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[adult Sheldon] <i>Previously on</i>
Young Sheldon:

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- The hell's going on?
- Mom thinks I'm crazy.

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I thought we weren't supposed to say that.

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Baby, there's something I need to tell you.

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Dr. Sturgis 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, I'm going to end up like him.

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Oh, baby.

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- See how valuable communication can be?
- You do not take credit for this.

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[adult Sheldon] <i>You never know where
scientific inspiration will strike.</i>

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<i>For Newton, it was under an apple tree.
For Archimedes, it was sitting in a bathtub.</i>

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<i>For me, on this particular day,</i>

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<i>it had a sweaty-people-eating-meat
kind of vibe.</i>

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Sheldon, do you really
have to do that here?

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If the management didn't want me
to solve unified field theory,

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why would they give me a crayon?

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Told you to crack a window
and leave him in the car.

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It occurred to me 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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- Is it okay to set this down?
- I'm busy. Could you come back later?

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- Sheldon, I'm hungry.
- 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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It's getting heavy.

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- We'll be over here if you need us.
- Let's go.

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Bye, ladybug.

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<i>♪ Nobody else is stronger than I am ♪</i>

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<i>♪ Yesterday I moved a mountain ♪</i>

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<i>♪ I bet I could be your hero ♪</i>

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<i>♪ I am a mighty little man ♪</i>

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<i>♪ I am a mighty little man ♪</i>

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Baby, you need to eat something.

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But it looks like I can change the definitions
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 as much as I love you.

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[adult Sheldon]
<i>Richard Feynman was Jewish.</i>

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<i>His mother didn't give him fried okra.</i>

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[groans] What am I missing?

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Wake me up one more time
and I will sneeze in your mittens.

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A big, wet, snotty one.

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- Baby, what are you doing?
- Working.

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- Have you been out here all night?
- No.

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- Why? What time is it?
- Seven thirty.

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Oh, then, yes.

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Son of a...

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- Dad, you busy?
- 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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[sighs] 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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<i>♪ Saying I love you ♪</i>

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<i>♪ Is not the words I want to hear from you ♪</i>

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<i>♪ More than words is all ♪</i>

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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
and he didn't touch a thing.

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He also started biting his nails.
I've never seen him do that before.

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- Is he worried about something?
- He's fixated on some science problem.

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I'm sure he'll solve it 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 you're off to war,

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not in a mental hospital.

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Well...

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He's at war with his inner demons.

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You're right-handed, yeah?

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- You don't know?
- Okay, smart-ass, which one am I?

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I'm right-handed.

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Put this on your left hand.

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- Have you ever thrown a ball before?
- Just rocks at Sheldon.

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- Did you hit him?
- Every time.

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So we got something to work with.

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All right, since you're right-handed,
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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I wasn't even aware I was chewing them.

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I think this math problem
you're working on is stressing you out.

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Makes sense. Einstein struggled with it
for 30 years 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.

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- Sheldon...
- If I stop, I'll lose momentum.

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I'll never solve it. I'll be a failure.
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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Remember, you need to look 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,
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?
- No.

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All right. Sorry.

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If you want, you could say:

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"Even though Nolan Ryan is old,
the Rangers were still smart to get him."

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- That's a real thing?
- 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
I'm not sure how to make myself stop.

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As soon as I think about 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 got radioactive? Science.

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How do you think Bruce Banner
got exposed to gamma rays? Science.

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- All right.
- When the Green Goblin flies...

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- I said, all right.
- Science.

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I know you don't wanna 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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- [upbeat music playing over TV]
<i>- Let's sweat again.</i>

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<i>- Come on, everybody.</i>
- [group cheering]

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Come on, Sheldon.
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
get your head out of your butt.

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<i>Get those hands going.</i>

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<i>Back to the front.</i>

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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, though, am I right?

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I'm thinking about how miserable I am.

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<i>Let's get on that train, can we?</i>

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<i>Back to the front.</i>

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<i>Come on.</i>

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<i>Three. Where are we?</i>

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<i>Four. Count them out for me.</i>

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<i>Five. Come on.</i>

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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. 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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You and Missy looked like
you were having fun today.

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Yeah, we were.

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- A little father-daughter bonding.
- Yeah. It was nice.

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You guys were out there for a while.

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- What were you talking about?
- Oh, you know, just life.

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Sure.

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Everything okay?

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Everything's fine. 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 you?

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I'm wondering if you have any books
on stopping bad habits.

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A few. What habit
are you trying to stop?

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Science.

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- Yowza.
- 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.
- Okay. 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
and the opposite of facts is fiction.

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How about fantasy?

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Magic and dragons.
We have a whole section here.

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Ooh. That sounds intellectually bankrupt.
I'll give it a shot.

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Good news, 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
<i>The Lord of the Rings.</i>

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Well, it's got "the Lord" in it.
That's something.

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That one had some zip on it.

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- Zip's a good thing, right?
- Yes.

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- So it looks like I know what I'm doing?
- Just like a pro.

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- But like a lady pro?
- 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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Because he strikes out all the time.

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No, 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
with her old dad.

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- What are they doing?
- They're bonding. It's great.

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- Sheldon, how's your book?
- Nice pivot.

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Excellent. There's a character
named Gollum

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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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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,
can I have your car?

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This can't be right.

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What now?

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In the letter that Gandalf leaves
for Frodo at the Prancing Pony,

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he says that it's Mid-year's Day,
Shire year 1418.

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However, in Appendix B, it says that
Gandalf met Radagast on June 29th.

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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."
Which word is the relative pronoun?

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- Sheldon.
- Have you read <i>The Lord of the Rings?</i>

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I have, but that's not
what we're doing right now.

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The relative pronoun is "who."

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Did you notice that in <i>Fellowship,</i>

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Elrond says the foundations of Barad-dûr
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,"

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it's clear 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?
- Imagine living with this.

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An hour a day is enough.

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The timeline doesn't make sense.

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I mean, it lists Samwise Gamgee's
birth year as both 2963 and 2980.

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- Maybe he lied about his age.
- Why?

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I don't know. Maybe he thinks his neck
makes him look older than he is.

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He's only in his 30s. That's young.

243
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- Thank you.
- For a Hobbit.

244
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For a human that's mommy-age.

245
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Thank you.

246
00:13:31,478 --> 00:13:33,689
When Frodo and Sam
are riding through the Shire,

247
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the book says the moon went westward,

248
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but according to the calendar Tolkien
created there should've been no moon.

249
00:13:38,527 --> 00:13:40,696
But in the appendix, Tolkien covers himself

250
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by saying there may be mistranslations
from the <i>Red Book.</i>

251
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Fictional Tolkien says that.

252
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I can't help wondering if real Tolkien,
who wrote the book, made the mistake,

253
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or if it was an intentional mistake
made by the fictional Tolkien,

254
00:13:51,540 --> 00:13:55,210
who translated these real-world events
from an original source.

255
00:13:56,920 --> 00:13:59,757
Oh, no. Is that how I sound to people?

256
00:13:59,840 --> 00:14:01,800
Hey, you wanna throw the ball around?

257
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[Missy sobbing]

258
00:14:03,552 --> 00:14:04,762
No. Go away.

259
00:14:06,972 --> 00:14:10,601
- Did something happen at school?
- I don't wanna talk about it.

260
00:14:11,518 --> 00:14:13,479
Okay. Well...

261
00:14:16,023 --> 00:14:18,650
if you change your mind,
you know I'm here for you.

262
00:14:23,697 --> 00:14:25,616
He likes someone else.

263
00:14:42,633 --> 00:14:44,510
I'm sorry, sweetheart.

264
00:14:44,593 --> 00:14:47,388
She doesn't even know who Nolan Ryan is.

265
00:14:48,389 --> 00:14:51,850
- This guy sounds like an idiot.
- He's not. He's perfect.

266
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All right.

267
00:14:56,397 --> 00:14:58,816
- Want me to get your mom?
- No.

268
00:14:59,733 --> 00:15:02,403
- Want me to beat this guy up?
- No.

269
00:15:04,947 --> 00:15:06,031
What can I do?

270
00:15:12,037 --> 00:15:13,038
Nice.

271
00:15:15,791 --> 00:15:17,709
How do you make it curve?

272
00:15:17,793 --> 00:15:19,837
Well, that's a little tricky.

273
00:15:19,920 --> 00:15:22,673
You put two fingers on the seam.

274
00:15:22,756 --> 00:15:24,967
Right? And then you flick your wrist.

275
00:15:25,050 --> 00:15:26,718
- Okay.
- Yeah? Here, you try.

276
00:15:29,096 --> 00:15:32,224
- Oh, I see. There.
- There you go. Right on the stitch there.

277
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Two fingers on it.

278
00:15:34,560 --> 00:15:36,186
- Then you flick your wrist.
- Like that?

279
00:15:36,270 --> 00:15:38,063
There you go. Give her a shot.

280
00:15:39,481 --> 00:15:41,567
[chuckles] Hey, how about that?

281
00:15:41,650 --> 00:15:44,069
Right? Just like a pro, I'm telling you.

282
00:15:45,320 --> 00:15:48,323
- Well, we'll work on that, shall we? [laughs]
- Definitely.

283
00:15:51,160 --> 00:15:52,118
Nice.

284
00:15:52,119 --> 00:15:54,079
["Just Dropped In" playing]

285
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[adult Sheldon] <i>Having found no answers,
I took it upon myself</i>

286
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<i>to rectify the inconsistent timeline
in</i> Lord of the Rings.

287
00:16:01,003 --> 00:16:07,217
<i>J.R.R. Tolkien had a brilliant mind,
but let's be honest, he was no S.L. Cooper.</i>

288
00:16:07,301 --> 00:16:10,846
<i>♪ In a deep dark hole
And then I followed it in ♪</i>

289
00:16:12,723 --> 00:16:16,894
<i>♪ I watched myself crawling out
As I was a-crawling in ♪</i>

290
00:16:16,977 --> 00:16:20,147
- You okay out here?
- I will be once I finish this.

291
00:16:20,230 --> 00:16:23,609
<i>♪ I got up so tight I couldn't unwind ♪</i>

292
00:16:23,692 --> 00:16:26,528
[adult Sheldon] <i>As hard as I tried
to work out a consistent chronology,</i>

293
00:16:26,612 --> 00:16:28,405
<i>I kept running into roadblocks.</i>

294
00:16:29,364 --> 00:16:35,245
<i>♪ I just dropped in to see
What condition my condition was in ♪</i>

295
00:16:35,329 --> 00:16:36,455
What am I missing?

296
00:16:44,713 --> 00:16:47,174
[in Gollum's voice]
We're never going to figures it out.

297
00:16:49,259 --> 00:16:52,513
We can. We're smarts. We're so smarts.

298
00:16:52,596 --> 00:16:54,348
Our brains is precious.

299
00:16:56,016 --> 00:16:59,770
If our brains is precious,
we're wasting it on Hobbitses.

300
00:16:59,853 --> 00:17:01,230
We like sciences.

301
00:17:01,313 --> 00:17:05,067
We took a break from sciences.
It was making us crazy.

302
00:17:05,150 --> 00:17:06,485
And look at us now.

303
00:17:06,568 --> 00:17:09,738
Look at what those nasty Hobbitses
have done to us.

304
00:17:11,782 --> 00:17:14,326
No, it was physicses.

305
00:17:14,409 --> 00:17:16,578
Physicses did this to us.

306
00:17:16,662 --> 00:17:17,663
Hobbitses.

307
00:17:17,746 --> 00:17:18,746
Physicses.

308
00:17:18,747 --> 00:17:19,873
Hobbitses.

309
00:17:20,958 --> 00:17:21,958
[grunts]

310
00:17:23,585 --> 00:17:25,837
- Ow.
- I warned you.

311
00:17:28,173 --> 00:17:29,550
Mom.

312
00:17:29,633 --> 00:17:30,759
Mom.

313
00:17:30,842 --> 00:17:31,842
What's wrong?

314
00:17:31,843 --> 00:17:33,220
I was Gollum and Sméagol.

315
00:17:33,303 --> 00:17:36,348
And I was in a cave fighting
with myself over physics and Hobbits,

316
00:17:36,431 --> 00:17:38,976
and then I realized that
even though physics is frustrating,

317
00:17:39,059 --> 00:17:43,272
it won't turn me into a tormented creature
who bites the heads off fish.

318
00:17:43,355 --> 00:17:44,481
Okay, good night.

319
00:17:47,401 --> 00:17:50,779
I've been doing a great job with Missy.
This one's on you.

320
00:17:58,620 --> 00:18:00,706
[students chattering]

321
00:18:17,973 --> 00:18:19,516
- [boy] Ow!
- [Missy giggles]