my first taste
of serialized superheroes,</i>

289
00:12:50,979 --> 00:12:52,265
<i>and I needed more.</i>

290
00:13:00,196 --> 00:13:03,234
Excuse me,
do you have <i>X-Men</i> #137?

291
00:13:03,449 --> 00:13:06,237
I'd like to know
what happens next, please.

292
00:13:06,744 --> 00:13:08,701
Back bin in the corner.

293
00:13:10,290 --> 00:13:11,622
What are you doing here?

294
00:13:11,833 --> 00:13:13,165
Oh, hello, Tam.

295
00:13:13,376 --> 00:13:15,459
I thought you said
comic books are for children.

296
00:13:15,753 --> 00:13:17,665
I'm a complicated young man.

297
00:13:21,217 --> 00:13:22,298
I think we should
call the police.

298
00:13:22,510 --> 00:13:24,593
We don't need the police.
We'll find him.

299
00:13:24,804 --> 00:13:26,090
This is all my fault.

300
00:13:26,306 --> 00:13:28,423
He ran away because
we took him to a therapist.

301
00:13:29,142 --> 00:13:30,633
That's $15 we ain't
getting back.

302
00:13:30,852 --> 00:13:32,684
That's what you're
worried about?

303
00:13:33,021 --> 00:13:34,978
No. Course not.

304
00:13:37,525 --> 00:13:39,061
And Sheldon's fine.

305
00:13:39,861 --> 00:13:41,147
You know what he's like.

306
00:13:41,446 --> 00:13:42,186
If someone took him,

307
00:13:42,405 --> 00:13:44,067
I'm sure
they'll bring him right back.

308
00:13:55,793 --> 00:13:57,625
I'm enjoying this,
but I'm having trouble

309
00:13:57,837 --> 00:13:59,373
with the onomatopoeia.

310
00:14:01,382 --> 00:14:02,042
The what?

311
00:14:02,258 --> 00:14:03,624
The onomatopoeia.

312
00:14:03,843 --> 00:14:05,709
Words that imitate sounds.

313
00:14:05,928 --> 00:14:08,341
"Kthoom." "Snikt."

314
00:14:08,681 --> 00:14:09,546
<i>"Bamf."</i>

315
00:14:09,766 --> 00:14:11,723
Writers shouldn't
make up words.

316
00:14:12,310 --> 00:14:14,552
Somebody made up
"onomatopoeia."

317
00:14:17,231 --> 00:14:19,894
You challenge me.
I like that.

318
00:14:28,409 --> 00:14:30,025
Meemaw, are you gonna have
any more babies?

319
00:14:30,244 --> 00:14:31,826
Good Lord, no!

320
00:14:32,038 --> 00:14:33,654
She's too old
to have any more babies.

321
00:14:33,873 --> 00:14:35,830
Don't have to have 'em.
You live long enough,

322
00:14:36,042 --> 00:14:37,658
your hair and your teeth
start falling out,

323
00:14:37,877 --> 00:14:40,164
you start wetting the bed,
you get to be one.

324
00:14:40,380 --> 00:14:41,211
That's funny.

325
00:14:41,422 --> 00:14:43,129
We're gonna have to
put a diaper on you.

326
00:14:43,341 --> 00:14:45,424
You won't be laughing
when you're doing it.

327
00:14:45,760 --> 00:14:46,796
I might be.

328
00:14:50,306 --> 00:14:54,050
Hey, Meemaw, next to Sheldon,
who's smarter, me or Georgie?

329
00:14:54,268 --> 00:14:55,224
Me, of course.

330
00:14:55,520 --> 00:14:56,260
Why you?

331
00:14:56,479 --> 00:14:57,936
My head's bigger.

332
00:14:58,147 --> 00:14:59,604
It doesn't matter.

333
00:14:59,816 --> 00:15:01,853
Tonight is not about Sheldon.

334
00:15:02,568 --> 00:15:05,356
Yeah, right. Everything's
always about Sheldon.

335
00:15:05,571 --> 00:15:06,607
Yeah. Most of the time,

336
00:15:06,823 --> 00:15:08,610
it's like we don't even exist.

337
00:15:09,700 --> 00:15:12,568
I guess Sheldon does get
most of the attention.

338
00:15:12,787 --> 00:15:14,198
Maybe that's a good thing.

339
00:15:15,164 --> 00:15:16,075
How?

340
00:15:16,290 --> 00:15:18,202
Well, if it weren't for him,
your parents would be

341
00:15:18,418 --> 00:15:19,784
on <i>your</i> ass all the time.

342
00:15:20,002 --> 00:15:22,915
Yeah. I guess I never thought
about it that way before.

343
00:15:23,131 --> 00:15:26,215
You kidding me? Right now,
they would be nagging you

344
00:15:26,426 --> 00:15:27,883
about cleaning your room

345
00:15:28,094 --> 00:15:29,505
<i>and doing
your homework.</i>

346
00:15:29,720 --> 00:15:32,963
Instead, you're sitting
in a parking lot,

347
00:15:33,182 --> 00:15:35,094
eating a Blizzard for dinner.

348
00:15:35,309 --> 00:15:37,551
- With cookie dough in it.
<i>- Exactly.</i>

349
00:15:37,770 --> 00:15:41,639
While Sheldon is stuck sitting
in some boring shrink's office.

350
00:15:41,858 --> 00:15:44,271
Mom told me they were
taking him for a haircut.

351
00:15:45,570 --> 00:15:47,562
Oh. Yeah.

352
00:15:47,780 --> 00:15:49,066
Right.

353
00:15:49,282 --> 00:15:52,946
Well, when he gets home,
say his hair looks good.

354
00:16:08,551 --> 00:16:09,257
What?

355
00:16:10,595 --> 00:16:11,631
Nothing.

356
00:16:24,358 --> 00:16:25,269
You want one?

357
00:16:26,277 --> 00:16:27,108
No.

358
00:16:28,196 --> 00:16:29,107
Well...

359
00:16:29,322 --> 00:16:31,689
if you change your mind,
help yourself.

360
00:16:34,285 --> 00:16:36,197
<i>I didn't
have to read many comic books</i>

361
00:16:36,412 --> 00:16:40,326
<i>to understand that
every superhero had a weakness,</i>

362
00:16:40,541 --> 00:16:42,123
<i>something they had to overcome</i>

363
00:16:42,335 --> 00:16:45,453
<i>through an extraordinary act
of courage.</i>

364
00:16:46,589 --> 00:16:49,377
<i>For Cyclops,
it was the loss of Jean Grey.</i>

365
00:16:49,675 --> 00:16:51,758
<i>For Rogue, it was human touch.</i>

366
00:16:51,969 --> 00:16:54,928
<i>For me, it was food
that required chewing.</i>

367
00:16:55,139 --> 00:16:57,973
<i>So if I truly was a mutant,
I would have to do the same.</i>

368
00:17:11,948 --> 00:17:15,407
<i>On this day,
I would not be defeated.</i>

369
00:17:17,828 --> 00:17:19,820
<i>Because this was
the day I became...</i>

370
00:17:21,707 --> 00:17:23,118
<i>...The Chewer.</i>

371
00:17:24,544 --> 00:17:28,504
<i>Just like that,
I overcame my fear of choking.</i>

372
00:17:28,714 --> 00:17:31,206
<i>All that was left
was my fear of dogs,</i>

373
00:17:31,425 --> 00:17:33,462
<i>birds, insects, germs,</i>

374
00:17:33,678 --> 00:17:35,260
<i>hugging, button fly pants,</i>

375
00:17:35,471 --> 00:17:37,463
<i>rivers, ponds, lakes, oceans,</i>

376
00:17:37,682 --> 00:17:40,299
<i>estuaries, corduroy,
root vegetables,</i>

377
00:17:40,518 --> 00:17:42,384
<i>squeaky balloons,
tinted windows,</i>

378
00:17:42,603 --> 00:17:44,390
<i>take a penny, leave a penny,
fireworks,</i>

379
00:17:44,605 --> 00:17:46,767
<i>potbelly stoves, dust bunnies,</i>

380
00:17:46,983 --> 00:17:49,896
<i>that fuzz on peaches. Ugh.</i>

381
00:17:53,281 --> 00:17:55,819
What I find interesting
is how many supervillains

382
00:17:56,033 --> 00:17:58,741
Doctor Octopus,

383
00:17:58,995 --> 00:18:01,863
Doctor Doom, Lex Luthor,

384
00:18:02,081 --> 00:18:04,539
Green Goblin,
the list goes on and on.

385
00:18:04,917 --> 00:18:05,748
So?

386
00:18:05,960 --> 00:18:07,451
So if the world
doesn't respect me,

387
00:18:07,670 --> 00:18:08,956
I might change sides.

388
00:18:12,800 --> 00:18:14,007
Uh-oh.

389
00:18:14,885 --> 00:18:16,001
Good luck.

390
00:18:23,769 --> 00:18:25,761
<i>I tried
to explain to my parents</i>

391
00:18:25,980 --> 00:18:27,937
<i>that a mutant named Cyclops,</i>

392
00:18:28,149 --> 00:18:29,890
<i>who shoots laser beams
out of his eyes,</i>

393
00:18:30,109 --> 00:18:32,101
<i>helped me eat a licorice stick.</i>

394
00:18:32,320 --> 00:18:34,152
<i>Went right over their heads.</i>

