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Oh, the... there's
a 7:15 at the ArcLight.

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Well, that doesn't give
us much time to eat.

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We can eat afterwards.

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I'm not gonna eat
at 10:00 at night.

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Who am I, Hemingway?

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Why do you think
Hemingway ate at 10:00?

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He spent a lot of time in
Spain. They eat dinner late.

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He also spent
a lot of time in Florida.

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Last time I was there,
people were eating dinner

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at, like, 4:30.

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KOOTHRAPPALI:
You guys know

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that Hemingway had
cats with six toes?

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Six toes per foot
or six toes total?

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WOLOWITZ:
Okay.

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It's official. We're never
going to see the Avengers.

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Guys, just come on.
Make a decision.

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I-I'm good with
eating after.

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Mm, I'm kind of hungry now.Yeah, me, too.

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Then we'll eat before.KOOTHRAPPALI:
Okay.

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So, then, we can see the 3-D
at 9:00 or the 2-D at 9:30.

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3-D.
If I'm gonna see Thor,

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I want to feel like
I could lick those abs.

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Actually,
3-D kind of makes me queasy.

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No, but we have to see it
in 3-D.

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We saw part one in 3-D,
and the 2-D part two

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is not the part two
of the 3-D part one.

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He's got you there, Leonard.
Or he doesn't.

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I don't really care anymore.[laughs]

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LEONARD:
Okay, then,

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we'll go see it in 3-D.PENNY:
No.

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Sweetie, you shouldn't do things
that make you feel bad.

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Well, I'm doing this.

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And of course he is.

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He is a textbook satisficer.

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That's not even a word.

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Uh, yes, it is.

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According to Nobel Prize-winning
economist Herbert Simon,

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satisficing is a
decision-making strategy

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whereby a person accepts

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whatever available
option is satisfactory

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rather than seeking out
a course of action

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that would make him happiest,

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as I just did when I explained
what satisficing was.

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KOOTHRAPPALI:
He's right.

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No one wanted to hear that.

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He knew it, yet
he plowed ahead.

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I'm just trying to find a plan

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that makes everyone happy.

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Except you.

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Yeah, Leonard.
What would make you happy?

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I could tell you about
satisficing again.

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You know,
what would make me happy

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is if we just stop talking
about this

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and see whatever movie
you guys want to see

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whenever you want to see it.

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Okay. But next time,
we get to pick.

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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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How's your headache?

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It's better.
The throwing up really helped.

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Mm. I'm so sorry you missed
the end of the movie.

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Oh, it's okay.

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Everyone talked about it
so much on the ride home,

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I feel like I saw it.

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Well, to be fair, you talked
about the bathroom so much,

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we felt like we saw that, too.

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I think I would've been okay

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if we weren't sitting so close.

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Well, then,
why did we sit so close?

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Sheldon said, "Are these seats
good for everyone?"

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What was I supposed to do,
say no, like a maniac?[scoffs]

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Sweetie, you have
got to stand up for yourself.

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You know, maybe Sheldon's right.

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Maybe you are that word he said.

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Satisficer?

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Yeah, that!
That's the one.

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Boy, sounds way more made-up
when you say it.

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I mean, come on,
when was the last time

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you did something
totally selfish without worrying

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about what anyone else wanted?

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Uh...

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according to my mother,

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I took my sweet time being born.

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How is that selfish?

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Apparently, she had
dinner reservations.

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And this is the telescope room

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where I spend a lot
of my evenings.

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Where's the telescope?

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Hawaii.

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That's cool.

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Yeah, so, you know...

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aloha.

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What's that smell?

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Uh, everyone has
their own theory.

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Dr. Tibourgh thinks it's mold.

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I think it's Dr. Tibourgh.

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So, what am I looking at?

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Ah, this is live information

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from the Keck telescope.
It's pretty interesting.

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So, I recently observed
some optical flashes.

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It could be light bouncing
off a natural object,

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but those tend to
be less reflective,

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so could be evidence of
something alien-made.

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Oh, this suddenly got exciting.

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Oh. When you say "exciting,"

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do you mean "go back
to my place" exciting

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or "hold our breath
and do it here"?

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Mahalo.

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Do I want to ask?

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Oh, w... when I go upstairs,

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Penny's gonna make me choose
what we're gonna do tonight

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without taking her feelings
into consideration,

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and I-I don't know
if I'm up for it.

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Poor baby.
When I go upstairs,

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Sheldon's gonna give me
a 25-minute lecture

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about what Hulk would be like
if he were made of metal.

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Part of his ongoing series,

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"What If Hulk Were Made
of Other Things?"

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I-I've always been
a people pleaser.

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Is that so bad?
It's gotten me this far.

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What, almost up four
flights of stairs?

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Okay, if I go in there

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and pick something I want to do
that she also wants to do,

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she's gonna think I'm just
picking it to make her happy.

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So I feel like

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I have to pick something
I know she doesn't want to do

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or she's gonna be disappointed.

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Right?
What do you think?

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Think I've got ice cream
in this bag

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that's starting to melt.

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I'm sorry.

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It's exhausting
being in my head.

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Look, when you wanted
Penny, you didn't care

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what anybody else
thought or wanted,

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including Penny.

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That's true.

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Yeah, yeah,
there was something I wanted,

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I went after it and I got it.

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Now you're hiding from it on the
stairs, so it all worked out.

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[door opens]LEONARD:
Hey.

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I thought about what
I want to do tonight,

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and I didn't take your feelings
into consideration at all.

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Great.

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I want to have sex.

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Wow, sex with your wife.

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You're really swinging for
the fences there, Hofstadter.

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Yeah, we don't have to.

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No!

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I like it.
Let's go.

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Oh, o-okay.

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And then after that,
we're gonna watch

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Star Trek: Discovery. All right.

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Well, just a warning, I might be
on my phone for most of it.

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That's fine.

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Wait, you mean
just the Star Trek...

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Actually, I don't care.

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And, with apologies
to Lady Gaga,

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that's how a star is born.

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Told you he was
gonna mention Lady Gaga.

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At least he didn't talk
about how much he cried

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during that movie.

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KOOTHRAPPALI:
Although,

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if you haven't seen that movie,
you should.

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I cried so much.

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Well, that's the lecture
for today.

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Uh, let's open it up
for questions.

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Uh...

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Oh, you! Sir, yes.

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You have a question?

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Yeah. Actually,
I have a two-part question.

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Are you sure? I get the sense
it's only one part.

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No, no, it's two.

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Part one: the new star

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you were talking about--

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how long did it take
that light to reach Earth?

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And part two:

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is it true you plant
your friends in the audience

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to ask questions?

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46,000 years.

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And no,
I don't plant my friends,

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because apparently,
I don't have any.

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Uh, any other questions?

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Uh, yes. You, miss.WOMAN:
Hi.

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I read your paper on specular
reflections. It was great.

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Oh, thank you so much.In your conclusion,

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you said you couldn't rule out
that light flashes

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could be evidence
of alien civilization.

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So does that mean
you think it's aliens?

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I was just illustrating
that there are many unknowns,

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and as scientists, we can't

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preemptively rule out
possibilities.

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So you think it's aliens.

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A-Actually, no, that's...WOLOWITZ:
I have a question

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about the aliens you found.

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That's not what I said, Howard.

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Hold on a second.

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Do you two know each other?

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MAN:
Yeah.

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My sister was--

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a-and this is her term--
abducted.

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Do you think those could be
the same aliens...

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Okay, any other questions? Mm.

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Not about aliens?

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What?

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Do you still want me to
ask the one you gave me?

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'Cause it kind of feels
like we're past that.

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Ooh, Leonard,
I don't mean to alarm you,

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but the Chinese food
smells funny.

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That's because it's barbecue.

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But it's Chinese food night.

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Um, I picked it. You're
the one who told me

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to stop being such a
satisficer all the time.

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What?
I did not.

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I just pointed out
that you were one.

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It's what I like best about you.

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Well, that and those little
notes you leave in my lunch.

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I leave those!

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Well, that's disappointing.

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I already know
that you heart me.

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Now I don't know
if Leonard does.

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Well, this is what
we're having for dinner.

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You can eat it or not.
I don't care.

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I guess that answers
the heart question.

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I-It's fine.
We'll have barbecue.

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Oh, of course.
I'm nothing if not flexible.

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I'm sure that at some point

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in the 3,000-year history
of the Chinese empire,

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a cavalryman crossing

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the Gobi Desert was forced
by hunger to eat his own horse

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and roast it over a campfire,

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hence, Chinese barbecue.
Let's eat.

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Gee, I'm sorry, I didn't
watch the news today.

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Has the whole world gone mad?

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It's my house.

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I'm tired of being told
where I can and can't sit.

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You did this.

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Amy, grab your meat.
We're leaving in a huff.

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I'm sorry, if I don't go now,
it's not a huff.

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Don't take this the wrong way,

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but that was even more exciting
than the sex.

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Don't take this the wrong way,
but yes, it was.

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Leonard, where are you going?

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Well, to work.

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Just trying out
a different route.

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Okay.

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If we cross the county line,
it's technically kidnapping.

253
00:10:04,212 --> 00:10:06,867
Well, if you don't approve
of my driving, too bad.

254
00:10:06,910 --> 00:10:08,433
This is the new me.
Get used to it.

255
00:10:08,477 --> 00:10:10,522
Fine.
Then this is the new me,

256
00:10:10,566 --> 00:10:12,742
and he finds
the new you tiresome.

257
00:10:14,135 --> 00:10:16,093
How is that different
than the old you?

258
00:10:16,137 --> 00:10:18,269
The new me gives knowing winks.

259
00:10:21,229 --> 00:10:22,752
Well, all these years,

260
00:10:22,796 --> 00:10:24,928
I-I was afraid to say
what I wanted.

261
00:10:24,972 --> 00:10:26,669
You know, even at work,

262
00:10:26,713 --> 00:10:28,497
you know, there's things
I want to accomplish,

263
00:10:28,540 --> 00:10:31,674
but I didn't want to ruffle any
feathers or step on any toes.

264
00:10:31,718 --> 00:10:33,676
Feathers and toes?
Is the new thing you're trying

265
00:10:33,720 --> 00:10:36,374
to accomplish ballroom dancing
with a chicken?

266
00:10:36,418 --> 00:10:39,464
Look at that--
the new me is hilarious.

267
00:10:39,508 --> 00:10:42,032
Always wanted to be
the principal investigator

268
00:10:42,076 --> 00:10:44,121
on a plasma physics study.

269
00:10:44,165 --> 00:10:46,950
Hey, look at that--
the new you's funny, too.

270
00:10:47,995 --> 00:10:50,301
I'm serious.
You know...

271
00:10:50,345 --> 00:10:51,999
I'm gonna put together
a proposal

272
00:10:52,042 --> 00:10:53,914
and tell President Siebert
this is what I want to do.

273
00:10:53,957 --> 00:10:55,219
If he doesn't let me,

274
00:10:55,263 --> 00:10:57,439
there's plenty of other
universities that will.

275
00:10:57,482 --> 00:10:59,180
Sure there are.

276
00:11:01,486 --> 00:11:03,445
Of course you don't
want me to do that,

277
00:11:03,488 --> 00:11:05,839
because you like it when
you're successful and I'm not.No,

278
00:11:05,882 --> 00:11:07,231
you're confusing
causation and...

279
00:11:07,275 --> 00:11:09,930
"Welcome to Alhambra."
Where the heck are we?

280
00:11:12,759 --> 00:11:14,978
Now I'm some sort
of big joke.

281
00:11:15,022 --> 00:11:17,589
I'm even on some
alien conspiracy blog.

282
00:11:17,633 --> 00:11:19,722
See? "Caltech
astrophysicist

283
00:11:19,766 --> 00:11:21,985
finds proof of alien life.'

284
00:11:23,378 --> 00:11:25,728
Wow, that is not
a great picture of you.

285
00:11:25,772 --> 00:11:27,208
That's not the point.

286
00:11:27,251 --> 00:11:28,688
Dr. Koothrappali.

287
00:11:28,731 --> 00:11:31,168
I'm surprised to
see you in here.Why is that?

288
00:11:31,212 --> 00:11:32,474
Because the truth...

289
00:11:32,517 --> 00:11:34,476
is out there!

290
00:11:34,519 --> 00:11:35,607
[laughing]

291
00:11:36,783 --> 00:11:39,046
You see? That's what
I'm talking about.

292
00:11:39,089 --> 00:11:41,048
People have been doing
that to me all day.

293
00:11:41,091 --> 00:11:42,832
Relax.
They're just having fun.

294
00:11:42,876 --> 00:11:44,138
[Koothrappali sighs]

295
00:11:45,182 --> 00:11:47,184
Oh, come on!

296
00:11:49,665 --> 00:11:50,710
See? It's fun.

297
00:11:50,753 --> 00:11:52,799
[chuckles]

298
00:11:58,369 --> 00:12:00,067
Wow. Déjà vu.

299
00:12:01,111 --> 00:12:02,722
Amy, you're a neuroscientist--

300
00:12:02,765 --> 00:12:04,941
you know the latest research
into déjà vu suggests

301
00:12:04,985 --> 00:12:07,074
it's nothing but
the frontal regions of the brain

302
00:12:07,117 --> 00:12:09,206
attempting to correct
an inaccurate memory.

303
00:12:09,250 --> 00:12:11,252
You telling me stuff
I already know

304
00:12:11,295 --> 00:12:13,210
is definitely déjà vu.

305
00:12:14,211 --> 00:12:16,518
How about telling me
something I don't know,

306
00:12:16,561 --> 00:12:19,173
like why you're
sitting on the stairs.

307
00:12:19,216 --> 00:12:22,132
How can I tell if I'm doing
something for a noble reason

308
00:12:22,176 --> 00:12:23,786
or a selfish reason?

309
00:12:24,874 --> 00:12:26,963
Try saying the thing
in your head

310
00:12:27,007 --> 00:12:30,445
and see if you can add
the words, "That'll show 'em."

311
00:12:32,055 --> 00:12:34,014
Leonard's about to demand a job

312
00:12:34,057 --> 00:12:36,625
that I don't think
the university will give him.

313
00:12:36,668 --> 00:12:38,845
I'm worried he's making
a giant mistake.

314
00:12:38,888 --> 00:12:40,847
But maybe I only
think that because

315
00:12:40,890 --> 00:12:43,763
deep down I don't
want him to succeed.

316
00:12:45,155 --> 00:12:47,592
The fact that you're worried
about your motivation

317
00:12:47,636 --> 00:12:51,248
supports the idea that you
genuinely care for your friend.

318
00:12:53,424 --> 00:12:55,818
I do.

319
00:12:55,862 --> 00:12:57,559
Thank you, Amy.

320
00:12:57,602 --> 00:12:58,821
You know what?

321
00:12:58,865 --> 00:13:00,388
After I've talked to Leonard,

322
00:13:00,431 --> 00:13:03,260
you've earned yourself
a bonus lecture on Sponge Hulk.

323
00:13:06,698 --> 00:13:08,004
That'll show me.

324
00:13:11,965 --> 00:13:14,663
So, I spent the whole day
putting together this proposal,

325
00:13:14,706 --> 00:13:16,926
and tomorrow I'm gonna
tell President Siebert

326
00:13:16,970 --> 00:13:19,146
that this is what
I want to do.

327
00:13:19,189 --> 00:13:21,757
Oh. Well, this...

328
00:13:21,801 --> 00:13:23,411
looks great.

329
00:13:24,368 --> 00:13:26,806
You didn't even open it.Well, no,

330
00:13:26,849 --> 00:13:28,068
it's got a nice, you know,

331
00:13:28,111 --> 00:13:30,244
science-y heft to it. I...

332
00:13:30,287 --> 00:13:32,159
Really proud of
you, sweetie.

333
00:13:33,029 --> 00:13:34,335
Leonard?

334
00:13:34,378 --> 00:13:35,858
Hmm?Um,

335
00:13:35,902 --> 00:13:37,425
I have been agonizing

336
00:13:37,468 --> 00:13:39,644
over whether or not
to say something to you.

337
00:13:39,688 --> 00:13:41,603
Aw. Let me help. Don't.

338
00:13:42,647 --> 00:13:44,084
I have to.

339
00:13:44,127 --> 00:13:47,217
I don't think that you
should demand to be in charge

340
00:13:47,261 --> 00:13:48,479
of a plasma project.

341
00:13:48,523 --> 00:13:49,698
Well, big surprise.

342
00:13:49,741 --> 00:13:52,396
You can't stand the idea
of me succeeding.

343
00:13:52,440 --> 00:13:54,007
No. I'll be honest.

344
00:13:54,050 --> 00:13:57,053
New assertive Leonard is going
to take some getting used to.

345
00:13:57,097 --> 00:13:59,839
But so did
cargo pants Leonard, hmm?

346
00:13:59,882 --> 00:14:01,797
Who, for the record,
I miss.

347
00:14:01,841 --> 00:14:04,321
He always had gum.

348
00:14:04,365 --> 00:14:06,802
Sheldon, if this is what he
wants, he should ask for it.

349
00:14:06,846 --> 00:14:08,891
I mean, what's the worst
that happens? They say no.

350
00:14:08,935 --> 00:14:10,588
Well, I'm not
gonna let them say no.

351
00:14:10,632 --> 00:14:13,635
If they don't want me to quit,
this is what it's gonna take.

352
00:14:13,678 --> 00:14:15,202
Wait, you're gonna quit?

353
00:14:15,245 --> 00:14:17,900
Yeah. It's like you said,
I have to go after what I want,

354
00:14:17,944 --> 00:14:19,510
and if I can't get that
at Caltech,

355
00:14:19,554 --> 00:14:21,643
there are plenty of other
universities in the world.

356
00:14:21,686 --> 00:14:23,079
W... In the world?
[laughs]

357
00:14:23,123 --> 00:14:25,125
I can't even get you
to go to the beach,

358
00:14:25,168 --> 00:14:27,910
and now you want to
move to the world?

359
00:14:27,954 --> 00:14:30,913
Well, I don't want to, but
if that's what I have to do...Okay, don't you think

360
00:14:30,957 --> 00:14:32,132
threatening to quit
your job is something

361
00:14:32,175 --> 00:14:33,698
you should run by me first?

362
00:14:33,742 --> 00:14:35,962
You said I shouldn't
worry about your feelings.

363
00:14:36,005 --> 00:14:38,703
I meant feelings about things
that I don't care about!

364
00:14:38,747 --> 00:14:40,401
Now, I'm not quite sure
when to jump in here...

365
00:14:40,444 --> 00:14:42,316
Not now.Okay.

366
00:14:42,359 --> 00:14:44,884
Fine, you want to talk about it?
Let's talk about it.

367
00:14:44,927 --> 00:14:46,886
I-I'm not loving
my job right now.

368
00:14:46,929 --> 00:14:49,279
And this is something
that would make me happy.

369
00:14:49,323 --> 00:14:51,673
Don't you want me to be happy?Oh, I've been dinged
on this before.

370
00:14:51,716 --> 00:14:54,415
Whatever you really think,
you have to say yes.

371
00:14:54,458 --> 00:14:58,071
Of course I want you
to be happy.Well played.

372
00:14:58,114 --> 00:15:00,856
Okay, I know this seems scary,

373
00:15:00,900 --> 00:15:03,293
but I put together
a strong proposal.

374
00:15:03,337 --> 00:15:05,556
It's good for me,
it's good for the university.

375
00:15:05,600 --> 00:15:07,428
They're gonna give it to me.

376
00:15:07,471 --> 00:15:08,908
No.

377
00:15:10,474 --> 00:15:12,172
I'm sorry, President Siebert,

378
00:15:12,215 --> 00:15:14,217
but I'm not taking no
for an answer.

379
00:15:14,261 --> 00:15:16,045
I speak a little Russian.

380
00:15:16,089 --> 00:15:18,569
Will you take nyet
for an answer?

381
00:15:18,613 --> 00:15:20,310
I'm serious.

382
00:15:20,354 --> 00:15:22,573
Oh.
Well, that changes everything.

383
00:15:22,617 --> 00:15:24,619
Really? Nyet.

384
00:15:27,448 --> 00:15:29,885
I know a lot of people
have been having fun

385
00:15:29,929 --> 00:15:32,105
claiming that I said
I found alien life.

386
00:15:32,148 --> 00:15:33,454
[chuckles]
I want to make it clear

387
00:15:33,497 --> 00:15:36,109
that is not what I said.

388
00:15:36,152 --> 00:15:38,633
I did say that was
one possible explanation.

389
00:15:38,676 --> 00:15:40,635
I don't think
that's something to mock.

390
00:15:40,678 --> 00:15:42,985
Right? It would be arrogant
for us to assume

391
00:15:43,029 --> 00:15:45,074
that we are alone
in the universe.

392
00:15:45,118 --> 00:15:47,294
And as scientists,
we need to remain open

393
00:15:47,337 --> 00:15:50,079
to the possibility
that the truth may sound silly

394
00:15:50,123 --> 00:15:51,646
or far-fetched.

395
00:15:51,689 --> 00:15:54,518
Uh, the round Earth.
Germs that cause diseases.

396
00:15:54,562 --> 00:15:55,955
Subatomic particles.

397
00:15:55,998 --> 00:15:58,000
All these at one time
seemed fanciful.

398
00:15:58,044 --> 00:16:00,176
So who's to say
what science fiction of today

399
00:16:00,220 --> 00:16:02,091
will be the reality of tomorrow?

400
00:16:03,136 --> 00:16:05,616
Will there be colonies on Mars?

401
00:16:05,660 --> 00:16:07,749
Uh, matter transporters?

402
00:16:07,792 --> 00:16:10,099
Perhaps the Loch Ness Monster
is real.

403
00:16:10,143 --> 00:16:12,928
Who knows?
I'm just saying that...

404
00:16:12,972 --> 00:16:15,278
the only way
science moves forward

405
00:16:15,322 --> 00:16:17,889
is to follow the evidence
wherever it leads,

406
00:16:17,933 --> 00:16:20,980
even if it makes us
sound crazy sometimes.

407
00:16:21,023 --> 00:16:22,633
Hey, Bernie,
look at this.

408
00:16:22,677 --> 00:16:25,419
"Caltech astrophysicist claims

409
00:16:25,462 --> 00:16:28,465
Loch Ness Monster is real."

410
00:16:28,509 --> 00:16:30,424
[giggles]

411
00:16:33,166 --> 00:16:35,037
Hey. How did it go?Great.

412
00:16:35,081 --> 00:16:36,430
What, so you got the job?

413
00:16:36,473 --> 00:16:38,562
I did not.

414
00:16:38,606 --> 00:16:40,869
So you quit?
Okay, Leonard, I can't move.

415
00:16:40,912 --> 00:16:43,785
I just bought a six-month
membership to SoulCycle.

416
00:16:44,829 --> 00:16:46,918
Well, I-I didn't quit.

417
00:16:46,962 --> 00:16:48,181
I said I was going to.

418
00:16:48,224 --> 00:16:50,618
I walked out the door
and started crying.

419
00:16:50,661 --> 00:16:54,100
You know, "Oh, my, God, oh, my
God, oh, my God, what'd I do?"

420
00:16:54,143 --> 00:16:56,537
And then he called me back in.

421
00:16:56,580 --> 00:16:58,147
[gasps]
Then he changed his mind?

422
00:16:58,191 --> 00:16:59,322
He did not.

423
00:16:59,366 --> 00:17:01,324
I'm really confused about

424
00:17:01,368 --> 00:17:03,326
how to react to this story.

425
00:17:04,588 --> 00:17:06,895
President Siebert
didn't want to lose me.

426
00:17:06,938 --> 00:17:08,288
Even though
they couldn't make me

427
00:17:08,331 --> 00:17:10,768
a lead investigator
on a plasma team,

428
00:17:10,812 --> 00:17:12,770
there was an opening
for a co-lead

429
00:17:12,814 --> 00:17:14,250
on a photon entanglement team.

430
00:17:14,294 --> 00:17:15,599
How cool is that?

431
00:17:15,643 --> 00:17:18,559
You're gonna have to tell me.

432
00:17:19,603 --> 00:17:20,996
It's really cool.

433
00:17:21,040 --> 00:17:23,564
Yay! Oh, I am so
happy for you.

434
00:17:23,607 --> 00:17:26,958
I almost got what I wanted,
and it never would have happened

435
00:17:27,002 --> 00:17:29,439
if you hadn't almost
believed in me.Oh.

436
00:17:30,658 --> 00:17:32,573
Let's celebrate.
What do you want to do?

437
00:17:32,616 --> 00:17:35,271
Oh, please don't make me
decide another thing.[sighs]

438
00:17:35,315 --> 00:17:37,056
Hey, you want to go
to SoulCycle with me?

439
00:17:37,099 --> 00:17:39,232
Give me a minute,
I'll think of something.

440
00:17:45,368 --> 00:17:47,153
Now, I know what
you're thinking:

441
00:17:47,196 --> 00:17:50,895
isn't Broccoli Hulk basically
just the Jolly Green Giant?

442
00:17:51,896 --> 00:17:53,898
That iswhat I was thinking.

443
00:17:53,942 --> 00:17:56,205
Let's never discuss it again.

444
00:17:57,250 --> 00:17:58,468
Really?

445
00:17:59,643 --> 00:18:02,037
Are you hiding from Penny again?No. No, no, no.

446
00:18:02,081 --> 00:18:05,432
I-I went to SoulCycle with her,
and my legs hurt so bad, I...

447
00:18:05,475 --> 00:18:08,174
literally can't stand up.

448
00:18:08,217 --> 00:18:10,785
Sheldon, why don't you
keep him company.

449
00:18:12,395 --> 00:18:14,049
All right.

450
00:18:16,225 --> 00:18:18,053
Hello, Leonard.Hey.

451
00:18:19,663 --> 00:18:21,709
[sighs]

452
00:18:22,710 --> 00:18:24,581
Have you ever wondered

453
00:18:24,625 --> 00:18:28,281
what the Hulk would be like
if he were made of sherbet?

454
00:18:31,197 --> 00:18:32,763
I give up.

455
00:18:33,808 --> 00:18:35,418
Delicious.

456
00:18:37,812 --> 00:18:40,771
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