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Previously on Young Sheldon...
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What the hell's going on?
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Mom thinks that I'm crazy.
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I thought we weren't supposed
to say stuff like that.
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Baby, there's something
I need to tell you.
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Dr. Sturgis
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is not in the kind of
hospital you think he is.
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What kind of hospital is he in?
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The psychiatric kind.
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And you think since he
and I are both gifted,
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I'm going to end up like him?
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Oh, baby.
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See how valuable a little
communication can be?
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You do not take credit for this.
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ADULT SHELDON: You never know where
scientific inspiration will strike.
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For Newton, it was under an apple tree.
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For Archimedes,
it was sitting in a bathtub.
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For me, on this particular day,
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it had a "sweaty people
eating meat" kind of vibe.
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Sheldon, do you really
have to do that here?
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If the management
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didn't want me to solve
unified field theory,
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why would they give me a crayon?
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I told you to crack a window
and leave him in the car.
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It occurred to me
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that Maxwell's equations
would achieve full symmetry
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by adding a magnetic monopole.
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I drew a ladybug.
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All right, y'all.
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- Oh...
- Is it okay to set this down?
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I'm a little busy.
Could you come back later?
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Sheldon, I'm hungry.
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Let's just sit over there.
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No. We're gonna eat
together as a family.
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Instead of electricity,
we'll have magnetricity.
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[WHISPERS]: It's getting heavy.
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We'll be right over
here if you need us.
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Let's go.
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Bye, ladybug.
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♪ Nobody else is stronger than I am ♪
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♪ Yesterday I moved a mountain ♪
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♪ I bet I could be your hero ♪
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♪ I am a mighty little man ♪
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Baby, you need to eat something.
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But it looks like I can
change the definitions
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of electric and magnetic fields
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and rotate the magnetic charge
away mathematically to zero.
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Maybe some fried okra would help.
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Richard Feynman didn't develop
quantum electrodynamics
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by filling up on fried okra.
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Well, maybe that's because
his mama didn't love him
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as much as I love you.
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ADULT SHELDON: Richard Feynman was Jewish.
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His mother didn't give him fried okra.
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Ugh. What am I missing?
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Wake me up one more time,
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and I will sneeze in your mittens.
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A big, wet, snotty one.
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♪ ♪
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Baby, what are you doing?
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Working.
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Have you been out here all night?
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No. Why, what time is it?
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7:30.
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Oh. Then yes.
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[GRUNTING]
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Son of a...
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Dad, you busy?
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Do I look like I'm busy?
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I can't see what you look like.
You're under the sink.
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[GRUNTS] What do you want?
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Would you teach me
how to throw a baseball?
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What's bringing this on?
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♪ ♪
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♪ Saying I love you ♪
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♪ Is not the words ♪
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♪ I want to hear from you ♪
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♪ More than words ♪
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♪ Is all... ♪
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I don't know, just seems fun.
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Sure, why not?
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Great, I'll get the gloves.
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Not now!
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So, what's new?
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I'm worried about Sheldon.
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I said "new."
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He's not sleeping, he's not eating.
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We went out for barbecue last night,
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and he didn't touch a thing.
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He also started biting his nails.
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I've never seen him do that before.
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Is he worried about something?
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He's fixated on some science problem.
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Well, I'm sure he'll solve it
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and then everything
will go back to normal.
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I hope so.
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What's going on with John?
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Not much.
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We write letters back and forth.
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That's romantic.
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Romantic if he were off to war,
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not in a mental hospital.
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Well, he's at war with his inner demons.
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- You're right-handed, yeah?
- You don't know?
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Okay, smartass, which one am I?
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[EXHALES] I'm right-handed.
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Put this on your left hand.
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You ever thrown a ball before?
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Just rocks at Sheldon.
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Did you hit him?
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Every time.
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So, we got something to work with.
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All right, since you're right-handed,
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which I now know,
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you're gonna bring your arm up
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and follow through like this.
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Okay.
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Nice. You might be a natural.
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I'm not surprised.
This is the arm I color with.
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[WINCES]
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I wasn't even aware I was chewing them.
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Baby, I think this math problem
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you're working on is stressing you out.
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It makes sense. Einstein
struggled with it for 30 years
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and never found a solution.
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Maybe if you stop thinking about
it, it'll just come to you.
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- No. I can't stop.
- Sheldon.
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If I stop, I'll lose momentum.
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I'll never solve it. I'll be a failure.
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My life will be worthless.
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Okay, that's it. You're taking
a break from science.
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Give me one good reason
why I would do that.
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Where is Dr. Sturgis right now?
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That's a good reason.
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All right, remember, you need to look
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right where you want the ball to go.
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Where else would I look?
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Well, in the last five minutes,
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I saw you watch a butterfly,
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a squirrel and the ice cream truck.
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You looked at the ice cream truck, too.
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Which team has a big red "T" on their hat?
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Texas Rangers.
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- Is that a team we like?
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Yeah, that's who most people
around here root for.
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Okay. And what's something
I could say about the Rangers?
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You know, to sound cool.
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- Is this about a boy?
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All right, sorry.
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If you want, you could say,
"Even though Nolan Ryan is old,
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the Rangers were
still smart to get him."
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That's a real thing?
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That's a real thing.
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How old is Nolan Ryan?
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My age.
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Ew.
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I'm so used to thinking about science,
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I'm not sure how to make myself stop.
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As soon as I think about
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not thinking about it,
I'm thinking about it.
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Well, why don't you just think
about something else?
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- Like what?
- I don't know.
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Read a comic book?
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How do you think the spider
that bit Peter Parker
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got radioactive? Science.
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How do you think Bruce Banner
got exposed to gamma rays?
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- Science.
- All right.
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When the Green Goblin flies...
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- I said all right.
- Science.
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I know you don't want to hear this,
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but I find prayer can bring
incredible peace of mind.
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Come on, Mary, I'm trying to help the kid.
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You just need a new hobby.
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Very well. What are yours?
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Smoking, drinking and gambling.
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But we can find you
something almost as fun.
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Let's sweat again!
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Come on, everybody!
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MEEMAW: Come on, Sheldon.
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Let's get that blood pumping.
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- I'd rather not.
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Do it. A little exercise will help
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get your head out of your butt.
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[CHEERING OVER TV]
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RICHARD SIMMONS: Get those hands going.
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Back to the front.
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What do you think?
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I think I hate this.
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Well, you're not thinking
about science now, am I right?
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I'm thinking about how miserable I am.
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SIMMONS: Let's get on that train. Can we?
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Back to the front. Come on.
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Three.
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Yes. Four. Count them out for me!
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Five. Uh-huh.
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B-14.
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B-14.
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What else you got?
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Are you positive other people's
fingers haven't been in this?
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I made sure to get you a new one.
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- It doesn't look new.
- It's new.
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Let her rip.
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I'm still thinking about science.
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That's okay.
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Just aim for the front pin.
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♪ ♪
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You and Missy looked like
you were having fun today.
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Uh, yeah, we were.
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A little father-daughter bonding.
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[CHUCKLES] Yeah. It was nice.
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Hmm. You guys were out there for a while.
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What were you talking about?
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Oh, you know, just... life.
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Sure.
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Everything okay?
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Everything's fine.
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Nothing to worry about.
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You're really not gonna tell me?
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No.
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Hey there, Sheldon. What can I do for ya?
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I'm wondering if you have any books
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on stopping bad habits.
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A few. What habit are you trying to stop?
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- Science.
- Yowza.
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It's not permanent.
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I'm just looking to take a break.
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I've heard that one before.
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What did you take a break from?
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Happiness.
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Okay.
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I've tried a few different activities,
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but whatever I do just
leads me back to science.
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Well, let's think about it.
What's the opposite of science?
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Science is based in facts,
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and the opposite of facts is fiction.
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How about fantasy?
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Magic and dragons.
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We have a whole section here.
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Ooh, that sounds
intellectually bankrupt.
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I'll give it a shot.
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Good news.
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I found a way to take
a break from science.
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That's great. What is it?
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A fantasy book series
called The Lord of the Rings.
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Well, it's got "the Lord" in it.
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That's something.
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That one had some zip on it.
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Zip's a good thing, right?
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Yes.
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So it looks like I know what I'm doing?
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Just like a pro.
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But like a lady pro?
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Oh, yes. Very much.
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Is there anything else good
I could say about the Rangers?
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Uh, let's see.
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Tell whoever's interested
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that no one's ever gonna touch
Nolan Ryan's strikeout record.
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'Cause he strikes out all the time.
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[CHUCKLES]: No.
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Because he throws strikeouts all the time.
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Oh. Big difference.
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Dinner's ready.
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Five more minutes?
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She wants five more minutes
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with her ole dad.
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What are they doing out there?
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They're bonding. It's great.
Sheldon, how's your book?
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Nice pivot.
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SHELDON: Excellent. There's a character
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named Gollum who was corrupted
by the Ring of Power.
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Now he runs around naked and
bites the heads off fish.
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MEEMAW: That's called sushi.
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Which, by the way, I
will die before I eat.
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Speaking of dying, when you do,
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can I have your car?
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This can't be right.
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[GROANS]
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What now?
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In the letter that Gandalf
leaves for Frodo
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at The Prancing Pony, he says
that it's Mid-year's Day,
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Shire year 1418. However,
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in Appendix B, it says
that Gandalf met Radagast
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on June 29, which is impossible because...
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Hey!
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Next time, it's my shoe.
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And I will put zip on it.
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"The man who lived in the town was tall."
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Which word is the relative pronoun?
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Sheldon.
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Have you read The Lord of the Rings?
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Um, I have,
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but that's not what we're
really doing right now.
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The relative pronoun is "who."
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Now, did you notice that in Fellowship,
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Elrond says that the
foundations of Barad-dûr
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were made with the One Ring?
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Let's say sure.
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However, in Appendix B,
"The Tale of Years," it's clear
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that Sauron began building
Barad-dûr in Second Age 1000,
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600 years before the ring was forged.
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Georgie.
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Imagine living with this.
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An hour a day is enough.
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The timeline doesn't make
sense. I mean, it lists
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Samwise Gamgee's birth year as both
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2963 and 2980.
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Maybe he lied about his age.
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- Why?
- I don't know. Maybe he thinks
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his neck makes him
look older than he is.
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But he's only in his 30s.
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That's young.
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Thank you.
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For a hobbit. For a human,
that's mommy-age.
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Thank you.
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When Frodo and Sam
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are riding through the
Shire, the book says
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the moon went westward,
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but according to the
calendar Tolkien created,
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there should have been no moon visible.
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But in the appendix,
Tolkien covers himself
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by saying there may be mistranslations
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from the Red Book.
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Fictional Tolkien says that,
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but I can't help
wondering if real Tolkien,
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who wrote the book, made the mistake
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or if it was an intentional mistake
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made by the fictional Tolkien,
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who translated these real-world events
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from an original source.
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Oh, no.
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Is that how I sound to people?
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Hey! You want to throw the ball around?
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[CRYING]
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No, go away.
336
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Did something happen at school?
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I don't want to talk about it.
338
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Okay. Well...
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You change your mind,
you know I'm here for you.
340
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He likes someone else.
341
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I'm sorry, sweetheart.
342
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She doesn't even know who Nolan Ryan is.
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This guy sounds like an idiot.
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He's not. He's perfect.
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All right.
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Want me to get your mom?
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No.
348
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You want me to beat this guy up?
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No. [SNIFFLES]
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What can I do?
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[SNIFFLES]
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Nice.
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How do you make it curve?
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Well, that's a little tricky.
355
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You... you put two fingers on the seam.
356
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Right? And then you flick your wrist.
357
00:15:22,000 --> 00:15:23,611
- Okay.
- Yeah? Here, try it.
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Two... Oh, so there.
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There you go, right on the stitch there.
360
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Two fingers on it.
361
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- Then at the end, you flick your wrist.
- Like that?
362
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There you go. Give her a shot.
363
00:15:35,867 --> 00:15:38,345
[LAUGHS]: Hey! How about that?
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Right? Just like a pro, I'm telling you.
365
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Well, we'll work on that, shall we?
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- Definitely.
- [LAUGHS]
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Nice.
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♪ Yeah, yeah, oh, yeah ♪
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ADULT SHELDON: Having found no answers,
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I took it upon myself to rectify
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the inconsistent timeline
in Lord of the Rings.
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J.R.R. Tolkien had a brilliant mind,
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but let's be honest.
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He was no S.L. Cooper.
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♪ In a deep, dark hole ♪
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♪ And then I followed it in ♪
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♪ I watched myself crawlin' out... ♪
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You okay out here?
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I will be once I finish this.
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♪ I got up so tight... ♪
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ADULT SHELDON: As hard as I tried
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to work out a consistent chronology,
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I kept running into roadblocks.
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♪ I just dropped in ♪
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♪ To see what condition ♪
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♪ My condition was in... ♪
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[SIGHS] What am I missing?
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[AS GOLLUM]: We're never going
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to figures it out.
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[SNARLING]
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[AS SMÉAGOL]: We can,
we're smarts. We're so smarts.
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Our brains is precious.
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[SNARLING]
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[AS GOLLUM]: If our brains is precious,
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we're wasting it on hobbitses.
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We like sciences.
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[AS SMÉAGOL]: We took
a break from sciences.
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It was making us crazy.
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[AS GOLLUM]: And look at us now.
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00:17:03,454 --> 00:17:06,823
Look at what those nasty
hobbitses have done to us.
401
00:17:08,705 --> 00:17:11,053
[AS SMÉAGOL]: No, it was physicses.
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00:17:11,056 --> 00:17:13,535
Physicses did this to us.
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00:17:13,538 --> 00:17:14,667
[AS GOLLUM]: Hobbitses.
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00:17:14,670 --> 00:17:15,800
[AS SMÉAGOL]: Physicses.
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00:17:15,803 --> 00:17:17,063
[AS GOLLUM]: Hobbitses.
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[GRUNTING]
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Ow.
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00:17:21,421 --> 00:17:23,031
I warned you.
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00:17:24,921 --> 00:17:27,214
Mom. Mom.
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00:17:27,217 --> 00:17:28,761
- [SNORING]
- What's wrong?
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00:17:28,764 --> 00:17:30,721
I was Gollum and Sméagol
and I was in a cave
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fighting with myself
over physics and hobbits.
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00:17:33,287 --> 00:17:35,917
And then I realized that even
though physics is frustrating,
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it won't turn me into
a tormented creature
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who bites the heads off fish.
416
00:17:39,926 --> 00:17:41,928
Okay, good night.
417
00:17:42,832 --> 00:17:44,353
[SIGHS]
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00:17:44,356 --> 00:17:46,138
I've been doing a great job with Missy.
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00:17:46,141 --> 00:17:47,491
This one's on you.
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00:17:55,410 --> 00:17:58,413
[INDISTINCT CHATTER, LAUGHTER]
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- MARCUS: Ow!
- [MISSY LAUGHS]
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