1 00:00:02,545 --> 00:00:04,646 What color would you like to be? 2 00:00:04,648 --> 00:00:07,482 Well, I'd like to be green, but you know you always take it. 3 00:00:07,484 --> 00:00:08,783 That's not true. 4 00:00:08,785 --> 00:00:10,418 Any color's fine with me. 5 00:00:10,420 --> 00:00:13,721 Yeah, I could be a-a combination of blue and yellow. 6 00:00:14,690 --> 00:00:16,858 Blue and yellow make green. 7 00:00:16,860 --> 00:00:18,693 Well, then it's settled. 8 00:00:20,029 --> 00:00:21,429 Hi. Ready to go? 9 00:00:21,431 --> 00:00:23,665 Oh, good news, we ordered lunch, 10 00:00:23,667 --> 00:00:26,534 so we can all stay here and play Lord of the Rings Risk. 11 00:00:26,536 --> 00:00:30,338 Sheldon, we said that we would play games with you tonight. 12 00:00:30,340 --> 00:00:31,739 Oh, no, we'll still be playing it tonight-- 13 00:00:31,741 --> 00:00:34,375 this game can easily take eight hours. 14 00:00:34,377 --> 00:00:36,077 Sweetie, you really thought I'd want to do this? 15 00:00:36,079 --> 00:00:37,645 No. Well, did you tell him that? 16 00:00:37,647 --> 00:00:40,581 Yes. Did you say it out loud with words? 17 00:00:40,583 --> 00:00:43,084 No. 18 00:00:43,086 --> 00:00:45,653 I don't want to spend the whole day playing a board game. 19 00:00:45,655 --> 00:00:47,622 Yeah, well, you may change your mind when you hear 20 00:00:47,624 --> 00:00:50,024 that this is the new expanded edition 21 00:00:50,026 --> 00:00:52,260 which contains a more complete map of Middle Earth, 22 00:00:52,262 --> 00:00:54,529 now including the Haradwaith Territories. 23 00:00:56,999 --> 00:00:58,699 I will literally race you to the car. 24 00:00:58,701 --> 00:01:01,802 No, no, no, come on, don't leave. Just try it. 25 00:01:01,804 --> 00:01:03,571 No. We're always doing what you guys want. 26 00:01:03,573 --> 00:01:06,073 Just once, it'd be nice if you did something we wanted. 27 00:01:06,075 --> 00:01:08,910 You want to be green? 28 00:01:10,045 --> 00:01:12,113 You know, they really have tried to like 29 00:01:12,115 --> 00:01:14,515 a lot of the same stuff we're into. Yeah, we do game 30 00:01:14,517 --> 00:01:16,817 nights and video game nights and we watch movies 31 00:01:16,819 --> 00:01:18,085 with director's commentary. 32 00:01:18,087 --> 00:01:20,020 Oh, my favorite-- George Lucas can talk 33 00:01:20,022 --> 00:01:22,123 all the way through Star Wars, I say one word 34 00:01:22,125 --> 00:01:23,557 and I'm banished to the kitchen. 35 00:01:24,893 --> 00:01:26,560 Yeah, today Amy and I are deciding 36 00:01:26,562 --> 00:01:27,728 what we're all gonna do. 37 00:01:27,730 --> 00:01:29,763 You got it, you girls are in charge. 38 00:01:29,765 --> 00:01:31,732 Thank you. Sheldon? 39 00:01:31,734 --> 00:01:33,901 Fine. 40 00:01:33,903 --> 00:01:36,303 Now that we're not playing, you can be green. 41 00:01:36,305 --> 00:01:37,771 Thank you. And since you're green 42 00:01:37,773 --> 00:01:39,907 this time, I can be it next time. 43 00:01:39,909 --> 00:01:41,842 All right, let's see. What's something fun 44 00:01:41,844 --> 00:01:43,877 the guys would never take us to do? 45 00:01:43,879 --> 00:01:45,679 Oh, I know-- we could go horseback riding. 46 00:01:45,681 --> 00:01:46,880 I actually can't. 47 00:01:46,882 --> 00:01:50,150 My hips don't open wider than 22 degrees. 48 00:01:51,986 --> 00:01:55,222 I rode a very thin pony once. 49 00:01:55,224 --> 00:01:58,659 On the first bump... just popped right off. 50 00:02:00,128 --> 00:02:01,828 All right, well, what do you want to do? 51 00:02:01,830 --> 00:02:04,665 There's a craft and folk art museum on Wilshire. 52 00:02:04,667 --> 00:02:07,134 Well, that's Wilshire's problem. 53 00:02:08,002 --> 00:02:09,469 Come on, you know, there-there's 54 00:02:09,471 --> 00:02:11,605 got to be something fun we could do that the guys will hate. 55 00:02:11,607 --> 00:02:13,674 Hang on, why do we have to hate it? 56 00:02:13,676 --> 00:02:16,910 Three words: Doctor Who convention. 57 00:02:16,912 --> 00:02:19,279 I-I did not force you to go to that. 58 00:02:19,281 --> 00:02:21,481 You walked out of the house in a fez and bow tie. I went 59 00:02:21,483 --> 00:02:23,450 so you didn't get beat up. 60 00:02:23,452 --> 00:02:24,985 I wasn't gonna get beat up. 61 00:02:24,987 --> 00:02:28,388 You were, but somehow I held myself back. 62 00:02:28,390 --> 00:02:30,857 You know what you could make us do? Ice-skating. 63 00:02:30,859 --> 00:02:33,226 The cold air will trigger Leonard's asthma 64 00:02:33,228 --> 00:02:35,228 and it plays right into my well-known fear of 65 00:02:35,230 --> 00:02:38,465 getting flattened by a Zamboni. 66 00:02:38,467 --> 00:02:41,501 Now you're helping them find ways to make us miserable? 67 00:02:41,503 --> 00:02:45,005 Well, I'm sorry, Leonard, I'm a problem-solver, it's what I do. 68 00:02:45,007 --> 00:02:47,374 I actually can't go ice-skating. 69 00:02:47,376 --> 00:02:50,744 I have unnaturally brittle ankles. 70 00:02:50,746 --> 00:02:53,279 Is there any part of your body that's normal? 71 00:02:53,281 --> 00:02:54,948 (chuckles) 72 00:02:56,784 --> 00:03:00,186 ♪ Our whole universe was in a hot, dense state ♪ 73 00:03:00,188 --> 00:03:03,723 ♪ Then nearly 14 billion years ago expansion started... Wait! ♪ 74 00:03:03,725 --> 00:03:05,358 ♪ The Earth began to cool ♪ 75 00:03:05,360 --> 00:03:07,961 ♪ The autotrophs began to drool, Neanderthals developed tools ♪ 76 00:03:07,963 --> 00:03:10,463 ♪ We built the Wall ♪ ♪ We built the pyramids ♪ 77 00:03:10,465 --> 00:03:13,066 ♪ Math, Science, History, unraveling the mystery ♪ 78 00:03:13,068 --> 00:03:15,101 ♪ That all started with a big bang ♪ 79 00:03:15,103 --> 00:03:15,825 ♪ Bang! ♪ 80 00:03:15,826 --> 00:03:19,826 ♪ The Big Bang Theory 8x12 ♪ The Space Probe Disintegration Original Air Date on January 8, 2015 81 00:03:19,827 --> 00:03:26,327 == sync, corrected by elderman == @elder_man 82 00:03:26,352 --> 00:03:28,320 Oh, my God, oh, my God, oh, my God. 83 00:03:28,322 --> 00:03:31,123 Will you please relax? I can't take it, dude. 84 00:03:31,125 --> 00:03:33,258 You okay? No, I'm not okay. I feel like 85 00:03:33,260 --> 00:03:35,060 I'm gonna jump out of my skin. 86 00:03:35,062 --> 00:03:37,629 I told you not to wax down there. 87 00:03:38,764 --> 00:03:43,068 It's itchy when it grows back. 88 00:03:43,070 --> 00:03:46,571 I'm worried about the New Horizons space probe. 89 00:03:46,573 --> 00:03:47,539 What's he talking about? 90 00:03:47,541 --> 00:03:49,908 Nine years ago he was part of a team 91 00:03:49,910 --> 00:03:52,177 that launched a spacecraft to collect data about Pluto. 92 00:03:52,179 --> 00:03:54,112 It's finally close enough, so 93 00:03:54,114 --> 00:03:56,214 this morning it turned itself on. 94 00:03:56,216 --> 00:03:57,449 We hope. 95 00:03:57,451 --> 00:03:59,384 The signal has to travel over three billion miles. 96 00:03:59,386 --> 00:04:01,786 So it's gonna be hours before we know if it even survived. 97 00:04:01,788 --> 00:04:04,322 Now we get to see him flip out because he's worried 98 00:04:04,324 --> 00:04:05,857 it was demolished by space ice. 99 00:04:05,859 --> 00:04:08,059 Space ice is no joke. 100 00:04:08,928 --> 00:04:11,362 I can't even watch Frozen anymore. 101 00:04:14,233 --> 00:04:17,402 Ooh, the philharmonic is playing Beethoven downtown. 102 00:04:17,404 --> 00:04:18,970 Yeah, well, before you say yes, 103 00:04:18,972 --> 00:04:22,240 it's not the movie about the big dog. 104 00:04:25,311 --> 00:04:27,578 How come we can't think of something we both want to do? 105 00:04:27,580 --> 00:04:29,847 Because you always pick what we do 106 00:04:29,849 --> 00:04:31,315 and I just go along with it. 107 00:04:31,317 --> 00:04:32,683 Ah, interesting-- 108 00:04:32,685 --> 00:04:34,652 we're being accused of making you do things 109 00:04:34,654 --> 00:04:36,053 you don't like, and here you are, 110 00:04:36,055 --> 00:04:37,722 doing the same thing to poor Amy. 111 00:04:37,724 --> 00:04:40,424 You should point out the hypocrisy of that. 112 00:04:44,229 --> 00:04:45,663 That's what I was doing. 113 00:04:46,865 --> 00:04:49,367 Oh, that wasn't clear. 114 00:04:49,369 --> 00:04:51,168 Try it again, but this time drive it home 115 00:04:51,170 --> 00:04:54,772 with, “How do you like them apples, Missy?” 116 00:04:54,774 --> 00:04:56,474 All right, keep thinking. 117 00:04:56,476 --> 00:04:58,776 You're making it too complicated. 118 00:04:58,778 --> 00:04:59,910 Why not stick to the basics? 119 00:04:59,912 --> 00:05:01,412 Go shopping for clothes 120 00:05:01,414 --> 00:05:02,780 while Leonard and I sit in those 121 00:05:02,782 --> 00:05:05,349 uncomfortable chairs and hold your purses, hmm? 122 00:05:05,351 --> 00:05:06,617 I know I'd hate that. 123 00:05:06,619 --> 00:05:07,785 Leonard? 124 00:05:07,787 --> 00:05:10,120 Well, yeah. 125 00:05:10,122 --> 00:05:13,224 Well, then, it's settled? 126 00:05:13,226 --> 00:05:15,259 What do you say? Sounds kind of perfect. 127 00:05:15,261 --> 00:05:16,861 It does-- somehow he managed 128 00:05:16,863 --> 00:05:19,430 to take all the fun out of it. 129 00:05:19,432 --> 00:05:21,599 Well, once again, it's what I do. 130 00:05:24,102 --> 00:05:26,804 Oh, another two hours to go. 131 00:05:26,806 --> 00:05:28,505 The wait is killing me. 132 00:05:28,507 --> 00:05:31,308 I know. I get it. When I was in the Soyuz capsule 133 00:05:31,310 --> 00:05:33,944 returning from the space station, plummeting toward Earth 134 00:05:33,946 --> 00:05:36,080 at 17,000 miles per hour... Before you finish, 135 00:05:36,082 --> 00:05:39,016 is this a story about patience and waiting 136 00:05:39,018 --> 00:05:42,152 or just another reminder that you went to space? 137 00:05:44,088 --> 00:05:46,323 A story can do two things. 138 00:05:46,325 --> 00:05:48,258 Ugh, I feel like I'm gonna have a heart attack. 139 00:05:48,260 --> 00:05:50,260 You work in pharmaceuticals-- 140 00:05:50,262 --> 00:05:52,829 don't you have anything you can give him? 141 00:05:52,831 --> 00:05:55,832 All I have is our new urine flow drug. 142 00:05:57,201 --> 00:06:00,037 Won't help with his anxiety, but it's so strong, when he pees 143 00:06:00,039 --> 00:06:02,539 he'll fly around the room like he's got a jet pack. 144 00:06:04,208 --> 00:06:06,943 I can't stop thinking about it. 145 00:06:06,945 --> 00:06:09,405 You know, worrying won't have any effect on what happens. 146 00:06:09,406 --> 00:06:10,409 I know. 147 00:06:10,433 --> 00:06:12,505 Maybe you need to do something more productive. 148 00:06:13,152 --> 00:06:15,318 (sighs) Okay. 149 00:06:15,320 --> 00:06:17,320 Ah. 150 00:06:17,322 --> 00:06:20,223 If I make this shot 151 00:06:20,225 --> 00:06:21,558 in the trash can, 152 00:06:21,560 --> 00:06:23,793 the probe will have arrived 153 00:06:23,795 --> 00:06:26,930 in perfect working order. 154 00:06:26,932 --> 00:06:28,832 So, in addition to being crazy, you're resting the fate 155 00:06:28,834 --> 00:06:32,168 of the mission on your athletic prowess. 156 00:06:32,170 --> 00:06:33,670 Yes. 157 00:06:33,672 --> 00:06:36,439 The man who crashed his stationary bike. 158 00:06:37,641 --> 00:06:39,743 I didn't crash it, okay? 159 00:06:39,745 --> 00:06:41,277 My playlist was too up-tempo, 160 00:06:41,279 --> 00:06:43,713 I got light-headed and I fell off. 161 00:06:45,116 --> 00:06:46,916 Okay. 162 00:06:47,751 --> 00:06:49,319 It all... 163 00:06:49,321 --> 00:06:51,488 comes down... 164 00:06:51,490 --> 00:06:53,523 to this. 165 00:06:55,793 --> 00:06:58,761 You happy? Now you can relax. 166 00:06:58,763 --> 00:07:00,296 What kind of scientist are you? Everyone knows 167 00:07:00,298 --> 00:07:02,065 you got to make two out of three. 168 00:07:09,707 --> 00:07:12,041 This isn't so bad. 169 00:07:12,043 --> 00:07:14,076 That's easy for you to say. 170 00:07:14,078 --> 00:07:17,079 Your chair's not facing the lingerie section. 171 00:07:18,048 --> 00:07:21,184 Boy, that's a lot of panties. 172 00:07:21,186 --> 00:07:24,186 You guys comfy? This might take a while. 173 00:07:24,188 --> 00:07:25,688 You know, I don't understand why women 174 00:07:25,690 --> 00:07:27,456 insist on making a big production 175 00:07:27,458 --> 00:07:28,824 out of buying clothes. 176 00:07:28,826 --> 00:07:30,560 No, you're right, we should do what you do. 177 00:07:30,562 --> 00:07:34,096 Have our mom send us pants from the Walmart in Houston. 178 00:07:35,232 --> 00:07:36,599 They have a man there 179 00:07:36,601 --> 00:07:38,968 who understands my personal style. 180 00:07:40,037 --> 00:07:41,237 Bye. 181 00:07:41,239 --> 00:07:43,472 Uh, I've got some bad news. 182 00:07:43,474 --> 00:07:45,408 There's no cell service in here. 183 00:07:45,410 --> 00:07:47,376 Oh. 184 00:07:47,378 --> 00:07:49,011 Well, that's all right. 185 00:07:49,013 --> 00:07:50,880 There were plenty of ways to pass the time 186 00:07:50,882 --> 00:07:52,748 before smart phones were invented. 187 00:07:52,750 --> 00:07:54,316 That's true. 188 00:07:54,318 --> 00:07:56,519 I'll look them up. 189 00:07:59,022 --> 00:08:01,624 Son of a biscuit. 190 00:08:01,626 --> 00:08:03,626 Sheldon, it's fine. 191 00:08:03,628 --> 00:08:04,827 No, it's not fine. 192 00:08:04,829 --> 00:08:06,328 What kind of store in the 21st century 193 00:08:06,330 --> 00:08:07,730 doesn't at least have Wi-Fi? 194 00:08:07,732 --> 00:08:09,264 I'm going to call their corporate office... 195 00:08:09,266 --> 00:08:11,166 Son of a biscuit! 196 00:08:19,942 --> 00:08:23,044 Let's see, my armies 197 00:08:23,046 --> 00:08:25,546 are going to attack the Shire 198 00:08:25,548 --> 00:08:26,914 from Buckland. 199 00:08:26,916 --> 00:08:29,083 And I roll... 200 00:08:33,856 --> 00:08:35,556 a five and a three. 201 00:08:35,558 --> 00:08:36,991 Okay. 202 00:08:36,993 --> 00:08:41,495 And to defend, I roll... 203 00:08:41,497 --> 00:08:43,698 two sixes. I win. 204 00:08:43,700 --> 00:08:46,901 Boy, double-sixes again. 205 00:08:46,903 --> 00:08:48,369 You know... if I hadn't seen it 206 00:08:48,371 --> 00:08:50,338 with my own eyes, I wouldn't believe it. 207 00:08:51,640 --> 00:08:54,608 I wonder how long we're gonna be stuck here. 208 00:08:54,610 --> 00:08:56,310 I don't know, but the girls do a lot for us. 209 00:08:56,312 --> 00:08:57,711 It's the least we can do. 210 00:08:57,713 --> 00:08:59,713 Oh, that's true. I suppose it's only fair 211 00:08:59,715 --> 00:09:01,248 we make compromises. 212 00:09:01,250 --> 00:09:03,684 Look at you, being all mature. 213 00:09:03,686 --> 00:09:07,721 I don't know why you're so surprised. 214 00:09:07,723 --> 00:09:09,523 If there's one thing I know about after living with you 215 00:09:09,525 --> 00:09:12,626 for so many years, it's how to compromise. 216 00:09:13,561 --> 00:09:15,429 I-I'm sorry? 217 00:09:15,431 --> 00:09:17,698 You make compromises for me? 218 00:09:19,034 --> 00:09:20,968 All the time. 219 00:09:22,037 --> 00:09:23,804 On Earth? 220 00:09:26,307 --> 00:09:28,308 In our lives? 221 00:09:29,310 --> 00:09:31,845 That-That we're living? 222 00:09:31,847 --> 00:09:34,381 Oh, yes. I... 223 00:09:34,383 --> 00:09:37,451 Just yesterday, you had a-a big piece of lettuce 224 00:09:37,453 --> 00:09:39,119 stuck in your teeth at lunch. 225 00:09:39,121 --> 00:09:42,689 Did I say anything? No. 226 00:09:43,858 --> 00:09:45,626 I compromised 227 00:09:45,628 --> 00:09:47,861 and kept my mouth shut. 228 00:09:47,863 --> 00:09:51,465 Like you should've, because everyone was laughing at you. 229 00:09:51,467 --> 00:09:54,468 That is not a compromise. 230 00:09:54,470 --> 00:09:56,570 A compromise is me driving you everywhere 231 00:09:56,572 --> 00:09:58,171 because you refuse to learn how. 232 00:09:58,173 --> 00:10:00,574 Oh, I learned how. Amy taught me. 233 00:10:00,576 --> 00:10:02,609 What? Then-Then why don't you do it? 234 00:10:02,611 --> 00:10:05,745 Uh, well, it's scary. 235 00:10:05,747 --> 00:10:09,916 And sometimes I get the pedals mixed up. 236 00:10:10,818 --> 00:10:13,687 But, more importantly, driving me to work 237 00:10:13,689 --> 00:10:16,623 is one of the things that gives your life purpose. 238 00:10:18,459 --> 00:10:20,093 I can't take that away from you, 239 00:10:20,095 --> 00:10:23,063 so... what do I do? 240 00:10:24,565 --> 00:10:26,866 Oh, come on, I'm practically feeding you the answer. 241 00:10:26,868 --> 00:10:29,836 I compromise. 242 00:10:31,972 --> 00:10:34,419 Hey, uh, thanks for keeping me company. 243 00:10:34,443 --> 00:10:35,409 I'm happy to. 244 00:10:35,410 --> 00:10:37,944 I think getting out of the apartment will do you good. 245 00:10:37,946 --> 00:10:40,513 So... where we headed? 246 00:10:40,515 --> 00:10:43,082 If it's okay with you, I'd like to go to temple. 247 00:10:43,084 --> 00:10:47,854 Buddy, trust me, you don't want to convert to Judaism. 248 00:10:48,622 --> 00:10:50,223 I mean, I know I make it look cool, 249 00:10:50,225 --> 00:10:55,094 but... it's not all briskets and dreidels. 250 00:10:55,096 --> 00:10:57,530 I meant a Hindu temple. 251 00:10:57,532 --> 00:11:00,400 Oh. Okay. 252 00:11:00,402 --> 00:11:03,035 It's not like Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, right? 253 00:11:03,037 --> 00:11:07,006 Some bald guy with horns isn't gonna rip my heart out. 254 00:11:07,008 --> 00:11:09,375 Dude, that movie's an imperialist fantasy 255 00:11:09,377 --> 00:11:12,812 that makes the followers of a beautiful and peaceful religion 256 00:11:12,814 --> 00:11:15,248 look like a bunch of bloodthirsty barbarians. 257 00:11:15,250 --> 00:11:16,215 You love that movie. 258 00:11:16,217 --> 00:11:18,985 Yeah, it's pretty great. 259 00:11:21,588 --> 00:11:24,457 I'm surprised to see you suddenly get religious. 260 00:11:24,459 --> 00:11:25,725 Why? 261 00:11:25,727 --> 00:11:28,494 Well, because I've known you for ten years 262 00:11:28,496 --> 00:11:30,196 and you've never gone to temple, 263 00:11:30,198 --> 00:11:31,997 you never talked about believing in God, 264 00:11:31,999 --> 00:11:36,268 and last Diwali I watched you eat two pounds of sacred cow 265 00:11:36,270 --> 00:11:39,438 at a Brazilian steak house. 266 00:11:39,440 --> 00:11:42,274 Religion is a very personal thing. 267 00:11:42,276 --> 00:11:44,877 I do go to temple-- I just... I don't talk about it. 268 00:11:44,879 --> 00:11:46,412 Yeah, but you're a scientist. 269 00:11:46,414 --> 00:11:47,479 So? 270 00:11:47,481 --> 00:11:48,881 So, as a scientist, you believe the way 271 00:11:48,883 --> 00:11:51,016 to understand the universe is through facts and evidence, 272 00:11:51,018 --> 00:11:52,084 and now you're counting 273 00:11:52,086 --> 00:11:53,786 on some blue chick 274 00:11:53,788 --> 00:11:55,988 with a hundred arms to help you? 275 00:11:55,990 --> 00:11:58,324 That is so offensive. Does everything you know 276 00:11:58,326 --> 00:11:59,925 about Hinduism come from Indiana Jones? 277 00:11:59,927 --> 00:12:03,362 No. There's also Apu from The Simpsons. 278 00:12:04,230 --> 00:12:07,866 Well, lots of scientists believe in God. 279 00:12:07,868 --> 00:12:10,702 Okay? Newton, uh, Faraday, 280 00:12:10,704 --> 00:12:12,371 uh, Pascal-- all were believers. 281 00:12:12,373 --> 00:12:15,140 Even Einstein was famous for attacking quantum theory 282 00:12:15,142 --> 00:12:17,509 on the grounds that “God does not play dice 283 00:12:17,511 --> 00:12:18,844 with the universe.” Well, of course 284 00:12:18,846 --> 00:12:22,648 he believed in God-- he slept with Marilyn Monroe. 285 00:12:22,650 --> 00:12:24,449 Actually there's no proof of that. 286 00:12:24,451 --> 00:12:27,185 You believe in your religion, I'll believe in mine. 287 00:12:29,923 --> 00:12:31,490 How's it going in there? 288 00:12:31,492 --> 00:12:32,492 Eh. 289 00:12:32,493 --> 00:12:35,360 Not really a great outfit for work, 290 00:12:35,362 --> 00:12:39,898 unless something opens up in the hookers and whores division. 291 00:12:39,900 --> 00:12:42,868 Hey, can I ask you something? Sure. 292 00:12:42,870 --> 00:12:45,637 Do I really force you to do things you don't want to? 293 00:12:45,639 --> 00:12:47,572 Yeah, but it's okay. 294 00:12:47,574 --> 00:12:48,807 How is it okay? 295 00:12:48,809 --> 00:12:51,209 I promised myself, if I ever got friends, 296 00:12:51,211 --> 00:12:53,445 I'd do whatever they said. 297 00:12:54,480 --> 00:12:57,716 Really, I'm lucky you found me before a cult did. 298 00:12:57,718 --> 00:13:00,552 Well, you know, that was a long time ago. 299 00:13:00,554 --> 00:13:03,321 You're a different woman now. You're smart, 300 00:13:03,323 --> 00:13:06,024 you've got great friends, you've got a boyfriend, 301 00:13:06,026 --> 00:13:09,994 you're pretty, you have zero fashion sense, but... 302 00:13:09,996 --> 00:13:12,464 Anyway, tonight we're gonna do whatever you want. 303 00:13:12,466 --> 00:13:13,498 Really? 304 00:13:13,500 --> 00:13:15,767 Absolutely. You name it, we're doing it. 305 00:13:16,569 --> 00:13:19,971 Basket weaving at the craft museum. 306 00:13:19,973 --> 00:13:23,708 Well, you named it. 307 00:13:27,446 --> 00:13:29,280 Oh, here's another one. 308 00:13:29,282 --> 00:13:33,251 I wish that the apple pancake mix was on the top shelf 309 00:13:33,253 --> 00:13:34,952 because it starts with an “A,” 310 00:13:34,954 --> 00:13:36,754 but I don't put it there 311 00:13:36,756 --> 00:13:38,956 because I don't want you breaking one of your little legs 312 00:13:38,958 --> 00:13:41,392 when you're supposed to be making my breakfast. 313 00:13:42,695 --> 00:13:46,764 Is it my turn to talk about the compromises I make? 314 00:13:46,766 --> 00:13:51,169 I wasn't done, but go ahead. 315 00:13:51,171 --> 00:13:54,839 He said, compromising. 316 00:13:54,841 --> 00:13:56,774 Because of you, I'm not allowed 317 00:13:56,776 --> 00:13:58,809 to adjust the temperature in my own home. 318 00:13:58,811 --> 00:14:00,278 I'm not allowed to whistle. 319 00:14:00,280 --> 00:14:02,580 I don't wear shoes that might squeak. 320 00:14:02,582 --> 00:14:05,249 Well, you're a physicist, not a circus clown. 321 00:14:05,251 --> 00:14:09,654 Sheldon, do you realize I don't live with the woman I love 322 00:14:09,656 --> 00:14:11,288 because of you? 323 00:14:12,224 --> 00:14:13,624 No other reason. Just you. 324 00:14:13,626 --> 00:14:16,093 Is that true? Yes, it's true. The last time 325 00:14:16,095 --> 00:14:17,495 I brought it up, you had an emotional breakdown 326 00:14:17,497 --> 00:14:20,498 and got on a train and ran away. 327 00:14:20,500 --> 00:14:22,266 Well, given my history on the subject, 328 00:14:22,268 --> 00:14:25,136 it seems a little reckless to bring it up now. 329 00:14:25,138 --> 00:14:29,440 You have no idea how much you inconvenience 330 00:14:29,442 --> 00:14:31,075 the lives of everyone around you. 331 00:14:31,077 --> 00:14:33,010 It's exhausting! 332 00:14:33,012 --> 00:14:34,478 You know what? 333 00:14:34,480 --> 00:14:36,480 You think you're so tolerant, 334 00:14:36,482 --> 00:14:38,449 but the truth is... 335 00:14:38,451 --> 00:14:40,517 you're mean to me a lot. 336 00:14:40,519 --> 00:14:41,919 Yeah, you think 337 00:14:41,921 --> 00:14:43,587 that I don't notice all those sarcastic comments 338 00:14:43,589 --> 00:14:45,989 and those eye rolls, but I do. Hmm? 339 00:14:45,991 --> 00:14:48,625 I have excellent peripheral vision. 340 00:14:49,928 --> 00:14:53,864 On a good day, I can see my ears. 341 00:14:54,866 --> 00:14:57,568 Sheldon, I-I'm sorry if I hurt your feelings. 342 00:14:57,570 --> 00:15:00,370 I've been holding a lot of this in for a while. 343 00:15:00,372 --> 00:15:02,039 Well, I'm sorry, too. And if you want 344 00:15:02,041 --> 00:15:04,708 to live with Penny, then I think you should. 345 00:15:04,710 --> 00:15:06,143 Do you mean that? 346 00:15:06,145 --> 00:15:08,512 Yes. Yeah, just put on your squeaky shoes and... 347 00:15:08,514 --> 00:15:11,181 (mimics squeaking) your way out of my life. 348 00:15:13,818 --> 00:15:15,819 Come on, don't get upset. 349 00:15:15,821 --> 00:15:17,954 I'm not upset. 350 00:15:17,956 --> 00:15:23,226 I'm just imagining a world without my best friend in it. 351 00:15:24,328 --> 00:15:25,562 Sheldon. 352 00:15:25,564 --> 00:15:26,530 It's okay. 353 00:15:26,532 --> 00:15:29,366 I-I'm not leaving your world. 354 00:15:29,368 --> 00:15:32,202 I'm just talking about living across the hall. 355 00:15:32,204 --> 00:15:33,470 I understand. 356 00:15:33,472 --> 00:15:36,072 Either way, I want you to know that... 357 00:15:36,074 --> 00:15:38,208 I'm aware of how difficult I can be. 358 00:15:38,210 --> 00:15:39,843 So I just want to say... 359 00:15:39,845 --> 00:15:44,147 thank you for putting up with me. 360 00:15:44,149 --> 00:15:46,583 Buddy... 361 00:15:50,154 --> 00:15:51,488 How are you guys getting alo...? 362 00:15:51,490 --> 00:15:53,890 What? Why are there tears? 363 00:15:53,892 --> 00:15:55,525 Everything's fine. 364 00:15:55,527 --> 00:15:58,194 We just started talking about living arrangements. 365 00:15:58,196 --> 00:16:01,931 Are you crazy? You know he's a flight risk. 366 00:16:01,933 --> 00:16:05,802 That's exactly what I told him. 367 00:16:05,804 --> 00:16:07,904 Sheldon, we know this is a sensitive subject, 368 00:16:07,906 --> 00:16:10,406 and Leonard's not gonna move out until you're ready. 369 00:16:12,176 --> 00:16:15,378 Well, what if you did it gradually? 370 00:16:16,246 --> 00:16:18,214 All right. Well... 371 00:16:18,216 --> 00:16:21,584 how about we start with two nights a week 372 00:16:21,586 --> 00:16:23,052 I live with Penny? 373 00:16:23,054 --> 00:16:27,190 How about one night and... 374 00:16:27,192 --> 00:16:29,392 I let you whistle? 375 00:16:32,996 --> 00:16:34,797 Okay. 376 00:16:34,799 --> 00:16:36,766 When I'm not home. 377 00:16:37,601 --> 00:16:39,869 You got it. 378 00:16:40,737 --> 00:16:42,605 There we go, 379 00:16:42,607 --> 00:16:45,308 compromising again. 380 00:16:45,310 --> 00:16:48,477 We really are the best. 381 00:16:55,485 --> 00:16:57,453 Here we go, 382 00:16:57,455 --> 00:16:59,088 my first Hindu temple. 383 00:16:59,090 --> 00:17:01,624 You see behind the fountain, that tower 384 00:17:01,626 --> 00:17:03,425 that looks like a pyramid? 385 00:17:03,427 --> 00:17:05,428 It's called a Sikhara. It symbolizes 386 00:17:05,430 --> 00:17:08,397 the-the connection between the human and the divine. 387 00:17:08,399 --> 00:17:09,365 Huh. 388 00:17:09,367 --> 00:17:11,834 I always thought it was mini golf. 389 00:17:12,669 --> 00:17:14,536 All right. Shall we? 390 00:17:14,538 --> 00:17:18,307 Yeah. Just, uh, is there anything I should know 391 00:17:18,309 --> 00:17:19,608 before I go in? 392 00:17:19,610 --> 00:17:20,809 Like what? 393 00:17:20,811 --> 00:17:23,579 Like am I dressed okay? 394 00:17:23,581 --> 00:17:25,647 Really? So every other place you've been, 395 00:17:25,649 --> 00:17:27,883 you thought this was fine? 396 00:17:27,885 --> 00:17:30,786 I know you're under a lot of pressure, 397 00:17:30,788 --> 00:17:32,087 so I'm gonna let that pass. 398 00:17:32,089 --> 00:17:33,956 (sighs) Sorry. You're right. 399 00:17:33,958 --> 00:17:35,791 I'm so stressed. 400 00:17:35,793 --> 00:17:37,559 But you know what, 401 00:17:37,561 --> 00:17:39,761 whenever I walk into that temple 402 00:17:39,763 --> 00:17:42,130 I realize that whatever happens, it's okay. 403 00:17:42,132 --> 00:17:44,266 We're all part of an immense pattern, 404 00:17:44,268 --> 00:17:47,169 and though we can't understand it, we can be happy to know 405 00:17:47,171 --> 00:17:49,671 that it's-it's working its will through us. 406 00:17:49,673 --> 00:17:52,741 That's nice. (chuckles) 407 00:17:52,743 --> 00:17:54,977 Whether you call it God or the universe or the self, 408 00:17:54,979 --> 00:17:58,347 we're all interconnected, and that's just a beautiful... 409 00:17:58,349 --> 00:18:02,284 Son of a bitch! That guy just dinged my car! 410 00:18:03,086 --> 00:18:05,387 (gasps) S-Seriously? 411 00:18:05,389 --> 00:18:07,255 Y-You were just gonna drive away? 412 00:18:07,257 --> 00:18:08,490 Like my life 413 00:18:08,492 --> 00:18:09,891 isn't hard enough right now. 414 00:18:09,893 --> 00:18:12,561 A space probe might be destroyed, 415 00:18:12,563 --> 00:18:14,563 my parents are going through an awful divorce, 416 00:18:14,565 --> 00:18:18,099 the guy who cuts my dog's hair just gave her bangs! 417 00:18:18,101 --> 00:18:20,168 Raj. 418 00:18:20,170 --> 00:18:23,471 You saw her. She looks like Jim Carrey from Dumb and Dumber! 419 00:18:23,473 --> 00:18:26,174 Raj, you just got a text. 420 00:18:26,176 --> 00:18:28,610 The probe turned on. It's fine. 421 00:18:29,378 --> 00:18:32,113 (sighs) Oh, good. 422 00:18:32,948 --> 00:18:35,750 Namaste, Grandpa. 423 00:18:43,526 --> 00:18:45,760 I thought this was gonna be boring, 424 00:18:45,762 --> 00:18:47,362 but it's actually kind of fun. 425 00:18:47,364 --> 00:18:51,399 Don't tell Amy that. We'll be here every Sunday. 426 00:18:51,401 --> 00:18:54,068 Sheldon, that really is an excellent basket. 427 00:18:54,070 --> 00:18:55,837 It's not a basket. 428 00:18:55,839 --> 00:18:59,440 It's a soldier's helmet from 16th century China. 429 00:19:02,778 --> 00:19:04,345 Very nice. 430 00:19:04,347 --> 00:19:07,548 Yeah, it looks great. 431 00:19:08,884 --> 00:19:12,053 I saw that. 432 00:19:22,223 --> 00:19:25,592 Well, roomie, it's only one night a week, 433 00:19:25,594 --> 00:19:26,694 but it's a start. 434 00:19:26,696 --> 00:19:28,729 I know. I'm really proud of Sheldon. 435 00:19:28,731 --> 00:19:30,597 Yeah, I'm proud of him, too. 436 00:19:30,599 --> 00:19:32,299 SHELDON: Can you keep it down? Some of us 437 00:19:32,301 --> 00:19:33,599 are trying to sleep out here. 438 00:19:35,942 --> 00:19:42,442 == sync, corrected by elderman == @elder_man