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Previously on
Young Sheldon...

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Did we talk about going home
from the bar together? Sure.

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But nothing actually happened.

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Kind of feels like it.

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It does feel like it.

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Why does it feel like it?

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-Hi, Mary.
-Hey, John.

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What are you doing here?

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Well, I lost my job,

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so, while I'm figuring things
out, I'm a bag boy.

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Aren't you
a little overqualified?

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(whispers):
Very.

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You've got a PhD.

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You're the smartest person here.

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Well...

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ADULT SHELDON:
In physics,

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potential energy is
a fascinating topic.

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Objects like springs store
energy when they're coiled,

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waiting to unleash
their full potential

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and soar to the heavens.

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Would you look at me go!

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Even in toy form,
I'm shooting for the stars.

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While the potential energy
of an object

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can be measured in absolutes,

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human potential
remains more elusive.

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Sometimes, people seem to have
all the potential in the world,

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but for some reason
stay stuck to the ground.

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But why are you wasting
your time here

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when you could be
doing science?

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I told you, I'm happy here.

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How could you be happy?

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You have a doctorate in physics,
and you're sticking labels

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to a case of beans.

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I had to work here
a month

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before they let me use
this thing.

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And yet, I could go buy
a real gun on my lunch break.

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Ha! Texas, huh?

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But don't you miss
trying to unlock

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the secrets of the universe?

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Sheldon, I spent my life
chasing theoreticals.

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Here, I have
tangible accomplishments

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and I get to listen to relaxing
Top 40 music.

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Do you know this band,
Air Supply?

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They're terrific.

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♪ I'm all out of love ♪

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♪ I'm so lost without you ♪

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♪ I know you were right ♪

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♪ Believing... ♪

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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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♪ I am a mighty little man. ♪

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Hey.
Hmm?

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What kind of things
you and Darlene do when,

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-you know, you go out on a date?
-Oh.

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All kinds of stuff.

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But it doesn't matter
what we do

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as long as we're together.

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Looking for a thing to do here.

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All right.

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Nice to see you're thinking
about your wife.

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I'm trying.

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Darlene and I love
to go line dancing.

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-Next.
-Let's see.

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There's the Roundabout.

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What's that?

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It's a roller rink.

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They have cool lights and a DJ.

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It's like a disco.

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So, when I said no
to line dancing,

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you thought,
"Let's put George on wheels."

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Ooh.

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Take her bowling.

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(bowling ball rolling)

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(bowling pins clatter)

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I don't want to take her
bowling.
Fine.

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But it doesn't matter
where you go.

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She's just gonna be happy
you're trying.

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I hope so.

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It's nice to see I'm
finally rubbing off on you.

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I am capable of being
a decent husband.

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Oh, of course you are.

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(chuckles):
Don't patronize me.

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I could stop, but then
what will we have left?

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DALE: Well, we don't carry
hockey skates.

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Uh, heck, I know of
a place up north

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where you can find them.

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It's called Canada.

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(knocking)

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You're early.

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I was sitting in algebra
and realized,

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don't know what "X" is,
don't care what "X" is.

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Boy, I hear "ex"
and I think of a woman

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who took half my stuff.

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-That's my problem.
-Mind if I change?

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Yeah, please, go right ahead.

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Why else would I have
a private bathroom?

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Thanks.

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(door closes)

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Did you like school?
Hated it.

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I quit and I joined the Army.

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How was that?

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Less girls,
more getting shot at.

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Well, at least you made it out
alive.

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Well, then I got
married.

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Made me kind of
miss getting shot at.

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Have you ever been happy?

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Ooh, let's see.

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No.

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Could you not do that
in front of me?

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(birds chirping)

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(keys jingle)

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I need your help.
(gasps)

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Why are you in my car?

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Well, I was waiting outside,

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but then an angry squirrel
forced me to seek shelter.

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What do you want?

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I need you to talk
to Dr. Sturgis.

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He's wasting his time
working in a grocery store.

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-Oh, then the rumor is true?
-Yes.

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Good, I spread it heavily
at the faculty mixer.

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Well, please.

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He won't listen to me.

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I'm hoping you can talk
some sense into him.

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Sheldon, he's a grown man.

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Perhaps in a little apron
with a nametag--

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is how I'm picturing it.

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-That's exactly right.
-Excellent.

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So, will you talk to him?

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Look, if he doesn't want to
come back,

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I certainly can't force him.

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But he's wasting his potential.

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(sighs)

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I'm just curious,
if he were to come back,

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would you spend
more time with him,

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and therefore less time with me?

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I suppose so. Why?

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No reason. Get out.

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(chuckles) John.

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Hello, Grant.
What brings you here?

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Well, I'm here to convince you
to come back to the university.

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A mind like yours
needs to be working

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on the advancement of science.

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Well, I did that for 50 years.

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Now I'm content just keeping
these cucumbers crunchy.

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But exciting new things
are happening in string theory.

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Don't you want to be
a part of that?

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Wasting years scrambling away
at the academic hamster wheel?

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Constantly worried

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that your life's work is just
one big dead end?

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Sure, some paths of research
may not pan out,

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but we still have to try, right?

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Do we?

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-Of course.
-I don't know.

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Einstein spent
the last 30 years of his life

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on the grand unified field
theory and got nowhere.

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Well, I wouldn't say nowhere,

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but I suppose
he never did crack it.

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And to this day, no one has.

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True.
In fact,

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most of his major
accomplishments occurred

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when he was a young man,

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which you and I
most certainly are not.

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Sometimes I look in the mirror
and I think, "Who is that?"

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Would you like to give
these cucumbers a spritz?

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No, thank you.

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Do you sell liquor here?

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(knocking on door)

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You wanted to see me?

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Actually, I wanted to see you
yesterday,

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but you weren't in school.

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You noticed that, huh?

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I've noticed it a lot lately.

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Level with me, son.

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Is it drinking? Drugs?

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Actually, it's work.

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Oh. I don't think I have
a pamphlet for that.

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You sure you didn't get
a girl in trouble?

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You will at some point,
just take it.

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My boss has been letting me
pick up some extra hours.

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You just can't ditch school.

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It's not like I'm going
to college.

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Son, a diploma's important.

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Why?

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At least at work I'm getting
actual experience

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and making money.

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Well, you saying
you're gonna drop out?

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I guess I am.

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Does your father know
about this?

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No.

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Don't you think you
should tell him?

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I don't really want to.

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Well, if you don't tell him,
I'm going to.

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That'd be great.

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You're the best.

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You never know.

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Come on, Mom,
don't you wish you were

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watching television, too?

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JANET (on TV):
Clarissa Marie Darling...

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You look nice.

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Oh, no,
are we going to church?

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No, your father and I
have a date night.

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Why?
Don't you have enough kids?

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That is not what
date night means.

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(door closes)

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Georgie here?

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He's in his room.

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What's going on?

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-George?
-Oh, good, more drama.

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What the hell is wrong
with you?

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MARY:
What is going on?

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He's dropping
out of school.

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What?!
Oh, no, you're not.

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It's not a big deal.

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You better believe
it's a big deal.

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You are finishing high school,
end of discussion.

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It's my life.

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It's my house.

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If you're don't go to school,
you can't live here.

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Hold on, we are not
kicking him out.

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The hell we're not!

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I'll pack right now.

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Stop, you don't have to go.

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Yes, he does.
My house, my rules.

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It is my house, too.

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-Oh, really?
-Yes, really.

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(knocking)

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Is Dale here?

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Yeah, what's up?

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I would like to have
a word with him.

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Better him than me.
Have at it.

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Dale, Mary
coming in hot!

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Did you tell Georgie
to drop out of school?

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What? No.

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Well, he did, and you had
something to do with it.

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Well, no, he was just
complaining about school

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and I told him I dropped out.

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Dale,

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you know that
he looks up to you.

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He does, doesn't he?

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Which is why
you need to tell him

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that he is making a big mistake.

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Oh, I don't think I can do that.

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Why not?

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Well, I don't believe he is.

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How could you say that?

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I did it,
worked out fine.

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Will you back me up here,
please?

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I agree with him.

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You do?

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You do?

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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MEEMAW:
The kid's a natural salesman.

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I mean, school's not gonna help
with that.

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So, you are fine with your
grandson throwing his life away

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so that he can sell fishing rods
and baseball bats?

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Excuse me,
those fishing rods provided

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a nice life for me
and my family.

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What family?

262
00:09:41,081 --> 00:09:43,166
You're divorced,
and your kids don't talk to you.

263
00:09:43,250 --> 00:09:45,043
Help me out here.

264
00:09:45,126 --> 00:09:48,671
A diploma would not
have made his life better.

265
00:09:48,755 --> 00:09:51,174
Thank you. What she said.

266
00:09:52,133 --> 00:09:53,843
GEORGE SR.:
She really took his side?

267
00:09:53,927 --> 00:09:55,636
I don't want to
talk about that.

268
00:09:55,720 --> 00:09:57,013
I thought you two
had date night.

269
00:09:57,097 --> 00:09:58,473
I don't want to talk about that,
either.

270
00:09:58,557 --> 00:10:00,183
Why isn't Georgie eating
with us?

271
00:10:00,267 --> 00:10:02,018
Let's talk about anything else.

272
00:10:02,102 --> 00:10:04,687
Ooh. Perhaps this is a good time
for a physics joke.

273
00:10:04,771 --> 00:10:06,356
It isn't.

274
00:10:06,440 --> 00:10:08,024
That's the cool thing
about physics, time is relative.

275
00:10:08,108 --> 00:10:09,943
Okay, here we go.

276
00:10:10,026 --> 00:10:13,071
Why was the pirate worried that
his shoes were less than "H"?

277
00:10:14,322 --> 00:10:16,783
Because he had to walk
the Planck.

278
00:10:18,368 --> 00:10:19,953
Get it?
Because Max Planck is

279
00:10:20,036 --> 00:10:21,746
a famous physicist
who discovered a constant

280
00:10:21,829 --> 00:10:23,540
which is represented by "H."
And then he...

281
00:10:23,622 --> 00:10:26,000
If Georgie's kicked out,
can I have his room?

282
00:10:26,084 --> 00:10:27,377
We are not kicking Georgie out.

283
00:10:27,461 --> 00:10:28,878
You want to start this up again?

284
00:10:28,962 --> 00:10:30,505
Or can we just be mad
at your mom and Dale?

285
00:10:30,589 --> 00:10:32,549
And Georgie.
Thank you.
And Georgie.

286
00:10:32,632 --> 00:10:33,841
Let's just eat.

287
00:10:36,553 --> 00:10:38,888
So can anyone drop out or do
you need to be a certain age?

288
00:10:38,972 --> 00:10:40,599
You are not dropping
out of school.

289
00:10:40,681 --> 00:10:43,351
Until you're 16-- then
they legally can't stop you.

290
00:10:43,435 --> 00:10:44,352
Good to know.

291
00:10:44,436 --> 00:10:45,353
This is exactly

292
00:10:45,437 --> 00:10:46,729
what I was afraid of.

293
00:10:46,813 --> 00:10:48,607
What do you want me
to do about it?

294
00:10:48,689 --> 00:10:50,567
I would encourage you to love
and nurture the one child

295
00:10:50,650 --> 00:10:52,986
you have
who's destined for success.

296
00:10:53,069 --> 00:10:55,322
(knocking)

297
00:10:57,616 --> 00:11:00,368
Dale, it's for you!

298
00:11:00,452 --> 00:11:01,620
What are you thinking?!

299
00:11:01,702 --> 00:11:02,954
I'm thinking I should've
went home

300
00:11:03,037 --> 00:11:04,456
after your wife left.

301
00:11:04,539 --> 00:11:06,124
Georgie's only got
one more year of school,

302
00:11:06,207 --> 00:11:07,875
and then he can do
whatever he wants.

303
00:11:07,959 --> 00:11:10,253
I don't want to come
between you and your family.

304
00:11:10,337 --> 00:11:11,463
Too late.

305
00:11:11,546 --> 00:11:13,298
Listen, I know
you're upset,

306
00:11:13,381 --> 00:11:15,425
but the person you
ought to be yelling at

307
00:11:15,509 --> 00:11:17,385
is Georgie, not us.

308
00:11:17,469 --> 00:11:19,095
I yelled at him--
it didn't help!

309
00:11:19,179 --> 00:11:20,138
Is this helping?

310
00:11:20,221 --> 00:11:22,516
A little, yes.

311
00:11:22,599 --> 00:11:24,058
So I'm datin' a dropout?

312
00:11:24,142 --> 00:11:26,603
No, you're datin' a guy
with a full-time job.

313
00:11:26,685 --> 00:11:28,729
And your parents are
okay with this?

314
00:11:28,813 --> 00:11:30,898
They'll come around.

315
00:11:31,732 --> 00:11:33,568
By the way, can I
crash at your place?

316
00:11:33,652 --> 00:11:35,403
No!

317
00:11:35,487 --> 00:11:36,988
My father already doesn't think
you're good enough for me.

318
00:11:37,071 --> 00:11:38,739
And I don't want him
to know he's right.

319
00:11:38,823 --> 00:11:40,074
He's not right!

320
00:11:40,158 --> 00:11:41,826
He might be a little right.

321
00:11:41,909 --> 00:11:44,496
I thought you'd be
more supportive.

322
00:11:44,579 --> 00:11:46,623
And I thought we were
gonna be seniors together.

323
00:11:46,705 --> 00:11:48,958
Homecoming court,
prom king and queen.

324
00:11:49,042 --> 00:11:51,336
Voted most likely
to stay together forever.

325
00:11:51,419 --> 00:11:52,879
We can still
stay together.

326
00:11:53,087 --> 00:11:55,382
They can't vote for you
if you're not a senior!

327
00:11:58,343 --> 00:12:00,387
I don't think
this is gonna work out.

328
00:12:00,470 --> 00:12:02,430
You're breakin'
up with me?

329
00:12:02,514 --> 00:12:05,099
Yeah.
You're serious?

330
00:12:05,183 --> 00:12:07,268
I feel like I don't have
a choice.

331
00:12:08,853 --> 00:12:11,398
Fine, as a workin' man
I shouldn't be

332
00:12:11,481 --> 00:12:14,401
dating a girl in high school
anyway-- it's immature.

333
00:12:15,318 --> 00:12:16,777
Just take me home.

334
00:12:16,861 --> 00:12:18,321
'Cause it's a school night?

335
00:12:18,405 --> 00:12:20,574
How cute.

336
00:12:25,620 --> 00:12:27,080
Take me back.
No.

337
00:12:27,163 --> 00:12:28,707
-Dang it.
- (phone ringing)

338
00:12:28,789 --> 00:12:30,584
This is Grant Linkletter.

339
00:12:30,667 --> 00:12:32,793
I'm not home,
please leave a message.

340
00:12:32,877 --> 00:12:34,170
(machine beeps)

341
00:12:34,295 --> 00:12:36,005
SHELDON:
Dr. Linkletter, Sheldon Cooper.

342
00:12:36,089 --> 00:12:37,549
I haven't heard back from you.

343
00:12:37,632 --> 00:12:39,426
I hope everything went well
with Dr. Sturgis.

344
00:12:39,509 --> 00:12:42,220
Perhaps you two got caught up
discussing physics.

345
00:12:42,303 --> 00:12:44,763
Time does fly
when you're having fun.

346
00:12:44,847 --> 00:12:46,891
So what does it
all mean, John?

347
00:12:46,974 --> 00:12:49,018
Maybe you should
ask someone

348
00:12:49,102 --> 00:12:51,563
who isn't drinking
on a park bench.

349
00:12:51,646 --> 00:12:53,022
(both laugh)

350
00:12:53,106 --> 00:12:54,649
You work
your whole life.

351
00:12:54,733 --> 00:12:56,859
It all seems so important
at the time, but is it?

352
00:12:56,943 --> 00:12:58,903
That's a good question.

353
00:12:58,986 --> 00:13:01,948
It puts me in mind
of, uh, Camus'

354
00:13:02,031 --> 00:13:04,618
The Myth of Siphisus...

355
00:13:04,701 --> 00:13:06,661
Siphaphis...

356
00:13:06,745 --> 00:13:09,122
-Sisyphus.
-That's the guy.

357
00:13:09,205 --> 00:13:11,249
Every day

358
00:13:11,332 --> 00:13:14,085
he rolled the rock
up the mountain,

359
00:13:14,168 --> 00:13:15,794
and every day

360
00:13:15,878 --> 00:13:18,172
it rolled back down.

361
00:13:18,256 --> 00:13:19,758
That's what it seems like.

362
00:13:19,840 --> 00:13:21,092
But you escaped.

363
00:13:21,175 --> 00:13:22,594
You stopped rolling
that rock.

364
00:13:22,677 --> 00:13:24,763
Well, that's
what I thought.

365
00:13:24,845 --> 00:13:28,433
But every single bag
of groceries

366
00:13:28,516 --> 00:13:32,019
I fill, there's another one
right behind it.

367
00:13:32,103 --> 00:13:34,939
So what do we do
about it?

368
00:13:35,022 --> 00:13:36,399
We sing.

369
00:13:36,483 --> 00:13:38,192
What do we sing?

370
00:13:38,276 --> 00:13:42,447
♪ When you're too old to work ♪

371
00:13:42,530 --> 00:13:45,533
♪ And you're too young to die ♪

372
00:13:45,617 --> 00:13:47,910
♪ Who will take care of you? ♪

373
00:13:47,994 --> 00:13:49,828
♪ How will you get by? ♪

374
00:13:49,912 --> 00:13:52,582
♪ When you're too old to work ♪

375
00:13:52,666 --> 00:13:56,043
♪ And you're too young to die? ♪

376
00:13:56,127 --> 00:13:57,712
I don't think I know that one.

377
00:13:57,796 --> 00:13:58,921
(grunts)

378
00:13:59,005 --> 00:14:02,049
Do you know "Lollipop"?

379
00:14:02,133 --> 00:14:06,053
♪ Lollipop, lollipop, ooh,
lolli, lollipop, lollipop ♪

380
00:14:06,137 --> 00:14:08,222
♪ Lollipop, ooh,
lolli, lollipop ♪

381
00:14:08,306 --> 00:14:11,225
♪ Lollipop, lollipop, ooh,
lolli, lolli, lolli ♪

382
00:14:11,309 --> 00:14:12,811
-♪ Lollipop ♪
-(both pop)

383
00:14:12,893 --> 00:14:14,270
(vocalizes)

384
00:14:14,354 --> 00:14:16,815
♪ Lollipop, lollipop,
lolli, lolli ♪

385
00:14:16,939 --> 00:14:18,817
♪ Lolli, lollipop, lollipop ♪

386
00:14:18,899 --> 00:14:20,401
♪ Lolli, lolli, lollipop... ♪

387
00:14:20,610 --> 00:14:23,154
I bet those losers dropped
out of high school, too.

388
00:14:23,237 --> 00:14:25,490
-♪ Lollipop ♪
-(both pop, vocalizing)

389
00:14:28,034 --> 00:14:29,369
Sorry I got riled up.

390
00:14:29,452 --> 00:14:30,620
Don't worry about it.

391
00:14:30,787 --> 00:14:32,288
Mary's over here
all the time yellin'

392
00:14:32,497 --> 00:14:34,499
about something-- it was
a pleasant change of pace.

393
00:14:34,582 --> 00:14:36,793
(knocking)

394
00:14:38,712 --> 00:14:39,920
What are you doin' here?

395
00:14:40,004 --> 00:14:41,548
What are you doin' here?

396
00:14:41,631 --> 00:14:43,049
I was hopin'
to stay here tonight.

397
00:14:43,132 --> 00:14:44,175
Well, you can't.

398
00:14:44,258 --> 00:14:45,385
This ain't your house.

399
00:14:45,468 --> 00:14:46,636
It ain't yours, either.

400
00:14:46,720 --> 00:14:47,970
It's my house,
and I get to say

401
00:14:48,054 --> 00:14:49,806
who stays
and who goes.

402
00:14:49,889 --> 00:14:51,140
Okay, well, I'll be going.

403
00:14:51,224 --> 00:14:52,642
Oh, you're staying.

404
00:14:52,726 --> 00:14:54,853
You can go.

405
00:14:54,935 --> 00:14:56,646
Lucky.

406
00:14:56,730 --> 00:14:58,981
How come Sheldon doesn't
help with the dishes?

407
00:14:59,065 --> 00:15:01,150
When you do their taxes,
I'll do the dishes.

408
00:15:01,234 --> 00:15:02,777
If you don't like
washing dishes,

409
00:15:02,861 --> 00:15:04,487
that is a good reason
to stay in school

410
00:15:04,571 --> 00:15:06,406
and get your diploma.

411
00:15:06,489 --> 00:15:08,867
You have a high school diploma,
and you wash dishes every day.

412
00:15:08,949 --> 00:15:10,535
Thank you. Helpful.

413
00:15:10,618 --> 00:15:13,246
Although I do think Missy
should stay in school.

414
00:15:13,329 --> 00:15:15,081
You think everyone
should stay in school.

415
00:15:15,289 --> 00:15:17,667
Well, I understand why someone
like Georgie would rather work,

416
00:15:17,751 --> 00:15:20,336
but if you drop out,
I think you would regret it.

417
00:15:20,420 --> 00:15:21,546
Why?

418
00:15:21,755 --> 00:15:22,839
Historically,
women in the workplace

419
00:15:22,921 --> 00:15:24,048
have been undervalued.

420
00:15:24,131 --> 00:15:25,174
You don't want to make it easier

421
00:15:25,258 --> 00:15:26,760
for people to do that to you.

422
00:15:26,843 --> 00:15:28,135
He's right.

423
00:15:28,219 --> 00:15:29,888
Not a problem
if I marry a rich guy.

424
00:15:29,970 --> 00:15:31,681
You should marry
someone for love.

425
00:15:31,765 --> 00:15:34,851
You married Dad for love
and there's a lot of bickering.

426
00:15:34,934 --> 00:15:37,061
-That's not true.
-Thank you.

427
00:15:37,144 --> 00:15:38,938
She married him
'cause she was pregnant.

428
00:15:39,021 --> 00:15:40,815
I can finish these
up on my own.

429
00:15:40,899 --> 00:15:42,942
Good, I have a date
with Fresh Prince

430
00:15:43,025 --> 00:15:45,361
who by the way is so rich.

431
00:15:45,445 --> 00:15:46,446
(groans)

432
00:15:46,529 --> 00:15:47,864
Okay, here's the deal.

433
00:15:47,947 --> 00:15:50,366
You get one night here,
then you're out.

434
00:15:50,450 --> 00:15:52,619
You're not being very
grandmotherly right now.

435
00:15:52,702 --> 00:15:54,287
Where's the milk?
Where's the cookies?

436
00:15:54,370 --> 00:15:56,122
Do you believe
this kid?

437
00:15:56,205 --> 00:15:58,249
I could go for a cookie.

438
00:15:58,332 --> 00:15:59,751
No one's gettin' a cookie!

439
00:15:59,834 --> 00:16:01,419
One night here is fine.

440
00:16:01,502 --> 00:16:02,962
I'll be workin' more hours
now so I'll be able

441
00:16:03,087 --> 00:16:05,131
-to get my own place soon.
-Yeah, about that.

442
00:16:05,214 --> 00:16:07,967
I can't let you work
full-time at the store.

443
00:16:08,050 --> 00:16:10,010
What? Why not?

444
00:16:10,094 --> 00:16:11,721
Well, your parents are
pretty upset.

445
00:16:11,805 --> 00:16:13,389
I'm not gonna get
in the middle of that.

446
00:16:13,473 --> 00:16:15,767
I'll just get a job
somewhere else.

447
00:16:15,850 --> 00:16:17,560
That's your business.

448
00:16:17,644 --> 00:16:20,271
-(doorbell rings)
-For God's sake.

449
00:16:20,354 --> 00:16:22,857
Who's left that I know?

450
00:16:24,191 --> 00:16:25,777
Finally!

451
00:16:25,860 --> 00:16:27,904
The right house!

452
00:16:29,489 --> 00:16:31,365
(door closes)

453
00:16:32,533 --> 00:16:33,785
Kids in bed?

454
00:16:33,868 --> 00:16:35,328
Not all of 'em.

455
00:16:35,411 --> 00:16:37,872
Mary, if we let Georgie
stay here,

456
00:16:37,956 --> 00:16:40,834
we're just makin'
this all too easy for him.

457
00:16:40,917 --> 00:16:42,877
I don't want to fight.

458
00:16:42,961 --> 00:16:46,088
I just want to know
that our son is okay.

459
00:16:46,172 --> 00:16:48,090
He's fine.

460
00:16:48,174 --> 00:16:50,551
He's stayin'
at your mom's.

461
00:16:50,635 --> 00:16:53,429
(exhales) Well,
that's something.

462
00:16:54,681 --> 00:16:56,724
Although, where does she get off

463
00:16:56,808 --> 00:16:58,434
thinking that it's a good idea

464
00:16:58,518 --> 00:17:00,102
for him to drop out of school

465
00:17:00,186 --> 00:17:01,855
and then lettin' him

466
00:17:01,938 --> 00:17:03,564
live with her after he does it.

467
00:17:03,648 --> 00:17:05,358
That's what I said.
Good!

468
00:17:05,441 --> 00:17:07,527
Maybe they'll learn
to mind their own business!

469
00:17:07,610 --> 00:17:09,111
Will you please
stop fighting?

470
00:17:09,195 --> 00:17:10,279
Oh, no.

471
00:17:10,363 --> 00:17:11,823
Sweetie, no, we're not fighting.

472
00:17:11,906 --> 00:17:15,368
We're just agreeing
with each other angrily.

473
00:17:17,829 --> 00:17:21,499
Here's the deal-- you get one
night here, then you're out.

474
00:17:21,582 --> 00:17:23,083
And don't ask for cookies.

475
00:17:23,167 --> 00:17:24,878
She is in no mood.

476
00:17:24,961 --> 00:17:26,629
Well...

477
00:17:26,713 --> 00:17:28,965
You know who's at my place?

478
00:17:29,048 --> 00:17:30,967
No one.

479
00:17:31,050 --> 00:17:34,387
I think I should stay here
and keep an eye on these two.

480
00:17:34,470 --> 00:17:36,430
It wasn't an invite.

481
00:17:36,514 --> 00:17:38,975
Just something I was
looking forward to.

482
00:17:39,058 --> 00:17:41,185
Later.

483
00:17:41,268 --> 00:17:43,479
Bye.

484
00:17:43,563 --> 00:17:45,356
Did he get a haircut?

485
00:17:45,439 --> 00:17:47,191
It looks really nice.

486
00:17:51,404 --> 00:17:52,655
So how come you're
here tonight?

487
00:17:52,739 --> 00:17:54,114
Were you too drunk

488
00:17:54,198 --> 00:17:55,658
to ride your bike home, too?

489
00:17:55,783 --> 00:17:58,244
My father's mad
'cause I dropped out of school.

490
00:17:58,327 --> 00:18:00,162
(chuckles)
Ironic.

491
00:18:00,246 --> 00:18:01,873
Sheldon's upset

492
00:18:01,956 --> 00:18:04,417
'cause I'm not going
back to the university.

493
00:18:04,500 --> 00:18:05,668
Look at us.

494
00:18:05,752 --> 00:18:07,837
A couple of dropouts.

495
00:18:07,921 --> 00:18:09,756
Don't you have a PhD?

496
00:18:09,839 --> 00:18:12,884
Two, but I was
trying to find

497
00:18:12,967 --> 00:18:14,552
common ground

498
00:18:14,635 --> 00:18:17,179
over which we could bond.

499
00:18:18,014 --> 00:18:19,473
All right.

500
00:18:21,684 --> 00:18:24,395
You wouldn't believe
the day I had.

501
00:18:24,478 --> 00:18:26,564
My dad kicked me out.

502
00:18:26,647 --> 00:18:28,274
My girlfriend broke up
with me.

503
00:18:28,357 --> 00:18:29,984
And now I got
to find a second job.

504
00:18:30,068 --> 00:18:32,319
I drank hooch
on a park bench

505
00:18:32,403 --> 00:18:34,321
and sang "Lollipop."

506
00:18:34,405 --> 00:18:36,365
It was tremendous.

507
00:18:36,449 --> 00:18:38,117
I think I saw you.

508
00:18:38,200 --> 00:18:40,036
Were you
with some other guy?

509
00:18:40,119 --> 00:18:41,370
Yes.

510
00:18:41,454 --> 00:18:43,039
What happened to him?

511
00:18:43,121 --> 00:18:45,458
(siren wails)

512
00:18:45,541 --> 00:18:48,252
OFFICER:
Hey, pal, wake up.

513
00:18:48,335 --> 00:18:49,420
(indistinct radio chatter)

514
00:18:49,503 --> 00:18:50,713
What's happening?

515
00:18:50,797 --> 00:18:52,799
You can't sleep there.

516
00:18:52,882 --> 00:18:55,175
Right, sorry.

517
00:18:59,639 --> 00:19:01,641
Excuse me.

518
00:19:01,724 --> 00:19:04,560
You didn't happen to see a small
bald man around here, did you?

519
00:19:04,644 --> 00:19:06,771
Possibly singing "Lollipop"?

520
00:19:06,854 --> 00:19:08,272
What?

521
00:19:08,355 --> 00:19:09,523
♪ Lollipop, lollipop... ♪

522
00:19:09,607 --> 00:19:11,275
Never mind.

523
00:19:11,358 --> 00:19:15,696
♪ Lollipop, lollipop,
oh, lolli, lolli, lollipop... ♪

524
00:19:16,697 --> 00:19:18,908
Where the hell am I?
p,
oh, lolli, lolli, lollipop... ♪