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Previously on
The Big Bang Theory...

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Actually, I-I need to talk to
both of you about your paper.

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Oh, right, how are
the citations coming?Um...

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We came a-across
a-a Russian paper

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that seems to disprove
super-asymmetry.

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[screams]

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Okay, Sheldon and Amy
are still pretty upset

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about their theory
being disproved.

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So we have made
a list of subjects

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for everyone
to avoid.

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Symmetry.Asymmetry.

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Uh, SimCity--

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sounds too much like symmetry.

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LEONARD:
That also applies

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to The Simpsons,
Simba from The Lion King,

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and cymbals.

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Russia or Russian
in any context.

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The country, the dressing,
the roulette.

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Uh, also no talk of Rocky IV.

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Why Rocky IV?

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Because he fights
a Russian.

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I'm sorry about her.
[chuckles]

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We should just try and avoid
anything that makes them think

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of their project
or science

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or Nobel Prizes
or successes or failures.

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Hi.ALL: Hi!

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Hey, guys.Hey-a!

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What are you guys doing?

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Nothing.

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Nothing?

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Like what my career
has come to? Thanks a lot.

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Nice going.

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♪ Our whole universe
was in a hot, dense state ♪

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♪ Then nearly 14 billion years
ago expansion started... Wait! ♪

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♪ The Earth began to cool

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♪ The autotrophs began to drool,
Neanderthals developed tools ♪

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♪ We built the Wall ♪ We built the pyramids♪

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♪ Math, Science, History,
unraveling the mystery ♪

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♪ That all started
with a big bang ♪

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♪ Bang!♪

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[music playing]

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What are you doing?

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Eating, reading,

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watching television,
listening to the radio.

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What does it look
like I'm doing?

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Is that asparagus? I thought
you hate asparagus.

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I thought so, too, but I also
thought super-asymmetry

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was a good idea,
so what else am I wrong about?

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Oh, so now you're
reevaluating

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every opinion you've ever had?

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Yes. I am following the example

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of 17th century philosopher
René Descartes.

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He subjected
all his beliefs

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to radical doubt so that he
could build a bedrock belief

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and build his cognitive life
back up on firm principles.

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Ugh! Still yucky, still yucky.

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[music stops]

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Sheldon, I know you're upset
about the paper, okay.

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I'm upset, too.

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I mean, I was so sure
we were right.

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Every fiber of my being
felt like this was it.

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This was the one. How can I
trust my instincts anymore?

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Well, just because
our theory was wrong,

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that doesn't mean you're wrong
about everything.

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Doesn't it? I've always thought
I hated jazz, maybe I was wrong.

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Maybe it's great to hear
all the notes at once.

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[music playing]

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I'm trying,
I'm really trying!

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What you eating?Chicken fried steak.

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What? You can't have
chicken fried steak

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first thing in the morning.Hey,

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you knew I was a bad boy
when you married me.

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Come on, you want
a piece of this?

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You or the steak?

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Me.
I'm not sharing the steak.

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[knocking]

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Hey, you guys busy?

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No, what's going on?

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I'm really worried
about Sheldon.

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I've never seen him this down.

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Have you tried making him
a cup of tea?

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He's reevaluated tea.

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Now he thinks it's nothing
but leaf soup.

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That's a good point.

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No, it's not.No, it's not.

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He's rethinking everything.

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How long is it gonna be
before he gets to me?

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Oh.It's that bad, huh?

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I'm afraid so. I just...
I don't know what to do.

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I have something
that might help.

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It's-it's a recording
of the only person

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whose opinion Sheldon
actually respects.

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Hawking?

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Feynman?

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No, himself.

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It's a pep talk he made
when he was a kid.

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He gave it to me years ago
and told me to save it

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for a real emergency.

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What?
You didn't break it out

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when he declared his room
a sovereign nation

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and waged a trade war
against us?

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His major export is talking.
I didn't want that anyway.

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Is that a VCR?

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Yeah, Amy asked if we
had one she could borrow

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and I just want to make sure
it still works.

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What's on the tape?

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Not sure. I used to record
a lot of Jeopardy!for my mom,

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but if I push play
and you see some naked people...

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Got it.
What is porn?

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Ooh, we were looking
for "vintage '80s erotica,"

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but I'll accept it.

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WOLOWITZ:
Hello, everybody.

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I am The Great Howdini.

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[coughing]

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Put it back on.
You look adorable.

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It's just a practice tape

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from when I was trying to become
a member of the Magic Castle.

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I didn't know
you auditioned there.

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Oh, I never went
through with it.

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I watched the tape and realized
I wasn't good enough.

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You know that trick where
you saw a mannequin in half?

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Don't you mean a lady?Thank God it was not a lady.

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I'd just be getting
out of jail.

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Come on, you're
a good magician.

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Really? You always
called magic dumb.

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You can be good
at something dumb.

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You know what, you should
audition now.It's fine.

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I don't need to be a member of
the most elite magical society

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on the face
of the earth.

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Sounds like you still want it.

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And I don't want our kids

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to watch this tape one day and
think their dad is a quitter.

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Oh, we don't have to
show it to them.

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Oh, I'm definitely
showing it to them.

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Hey.

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Hello.

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"Fine with flags"?

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Yes, flags--

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up there flapping around
on poles.

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If you think about it,
they're just the strippers

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of the emblem world.

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Well, I got something

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that I think
might cheer you up.

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It is the emergency pep talk
you made when you were a kid.

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Oh, that.

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I was saving it for the day they
stop making Star Wars movies.

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I don't think that's
ever gonna happen.

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How long has it been
since you've seen it?

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Not since the day I recorded it.

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No, I had just watched
Back to the Future II,

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where Marty McFly gets a glimpse
of his future self

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and that got me thinking,

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the day may come
where I needed my help,

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like they did with that movie.
That was not great.

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Okay, all hooked up.

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Here we go.

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Oh, look how cute you were.

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Amy please, of course I was
cute. Look how I turned out.

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Hello, Sheldon.

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Hello, Sheldon.

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If you're watching this,

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I assume something bad
has happened.

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Something unfortunate
and unforeseen.

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Something that's making you

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question everything.

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I'm so smart.

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Now just to make sure
it's really you watching this

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and not an imposter,
what am I thinking of?

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On the count of three.

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One, two, three.

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Robot monkey butler.Robot monkey butler.

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Okay, good.

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Should I leave
you two alone?

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No, this is gonna be inspiring.
You should watch.

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Sheldon, never forget,

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no matter how bad things seem,

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you can al...

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What? What...
No. N... [scoffs]

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My dad taped over it

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with one of his stupid
high school football games.

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Sorry.

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You know, it doesn't matter,
nothing matters.

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Is there anything
I can do?

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Yes. You can build me
a time machine

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so I can go back and tell my
younger self to give up, because

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nothing's gonna work out
the way he wants.

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I was thinking a nice cup
of leaf soup.

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What's all this?

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Your magic tricks
from the garage.

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Your wands, your top hat
with the stuffed mouse inside.

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I never had a stuffed mouse.

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Okay, do not wear this hat.

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Why is it all
in the living room?

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Because I think
The Great Howdini

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deserves to be a member
of the Magic Castle.

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That's sweet, but I'm
not that guy anymore.

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I've outgrown it.

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Have you?

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Look, I know you still
want this, and I can help you.

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All those pageants
I did as a kid--

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I could teach you
how to present yourself,

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connect with the judges,
sabotage the competition.

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Whoa, whoa, no one's
sabotaging anybody.

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Of course not.

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Little girls in ball gowns
trip, it happens.

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Trust me, I'm gonna be
the pageant mom to you

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that my mom was to me.

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I thought you hated your mom
for making you do that.

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More talk like that and
you're not getting any dinner.

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Amazing how it all comes back.

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[Skype ringing]

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Yes?

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Hello, Mother.Hey, Beverly.

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Hello, Leonard.
Hello, Penny.

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To what do I owe this call?

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I need your
professional advice.

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Well, I'd love
to help you out, dear,

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but I'm very busy at the moment.

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Perhaps we can schedule
a time next week.

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It's about Sheldon.

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Oh, well, I-I suppose

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I can spare a minute or two.

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Wh-Why did you just say
you're too busy, but...

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Leonard, please,
not everything is about you.

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Penny, go on.

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Well, ever since his
paper got disproven,

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he's been a wreck.

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He's been sad
and... and angry.

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He just seems
kind of broken.

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Well, it sounds
like he may be grieving.

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Really?

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Over a theory?Of course.

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You can grieve
over any emotional loss.

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The more you care
about something,

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the greater the trauma
of losing it.

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Oh, boy.
He cared about this a lot.

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Yeah. What can we do
to help him?

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Well, grieving is a process.

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Every culture has its own
rituals and traditions

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to facilitate mourning.

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The ancient Egyptians
had their mummification,

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the Tibetans had
their sky funerals...

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And when I was little and my dog
died, my mom sat me down

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and very gently told me
that she wished the truck

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had hit my dad instead.

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I was trying
to lighten the mood.

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Your dog had just died.

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Howard and I have been working
really hard on his audition,

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so it'll be helpful to get
another set of eyes on it.

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Well, as someone who has
watched every episode

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of America's Got Talent,

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I'm getting pretty good
at telling

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when some American's got talent.

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Seriously,

255
00:11:15,413 --> 00:11:17,851
Heidi and I agree,
like, 90% of the time.

256
00:11:17,894 --> 00:11:19,461
All right.

257
00:11:19,504 --> 00:11:22,116
Don't be afraid to be
brutally honest.

258
00:11:22,159 --> 00:11:24,379
Like my mom used to say
when I was doing pageants,

259
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"Tears only make your eyes
sparkle brighter."

260
00:11:27,469 --> 00:11:29,819
That is both sad and true.

261
00:11:29,863 --> 00:11:32,213
Half my Instagram
is after a good cry.

262
00:11:32,256 --> 00:11:34,650
Howie, you ready?

263
00:11:34,694 --> 00:11:36,217
WOLOWITZ [flat]:
Yeah.

264
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I now present The Great Howdini.

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[music playing]

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♪ I've got magic to do,
just for you ♪

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00:11:52,189 --> 00:11:56,237
♪ I've got miracle plays
to play ♪

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00:11:56,280 --> 00:12:01,068
♪ I've got parts to perform,
hearts to warm ♪

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00:12:01,111 --> 00:12:04,767
♪ Kings and things
to take by storm ♪

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♪ As we go along our

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♪ Way.

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Hello. I'm The Great Howdini
from Altadena, California.

273
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I have no brothers or sisters

274
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and my favorite thing to eat
is grilled cheese.

275
00:12:28,399 --> 00:12:29,749
When does the magic start?

276
00:12:29,792 --> 00:12:33,361
It already started.

277
00:12:34,579 --> 00:12:36,581
Hey.

278
00:12:36,625 --> 00:12:38,540
Hi. How are
you guys doing?

279
00:12:38,583 --> 00:12:40,411
A little better,
if you can believe it.

280
00:12:47,157 --> 00:12:48,028
Sheldon?

281
00:12:48,071 --> 00:12:50,247
[muffled]:
Go away.

282
00:12:50,291 --> 00:12:52,336
Buddy, come on, let us help you.

283
00:12:52,380 --> 00:12:54,338
The only person
who could help me was erased

284
00:12:54,382 --> 00:12:56,340
by the Medford High Wolves.

285
00:12:56,384 --> 00:12:59,126
Oh, that's funny. My high
school was also the wolves.

286
00:12:59,169 --> 00:13:01,432
No? Not now? Okay.

287
00:13:01,476 --> 00:13:03,478
LEONARD: Look,
t-this might

288
00:13:03,521 --> 00:13:05,262
seem strange, but, uh,

289
00:13:05,306 --> 00:13:07,743
we thought it might help you get
some closure if you had a chance

290
00:13:07,787 --> 00:13:09,614
to properly say good-bye
to your paper.

291
00:13:09,658 --> 00:13:11,094
Yeah, you know, we
could say a few words,

292
00:13:11,138 --> 00:13:12,704
you could talk about
what it meant to you

293
00:13:12,748 --> 00:13:14,794
and-and we could
bury it somewhere.

294
00:13:14,837 --> 00:13:17,231
You mean have a funeral
for our theory?

295
00:13:17,274 --> 00:13:18,275
Yeah.

296
00:13:18,319 --> 00:13:19,668
That's ridiculous.

297
00:13:19,711 --> 00:13:22,149
I thought so, too, but my mom
thought it might work.

298
00:13:22,192 --> 00:13:25,195
Beverly thought it would help?
We should try it.

299
00:13:25,239 --> 00:13:27,502
Wha-- How come when you thought
it was my idea...

300
00:13:27,545 --> 00:13:28,895
SHELDON:
[stammers] Leonard,

301
00:13:28,938 --> 00:13:30,722
please, this is not about you.

302
00:13:32,812 --> 00:13:34,988
I guess we could bury it
in the park.

303
00:13:35,031 --> 00:13:36,990
Yeah, where dogs do their
business and other dogs

304
00:13:37,033 --> 00:13:39,122
sniff that business?
I don't think so.

305
00:13:39,166 --> 00:13:41,559
What would you
like to do, Sheldon?

306
00:13:43,648 --> 00:13:46,303
The only fitting send-off:

307
00:13:46,347 --> 00:13:47,652
a Viking funeral.

308
00:13:47,696 --> 00:13:49,437
You mean, like,
push it out into a lake

309
00:13:49,480 --> 00:13:51,134
and shoot it
with a flaming arrow?

310
00:13:51,178 --> 00:13:54,224
This guy gets it.

311
00:13:54,268 --> 00:13:56,052
How about a bathtub
and a match?

312
00:13:56,096 --> 00:13:58,881
How about a bathtub
and a flaming arrow?

313
00:13:58,925 --> 00:14:02,276
How about a bathtub, a match
and an ice-cold Yoo-hoo after?

314
00:14:02,319 --> 00:14:04,844
Sold.

315
00:14:06,323 --> 00:14:08,238
[sighs]

316
00:14:08,282 --> 00:14:11,024
Would you like to say something?

317
00:14:11,067 --> 00:14:13,026
Y-Yes, thank you.

318
00:14:13,069 --> 00:14:17,334
I know this is just
a scientific theory,

319
00:14:17,378 --> 00:14:19,293
but to me, it was
more than that.

320
00:14:19,336 --> 00:14:22,905
It described the universe
in a new and beautiful way.

321
00:14:22,949 --> 00:14:26,343
I want that to be the
universe we live in,

322
00:14:26,387 --> 00:14:28,693
but I guess it's not.

323
00:14:28,737 --> 00:14:32,654
Amy, would you like
to shoot the arrow?

324
00:14:46,363 --> 00:14:48,496
It's kind of beautiful,
isn't it?

325
00:14:48,539 --> 00:14:51,238
Yeah, it is.

326
00:14:55,372 --> 00:14:57,418
It's getting kind of
close to the curtain.

327
00:14:57,461 --> 00:14:58,593
It's in water, it's fine.

328
00:14:58,636 --> 00:15:00,856
Oh!
Oh!

329
00:15:00,900 --> 00:15:02,945
Oh!

330
00:15:02,989 --> 00:15:05,252
Looks like we both had theories
that were wrong.PENNY: Okay...

331
00:15:10,126 --> 00:15:11,475
Are you getting sick?

332
00:15:11,519 --> 00:15:14,870
No, I have glitter in my nose.

333
00:15:14,914 --> 00:15:16,872
Just your nose?

334
00:15:16,916 --> 00:15:18,830
Consider yourself lucky.

335
00:15:18,874 --> 00:15:20,702
Hey, I'm gonna

336
00:15:20,745 --> 00:15:22,008
take tomorrow off

337
00:15:22,051 --> 00:15:24,053
so we can spend the whole day
running the act.

338
00:15:24,097 --> 00:15:28,623
You know what, it has been
so much fun working on this

339
00:15:28,666 --> 00:15:29,929
with you, but...But what?

340
00:15:29,972 --> 00:15:31,365
It hasn't.

341
00:15:32,540 --> 00:15:34,237
I'm not gonna audition.

342
00:15:34,281 --> 00:15:36,500
Hey, I didn't raise a quitter.

343
00:15:36,544 --> 00:15:38,154
You didn't raise me at all.

344
00:15:38,198 --> 00:15:40,635
Look,

345
00:15:40,678 --> 00:15:43,203
I get that you're scared, but
we just have to push past that.

346
00:15:43,246 --> 00:15:45,422
I'm not scared.
I don't like the act.

347
00:15:45,466 --> 00:15:46,815
It's over-the-top

348
00:15:46,858 --> 00:15:50,775
and weird and has more
jazz hands than magic.

349
00:15:50,819 --> 00:15:52,734
Why didn't you say
something earlier?

350
00:15:52,777 --> 00:15:55,215
You seemed like
you were so happy,

351
00:15:55,258 --> 00:15:56,651
and then when I tried
to say something,

352
00:15:56,694 --> 00:15:59,523
you seemed like you were so mad.

353
00:15:59,567 --> 00:16:01,482
Hey, this isn't about me.

354
00:16:01,525 --> 00:16:03,092
I just wanted you
to have your dream,

355
00:16:03,136 --> 00:16:04,746
and I wanted
to control everything

356
00:16:04,789 --> 00:16:08,271
about how you looked and acted
so that your victory was mine.

357
00:16:08,315 --> 00:16:12,275
Well, that's honest.

358
00:16:12,319 --> 00:16:14,930
But if I'm gonna
go through with this,

359
00:16:14,974 --> 00:16:16,758
I have to do it my own way.

360
00:16:16,801 --> 00:16:18,716
I respect that,

361
00:16:18,760 --> 00:16:20,718
and I'm glad that I helped
lead you to this moment.

362
00:16:20,762 --> 00:16:23,330
Stop trying to make this
your victory!

363
00:16:24,548 --> 00:16:26,550
[crowd cheering, whistle blowing
over TV]

364
00:16:36,386 --> 00:16:38,910
Why are you watching that?

365
00:16:38,954 --> 00:16:40,042
I'm just looking to see

366
00:16:40,086 --> 00:16:42,001
if there's anything left
of your speech.

367
00:16:42,044 --> 00:16:44,742
It's not important.
I remember everything I said.

368
00:16:44,786 --> 00:16:46,440
And?

369
00:16:46,483 --> 00:16:50,270
It was good, it just would've
meant more coming from me.

370
00:16:52,054 --> 00:16:54,752
All right, bring it in.

371
00:16:54,796 --> 00:16:55,927
Is that your dad?

372
00:16:55,971 --> 00:16:57,712
It is.

373
00:16:57,755 --> 00:17:00,062
I've only seen pictures of him.

374
00:17:00,106 --> 00:17:02,978
I know we're down, by a lot.

375
00:17:03,022 --> 00:17:05,241
And if I'm being
honest with you,

376
00:17:05,285 --> 00:17:07,330
we're probably not
gonna win this one.

377
00:17:07,374 --> 00:17:11,987
In fact, we're definitely not
gonna win this one.

378
00:17:12,031 --> 00:17:14,685
Do you want me to turn it off?

379
00:17:14,729 --> 00:17:17,036
But we're not
gonna quit, either.

380
00:17:17,079 --> 00:17:18,428
And if we do lose,

381
00:17:18,472 --> 00:17:21,736
you need to know
that doesn't make you losers.

382
00:17:21,779 --> 00:17:25,740
You learn as much about who you
are and what you're made of

383
00:17:25,783 --> 00:17:29,048
from failing as you do
from success.

384
00:17:29,091 --> 00:17:32,051
Maybe more.

385
00:17:32,094 --> 00:17:35,445
So you can spend the next half
feeling sorry for yourselves,

386
00:17:35,489 --> 00:17:38,100
or you can get out there
and give them hell.

387
00:17:38,144 --> 00:17:40,015
Yeah! Let's give them hell!

388
00:17:40,059 --> 00:17:43,105
Oh-- watch your mouth,
your mom might...

389
00:17:43,149 --> 00:17:45,586
I remember that game.

390
00:17:45,629 --> 00:17:48,023
Did they win?

391
00:17:48,067 --> 00:17:49,981
Oh, no.

392
00:17:50,025 --> 00:17:51,548
No, they lost so bad,
the other team

393
00:17:51,592 --> 00:17:55,596
let one of their cheerleaders
try to kick a field goal.

394
00:17:55,639 --> 00:17:59,165
Well, that was a nice speech.
Too bad it didn't work.

395
00:17:59,208 --> 00:18:01,428
Maybe it did.

396
00:18:01,471 --> 00:18:04,170
What do you mean?

397
00:18:04,213 --> 00:18:05,867
I've been acting
like the game is over,

398
00:18:05,910 --> 00:18:08,391
but it's only halftime.

399
00:18:08,435 --> 00:18:11,133
And there's a lot more physics
left to play.

400
00:18:11,177 --> 00:18:16,051
Wow, was that your first ever
sports metaphor?

401
00:18:16,095 --> 00:18:19,141
It was.

402
00:18:19,185 --> 00:18:21,578
And I think it was a home run.

403
00:18:24,712 --> 00:18:27,018
That's two.

404
00:18:27,062 --> 00:18:29,717
It's interesting.

405
00:18:29,760 --> 00:18:33,112
I've always thought that
my father's journey and my own

406
00:18:33,155 --> 00:18:38,465
were so different, but he also
faced failure and setbacks.

407
00:18:38,508 --> 00:18:43,122
Maybe our lives mirrored each
other more than I thought.

408
00:18:43,165 --> 00:18:47,430
So, from one viewpoint,

409
00:18:47,474 --> 00:18:50,912
you and your father's lives
are asymmetrical,

410
00:18:50,955 --> 00:18:56,047
but from another vantage point,
they're symmetrical.

411
00:18:56,091 --> 00:18:57,745
Sheldon,

412
00:18:57,788 --> 00:19:02,184
what if symmetry and asymmetry
are observer-relative?

413
00:19:02,228 --> 00:19:05,405
That would mean that
the Russian paper was right...

414
00:19:05,448 --> 00:19:08,277
But only from one perspective.

415
00:19:08,321 --> 00:19:11,280
If we look at it from a deeper
view in more dimensions,

416
00:19:11,324 --> 00:19:13,195
our theory still stands.

417
00:19:13,239 --> 00:19:16,677
Not only stands, i-it might be
an even bigger idea

418
00:19:16,720 --> 00:19:18,896
than the one we were
originally proposing.

419
00:19:18,940 --> 00:19:21,029
Go get your laptop.
We have a paper to fix.

420
00:19:21,072 --> 00:19:22,117
[chuckles]:
Okay.

421
00:19:26,904 --> 00:19:30,343
Thanks, Dad.

422
00:19:30,386 --> 00:19:32,040
We're gonna give them hell.

423
00:19:41,092 --> 00:19:43,051
Hi, I'm The Great Howdini,

424
00:19:43,094 --> 00:19:45,401
and it's an honor to be
auditioning at the Magic Castle.

425
00:19:45,445 --> 00:19:47,838
Could I borrow your watch, sir?

426
00:19:47,882 --> 00:19:49,753
Sure.Thank you.

427
00:19:49,797 --> 00:19:53,627
Ooh, Rolex, fancy.
I'll get it right back to you.

428
00:19:53,670 --> 00:19:57,848
Observe:
one very expensive watch,

429
00:19:57,892 --> 00:20:00,634
one wooden mallet.

430
00:20:02,984 --> 00:20:05,160
Do I dare? I do.

431
00:20:09,251 --> 00:20:12,907
Would you be amazed if your
watch survived that pounding?

432
00:20:12,950 --> 00:20:15,997
I think you would-- behold.

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00:20:16,040 --> 00:20:22,525
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