1 00:00:01,676 --> 00:00:04,144 So what kind of cruise is this you're going on? 2 00:00:04,146 --> 00:00:07,014 It's called the Born Again Boat Ride. 3 00:00:07,016 --> 00:00:10,400 Christian Quarterly gave it their highest rating-- 4 00:00:10,402 --> 00:00:12,820 five thorny crowns. 5 00:00:12,822 --> 00:00:15,155 I do wish you'd come with me, Sheldon. 6 00:00:15,157 --> 00:00:19,026 Well, Mom, if I did, it would be conclusive proof 7 00:00:19,028 --> 00:00:21,245 that your God can work miracles. 8 00:00:22,330 --> 00:00:23,347 You're missing out. 9 00:00:23,349 --> 00:00:24,781 It's gonna be wall-to-wall fun. 10 00:00:24,783 --> 00:00:25,833 It's all themed. 11 00:00:25,835 --> 00:00:27,817 There's Jonah and the Whale Watching. 12 00:00:29,387 --> 00:00:32,339 All-you-can-eat Last Supper Buffet. 13 00:00:32,341 --> 00:00:34,708 And my personal favorite, Gunning with God. 14 00:00:34,710 --> 00:00:38,262 What's Gunning with God? I'm afraid to ask. 15 00:00:38,264 --> 00:00:40,964 Oh, it is a hoot and a half. 16 00:00:40,966 --> 00:00:43,667 You write your sins on a clay pigeon, 17 00:00:43,669 --> 00:00:45,802 they fire 'em up in the air, and you pulverize them 18 00:00:45,804 --> 00:00:47,554 with a 12-gauge shotgun 19 00:00:47,556 --> 00:00:51,608 full of our Lord's forgiveness. 20 00:00:51,610 --> 00:00:54,361 Frankly, Mom, I'm encouraged to see how advanced 21 00:00:54,363 --> 00:00:56,363 your group has become-- willing to sail out 22 00:00:56,365 --> 00:00:59,950 into the ocean without fear of falling off the edge. 23 00:00:59,952 --> 00:01:01,735 For example, 24 00:01:01,737 --> 00:01:03,620 if Shelly was aboard, he'd write, 25 00:01:03,622 --> 00:01:05,789 "Smart mouth" on his pigeon, 26 00:01:05,791 --> 00:01:09,626 and then bam! 27 00:01:09,628 --> 00:01:12,129 The Lord giveth and the Lord bloweth away. 28 00:01:12,131 --> 00:01:13,413 Well, Mom, 29 00:01:13,415 --> 00:01:16,300 according to my itinerary for our weekend together, 30 00:01:16,302 --> 00:01:18,116 the fun begins with fried chicken. 31 00:01:18,141 --> 00:01:19,341 Sounds delicious. 32 00:01:19,471 --> 00:01:21,638 Good, 'cause I got you everything you need to make it. 33 00:01:21,640 --> 00:01:24,157 You are in for a treat. 34 00:01:24,159 --> 00:01:25,509 My mother's fried chicken 35 00:01:25,511 --> 00:01:29,346 is why we had to buy my dad the extra large coffin. 36 00:01:29,348 --> 00:01:31,381 Sheldon, she just got off the plane. 37 00:01:31,383 --> 00:01:32,816 She doesn't want to cook. 38 00:01:32,818 --> 00:01:34,268 Of course she does. 39 00:01:34,270 --> 00:01:36,987 Making me food is her way of saying "I love you"" 40 00:01:36,989 --> 00:01:39,189 Making me food when she's too tired to cook 41 00:01:39,191 --> 00:01:41,325 is her way of saying "I really love you." 42 00:01:41,327 --> 00:01:43,911 Actually, I wouldn't mind going out for a bite, Sheldon. 43 00:01:43,913 --> 00:01:45,362 Won't that spoil our appetites 44 00:01:45,364 --> 00:01:47,230 for the chicken you're going to make me? 45 00:01:47,232 --> 00:01:49,199 All right, that settles it, we're going out. Do you like sushi? 46 00:01:49,201 --> 00:01:51,835 There's a great little place down the street. 47 00:01:51,837 --> 00:01:53,478 I've never had it, but there's no harm in 48 00:01:53,503 --> 00:01:54,721 trying something new. 49 00:01:55,574 --> 00:01:58,074 There's a lot of harm in trying something new. 50 00:01:58,076 --> 00:01:59,837 That's why we test out drugs and cosmetics 51 00:01:59,862 --> 00:02:01,062 on bunny rabbits. 52 00:02:01,380 --> 00:02:04,631 Sheldon, you're talking like a crazy person. 53 00:02:04,633 --> 00:02:08,018 Actually, I had him tested as a child. 54 00:02:08,020 --> 00:02:09,770 Doctor says he's fine. 55 00:02:09,772 --> 00:02:11,355 Told you. 56 00:02:11,357 --> 00:02:13,357 Although, I do regret not following up 57 00:02:13,359 --> 00:02:14,975 with that specialist in Houston. 58 00:02:17,695 --> 00:02:21,315 ♪ Our whole universe was in a hot, dense state ♪ 59 00:02:21,317 --> 00:02:24,651 ♪ Then nearly 14 billion years ago expansion started... Wait! ♪ 60 00:02:24,653 --> 00:02:26,286 ♪ The Earth began to cool ♪ 61 00:02:26,288 --> 00:02:28,822 ♪ The autotrophs began to drool, Neanderthals developed tools ♪ 62 00:02:28,824 --> 00:02:31,508 ♪ We built the Wall ♪ ♪ We built the pyramids ♪ 63 00:02:31,510 --> 00:02:34,161 ♪ Math, Science, History, unraveling the mystery ♪ 64 00:02:34,163 --> 00:02:36,079 ♪ That all started with a big bang ♪ 65 00:02:36,081 --> 00:02:38,031 ♪ Bang! ♪ 66 00:02:38,056 --> 00:02:41,856 The Big Bang Theory 5x06 The Rhinitis Revelation Original Air Date on October 20, 2011 67 00:02:41,857 --> 00:02:45,557 == sync, corrected by elderman == 68 00:02:45,632 --> 00:02:46,834 Irasshaimase! 69 00:02:46,904 --> 00:02:49,355 Stop yelling! 70 00:02:49,719 --> 00:02:51,835 I'm not happy about this. 71 00:02:51,837 --> 00:02:53,854 What's the last thing you were ever happy about? 72 00:02:53,856 --> 00:02:56,607 The prospect of fried chicken. 73 00:02:58,476 --> 00:03:00,010 This is exciting. 74 00:03:00,012 --> 00:03:02,396 Back home, the diner on Route Four serves sushi, 75 00:03:02,398 --> 00:03:05,899 but it's just cut up fish sticks and a side of Uncle Ben's. 76 00:03:05,901 --> 00:03:07,517 They put it on the menu 77 00:03:07,519 --> 00:03:12,072 in those kung fu letters, but that don't make it sushi. 78 00:03:12,074 --> 00:03:16,710 Uh, kung fu letters might not be politically correct. 79 00:03:16,712 --> 00:03:20,330 Oh, I thought the one we couldn't say was "ching chong"" 80 00:03:20,332 --> 00:03:23,751 Yeah, yeah, that, too. 81 00:03:23,753 --> 00:03:25,552 So, Shelly, what's up 82 00:03:25,554 --> 00:03:27,421 with you and your friend Amy, 83 00:03:27,423 --> 00:03:29,640 if you don't mind a mother prying a bit? 84 00:03:29,642 --> 00:03:33,177 Well, there's actually big news on the Amy front. 85 00:03:33,179 --> 00:03:34,633 She's been studying the 86 00:03:34,658 --> 00:03:37,304 neurobiology of addiction in lower animals. 87 00:03:37,549 --> 00:03:40,768 She's this close to getting a starfish hooked on cocaine. 88 00:03:40,770 --> 00:03:44,321 Do you have any idea what's going on with those two? 89 00:03:44,323 --> 00:03:46,573 It's kind of like the Loch Ness monster. 90 00:03:46,575 --> 00:03:47,996 Maybe there's something there, maybe there isn't. 91 00:03:48,021 --> 00:03:49,221 We'll probably never know. 92 00:03:50,829 --> 00:03:55,165 But sometimes it's fun to creep yourself out thinking about it. 93 00:03:57,619 --> 00:04:01,088 How are you doing on the young lady front? 94 00:04:01,090 --> 00:04:03,957 I hear you're in some sort of a long distance situation? 95 00:04:03,959 --> 00:04:06,243 Yeah, it's Raj's sister. 96 00:04:06,245 --> 00:04:07,544 It's kind of tough. 97 00:04:07,546 --> 00:04:09,079 She's in India. 98 00:04:09,081 --> 00:04:10,931 Also, her parents aren't happy she's dating someone white. 99 00:04:10,933 --> 00:04:12,916 Oh, that's funny turn, isn't it? 100 00:04:12,918 --> 00:04:17,387 You never think about it going the other way. 101 00:04:19,474 --> 00:04:22,609 Well, you can't force things. 102 00:04:22,611 --> 00:04:24,761 You need to figure out if you're in a relationship 103 00:04:24,763 --> 00:04:26,396 or if you're just calling it one. 104 00:04:26,398 --> 00:04:28,232 It's like they say-- a cat can have kittens 105 00:04:28,234 --> 00:04:31,819 in the oven but that don't make 'em biscuits. 106 00:04:31,821 --> 00:04:33,937 And that reminds me of another saying. 107 00:04:33,939 --> 00:04:36,066 You can lead a chicken to Crisco, but you can't 108 00:04:36,091 --> 00:04:37,370 make your mother fry it. 109 00:04:39,443 --> 00:04:42,913 Sheldon, you pester me one more time about chicken, 110 00:04:42,915 --> 00:04:46,216 I will put you over my knee right here in this restaurant. 111 00:04:47,469 --> 00:04:50,087 Please pester her. Please, for me. 112 00:04:53,641 --> 00:04:55,976 So, Mrs. Cooper, what did you think of the sushi? 113 00:04:55,978 --> 00:04:57,227 It was good. 114 00:04:57,229 --> 00:04:59,646 The only thing that would have made it better 115 00:04:59,648 --> 00:05:01,682 is if it was cooked 116 00:05:01,684 --> 00:05:05,018 and if it was beef. 117 00:05:05,020 --> 00:05:08,155 Sheldon, when is your landlord going to fix the elevator? 118 00:05:08,157 --> 00:05:09,940 I don't know. 119 00:05:09,942 --> 00:05:11,658 Lately we've been talking about 120 00:05:11,660 --> 00:05:15,112 converting it into a missile silo. 121 00:05:15,114 --> 00:05:17,247 Your son seems to think 122 00:05:17,249 --> 00:05:20,751 we need to launch a preemptive strike on Burbank. 123 00:05:20,753 --> 00:05:23,704 Get them before they get us. 124 00:05:29,844 --> 00:05:33,380 Hey, look who decided to show up. 125 00:05:33,382 --> 00:05:35,382 Raj, what are you doing? 126 00:05:35,384 --> 00:05:39,720 I couldn't find you guys so I bought six new friends. 127 00:05:40,655 --> 00:05:44,208 Three, sadly, are dead. 128 00:05:44,210 --> 00:05:46,443 Mom, you remember Rajesh? 129 00:05:46,445 --> 00:05:48,562 - Rajesh, my mother. - Of course. 130 00:05:48,564 --> 00:05:50,781 Mrs. Cooper. So nice to see you again. 131 00:05:50,783 --> 00:05:53,317 Well, it's so nice to see you, too. 132 00:05:55,620 --> 00:05:57,520 I thought it was our Indians 133 00:05:57,522 --> 00:06:00,857 that had the occasional alcohol problem. 134 00:06:02,627 --> 00:06:04,878 We don't say that, either. 135 00:06:06,197 --> 00:06:08,916 I'll make you a list. 136 00:06:08,918 --> 00:06:10,968 Oh, that would be mighty white of you. 137 00:06:12,870 --> 00:06:16,673 So, Raj, what pain are you trying 138 00:06:16,675 --> 00:06:18,926 to cover up with alcohol? 139 00:06:18,928 --> 00:06:20,677 - Nothing, I'm fine. - Are ya? 140 00:06:20,679 --> 00:06:22,813 No. 141 00:06:22,815 --> 00:06:23,931 That's better. 142 00:06:23,933 --> 00:06:25,365 Now tell me what's bothering you. 143 00:06:25,367 --> 00:06:27,684 I'm so lonely. 144 00:06:27,686 --> 00:06:30,237 Oh, yes, born alone, die alone. 145 00:06:30,239 --> 00:06:32,522 It's a tragic human condition. 146 00:06:32,524 --> 00:06:33,574 Now, Raj, 147 00:06:33,576 --> 00:06:34,891 if you'll excuse my mother, 148 00:06:34,893 --> 00:06:36,693 she's about to make a pecan pie 149 00:06:36,695 --> 00:06:38,579 that'll be so good I'll almost forget 150 00:06:38,581 --> 00:06:40,747 how she blew it with the fried chicken. 151 00:06:40,749 --> 00:06:42,783 Sheldon, your friend is hurtin'. 152 00:06:42,785 --> 00:06:44,751 What do we do when someone's hurtin'? 153 00:06:44,753 --> 00:06:47,904 Offer them a hot beverage. 154 00:06:47,906 --> 00:06:49,406 And when they're drunk as a skunk, 155 00:06:49,408 --> 00:06:50,841 what beverage do we offer? 156 00:06:50,843 --> 00:06:52,926 Coffee. 157 00:06:52,928 --> 00:06:55,262 And what do we do it with? 158 00:07:01,536 --> 00:07:04,754 Now you listen to me. 159 00:07:04,756 --> 00:07:07,774 I know you feel like you can't find someone, 160 00:07:07,776 --> 00:07:09,476 but there's a lock for every key. 161 00:07:09,478 --> 00:07:10,861 Back home, there's a girl 162 00:07:10,863 --> 00:07:14,281 works at the Wal-Mart. Tall, tall girl. 163 00:07:14,283 --> 00:07:17,034 Woman could hunt geese with a rake. 164 00:07:17,036 --> 00:07:18,568 Thought she'd never 165 00:07:18,570 --> 00:07:21,788 find a man, then one day, wouldn't ya know, 166 00:07:21,790 --> 00:07:24,458 Harlem Globetrotters come to town. 167 00:07:24,460 --> 00:07:27,444 Long story short, 168 00:07:27,446 --> 00:07:29,630 today that woman travels the world 169 00:07:29,632 --> 00:07:31,498 with a semi-professional basketball player 170 00:07:31,500 --> 00:07:34,751 and two beautiful mixed-race babies. 171 00:07:34,753 --> 00:07:39,056 I didn't get a lot of that because of your accent, 172 00:07:39,058 --> 00:07:40,891 but the general tone was soothing 173 00:07:40,893 --> 00:07:42,792 and somehow I feel better. 174 00:07:44,262 --> 00:07:48,231 I'm not going to get my pecan pie, am I? 175 00:07:48,233 --> 00:07:49,966 You want some Oreos? 176 00:07:49,968 --> 00:07:51,601 - Double Stuf? - No, regular. 177 00:07:51,603 --> 00:07:54,354 Nice. Kick a man when he's down. 178 00:07:55,490 --> 00:07:58,442 I'm glad we're finally getting to do something together, 179 00:07:58,444 --> 00:08:00,077 just the two of us. 180 00:08:00,079 --> 00:08:01,340 Sure. One thing you really miss when you're on 181 00:08:01,365 --> 00:08:03,084 vacation is laundry. 182 00:08:03,699 --> 00:08:06,283 Careful, you're using too much Downey. 183 00:08:06,285 --> 00:08:09,036 You know if my clothes get too soft it makes me sleepy. 184 00:08:09,038 --> 00:08:11,154 Well, this takes me back. 185 00:08:11,156 --> 00:08:14,257 Me doing your laundry, you next to me criticizing. 186 00:08:14,259 --> 00:08:16,209 It is nice, isn't it? 187 00:08:16,211 --> 00:08:18,879 Mrs. Cooper. 188 00:08:18,881 --> 00:08:22,499 - Hi! - Oh, hello, darlin'. 189 00:08:22,501 --> 00:08:24,351 Sheldon, you didn't tell me your mom was coming. 190 00:08:24,353 --> 00:08:26,887 It was in my weekly e-mail blast. 191 00:08:26,889 --> 00:08:27,788 Right between 192 00:08:27,790 --> 00:08:29,856 "Beet season is finally here" 193 00:08:29,858 --> 00:08:34,061 and "Uh-oh, red stool from beets leads to cancer scare." 194 00:08:37,031 --> 00:08:39,032 So, how've you been? 195 00:08:39,034 --> 00:08:40,150 Good, good. 196 00:08:40,152 --> 00:08:41,735 I hear that Leonard has a new girlfriend. 197 00:08:41,737 --> 00:08:43,203 How are you doing with all that? 198 00:08:43,205 --> 00:08:45,205 Oh, fine. You know, it's been a while. 199 00:08:45,207 --> 00:08:46,823 I'm getting back out there. 200 00:08:46,825 --> 00:08:49,326 Let me ask you, when you get back out there, 201 00:08:49,328 --> 00:08:51,912 are you wearing this? 202 00:08:52,830 --> 00:08:55,532 Well, it's super cute on. 203 00:08:55,534 --> 00:08:57,471 That top has paid for itself in free drinks like ten 204 00:08:57,496 --> 00:08:58,970 times what it cost. 205 00:08:59,972 --> 00:09:02,539 Yes, Penny has a lot of her money tied up 206 00:09:02,541 --> 00:09:03,706 in promiscuity futures. 207 00:09:03,708 --> 00:09:06,009 Hon, you think 208 00:09:06,011 --> 00:09:08,762 maybe the reason why you're having trouble 209 00:09:08,764 --> 00:09:10,597 finding a guy to settle down with 210 00:09:10,599 --> 00:09:12,933 is because you're letting them ride the roller coaster 211 00:09:12,935 --> 00:09:15,051 without buying a ticket? 212 00:09:15,053 --> 00:09:18,905 Oh, they don't always get to ride the roller coaster. 213 00:09:18,907 --> 00:09:22,943 Sometimes they only get to spin the teacups. 214 00:09:25,713 --> 00:09:27,497 Now I'm going out tonight. Would it be crazy 215 00:09:27,499 --> 00:09:29,833 to ask you to look at the outfit I'm going to wear? 216 00:09:29,835 --> 00:09:31,734 Oh, not crazy at all. 217 00:09:31,736 --> 00:09:33,036 And don't beat yourself up. 218 00:09:33,038 --> 00:09:35,789 When I was your age, you could have me for a car ride 219 00:09:35,791 --> 00:09:37,574 and a bottle of strawberry wine. 220 00:09:42,063 --> 00:09:45,882 That will not be in this week's e-mail blast. 221 00:09:47,001 --> 00:09:48,718 So, this spring, I get to go 222 00:09:48,720 --> 00:09:51,588 to the International Space Station. 223 00:09:51,590 --> 00:09:55,642 Oh, my word, a trip to the heavens. 224 00:09:56,778 --> 00:09:58,979 If you ever want to live there eternally, 225 00:09:58,981 --> 00:10:01,281 I've got a good book you could read. 226 00:10:01,283 --> 00:10:04,201 Thanks, but I watch the Charlie Brown Christmas special 227 00:10:04,203 --> 00:10:06,119 every year, so I get the gist. 228 00:10:06,121 --> 00:10:08,488 I bet your mom is really proud of you. 229 00:10:08,490 --> 00:10:09,790 Nope. 230 00:10:09,792 --> 00:10:11,374 She says if I don't back out 231 00:10:11,376 --> 00:10:13,326 she's going to go on a hunger strike. 232 00:10:13,328 --> 00:10:14,828 It would take years before 233 00:10:14,830 --> 00:10:17,497 she'd be in any kind of danger, but still. 234 00:10:17,499 --> 00:10:20,383 I've got a treat for us tomorrow, Mom. 235 00:10:20,385 --> 00:10:21,635 I'm taking you 236 00:10:21,637 --> 00:10:24,387 to see Saul Perlmutter give a lecture 237 00:10:24,389 --> 00:10:26,423 about his Nobel Prize-winning work in cosmology. 238 00:10:26,425 --> 00:10:27,757 And the best part is, 239 00:10:27,759 --> 00:10:29,643 at the Q and A afterward, 240 00:10:29,645 --> 00:10:31,178 I've worked up a couple of "Q's" 241 00:10:31,180 --> 00:10:34,064 that will stump his sorry "A." 242 00:10:35,099 --> 00:10:36,733 I don't know, Shelly. 243 00:10:36,735 --> 00:10:38,852 I thought we could do a little sightseeing. 244 00:10:38,854 --> 00:10:41,471 What sight is better than your little boy 245 00:10:41,473 --> 00:10:43,874 embarrassing a Nobel laureate? 246 00:10:43,876 --> 00:10:45,975 Come on, Sheldon, we'll take your mom 247 00:10:45,977 --> 00:10:47,661 to see the Hollywood sign, 248 00:10:47,663 --> 00:10:49,479 the wax museum, the Walk of Fame. 249 00:10:49,481 --> 00:10:51,615 Ooh, maybe a little Rodeo Drive. 250 00:10:51,617 --> 00:10:54,784 Well, I can't spend $12,000 on a handbag, 251 00:10:54,786 --> 00:10:56,653 but it's free to look upon those 252 00:10:56,655 --> 00:10:59,156 who do with righteous condemnation. 253 00:11:00,791 --> 00:11:02,092 What do you say? 254 00:11:02,094 --> 00:11:04,177 What do I say? 255 00:11:04,179 --> 00:11:06,963 I say you people need to stop ruining my mom's visit 256 00:11:06,965 --> 00:11:10,934 with your sushi, and your sadness and your slutty shirts. 257 00:11:10,936 --> 00:11:13,103 Stop it. 258 00:11:16,357 --> 00:11:19,643 He's not talking about your shirt. Your shirt is fine. 259 00:11:26,906 --> 00:11:28,655 These are delicious. 260 00:11:28,656 --> 00:11:30,940 The trick to pancakes is bacon grease. 261 00:11:30,942 --> 00:11:33,192 I cook everything in it. 262 00:11:33,194 --> 00:11:35,995 Everything? Aren't you worried about your health? 263 00:11:35,997 --> 00:11:38,330 Oh, doctors are always changing their mind. 264 00:11:38,332 --> 00:11:40,032 One week bacon grease is bad for you. 265 00:11:40,034 --> 00:11:42,918 The next week we're not getting enough of it. 266 00:11:43,954 --> 00:11:46,205 Good morning, Shelly. 267 00:11:46,207 --> 00:11:50,175 Mom, I want to apologize for my behavior last night. 268 00:11:50,177 --> 00:11:52,544 - Apology accepted. - Great. 269 00:11:52,546 --> 00:11:54,496 Now, you're going to love the Perlmutter lecture. 270 00:11:54,498 --> 00:11:57,516 Look, he will be stating that the universe is older 271 00:11:57,518 --> 00:11:59,134 than 6,000 years, but I thought 272 00:11:59,136 --> 00:12:00,803 you could stick your fingers in your ears 273 00:12:00,805 --> 00:12:03,606 and hum "Amazing Grace" during those parts. 274 00:12:03,608 --> 00:12:06,358 I am still going out with your friends. 275 00:12:06,360 --> 00:12:08,611 But I apologized. 276 00:12:08,613 --> 00:12:12,364 And that was hard for me because I didn't do anything wrong. 277 00:12:13,566 --> 00:12:18,070 Shelly, I hung out with you in enough dusty lecture halls 278 00:12:18,072 --> 00:12:19,989 while you were growing up. 279 00:12:19,991 --> 00:12:21,206 I want to go sightseeing. 280 00:12:21,208 --> 00:12:22,691 So why don't you have some pancakes, 281 00:12:22,693 --> 00:12:23,859 get dressed and come with us. 282 00:12:23,861 --> 00:12:27,413 I'm not going, and you can't make me. 283 00:12:27,415 --> 00:12:31,133 You're right, I can't. Have a nice day. 284 00:12:31,135 --> 00:12:34,053 Well, I'm going to stand here until you change your mind. 285 00:12:34,055 --> 00:12:36,305 Well, then you are going to stand there all day. 286 00:12:38,558 --> 00:12:43,228 I'm just gonna take my bacon grease and slide over there. 287 00:12:43,230 --> 00:12:46,348 I can't believe my own mother is abandoning me. 288 00:12:46,350 --> 00:12:48,517 I am not abandoning you. 289 00:12:48,519 --> 00:12:50,769 Sheldon, abandoning you is leaving you in a basket 290 00:12:50,771 --> 00:12:52,071 on a church doorstep. 291 00:12:52,073 --> 00:12:56,742 I am going to Hollywood and thank a wax Ronald Reagan 292 00:12:56,744 --> 00:12:59,061 for his service to our country. 293 00:13:01,230 --> 00:13:03,866 We appear to be at a crossroads in our relationship, Mother. 294 00:13:03,868 --> 00:13:05,501 Well, I guess we are. 295 00:13:05,503 --> 00:13:07,703 Sorry. Syrup. 296 00:13:08,505 --> 00:13:10,039 All right, Mom. 297 00:13:10,041 --> 00:13:13,008 When you're at the Ripley's Believe It Or Not Museum, 298 00:13:13,010 --> 00:13:16,411 if they have an exhibit about a mother who threw away a chance 299 00:13:16,413 --> 00:13:18,580 to spend the day with the world's most wonderful son, 300 00:13:18,582 --> 00:13:20,299 believe it, because it's true. 301 00:13:22,886 --> 00:13:25,354 I hadn't... 302 00:13:26,506 --> 00:13:29,224 That lecture was a waste of time. 303 00:13:29,226 --> 00:13:31,143 I made more accurate diagrams 304 00:13:31,145 --> 00:13:33,729 of the expansion of the early universe on the nursery wall 305 00:13:33,731 --> 00:13:35,764 with the contents of my diaper. 306 00:13:37,735 --> 00:13:39,401 Are you getting sick? 307 00:13:39,403 --> 00:13:41,653 No, I'm just allergic to people 308 00:13:41,655 --> 00:13:44,573 who get Nobel Prizes for no good reason. 309 00:13:44,575 --> 00:13:47,659 Sheldon, is it possible that your foul mood-- 310 00:13:47,661 --> 00:13:51,964 or, to use the clinical term, bitchiness-- 311 00:13:51,966 --> 00:13:54,717 is because your mother isn't making you a priority? 312 00:13:54,719 --> 00:13:59,922 No. Or to use the clinical term, "nuh-uh"" 313 00:14:00,840 --> 00:14:02,808 Are you sure? The infant-mother pair-bond 314 00:14:02,810 --> 00:14:04,193 is the building block of primate psychology. 315 00:14:04,195 --> 00:14:05,310 Oh, there it is. 316 00:14:05,312 --> 00:14:07,262 It always comes back to monkeys with you. 317 00:14:07,264 --> 00:14:10,298 Just monkeys, monkeys, monkeys. 318 00:14:10,300 --> 00:14:12,518 Sheldon, we're all animals. 319 00:14:12,520 --> 00:14:15,070 And granted, there are aspects of you that are extraordinary, 320 00:14:15,072 --> 00:14:17,472 but when it comes to emotions and relationships, 321 00:14:17,474 --> 00:14:18,774 you're just like everybody else. 322 00:14:18,776 --> 00:14:21,860 Are you trying to suggest that my emotional problems 323 00:14:21,862 --> 00:14:25,664 are no different than those of a stupid person? 324 00:14:25,666 --> 00:14:27,750 Actually, some research indicates 325 00:14:27,752 --> 00:14:29,034 that by not overthinking, 326 00:14:29,036 --> 00:14:31,170 the less intelligent handle emotions better. 327 00:14:34,090 --> 00:14:35,758 Sure you're not coming down with a cold? 328 00:14:35,760 --> 00:14:37,843 Oh, yes, the common cold. 329 00:14:37,845 --> 00:14:38,961 Just like everyone else. 330 00:14:38,963 --> 00:14:40,345 You'd love that, wouldn't you? 331 00:14:42,766 --> 00:14:45,634 Oh, this one's sweet. 332 00:14:45,636 --> 00:14:48,971 You know, for your rosary rattlers. 333 00:14:48,973 --> 00:14:54,693 Mrs. Cooper, we say "Catholics"" not "rosary rattlers." 334 00:14:54,695 --> 00:14:56,645 My goodness, it's a wonder you people in California 335 00:14:56,647 --> 00:14:57,980 can talk at all. 336 00:14:59,532 --> 00:15:01,400 This is like the worst Hollywood tour ever. 337 00:15:01,402 --> 00:15:03,485 What are we gonna do? She wanted to see churches. 338 00:15:03,487 --> 00:15:06,405 Hey, they have wine here, don't they? 339 00:15:08,858 --> 00:15:12,527 None of our gods have abs like that. 340 00:15:12,529 --> 00:15:15,397 Yep, that's the last Jew who did sit-ups. 341 00:15:16,532 --> 00:15:19,134 And look where it got him. 342 00:15:20,453 --> 00:15:23,472 Hey, while we're here, why don't we all do some praying? 343 00:15:23,474 --> 00:15:25,607 Let's put a little church in this church. 344 00:15:25,609 --> 00:15:27,042 Oh, I'm not sure we should... 345 00:15:27,044 --> 00:15:29,211 It's easy. I'll show you how. 346 00:15:29,213 --> 00:15:30,813 Lord, Mary Cooper here. 347 00:15:30,815 --> 00:15:34,266 Coming to you from Gomorrah, California. 348 00:15:34,268 --> 00:15:35,934 I want to thank you 349 00:15:35,936 --> 00:15:38,687 for the blessing that is my little Shelly. 350 00:15:38,689 --> 00:15:41,573 I also want to thank you for the continued strength 351 00:15:41,575 --> 00:15:44,743 not to coldcock him with my Bible. 352 00:15:46,029 --> 00:15:48,396 All right, Penny, your turn. 353 00:15:48,398 --> 00:15:50,165 Okay, um... 354 00:15:50,167 --> 00:15:51,166 Hey, God. 355 00:15:51,168 --> 00:15:53,836 What's up? 356 00:15:53,838 --> 00:15:57,256 Um, I'm good, but, uh, it would be a big help to my family 357 00:15:57,258 --> 00:15:59,458 if you could get my brother to stop cooking meth. 358 00:16:02,162 --> 00:16:05,013 But no cops. Be cool. 359 00:16:06,516 --> 00:16:10,252 She also goes a little overboard on the "love thy neighbor." 360 00:16:10,254 --> 00:16:13,856 Could probably use that chat you had with Mary Magdalene. 361 00:16:13,858 --> 00:16:15,858 Leonard, you're up. 362 00:16:15,860 --> 00:16:17,726 Wasserman, you're on deck. 363 00:16:17,728 --> 00:16:19,444 Okay. I don't know... 364 00:16:19,446 --> 00:16:24,533 it's probably a little late to ask you to make me taller. 365 00:16:28,121 --> 00:16:31,123 Oh, um... if you could help out with me and my girlfriend. 366 00:16:31,125 --> 00:16:33,375 She's all the way in India. That would be great. 367 00:16:33,377 --> 00:16:34,626 Hear that? Girl trouble. 368 00:16:34,628 --> 00:16:37,412 Turns out we were both wrong on that front. 369 00:16:40,800 --> 00:16:42,301 How about you? 370 00:16:42,303 --> 00:16:43,669 Oh, me? No. Thanks, I'm good. 371 00:16:43,671 --> 00:16:47,455 I'm really just trying not to burst into flames. 372 00:16:49,726 --> 00:16:51,176 Rajesh? 373 00:16:53,680 --> 00:16:57,566 He says he's having trouble dropping those last five pounds. 374 00:16:57,568 --> 00:17:01,570 Huh, I might have gone with the talking-to-girls thing. 375 00:17:03,156 --> 00:17:05,157 No, you only get one wish. 376 00:17:22,842 --> 00:17:25,811 Look at the two of us. 377 00:17:25,813 --> 00:17:28,830 Me, a highly regarded physicist. 378 00:17:28,832 --> 00:17:31,016 The kind of mind that comes along once, 379 00:17:31,018 --> 00:17:33,101 maybe twice in a generation. 380 00:17:33,103 --> 00:17:35,503 You, the common man, 381 00:17:35,505 --> 00:17:39,141 tired from your labors as a stockbroker, 382 00:17:39,143 --> 00:17:43,345 or vacuum cleaner salesman, or bootblack. 383 00:17:44,847 --> 00:17:47,515 But deep down inside... 384 00:17:47,517 --> 00:17:50,152 apparently we're just two peas in a pod. 385 00:17:50,154 --> 00:17:53,205 A regular pea, 386 00:17:53,207 --> 00:17:55,874 and the kind of pea that comes along once, 387 00:17:55,876 --> 00:17:58,243 maybe twice in a generation. 388 00:18:02,499 --> 00:18:03,698 Rain. 389 00:18:03,700 --> 00:18:06,134 Another great equalizer. 390 00:18:06,136 --> 00:18:08,003 Falling on the head of the brilliant 391 00:18:08,005 --> 00:18:10,138 and the unremarkable alike. 392 00:18:17,180 --> 00:18:19,381 Smarty-pants. 393 00:18:22,852 --> 00:18:25,220 Oh, Mrs. Cooper, it smells so good. 394 00:18:25,222 --> 00:18:26,438 You take notes, darlin'. 395 00:18:26,440 --> 00:18:28,857 The real way to get a man is with melted cheese 396 00:18:28,859 --> 00:18:30,659 and cream of mushroom soup. 397 00:18:30,661 --> 00:18:34,329 He'll die at 50 but his love will be true. 398 00:18:39,002 --> 00:18:41,236 I need a tissue. This one got wet. 399 00:18:44,407 --> 00:18:45,624 Here. 400 00:18:45,626 --> 00:18:49,177 Thank you. Yeah, I've learned something today. 401 00:18:49,179 --> 00:18:53,048 You and I, in so many ways, 402 00:18:53,050 --> 00:18:56,351 other than intelligence and what counts, we're the same. 403 00:18:58,588 --> 00:19:01,189 Sweetheart, are you sick? 404 00:19:01,191 --> 00:19:04,092 I hope so, because if this is well, life isn't worth living. 405 00:19:04,094 --> 00:19:07,396 Oh, sugarpie, you are burning up. 406 00:19:07,398 --> 00:19:09,648 - We've got to get you to bed. - Okay. 407 00:19:09,650 --> 00:19:12,100 Don't worry. Mama's here to take care of her baby. 408 00:19:12,102 --> 00:19:16,204 And just to be clear, only her baby 409 00:19:16,206 --> 00:19:17,489 and not these other people. 410 00:19:17,491 --> 00:19:19,441 Of course. 411 00:19:19,443 --> 00:19:22,878 Can I have tea with honey and toast with the crust cut off? 412 00:19:22,880 --> 00:19:25,497 You can have whatever you want. 413 00:19:25,499 --> 00:19:28,383 Thanks, Mom. You're the best. 414 00:19:39,740 --> 00:19:41,653 Boy, last time I put VapoRub on you, 415 00:19:41,654 --> 00:19:44,605 you didn't have hair on your chest. 416 00:19:44,607 --> 00:19:47,909 I know, it filled in last year. 417 00:19:49,962 --> 00:19:52,880 I didn't get to spend a lot of time with you on this visit. 418 00:19:52,882 --> 00:19:54,966 And whose fault was that? 419 00:19:55,784 --> 00:19:57,952 Yours. 420 00:19:59,137 --> 00:20:01,305 Shelly, you're not eight years old anymore. 421 00:20:01,307 --> 00:20:03,224 We have to have a different relationship. 422 00:20:03,226 --> 00:20:05,142 No, we don't. 423 00:20:05,144 --> 00:20:06,644 The one we have works great. 424 00:20:06,646 --> 00:20:08,346 Sweetheart, you are a grown man. 425 00:20:08,348 --> 00:20:10,798 Or maybe I'm part of a new species, 426 00:20:10,800 --> 00:20:12,683 that lives for hundreds of years, 427 00:20:12,685 --> 00:20:15,770 which means I'm still basically a toddler. 428 00:20:15,772 --> 00:20:18,973 Oh, I so should have taken you to Houston. 429 00:20:22,578 --> 00:20:24,996 Does this mean you're not going to sing "Soft Kitty"? 430 00:20:24,998 --> 00:20:28,616 No, I will always sing you "Soft Kitty." 431 00:20:29,668 --> 00:20:32,987 ♪ Soft kitty, warm kitty ♪ 432 00:20:32,989 --> 00:20:35,256 ♪ Little ball of fur... ♪ 433 00:20:35,258 --> 00:20:37,157 Mrs. Cooper, were we supposed to take that pie out of the oven? 434 00:20:37,159 --> 00:20:39,961 Get out! 435 00:20:41,096 --> 00:20:42,096 Well, that was rude. 436 00:20:42,098 --> 00:20:45,332 Well, I know, but he means well. 437 00:20:46,334 --> 00:20:47,635 Sing. 438 00:20:47,637 --> 00:20:51,188 ♪ Happy kitty, sleepy kitty... ♪ 439 00:20:51,190 --> 00:20:52,907 What are you trying to pull, Mom? 440 00:20:52,909 --> 00:20:55,476 From the top. 441 00:20:55,478 --> 00:20:59,146 This is what I'm talking about. 442 00:20:59,148 --> 00:21:01,949 ♪ Soft kitty, warm kitty, little ball of fur... ♪ 443 00:21:01,951 --> 00:21:05,951 == sync, corrected by elderman ==