1 00:00:01,041 --> 00:00:03,083 [Georgie] Previously on Young Sheldon... 2 00:00:03,250 --> 00:00:04,125 So where should I go? 3 00:00:04,291 --> 00:00:05,500 -Caltech. -MIT. 4 00:00:06,583 --> 00:00:09,208 -I'm so excited to visit MIT. -Me too. 5 00:00:11,333 --> 00:00:12,666 Proud of you, son. 6 00:00:12,833 --> 00:00:14,041 Thank you, Dad. 7 00:00:14,208 --> 00:00:16,125 [wind blowing] 8 00:00:16,958 --> 00:00:19,041 -Caltech? -Caltech. 9 00:00:22,250 --> 00:00:24,666 [adult Sheldon] I always believed my extraordinary life 10 00:00:24,750 --> 00:00:27,458 would be chronicled in numerous biographies. 11 00:00:27,625 --> 00:00:29,041 I even used to make up my own titles. 12 00:00:29,958 --> 00:00:33,416 My favorites were From Texas to Success: The Sheldon Cooper Journey, 13 00:00:33,583 --> 00:00:35,041 and Cooper for Kids, 14 00:00:35,208 --> 00:00:38,708 a preschool introduction to quantum gravity and superstrings. 15 00:00:38,875 --> 00:00:42,750 The point is, I knew my formative years would be well-documented, 16 00:00:42,916 --> 00:00:46,958 which meant I needed to polish up some of my early academic credentials, 17 00:00:47,166 --> 00:00:49,208 especially East Texas Tech. 18 00:00:49,375 --> 00:00:50,500 What am I looking at? 19 00:00:50,666 --> 00:00:53,125 My proposal for next semester's curriculum on string theory. 20 00:00:53,291 --> 00:00:54,583 I may be leaving, but that doesn't mean 21 00:00:54,750 --> 00:00:57,375 you can't attract more brilliant minds by staying on the cutting edge. 22 00:00:57,541 --> 00:00:59,708 Sheldon, you are not a professor here. 23 00:00:59,875 --> 00:01:00,958 Oh, I know. If I were to teach, 24 00:01:01,041 --> 00:01:03,041 it would be at a much better university than this one. 25 00:01:04,083 --> 00:01:07,125 And in 54 days, you will no longer be a student here. 26 00:01:07,208 --> 00:01:08,875 [chuckling] Not not that I'm counting. 27 00:01:09,041 --> 00:01:10,625 True. We should relish these moments. 28 00:01:10,791 --> 00:01:13,625 Oh, I'm relishing. Look at me relish. 29 00:01:14,458 --> 00:01:16,791 So what am I supposed to do with this? 30 00:01:16,958 --> 00:01:18,333 Just because I won't be here doesn't mean 31 00:01:18,500 --> 00:01:20,416 I won't forever be associated with this university. 32 00:01:20,583 --> 00:01:22,041 And it would be nice if people looked at my resume 33 00:01:22,208 --> 00:01:24,958 and said, "East Texas Tech," not, "East Texas Tech." 34 00:01:25,125 --> 00:01:27,416 You said those the exact same way. 35 00:01:27,583 --> 00:01:30,041 Really? In my head, the second one was dripping with scorn. 36 00:01:30,875 --> 00:01:32,541 East Texas Tech. How was that? 37 00:01:32,708 --> 00:01:34,416 -Dripping. -Mmm. 38 00:01:34,500 --> 00:01:37,916 Sheldon, I appreciate this, but, uh, we have an excellent faculty here, 39 00:01:38,083 --> 00:01:41,333 and they are quite capable of devising their own curriculum 40 00:01:41,500 --> 00:01:42,416 without your help. 41 00:01:42,583 --> 00:01:45,500 I suppose I could spin East Texas Tech as a hardship I had to overcome, 42 00:01:45,666 --> 00:01:47,291 like a hunchback or a clubfoot. 43 00:01:48,500 --> 00:01:49,875 Fifty-four days. 44 00:01:50,041 --> 00:01:52,000 I know. I'm going to miss this, too. 45 00:01:52,083 --> 00:01:53,291 [President Hagemeyer] Mmm. 46 00:01:53,708 --> 00:01:55,666 [theme song playing] 47 00:02:11,583 --> 00:02:15,416 So this is the new physics curriculum I've developed for next year. 48 00:02:15,583 --> 00:02:19,458 "Introduction to non-linear sigma models"? 49 00:02:19,625 --> 00:02:21,625 That's some pretty advanced stuff. 50 00:02:21,791 --> 00:02:23,291 And that's the point. 51 00:02:23,458 --> 00:02:26,708 Now, Sheldon may be leaving, but we can attract the next brilliant mind 52 00:02:26,875 --> 00:02:28,375 if we stay on the cutting edge. 53 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:29,833 Couldn't agree more. 54 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:32,208 In fact, John, why don't you take point of that non-linear class 55 00:02:32,375 --> 00:02:33,375 and I'll teach, uh... 56 00:02:34,333 --> 00:02:37,916 [chuckles] So much here I've heard of. Which one do I pick? 57 00:02:38,666 --> 00:02:40,916 All right, if this material is too challenging for you, 58 00:02:41,083 --> 00:02:43,208 maybe I should rethink my faculty. 59 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:45,250 What are you saying? 60 00:02:45,416 --> 00:02:48,791 Well, legally, I can't say that I'm replacing you with someone younger, 61 00:02:48,958 --> 00:02:51,625 so I'm not saying that... legally. 62 00:02:51,791 --> 00:02:54,875 -Nice try, but I have tenure. -I don't. 63 00:02:55,041 --> 00:02:55,916 Tough luck. 64 00:02:56,083 --> 00:02:59,625 Another thing I'm not saying is that I'm going to put your office 65 00:02:59,791 --> 00:03:02,083 at the top of a flight of very steep stairs. 66 00:03:02,250 --> 00:03:03,916 Okay, that won't be necessary. 67 00:03:04,083 --> 00:03:07,583 We may be out of the loop on this stuff, but we can catch up. 68 00:03:07,750 --> 00:03:08,708 Agreed. 69 00:03:08,875 --> 00:03:11,833 We can be up to speed in two shakes of a lamb's tail. 70 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:13,333 Don't say that. You sound old. 71 00:03:13,541 --> 00:03:15,083 -"Lickety split"? -Better. 72 00:03:16,041 --> 00:03:17,125 Lickety split. 73 00:03:18,708 --> 00:03:20,333 -[TV playing indistinctly] -[door closes] 74 00:03:21,458 --> 00:03:22,500 -Hi. -Oh! 75 00:03:22,666 --> 00:03:24,708 -Come to Nana. -[Mandy] There you go. 76 00:03:24,791 --> 00:03:27,708 [gasps] Oh, you got so big. 77 00:03:27,875 --> 00:03:30,833 I said that to her when she was pregnant. No bueno. 78 00:03:31,958 --> 00:03:33,708 So, uh, what movie y'all going to see? 79 00:03:33,875 --> 00:03:35,458 Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. 80 00:03:35,625 --> 00:03:37,083 Mandy, you wanna see that? 81 00:03:37,250 --> 00:03:39,750 I don't care. I'm gonna be asleep before the lights go down. 82 00:03:39,916 --> 00:03:41,833 Well, we are so happy to babysit. 83 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:45,666 In fact, if you want to go to dinner after the movie, that's fine with us. 84 00:03:45,750 --> 00:03:48,250 Oh, thanks, but we're trying to save money. 85 00:03:48,416 --> 00:03:50,666 George, give them some money, so they can go to dinner. 86 00:03:50,833 --> 00:03:52,541 We're already babysitting for free. 87 00:03:52,708 --> 00:03:54,791 But we never get to see this little one 88 00:03:54,958 --> 00:03:57,875 because her mean Mommy and Daddy moved her away. 89 00:03:58,041 --> 00:04:00,375 Well, Mommy and Daddy have their own bathroom now, so... 90 00:04:00,583 --> 00:04:02,125 Oh, that's the dream right there. 91 00:04:03,291 --> 00:04:05,708 All right. Bye, baby. [kisses] 92 00:04:05,791 --> 00:04:07,375 Bye, honey. Be good. 93 00:04:07,583 --> 00:04:10,000 Oh, she'll be an angel for Nana and Grampy. 94 00:04:10,166 --> 00:04:13,083 "Grampy"? I didn't sign off on that. 95 00:04:13,250 --> 00:04:15,416 Okay, let's go. I wanna get this nap started. 96 00:04:16,166 --> 00:04:17,083 See you, Grampy. 97 00:04:19,333 --> 00:04:20,750 -[knocking on door] -[Dr. Sturgis] Grant. 98 00:04:20,916 --> 00:04:25,333 I finished reading Ed Witten's article on the Landau-Ginzburg orbifold. 99 00:04:25,500 --> 00:04:28,166 I'm almost done with one on Planckian scattering. 100 00:04:28,333 --> 00:04:33,166 I don't know why we were so reluctant to dive into these new theories. 101 00:04:33,333 --> 00:04:35,750 -Agreed. -Exciting stuff. 102 00:04:35,916 --> 00:04:37,500 -Thrilling. -So thrilling. 103 00:04:37,666 --> 00:04:39,500 A little hard to parse. 104 00:04:39,583 --> 00:04:41,458 A bit... enigmatic. 105 00:04:41,625 --> 00:04:43,875 I had to read the same paragraph four times. 106 00:04:44,041 --> 00:04:47,458 I fell asleep on one paper, drooled all over it. 107 00:04:47,583 --> 00:04:48,458 Uh-huh. 108 00:04:48,541 --> 00:04:52,458 Is it possible that we're too old to learn new things? 109 00:04:52,625 --> 00:04:56,083 Nonsense. This would have been over my head, even as a young man. 110 00:04:56,291 --> 00:04:58,208 Maybe we just need someone to explain it to us. 111 00:04:58,375 --> 00:04:59,875 Are you talking about Sheldon? 112 00:05:00,041 --> 00:05:01,791 I'm sure he'd be happy to help. 113 00:05:01,958 --> 00:05:03,541 Oh, that's what I'm afraid of. 114 00:05:03,708 --> 00:05:06,416 I don't want to give him the satisfaction of thinking he's smarter than us. 115 00:05:06,583 --> 00:05:08,666 But he is smarter than us. 116 00:05:08,833 --> 00:05:11,583 I know that and you know that, but he can never know that! 117 00:05:11,750 --> 00:05:13,791 Okay, how about this? 118 00:05:14,500 --> 00:05:19,041 We take one of these papers, buckle down and figure it out together? 119 00:05:19,208 --> 00:05:20,791 Teamwork. I like it. 120 00:05:20,875 --> 00:05:22,000 [chuckles] 121 00:05:23,625 --> 00:05:26,041 Actually, could you move it a bit closer? That's a little fuzzy. 122 00:05:26,875 --> 00:05:29,375 Uh, now it's fuzzy for me. 123 00:05:29,541 --> 00:05:30,541 Put on your cheaters. 124 00:05:31,458 --> 00:05:33,208 I forgot them on the bus. 125 00:05:33,375 --> 00:05:34,791 I have an extra pair. Would you like them? 126 00:05:35,541 --> 00:05:38,375 -That would be lovely. -Teamwork. 127 00:05:38,458 --> 00:05:39,583 [both chuckle] 128 00:05:40,333 --> 00:05:43,416 Say, "Nana." "Nana." 129 00:05:43,583 --> 00:05:45,500 "Nana." 130 00:05:45,666 --> 00:05:47,291 Ain't she a little young for that, Mare? 131 00:05:47,458 --> 00:05:50,208 [adult Sheldon] For the record, I said my first word at four months. 132 00:05:50,375 --> 00:05:51,541 It was "hypotenuse." 133 00:05:52,541 --> 00:05:54,166 I asked you to get her bottle, not yours. 134 00:05:54,333 --> 00:05:55,625 Two birds, Mare. 135 00:05:55,750 --> 00:05:58,291 [sighs] Get down here and feed her with me. 136 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:00,875 -Why? -'Cause that's how you bond. 137 00:06:00,958 --> 00:06:02,375 [sighs] All right. 138 00:06:03,541 --> 00:06:05,958 You're gonna have to get me back up. [groans] 139 00:06:06,500 --> 00:06:07,416 Cheers. 140 00:06:07,708 --> 00:06:09,541 -[door closes] -I'm home! 141 00:06:10,375 --> 00:06:11,625 Oh, no. Did Dad fall? 142 00:06:11,791 --> 00:06:13,916 No, I'm bonding with the baby. 143 00:06:14,083 --> 00:06:15,833 Isn't she the cutest? 144 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:17,083 Want to know what else is cute? 145 00:06:17,250 --> 00:06:18,500 Another piercing right up here. 146 00:06:18,666 --> 00:06:20,958 -No. -Why? Heather just got one. 147 00:06:21,125 --> 00:06:22,708 I thought you and Heather were fighting. 148 00:06:22,833 --> 00:06:24,750 Yeah, middle school is complicated. 149 00:06:24,916 --> 00:06:26,416 You're not getting another piercing. 150 00:06:26,583 --> 00:06:27,541 It's my ear. 151 00:06:27,708 --> 00:06:29,500 We made that ear. It's our ear. 152 00:06:30,041 --> 00:06:31,166 I hate this house. 153 00:06:33,541 --> 00:06:34,833 I miss when she couldn't talk. 154 00:06:46,208 --> 00:06:48,750 -Hi, Sheldon. -Hello. 155 00:06:48,875 --> 00:06:50,416 I was hoping I could pick your brain 156 00:06:50,583 --> 00:06:53,791 about some of the latest breakthroughs in string theory. 157 00:06:53,958 --> 00:06:57,333 And, uh, maybe we keep this between us? 158 00:06:57,416 --> 00:07:00,083 Uh, Dr. Linkletter doesn't need to know. 159 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:05,000 -Grant? -John. 160 00:07:05,166 --> 00:07:08,500 I can't believe you went to Sheldon behind my back. 161 00:07:08,666 --> 00:07:10,750 You're doing the same exact thing. 162 00:07:10,875 --> 00:07:12,833 Yeah, well, you did it first! 163 00:07:13,875 --> 00:07:15,250 In or out. I don't have all night. 164 00:07:20,625 --> 00:07:23,125 Well, thanks so much for watching her. Was she any trouble? 165 00:07:23,291 --> 00:07:25,125 -No, not at all. -How was your nap? 166 00:07:25,291 --> 00:07:26,666 I've had better. 167 00:07:26,833 --> 00:07:28,541 Hey, a guy talks out of his butt, I laugh. 168 00:07:28,708 --> 00:07:30,500 Dr Pepper came out your nose. 169 00:07:30,666 --> 00:07:32,333 Yeah, when words came out of his butt. 170 00:07:32,500 --> 00:07:35,500 Okay. Mare, this is where you hand the baby back and let 'em leave. 171 00:07:35,666 --> 00:07:36,958 I'm just soaking her up. 172 00:07:37,125 --> 00:07:39,666 They don't live in Kansas. You can see them whenever you want. 173 00:07:39,833 --> 00:07:43,791 Okay. Well, Nana loves you. 174 00:07:43,916 --> 00:07:45,333 Nana's the best. 175 00:07:45,916 --> 00:07:48,583 Nana. Nana-Nana-Nana. 176 00:07:48,791 --> 00:07:50,708 All right, Nana, take it down a notch. 177 00:07:50,875 --> 00:07:53,625 Okay. Bring her back anytime. 178 00:07:53,791 --> 00:07:55,958 -I mean it. Anytime. -I think they got it. 179 00:07:56,125 --> 00:07:57,083 We got it. 180 00:07:57,250 --> 00:07:58,125 Bye. 181 00:07:59,375 --> 00:08:00,833 That was so nice. 182 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:02,000 Yeah, what a sweet deal. 183 00:08:02,166 --> 00:08:04,166 You have a little fun and hand her right back. 184 00:08:04,333 --> 00:08:07,125 I don't know. I like having a baby in the house. 185 00:08:09,666 --> 00:08:11,333 Yeah, well... 186 00:08:11,500 --> 00:08:12,833 You know, Russ at work? 187 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:14,708 He's starting all over with wife number two. 188 00:08:14,875 --> 00:08:17,166 You should see him. Looks like a walking corpse. 189 00:08:17,875 --> 00:08:19,583 That doesn't sound so bad. 190 00:08:20,666 --> 00:08:21,583 Are you serious? 191 00:08:21,833 --> 00:08:22,833 [exhales] 192 00:08:23,250 --> 00:08:26,208 Well, Georgie and CeeCee live across town. 193 00:08:26,833 --> 00:08:30,333 Sheldon's about to move to California. The house is gonna feel empty. 194 00:08:30,500 --> 00:08:33,250 Whoa, whoa, it ain't empty yet. You still got Missy here. 195 00:08:33,416 --> 00:08:35,958 Missy doesn't let me hug her anymore. 196 00:08:36,125 --> 00:08:37,333 That is not true. 197 00:08:37,500 --> 00:08:39,958 -Missy, get out here and hug your mother. -[Missy] No! 198 00:08:41,708 --> 00:08:43,000 [sighs] 199 00:08:43,291 --> 00:08:45,750 [country music playing] 200 00:08:47,666 --> 00:08:51,250 Mmm! Mmm! Booth just opened up. Y'all want to move over? 201 00:08:51,416 --> 00:08:53,458 Booth? We're not on a date. 202 00:08:53,625 --> 00:08:55,666 I don't want our knees rubbing up on each other. 203 00:08:55,875 --> 00:08:58,083 Well, excuse me for wanting to be comfortable. 204 00:08:58,250 --> 00:09:00,500 George, you believe this guy? He wants to sit in a booth. 205 00:09:00,666 --> 00:09:01,875 What? Oh, yeah. 206 00:09:02,041 --> 00:09:03,875 Come on, Wayne. We're not on date. 207 00:09:04,041 --> 00:09:06,291 I just made that joke. Get your head in the game. 208 00:09:06,458 --> 00:09:07,291 Sorry. I-- 209 00:09:08,333 --> 00:09:11,166 -I'm a little distracted. -All right, what's going on? 210 00:09:11,791 --> 00:09:13,625 We're babysitting the granddaughter. 211 00:09:13,791 --> 00:09:15,666 I'm worried Mary's got a little baby fever. 212 00:09:16,500 --> 00:09:17,500 You tell her about Russ? 213 00:09:17,666 --> 00:09:19,333 -Of course I told her about Russ. -Mmm. 214 00:09:19,500 --> 00:09:22,041 Poor bastard's shuffling around like a zombie. 215 00:09:22,208 --> 00:09:23,916 [chuckles] And Russ is in shape. 216 00:09:24,125 --> 00:09:25,916 You can't go around chasing after a baby. 217 00:09:26,083 --> 00:09:29,208 Hey, I'll have you know, I got up off the floor all by myself today. 218 00:09:29,375 --> 00:09:30,583 Of course you did. 219 00:09:31,291 --> 00:09:33,041 Just because she's having fun with your grandkid 220 00:09:33,208 --> 00:09:34,833 doesn't mean she wants more babies. 221 00:09:35,000 --> 00:09:37,750 I don't know. She's definitely brought it up before. 222 00:09:37,916 --> 00:09:39,208 Oh, boy. 223 00:09:39,375 --> 00:09:42,375 -There's gonna be a new zombie in town. -Chunky zombie. 224 00:09:42,541 --> 00:09:44,375 -[both laughing] -Hey. 225 00:09:44,458 --> 00:09:46,500 It isn't all up to her. I have a say in this. 226 00:09:46,583 --> 00:09:49,666 -[laughter continues] -I'm serious. It takes two. 227 00:09:49,833 --> 00:09:51,166 Then be honest with her. 228 00:09:51,333 --> 00:09:54,875 Or you don't want another one? Do what I did. 229 00:09:55,041 --> 00:09:56,541 I'm not getting a divorce. 230 00:09:56,708 --> 00:09:59,208 No, I mean, get a little snip. 231 00:09:59,375 --> 00:10:01,041 Never worry about it again. 232 00:10:01,666 --> 00:10:04,708 You mean like a... Like a down there snip? 233 00:10:04,875 --> 00:10:07,833 -I can't believe I let you teach Health. -[sighs] 234 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:09,333 Mary'd never go for that. 235 00:10:09,500 --> 00:10:10,666 I didn't know you got snipped. 236 00:10:11,375 --> 00:10:14,000 That's 'cause my balls are none of your business. 237 00:10:14,666 --> 00:10:15,958 Fair point. 238 00:10:16,125 --> 00:10:18,916 If W is the Kähler metric on the algebraic variety X 239 00:10:19,083 --> 00:10:21,750 and the canonical bundle KX is trivial, then X is what? 240 00:10:21,958 --> 00:10:23,125 A Zariski space. 241 00:10:23,333 --> 00:10:24,333 Wrong. 242 00:10:25,500 --> 00:10:26,333 Hey! 243 00:10:26,500 --> 00:10:28,250 Obviously, it's an elliptic curve. 244 00:10:28,416 --> 00:10:29,416 Wrong. 245 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:32,750 -Hey! -Why are you hitting us? 246 00:10:32,958 --> 00:10:33,791 Wrong. 247 00:10:33,958 --> 00:10:35,458 Ow! Why'd you hit me? 248 00:10:35,625 --> 00:10:37,375 Pain is the best teacher. 249 00:10:37,541 --> 00:10:38,416 I'm teaching you. 250 00:10:38,583 --> 00:10:40,083 Well, it feels like you're hitting us. 251 00:10:40,250 --> 00:10:43,000 Like you, I struggled with these concepts, but eventually I mastered them 252 00:10:43,166 --> 00:10:45,791 through hard work, resilience and a healthy dose of knuckle whacking. 253 00:10:45,958 --> 00:10:49,916 Son, we are accomplished scientists. We won't be treated like this. 254 00:10:50,083 --> 00:10:51,291 Very well. 255 00:10:51,458 --> 00:10:53,708 Class, who knows where the dummkopf went wrong? 256 00:10:53,875 --> 00:10:56,125 Dummkopf? You're calling me a dummy? 257 00:10:56,916 --> 00:10:59,083 There's also public humiliation. That was quite effective. 258 00:10:59,250 --> 00:11:01,750 Are you old dummkopfs ready to learn, or is it past your bedtime? 259 00:11:02,250 --> 00:11:04,500 Oh, I'm good 'til at least 7:30. 260 00:11:07,708 --> 00:11:08,958 [door closes] 261 00:11:09,666 --> 00:11:11,458 Hey. What you doing? 262 00:11:12,375 --> 00:11:14,625 The twins' first birthday. 263 00:11:14,791 --> 00:11:16,041 Look how little they were. 264 00:11:16,208 --> 00:11:17,750 Look how little I was. 265 00:11:17,916 --> 00:11:19,916 And Georgie when he lost his first tooth. 266 00:11:20,083 --> 00:11:23,000 When he learned it was worth a quarter, he tried to pull out the rest of them. 267 00:11:23,166 --> 00:11:24,625 I guess he's always been a businessman. 268 00:11:24,791 --> 00:11:26,083 Yeah, and an idiot. 269 00:11:27,125 --> 00:11:29,750 Tell me you don't miss their sweet little faces. 270 00:11:31,125 --> 00:11:32,291 That's why we took pictures. 271 00:11:32,458 --> 00:11:35,375 It's not the same as rocking them to sleep at night. 272 00:11:35,541 --> 00:11:37,166 Yeah, until they wake you up 3:00 a.m. 273 00:11:37,333 --> 00:11:39,041 Smelling their little heads. 274 00:11:39,208 --> 00:11:41,041 Really? That's the smell you remember? 275 00:11:41,208 --> 00:11:43,416 Come on. It wasn't that bad. 276 00:11:44,041 --> 00:11:46,958 It wasn't, but we were younger then. 277 00:11:47,666 --> 00:11:50,416 I'm not saying we should try for another one. 278 00:11:50,583 --> 00:11:54,666 -Great. -I'm just saying if there was an accident, 279 00:11:54,833 --> 00:11:56,708 it might be a happy accident. 280 00:11:57,000 --> 00:11:58,333 Uh-huh. 281 00:11:59,375 --> 00:12:01,833 -I guess it's in God's hands. -I guess it is. 282 00:12:03,875 --> 00:12:04,833 Hello. 283 00:12:05,000 --> 00:12:06,875 I'm here about a vasectomy. 284 00:12:07,041 --> 00:12:11,333 Actually, our earliest appointment is in three weeks. 285 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:13,416 That long, huh? 286 00:12:13,583 --> 00:12:15,791 I can't do it. I cannot do it. 287 00:12:17,916 --> 00:12:19,625 Something may have just opened up. 288 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:24,416 [phone ringing] 289 00:12:25,500 --> 00:12:26,333 Hello? 290 00:12:26,500 --> 00:12:27,375 Hello, Meemaw. 291 00:12:27,541 --> 00:12:29,916 Well, isn't this a nice surprise? 292 00:12:30,083 --> 00:12:32,500 You're old. Can you still learn new things? 293 00:12:32,583 --> 00:12:33,416 [phone beeps] 294 00:12:35,708 --> 00:12:37,375 [phone ringing] 295 00:12:38,083 --> 00:12:39,416 Want to try that again? 296 00:12:39,583 --> 00:12:40,791 I need your help. 297 00:12:41,875 --> 00:12:44,000 -I'm listening. -I'm trying to teach Dr. Linkletter 298 00:12:44,166 --> 00:12:46,375 and Dr. Sturgis string theory, and they're struggling. 299 00:12:46,541 --> 00:12:48,833 I'm worried that their advanced age is a factor. 300 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:50,833 -And since you're also-- -Careful! 301 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:53,000 ...in the winter of your life... 302 00:12:53,083 --> 00:12:54,458 [dial tone] 303 00:12:58,041 --> 00:12:59,083 [sighs] 304 00:12:59,166 --> 00:13:01,541 -[phone rings] -You were saying? 305 00:13:01,708 --> 00:13:05,000 And since you're also a wise and mature woman... 306 00:13:05,166 --> 00:13:06,333 Go on. 307 00:13:06,500 --> 00:13:09,333 You might have some tips on how best to educate others in your peer group. 308 00:13:09,500 --> 00:13:12,875 So you want me to help you teach an old dog new tricks? 309 00:13:13,041 --> 00:13:14,625 I feel like if I said that, you would've hung up. 310 00:13:14,791 --> 00:13:19,750 Look, it can't be easy for them to be taught by somebody your age. 311 00:13:19,916 --> 00:13:24,041 I think you're just gonna have to be a little understanding and patient. 312 00:13:24,208 --> 00:13:26,666 Patient? They could drop dead at any moment. 313 00:13:26,750 --> 00:13:27,833 [phone beeps] 314 00:13:29,125 --> 00:13:30,750 [phone rings] 315 00:13:31,625 --> 00:13:32,458 What? 316 00:13:32,625 --> 00:13:35,000 Despite this challenging exchange, you know I love you. 317 00:13:35,166 --> 00:13:36,458 [Meemaw] Yeah, yeah. 318 00:13:43,916 --> 00:13:46,000 I can't believe you did it without telling your wife. 319 00:13:46,166 --> 00:13:48,541 I didn't call you for a lecture, Wayne. I called you for a ride. 320 00:13:48,708 --> 00:13:51,708 Which you needed 'cause you had a vasectomy without telling Mary. 321 00:13:51,875 --> 00:13:53,416 I only went down there to ask some questions 322 00:13:53,583 --> 00:13:54,416 and they had an opening. 323 00:13:54,583 --> 00:13:57,125 So you said, "Get in there. Start snipping." 324 00:13:57,291 --> 00:14:00,500 I panicked. Mary was looking at baby pictures. 325 00:14:00,708 --> 00:14:02,625 Oh, well, clearly, you had no choice. 326 00:14:02,791 --> 00:14:04,708 I'm in a lot of pain here, Wayne. You're not helping. 327 00:14:04,875 --> 00:14:06,916 What do you think she's gonna say when she finds out? 328 00:14:07,083 --> 00:14:09,958 -She's not gonna find out. -You can barely walk. 329 00:14:10,458 --> 00:14:11,833 You think she's not gonna notice? 330 00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:14,000 Do you have any idea how much sitting I do at home? 331 00:14:14,166 --> 00:14:16,791 Oh, I can imagine. I do work with you. 332 00:14:19,375 --> 00:14:20,625 Hey, watch out for that... 333 00:14:22,625 --> 00:14:23,583 pothole. 334 00:14:24,666 --> 00:14:25,708 Oh, I saw it. 335 00:14:26,833 --> 00:14:28,000 [groans] 336 00:14:28,208 --> 00:14:31,333 Twenty-six dimensions. In what world are there 26 dimensions? 337 00:14:31,500 --> 00:14:35,708 When I was an undergraduate, we made fun of the old professors 338 00:14:35,875 --> 00:14:39,208 who didn't understand the theory of mesons. 339 00:14:39,375 --> 00:14:41,333 [chuckles] Me, too. I told my thesis advisor, 340 00:14:41,500 --> 00:14:43,875 "I'm surprised you don't understand the physics of time. 341 00:14:44,041 --> 00:14:45,541 You were here for the dawn of it." 342 00:14:45,625 --> 00:14:46,916 [both laugh] 343 00:14:47,416 --> 00:14:50,625 And now, we've become them. 344 00:14:50,791 --> 00:14:51,916 I wish. 345 00:14:52,083 --> 00:14:54,708 My mentor was a Fields Medal winner, taught at Princeton. 346 00:14:55,541 --> 00:14:56,458 What have I done? 347 00:14:56,625 --> 00:14:58,958 You wrote that article on the positron. 348 00:14:59,125 --> 00:15:02,583 I did. I was the belle of the physics ball that year. 349 00:15:02,750 --> 00:15:04,541 And you, you've lectured all over the world. 350 00:15:04,708 --> 00:15:09,125 I can ask for Pepto Bismol in 16 languages. 351 00:15:09,583 --> 00:15:12,250 Boró na écho lígo Pepto Bismol? 352 00:15:12,750 --> 00:15:14,291 [laughs] That was Greek. 353 00:15:14,458 --> 00:15:16,791 Clearly, we're not too old to learn things. 354 00:15:16,958 --> 00:15:19,708 And there's no shame in needing a little help. 355 00:15:19,875 --> 00:15:21,250 -Yeah! -Yeah! 356 00:15:22,041 --> 00:15:23,375 But does it have to be Sheldon? 357 00:15:24,791 --> 00:15:26,250 -Yeah. -Yeah. 358 00:15:26,416 --> 00:15:28,708 [adult Sheldon] My Meemaw made me realize that 359 00:15:28,875 --> 00:15:31,916 Dr. Linkletter and Dr. Sturgis' failure to learn string theory 360 00:15:32,083 --> 00:15:34,041 was my failure as a teacher. 361 00:15:34,250 --> 00:15:37,333 Perhaps the knuckles that really needed to be rapped were my own. 362 00:15:38,208 --> 00:15:40,083 Ow. Lesson learned. 363 00:15:40,291 --> 00:15:42,875 -[knock on door] -["Everybody Hurts" playing] 364 00:15:43,083 --> 00:15:45,708 Sheldon, we'd like you to teach us again. 365 00:15:46,583 --> 00:15:48,458 [Meemaw] Understanding and patience. 366 00:15:48,541 --> 00:15:52,333 [singing] Everybody hurts 367 00:15:53,333 --> 00:15:55,041 All right, dummkopfs, let's do this. 368 00:15:55,125 --> 00:15:57,541 [singing] Sometimes 369 00:16:01,625 --> 00:16:05,125 Everybody hurts 370 00:16:06,208 --> 00:16:08,083 You don't do that to all the food, do you? 371 00:16:09,041 --> 00:16:10,208 I got hurt at practice. 372 00:16:10,375 --> 00:16:11,791 Blow your whistle too hard? 373 00:16:12,375 --> 00:16:14,791 -Funny. -Well, you make it easy. 374 00:16:14,875 --> 00:16:17,291 -[sighs] -George, what happened? 375 00:16:17,416 --> 00:16:19,125 Pulled a muscle at practice. 376 00:16:19,291 --> 00:16:20,916 Also, I'm never eating peas again. 377 00:16:22,041 --> 00:16:24,333 -Is it your-- -Groin, yeah. 378 00:16:24,916 --> 00:16:26,833 Let me run you a warm bath. I bet that'll help. 379 00:16:27,000 --> 00:16:29,541 I'll be fine. I just need to sit for a while 380 00:16:29,708 --> 00:16:32,333 and not take a shower for two to three days. 381 00:16:32,458 --> 00:16:33,500 I'll get you some Bengay. 382 00:16:33,666 --> 00:16:34,791 No, no! 383 00:16:34,958 --> 00:16:38,125 -Heating pad? -I'm good. I got my peas. 384 00:16:38,666 --> 00:16:39,583 I just need to sit. 385 00:16:41,416 --> 00:16:44,625 [groaning] 386 00:16:48,375 --> 00:16:49,375 Are you sure you're okay? 387 00:16:49,541 --> 00:16:52,208 Oh, yeah. Right as rain. 388 00:16:52,333 --> 00:16:53,583 [groaning] 389 00:16:55,833 --> 00:16:56,666 So wait a minute. 390 00:16:56,833 --> 00:17:00,375 Are you saying that the particle should be understood 391 00:17:00,541 --> 00:17:04,291 as a sequence of functions executed in a manifold? 392 00:17:04,458 --> 00:17:06,166 He said it, not me. 393 00:17:06,375 --> 00:17:07,708 Actually, that's correct. 394 00:17:08,500 --> 00:17:10,750 We were both thinking it. That's what's important. 395 00:17:10,916 --> 00:17:12,375 So that would mean? 396 00:17:13,625 --> 00:17:16,875 Gravity is just a residue of forces within manifolds? 397 00:17:17,041 --> 00:17:18,791 Are you asking me or telling me? 398 00:17:19,458 --> 00:17:20,291 Telling? 399 00:17:20,458 --> 00:17:21,375 You're right. 400 00:17:21,500 --> 00:17:22,666 [chuckles] 401 00:17:23,875 --> 00:17:26,416 Oof. I'm going to bed. Are you coming? 402 00:17:26,583 --> 00:17:28,250 No, I think I'm just gonna stay here. 403 00:17:28,416 --> 00:17:29,708 Are you sure you're okay? 404 00:17:29,875 --> 00:17:31,083 Yeah. I'll be fine. 405 00:17:31,875 --> 00:17:35,083 Look at us. It's nine o'clock, I'm exhausted. 406 00:17:35,250 --> 00:17:37,666 You got hurt watching other people exercise. 407 00:17:37,833 --> 00:17:39,166 [Mary chuckles] 408 00:17:39,416 --> 00:17:42,041 I can't believe I thought we could handle another baby. 409 00:17:42,625 --> 00:17:44,125 [sighs] 410 00:17:46,041 --> 00:17:47,083 Really? 411 00:17:47,291 --> 00:17:49,208 Oh, CeeCee's all we need. 412 00:17:50,916 --> 00:17:54,166 Well, if that's how you feel, I support it. 413 00:17:55,208 --> 00:17:56,125 Good night. 414 00:17:57,000 --> 00:17:58,083 Hey, before you go... 415 00:18:00,333 --> 00:18:01,541 could you swap me out? 416 00:18:02,625 --> 00:18:04,750 -Broccoli or corn? -Surprise me. 417 00:18:08,541 --> 00:18:09,916 [sighs] 418 00:18:13,416 --> 00:18:15,291 [theme music playing] rprise me.