[George] Previously on Young Sheldon…
So I told my folks about the baby.
And?
They told me I'm on my own. They want nothing to do with me.
Give it a minute. They still might come around.
I didn't even get to the part where the father's 17 years old.
Something fun for next time.
Welcome to King Kong Comics. I'm Missy.
If you have questions, let me know.
I don't have questions.
I know more about this than you do.
Cool. If you need anything, I'll be at the counter.
Where I work.
[Mandy] This is nice.
Yep.
But it's not a date, just dinner.
Right.
-For two people having a baby. -Georgie.
Who spent a night of lovemaking together.
Please stop.
I want to know what we're doing.
We're having dinner and I'm ordering two desserts.
Don't complicate it.
-Oh, no. -What?
My parents.
Cool. Should we say hi?
We should run.
Hey.
Oh, don't. Stop it.
[theme song playing]
Hi, Mom.
Dad.
-Amanda. -Hey, sweetie.
This is my, uh…
This is Georgie.
Hi. Nice to meet y'all.
-Okay. -So this is the father?
Mmm-hmm.
Proud father. Very proud.
How old are you?
In March, I'll be--
Georgie actually manages a laundromat.
He's very successful.
My dad runs his own business too.
Really? What do you do?
I own the tire shop up over there.
How old are you?
Old enough to know better.
[chuckles]
Most important is, I'm here for Mandy and the baby
whether we're a couple or not.
Wait, now. Hold on a second. Y'all ain't together?
Good question.
You are or you aren't. Which is it?
That's our business.
Well, it is her love.
The bill is paid. We're leaving.
Nice to meet you.
Yeah, you, too.
-Jim. -All right.
You think they liked me?
[adult Sheldon] In the collecting world,
I'm what's known as a completist.
For example, I own every gauge of model train
from the mighty G to the tiny T.
Look at how cute it is.
I just want to eat it up.
However, the downside of being a completist
is when something's missing,
it's like an itch you can't scratch.
Even if you own a complete set
of Justice League back scratchers,
which I do.
In this case, that itch was the comic book issue.
Doom Patrol and Suicide Squad Special #1.
What do you mean, you sold it?
Someone gave me money, I gave him the comic book.
Kind of how things work here.
But there was a note on file.
If one became available, it was to be held for me.
-Sorry. -But there's a note on file.
I didn't see a note.
Did you even check the file?
I can't help you. The comic is gone.
Who'd you sell it to?
I don't know. Some guy.
Which guy?
Some weird guy.
That doesn't narrow it down and you know it.
How was your dinner with Mandy?
[Georgie] We ran into her parents.
Oh. And how'd that go?
Not as weird as you'd think.
Hmm.
Still don't want anything to do with her?
No. She was pretty upset.
Poor thing.
Were you mad at Mom for getting pregnant?
Oh, yeah.
Did you stop talking to her?
Hell no. I wanted her to hear how pissed off I was.
But all that being mad at her just was a waste of time.
What made you come around?
I guess you showing up.
I do have a natural charm, don't I?
You did, and then you learned to talk.
[Meemaw chuckles]
[phone ringing]
-[Nathan] Hello? -Nathan. Sheldon Cooper.
Hey, how's it going?
Terrible. Thank you for asking.
I understand that you purchased
Doom Patrol Suicide Squad Special issue #1
from King Kong Comics.
Yeah, I've been trying to track it down forever.
Me, too. They were going to hold it for me.
I had a note on file.
The girl there didn't say anything.
That girl there is my sister.
She should have because I had a note on file.
Your sister works there? That's so cool.
If it was cool, I would have
Doom Patrol Suicide Squad Special Issue #1.
Yeah, I have it.
It's great.
Let me buy it from you.
Ooh. Sorry, little man. No can do.
Please. I need it to complete my collection.
I'll tell you what. You know Secret Wars #8?
When Spider-Man receives his black costume? I'm familiar.
Yeah, well, I need it to complete my collection.
Find it and Suicide Squad is yours.
You got it.
Ciao.
[adult Sheldon] I had a mission.
All I had to do was
turn to the power of the Internet for help.
[dial-up modem screeching]
Unfortunately, in 1992, that power had a long way to go.
[clears throat]
[modem crackling]
I do kinda miss that sound.
Hey, Mr. McAllister. Remember me?
Kind of hard to forget.
Thank you.
I was hoping we could talk.
Oh, uh…
This might not be the best time.
What's he doing here?
Oh, hey, you work here, too?
Hi.
He wanted to talk.
Great.
Let's talk about how we busted our butts
to send Amanda to college,
gave her opportunities we never had.
And now she's knocked up, and right back in Medford.
Let's talk about that.
Well, my Meemaw likes to say
that every baby brings a little luck.
Yeah, that's what she likes to say.
Look, I know you're not happy about it,
but you're going to have a grandkid.
Cutting Mandy out ain't gonna change that.
-He's not wrong. -He's not right, either.
No, it doesn't necessarily have to be a bad thing.
My mom got pregnant with me
before she got married.
So you're going to marry my daughter?
If she'd stop saying no.
-That's something. -Jim.
Why won't she marry you?
What's wrong with you?
Hmm. Tough to say.
Maybe I'm too ambitious and put work first sometimes.
You know what? I do the same thing.
-I do. -It was lovely to see you both.
Maybe someday you can tell me about the tire business.
It's fascinating.
Oh, I'd like that. You know, my son takes no interest in it.
-His loss. -[chuckles]
Goodbye, Mr. Cooper.
Goodbye, ma'am.
Steel-belted radials. Who came up with that?
That was Michelin.
Oh, yeah. There you go.
[Jim laughs]
He asked.
Sheldon.
Hello.
Are you comfortable? Can I get you anything?
I wouldn't say no to a water.
I wasn't being sincere. Why are you at my desk?
I needed your modem to check my bulletin board.
Why can't you use the library?
I wouldn't get to see you, silly.
Ooh, I've got a response.
Someone named Red Wolf has the comic I need.
-Oh, joy. -Oh, dear.
Someone named Sucka MC just offered to buy it.
Riveting.
Red Wolf sold it. This is a disaster.
It's too bad. Move.
[scoffs]
These message boards are so frustrating.
You have to post what you're looking for,
then hope someone responds and then hope you see the reply
before they sell it to someone named Sucka MC.
You're frustrated. I'm sorry.
I can only imagine what that feels like.
Too bad there's not a database
where I can search and find what I need.
Well, CERN has something similar.
You can search a database of scientific papers.
But there's no database for comic books.
You should make one, somewhere else.
Sounds like a lot of work.
Or does it sound like a lot of fun? Go find out.
Do you want to do it with me?
Only if you share credit and my name comes first.
Never mind.
I knew that would work.
What the hell were you thinking?
What'd you do?
What did I do?
You talked to my folks behind my back?
Oh, Georgie.
I was trying to patch things up between them.
That's none of your business.
Our baby's going to be their grandkid.
So?
So we're going to need free babysitters.
He's got you on that one.
[sighs]
They cut me off.
If they want to be in this kid's life,
they can start by apologizing.
I don't know.
Your mom doesn't seem the apologetic type.
Now you're the expert on my parents.
I got a handle on your dad. Your mom, she's a tougher nut.
She kinda reminds me of you.
You think that was smart or dumb?
Dumb.
Missy, I need to speak with your manager.
I didn't mean to sell your stupid comic book.
It's not about that.
Although I'm still upset
and will be forever.
Then why do you need to talk to him?
I have a business proposal.
It touches on the burgeoning field of informatics
-and could revolution-- -Nigel.
What are you doing?
Oh, you know, just one of them days.
Put that back.
-I'll split it with you. -No.
Fine.
-What's going on? -Mandy's pissed at me.
I believe that.
I'm pretty sure her folks are, too.
She introduced you to her folks?
Mmm. I sort of introduced myself to them and it didn't go great.
Well, your ass ain't full of buckshot,
so it could be worse.
I don't know. Feels pretty bad.
Your pop-pop decked me once.
-No. -Oh, yeah.
Got me good.
Well, it all worked out.
-You end up liking him? -He died.
So if you let me build a searchable database
of all your titles, then theoretically,
anyone in the world can see your inventory.
That sounds all right.
All right? This is revolutionary.
Other stores will follow suit.
And someday, if you want to find
Doom Patrol and Suicide Squad Special Issue #1,
then you just type it in.
I just sold one of those.
Despite the note on file.
But water under the bridge.
So you're going to input
my whole inventory free of charge?
-Yes. -Well, can you do it at night
so you're not in the way?
My bedtime is 9:30 so that's a solid two hours.
There's a lot of comics here.
How long will this take?
This is quite the undertaking.
Would you like to help?
You got it.
Missy. You're working late tonight.
[sighs] Fricking Sheldon.
I can't believe this is how I'm spending my night.
I know. Alone in a comic book store.
Dream come true.
Your dreams are sad.
Hmm. At least they've been realized.
So what do we got to do?
We just need to take every book and input the title
and issue number into the computer.
Fine. I'll call them out. You type them up.
New Teen Titans #42.
-Got it. -New Teen Titans #43.
-Got it. -New Mutants #87.
Why would New Mutants be next to New Teen Titans?
Because they both start with "New".
But one's Marvel and the other's DC.
Would you put Aquaman and Sub-Mariner by each other?
I don't know. They could talk about fish.
This is madness.
I have to fix this.
Aren't we here to type stuff into the computer?
There's no reason we can't do both.
It's gonna take forever.
We could use some help.
Comic book store after hours.
-It's a dream come true. -And we get to organize it.
We don't have to.
Don't listen to her. She doesn't appreciate the dream.
[doorbell rings]
May I help you?
You Mary Cooper?
I am. And you are?
Jim McAllister.
Mandy's dad.
Oh!
Oh.
George.
Okay, so we're agreed.
We'll have Marvel over here, DC over there.
Indies in the back.
But within each section, how do we organize them?
Alphabetical, by title.
But then you'd have Amazing Spider-Man in the A's,
Spectacular Spider-Man in the S's.
and Web of Spider-Man in the W's.
You see the insanity?
Okay. We'll do it alphabetical, by character.
But then do we file Superman's pal Jimmy Olsen
under J for Jimmy, or S for Superman?
How about under "I" for I'm going home?
What if we go crazy and organize them by artist?
All the Steve Ditkos in one place?
-Enough said. -Yeah.
So, Jim, your daughter is just lovely.
Oh, thanks.
And your son seems…
brave.
Brave, dumb. It's a coin toss.
What can we help you with?
Oh, well, uh, I got some money here, and I was just…
hoping you could give it to Mandy.
She's just right across the street at my Mom's.
You could give it to her yourself.
Oh!
No, I couldn't do that and stay married.
It's like we got the same wife.
George.
[chuckles] Just trying to lighten the mood.
I'll see she gets it.
Thank you.
I'm sure your wife will come around eventually.
I'm hoping when she sees the baby,
that ice cube in her chest might start to melt.
Yep. Same wife.
[chuckles softly]
Come on. It's funny.
So you can just type in whatever comic you're looking for,
and the computer tells you who has it?
Once people enter their inventory
into the database, yes.
That's really cool.
Would you say it's revolutionary?
I would.
-Will you? -It's revolutionary.
Thanks.
Could it be used to catalog other things?
Yes, the applications are endless.
So there could be a database of, I don't know,
-available women? -Available for what?
At this point, anything.
Ooh, there could be ones for scientific grants.
Yeah, or my idea.
Finding grants is such a time-consuming process.
With a centralized database,
it'll change the research landscape entirely.
Yeah, that's cool, I guess.
And many grants never get applied for
because people don't know about them.
So this would be good for the grantor and the grantee.
Shouldn't we finish this first?
This idea is too big to wait.
I gotta go. Will you lock up?
[door opens and closes]
I'm gonna steal so much stuff.
[knocking on door]
-What? -I was wrong.
-Go ahead and yell at me. -It's not up to you.
I decide when I'm gonna yell.
-Okay. Which way you leaning? -What's wrong with you?
You went to his store?
Is it his?
Because your mom calls all the shots.
[sighs]
Is that my dad's truck?
Mandy's not going to apologize to her mom,
and her mom's not going to apologize to her.
So I got to figure out some way to broker the peace.
Maybe we can have everyone over here for dinner.
Mary, when has that ever worked?
Food is healing, George.
-You should know. -Hey.
What? I'm just lightening the mood.
What are you doing here?
Oh, hi, sweetie.
Yeah. Hi. What are you doing here?
Mandy, your mom and dad miss you.
Then they should talk to me.
Well, you know how stubborn your mom can be.
Too well.
But…
maybe she's not the only one being stubborn.
[gasps] Excuse me?
I came to you for help and you kicked me out.
Okay, how about we all take a breath?
-Oh, I could make brownies. -Mary.
Look, this is my life.
If you wanna be a part of it, you know where I am.
-Yeah. -Don't help me.
Good to see you, Mr. McAllister.
[Mandy] Quit following me.
Food would have helped.
So, as you can see on the chart on page 34,
time spent searching for grants
would be cut by 80 percent.
Do you see what this could do for the community?
Yes.
[gasps] We can charge an access fee to every university on the planet.
And I can retire on a yacht in the Bahamas.
That's not the point.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Good for science.
I love it. So our next step is we get legal involved
and start drawing up the contracts.
Shouldn't we build a working prototype first
to prove it's viable?
Well, do you think it's viable?
-I do. -It's good enough for me.
I'll call legal.
Wait, what should I do?
Uh…
Here's a dollar. Go get yourself a Yoo-Hoo on me.
All right.
[theme music playing] t yourself a Yoo-Hoo on me.