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Previously on
Young Sheldon...

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Did we talk about going home
from the bar together? Sure.

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But nothing actually happened.

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Kind of feels like it.

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It does feel like it.

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Why does it feel like it?

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Hi, Mary.
Hey, John.

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What are you doing here?

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Well, I lost my job,

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so, while I'm figuring things
out, I'm a bag boy.

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Aren't you
a little overqualified?

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[whispers]:
Very.

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You've got a PhD.

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You're the smartest person here.

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Well...

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ADULT SHELDON:
In physics,

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potential energy is
a fascinating topic.

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Objects like springs store
energy when they're coiled,

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waiting to unleash
their full potential

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and soar to the heavens.

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Would you look at me go!

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Even in toy form,
I'm shooting for the stars.

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While the potential energy
of an object

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can be measured in absolutes,

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human potential
remains more elusive.

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Sometimes, people seem to have
all the potential in the world,

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but for some reason
stay stuck to the ground.

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But why are you wasting
your time here

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when you could be
doing science?

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I told you, I'm happy here.

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How could you be happy?

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You have a doctorate in physics,
and you're sticking labels

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to a case of beans.

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I had to work here
a month

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before they let me use
this thing.

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And yet, I could go buy
a real gun on my lunch break.

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Ha! Texas, huh?

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But don't you miss
trying to unlock

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the secrets of the universe?

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Sheldon, I spent my life
chasing theoreticals.

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Here, I have
tangible accomplishments

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and I get to listen to relaxing
Top 40 music.

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Do you know this band,
Air Supply?

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They're terrific.

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♪ I'm all out of love

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♪ I'm so lost without you

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♪ I know you were right

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♪ Believing...

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♪ Nobody else
is stronger than I am ♪

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♪ Yesterday I moved a mountain

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♪ I bet I could be your hero

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♪ I am a mighty little man

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♪ I am a mighty little man.♪

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Hey.
Hmm?

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What kind of things
you and Darlene do when,

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you know, you go out on a date?Oh.

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All kinds of stuff.

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But it doesn't matter
what we do

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as long as we're together.

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Looking for a thing to do here.

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All right.

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Nice to see you're thinking
about your wife.

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I'm trying.

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Darlene and I love
to go line dancing.

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Next.Let's see.

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There's the Roundabout.

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What's that?

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It's a roller rink.

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They have cool lights and a DJ.

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It's like a disco.

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So, when I said no
to line dancing,

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you thought,
"Let's put George on wheels."

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Ooh.

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Take her bowling.

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[bowling ball rolling]

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[bowling pins clatter]

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I don't want to take her
bowling.
Fine.

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But it doesn't matter
where you go.

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She's just gonna be happy
you're trying.

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I hope so.

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It's nice to see I'm
finally rubbing off on you.

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I am capable of being
a decent husband.

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Oh, of course you are.

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[chuckles]:
Don't patronize me.

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I could stop, but then
what will we have left?

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DALE: Well, we don't carry
hockey skates.

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Uh, heck, I know of
a place up north

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where you can find them.

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It's called Canada.

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[knocking]

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You're early.

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I was sitting in algebra
and realized,

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don't know what "X" is,
don't care what "X" is.

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Boy, I hear "ex"
and I think of a woman

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who took half my stuff.

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That's my problem.Mind if I change?

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Yeah, please, go right ahead.

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Why else would I have
a private bathroom?

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Thanks.

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[door closes]

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Did you like school?
Hated it.

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I quit and I joined the Army.

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How was that?

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Less girls,
more getting shot at.

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Well, at least you made it out
alive.

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Well, then I gotmarried.

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Made me kind of
miss getting shot at.

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Have you ever been happy?

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Ooh, let's see.

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No.

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Could you not do that
in front of me?

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[birds chirping]

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[keys jingle]

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I need your help.[gasps]

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Why are you in my car?

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Well, I was waiting outside,

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but then an angry squirrel
forced me to seek shelter.

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What do you want?

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I need you to talk
to Dr. Sturgis.

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He's wasting his time
working in a grocery store.

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Oh, then the rumor is true?Yes.

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Good, I spread it heavily
at the faculty mixer.

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Well, please.

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He won't listen to me.

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I'm hoping you can talk
some sense into him.

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Sheldon, he's a grown man.

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Perhaps in a little apron
with a nametag--

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is how I'm picturing it.

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That's exactly right.Excellent.

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So, will you talk to him?

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Look, if he doesn't want to
come back,

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I certainly can't force him.

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But he's wasting his potential.

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[sighs]

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I'm just curious,
if he were to come back,

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would you spend
more time with him,

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and therefore less time with me?

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I suppose so. Why?

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No reason. Get out.

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[chuckles] John.

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Hello, Grant.
What brings you here?

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Well, I'm here to convince you
to come back to the university.

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A mind like yours
needs to be working

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on the advancement of science.

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Well, I did that for 50 years.

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Now I'm content just keeping
these cucumbers crunchy.

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But exciting new things
are happening in string theory.

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Don't you want to be
a part of that?

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Wasting years scrambling away
at the academic hamster wheel?

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Constantly worried

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that your life's work is just
one big dead end?

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Sure, some paths of research
may not pan out,

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but we still have to try, right?

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Do we?

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Of course.I don't know.

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Einstein spent
the last 30 years of his life

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on the grand unified field
theory and got nowhere.

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Well, I wouldn't say nowhere,

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but I suppose
he never did crack it.

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And to this day, no one has.

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True.In fact,

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most of his major
accomplishments occurred

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when he was a young man,

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which you and I
most certainly are not.

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Sometimes I look in the mirror
and I think, "Who is that?"

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Would you like to give
these cucumbers a spritz?

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No, thank you.

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Do you sell liquor here?

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[knocking on door]

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You wanted to see me?

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Actually, I wanted to see you
yesterday,

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but you weren't in school.

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You noticed that, huh?

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I've noticed it a lot lately.

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Level with me, son.

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Is it drinking? Drugs?

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Actually, it's work.

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Oh. I don't think I have
a pamphlet for that.

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You sure you didn't get
a girl in trouble?

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You will at some point,
just take it.

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My boss has been letting me
pick up some extra hours.

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You just can't ditch school.

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It's not like I'm going
to college.

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Son, a diploma's important.

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Why?

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At least at work I'm getting
actual experience

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and making money.

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Well, you saying
you're gonna drop out?

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I guess I am.

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Does your father know
about this?

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No.

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Don't you think you
should tell him?

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I don't really want to.

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Well, if you don't tell him,
I'm going to.

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That'd be great.

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You're the best.

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You never know.

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Come on, Mom,
don't you wish you were

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watching television, too?

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JANET [on TV]:
Clarissa Marie Darling...

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You look nice.

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Oh, no,
are we going to church?

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No, your father and I
have a date night.

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Why?
Don't you have enough kids?

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That is not what
date night means.

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[door closes]

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Georgie here?

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He's in his room.

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What's going on?

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George?Oh, good, more drama.

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What the hell is wrong
with you?

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MARY:
What is going on?

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He's dropping
out of school.

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What?!
Oh, no, you're not.

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It's not a big deal.

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You better believe
it's a big deal.

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You are finishing high school,
end of discussion.

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It's my life.

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It's my house.

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If you're don't go to school,
you can't live here.

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Hold on, we are not
kicking him out.

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The hell we're not!

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I'll pack right now.

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Stop, you don't have to go.

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Yes, he does.
My house, my rules.

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It is my house, too.

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Oh, really?Yes, really.

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[knocking]

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Is Dale here?

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Yeah, what's up?

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I would like to have
a word with him.

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Better him than me.
Have at it.

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Dale, Mary
coming in hot!

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Did you tell Georgie
to drop out of school?

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What? No.

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Well, he did, and you had
something to do with it.

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Well, no, he was just
complaining about school

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and I told him I dropped out.

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Dale,

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you know that
he looks up to you.

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He does, doesn't he?

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Which is why
you need to tell him

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that he is making a big mistake.

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Oh, I don't think I can do that.

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Why not?

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Well, I don't believe he is.

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How could you say that?

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I did it,
worked out fine.

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Will you back me up here,
please?

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I agree with him.

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You do?

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You do?

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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MEEMAW:
The kid's a natural salesman.

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I mean, school's not gonna help
with that.

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So, you are fine with your
grandson throwing his life away

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so that he can sell fishing rods
and baseball bats?

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Excuse me,
those fishing rods provided

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a nice life for me
and my family.

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What family?

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You're divorced,
and your kids don't talk to you.

263
00:09:46,150 --> 00:09:48,109
Help me out here.

264
00:09:48,152 --> 00:09:51,678
A diploma would not
have made his life better.

265
00:09:51,721 --> 00:09:54,028
Thank you. What she said.

266
00:09:55,159 --> 00:09:56,857
GEORGE SR.:
She really took his side?

267
00:09:56,900 --> 00:09:58,685
I don't want to
talk about that.

268
00:09:58,728 --> 00:09:59,990
I thought you two
had date night.

269
00:10:00,034 --> 00:10:01,601
I don't want to talk about that,
either.

270
00:10:01,644 --> 00:10:03,124
Why isn't Georgie eating
with us?

271
00:10:03,167 --> 00:10:04,995
Let's talk about anything else.

272
00:10:05,039 --> 00:10:07,694
Ooh. Perhaps this is a good time
for a physics joke.

273
00:10:07,737 --> 00:10:09,130
It isn't.

274
00:10:09,173 --> 00:10:10,958
That's the cool thing
about physics, time is relative.

275
00:10:11,001 --> 00:10:12,655
Okay, here we go.

276
00:10:12,699 --> 00:10:15,832
Why was the pirate worried that
his shoes were less than "H"?

277
00:10:17,529 --> 00:10:19,619
Because he had to walk
the Planck.

278
00:10:21,533 --> 00:10:22,970
Get it?
Because Max Planck is

279
00:10:23,013 --> 00:10:24,841
a famous physicist
who discovered a constant

280
00:10:24,885 --> 00:10:26,669
which is represented by "H."
And then he...

281
00:10:26,713 --> 00:10:28,976
If Georgie's kicked out,
can I have his room?

282
00:10:29,019 --> 00:10:30,499
We are not kicking Georgie out.

283
00:10:30,542 --> 00:10:31,935
You want to start this up again?

284
00:10:31,979 --> 00:10:33,720
Or can we just be mad
at your mom and Dale?

285
00:10:33,763 --> 00:10:35,678
And Georgie.
Thank you.
And Georgie.

286
00:10:35,722 --> 00:10:36,679
Let's just eat.

287
00:10:39,726 --> 00:10:41,989
So can anyone drop out or do
you need to be a certain age?

288
00:10:42,032 --> 00:10:43,730
You are not dropping
out of school.

289
00:10:43,773 --> 00:10:46,515
Until you're 16-- then
they legally can't stop you.

290
00:10:46,558 --> 00:10:47,516
Good to know.

291
00:10:47,559 --> 00:10:48,517
This is exactly

292
00:10:48,560 --> 00:10:49,736
what I was afraid of.

293
00:10:49,779 --> 00:10:51,259
What do you want me
to do about it?

294
00:10:51,302 --> 00:10:53,696
I would encourage you to love
and nurture the one child

295
00:10:53,740 --> 00:10:56,003
you have
who's destined for success.

296
00:10:56,046 --> 00:10:58,048
[knocking]

297
00:11:00,703 --> 00:11:03,532
Dale, it's for you!

298
00:11:03,575 --> 00:11:04,576
What are you thinking?!

299
00:11:04,620 --> 00:11:05,969
I'm thinking I should've
went home

300
00:11:06,013 --> 00:11:07,188
after your wife left.

301
00:11:07,231 --> 00:11:09,190
Georgie's only got
one more year of school,

302
00:11:09,233 --> 00:11:10,713
and then he can do
whatever he wants.

303
00:11:10,757 --> 00:11:13,194
I don't want to come
between you and your family.

304
00:11:13,237 --> 00:11:14,674
Too late.

305
00:11:14,717 --> 00:11:16,545
Listen, I know
you're upset,

306
00:11:16,588 --> 00:11:18,547
but the person you
ought to be yelling at

307
00:11:18,590 --> 00:11:20,549
is Georgie, not us.

308
00:11:20,592 --> 00:11:22,029
I yelled at him--
it didn't help!

309
00:11:22,072 --> 00:11:23,117
Is this helping?

310
00:11:23,160 --> 00:11:25,597
A little, yes.

311
00:11:25,641 --> 00:11:27,077
So I'm datin' a dropout?

312
00:11:27,121 --> 00:11:29,732
No, you're datin' a guy
with a full-time job.

313
00:11:29,776 --> 00:11:31,778
And your parents are
okay with this?

314
00:11:31,821 --> 00:11:33,823
They'll come around.

315
00:11:34,824 --> 00:11:36,696
By the way, can I
crash at your place?

316
00:11:36,739 --> 00:11:38,262
No!

317
00:11:38,306 --> 00:11:40,047
My father already doesn't think
you're good enough for me.

318
00:11:40,090 --> 00:11:41,788
And I don't want him
to know he's right.

319
00:11:41,831 --> 00:11:43,050
He's not right!

320
00:11:43,093 --> 00:11:44,921
He might be a little right.

321
00:11:44,965 --> 00:11:47,707
I thought you'd be
more supportive.

322
00:11:47,750 --> 00:11:49,752
And I thought we were
gonna be seniors together.

323
00:11:49,796 --> 00:11:51,972
Homecoming court,
prom king and queen.

324
00:11:52,015 --> 00:11:54,583
Voted most likely
to stay together forever.

325
00:11:54,626 --> 00:11:55,932
We can still
stay together.

326
00:11:55,976 --> 00:11:58,108
They can't vote for you
if you're not a senior!

327
00:12:01,416 --> 00:12:03,592
I don't think
this is gonna work out.

328
00:12:03,635 --> 00:12:05,637
You're breakin'
up with me?

329
00:12:05,681 --> 00:12:08,075
Yeah.
You're serious?

330
00:12:08,118 --> 00:12:10,033
I feel like I don't have
a choice.

331
00:12:11,948 --> 00:12:14,603
Fine, as a workin' man
I shouldn't be

332
00:12:14,646 --> 00:12:17,127
dating a girl in high school
anyway-- it's immature.

333
00:12:18,259 --> 00:12:19,826
Just take me home.

334
00:12:19,869 --> 00:12:21,262
'Cause it's a school night?

335
00:12:21,305 --> 00:12:23,307
How cute.

336
00:12:28,791 --> 00:12:30,097
Take me back.
No.

337
00:12:30,140 --> 00:12:31,794
Dang it. [phone ringing]

338
00:12:31,838 --> 00:12:33,796
This is Grant Linkletter.

339
00:12:33,840 --> 00:12:35,842
I'm not home,
please leave a message.

340
00:12:35,885 --> 00:12:37,147
[machine beeps]

341
00:12:37,191 --> 00:12:39,019
SHELDON:
Dr. Linkletter, Sheldon Cooper.

342
00:12:39,062 --> 00:12:40,672
I haven't heard back from you.

343
00:12:40,716 --> 00:12:42,631
I hope everything went well
with Dr. Sturgis.

344
00:12:42,674 --> 00:12:45,286
Perhaps you two got caught up
discussing physics.

345
00:12:45,329 --> 00:12:47,897
Time does fly
when you're having fun.

346
00:12:47,941 --> 00:12:49,943
So what does it
all mean, John?

347
00:12:49,986 --> 00:12:52,119
Maybe you should
ask someone

348
00:12:52,162 --> 00:12:54,686
who isn't drinking
on a park bench.

349
00:12:54,730 --> 00:12:55,992
[both laugh]

350
00:12:56,036 --> 00:12:57,341
You work
your whole life.

351
00:12:57,385 --> 00:12:59,909
It all seems so important
at the time, but is it?

352
00:12:59,953 --> 00:13:01,998
That's a good question.

353
00:13:02,042 --> 00:13:04,958
It puts me in mind
of, uh, Camus'

354
00:13:05,001 --> 00:13:07,787
The Myth of Siphisus...

355
00:13:07,830 --> 00:13:09,789
Siphaphis...

356
00:13:09,832 --> 00:13:12,095
Sisyphus.That's the guy.

357
00:13:12,139 --> 00:13:14,315
Every day

358
00:13:14,358 --> 00:13:17,100
he rolled the rock
up the mountain,

359
00:13:17,144 --> 00:13:18,841
and every day

360
00:13:18,885 --> 00:13:21,148
it rolled back down.

361
00:13:21,191 --> 00:13:22,845
That's what it seems like.

362
00:13:22,889 --> 00:13:24,151
But you escaped.

363
00:13:24,194 --> 00:13:25,805
You stopped rolling
that rock.

364
00:13:25,848 --> 00:13:27,894
Well, that's
what I thought.

365
00:13:27,937 --> 00:13:31,680
But every single bag
of groceries

366
00:13:31,723 --> 00:13:35,031
I fill, there's another one
right behind it.

367
00:13:35,075 --> 00:13:37,904
So what do we do
about it?

368
00:13:37,947 --> 00:13:39,340
We sing.

369
00:13:39,383 --> 00:13:41,255
What do we sing?

370
00:13:41,298 --> 00:13:45,694
♪ When you're too old to work

371
00:13:45,737 --> 00:13:48,740
♪ And you're too young to die

372
00:13:48,784 --> 00:13:51,004
♪ Who will take care of you?

373
00:13:51,047 --> 00:13:52,962
♪ How will you get by?

374
00:13:53,006 --> 00:13:55,747
♪ When you're too old to work

375
00:13:55,791 --> 00:13:59,055
♪ And you're too young to die?

376
00:13:59,099 --> 00:14:00,796
I don't think I know that one.

377
00:14:00,840 --> 00:14:01,971
[grunts]

378
00:14:02,015 --> 00:14:05,192
Do you know "Lollipop"?

379
00:14:05,235 --> 00:14:09,152
♪ Lollipop, lollipop, ooh,
lolli, lollipop, lollipop ♪

380
00:14:09,196 --> 00:14:11,372
♪ Lollipop, ooh,
lolli, lollipop ♪

381
00:14:11,415 --> 00:14:14,375
♪ Lollipop, lollipop, ooh,
lolli, lolli, lolli ♪

382
00:14:14,418 --> 00:14:15,898
♪ Lollipop [both pop]

383
00:14:15,942 --> 00:14:17,160
[vocalizes]

384
00:14:17,204 --> 00:14:19,946
♪ Lollipop, lollipop,
lolli, lolli ♪

385
00:14:19,989 --> 00:14:21,948
♪ Lolli, lollipop, lollipop

386
00:14:21,991 --> 00:14:23,384
♪ Lolli, lolli, lollipop...

387
00:14:23,427 --> 00:14:26,300
I bet those losers dropped
out of high school, too.

388
00:14:26,343 --> 00:14:27,954
♪ Lollipop [both pop, vocalizing]

389
00:14:31,914 --> 00:14:34,482
Sorry I got riled up.

390
00:14:34,525 --> 00:14:35,613
Don't worry about it.

391
00:14:35,657 --> 00:14:37,398
Mary's over here
all the time yellin'

392
00:14:37,441 --> 00:14:39,574
about something-- it was
a pleasant change of pace.

393
00:14:39,617 --> 00:14:41,619
[knocking]

394
00:14:43,708 --> 00:14:45,145
What are you doin' here?

395
00:14:45,188 --> 00:14:46,929
What are youdoin' here?

396
00:14:46,973 --> 00:14:48,191
I was hopin'
to stay here tonight.

397
00:14:48,235 --> 00:14:49,323
Well, you can't.

398
00:14:49,366 --> 00:14:50,498
This ain't your house.

399
00:14:50,541 --> 00:14:51,586
It ain't yours, either.

400
00:14:51,629 --> 00:14:53,240
It's my house,
and I get to say

401
00:14:53,283 --> 00:14:55,024
who stays
and who goes.

402
00:14:55,068 --> 00:14:56,286
Okay, well, I'll be going.

403
00:14:56,330 --> 00:14:57,940
Oh, you're staying.

404
00:14:57,984 --> 00:15:00,073
You can go.

405
00:15:00,116 --> 00:15:01,944
Lucky.

406
00:15:01,988 --> 00:15:04,164
How come Sheldon doesn't
help with the dishes?

407
00:15:04,207 --> 00:15:06,296
When you do their taxes,
I'll do the dishes.

408
00:15:06,340 --> 00:15:08,081
If you don't like
washing dishes,

409
00:15:08,124 --> 00:15:09,604
that is a good reason
to stay in school

410
00:15:09,647 --> 00:15:11,258
and get your diploma.

411
00:15:11,301 --> 00:15:14,087
You have a high school diploma,
and you wash dishes every day.

412
00:15:14,130 --> 00:15:15,610
Thank you. Helpful.

413
00:15:15,653 --> 00:15:18,439
Although I do think Missy
should stay in school.

414
00:15:18,482 --> 00:15:20,267
You think everyone
should stay in school.

415
00:15:20,310 --> 00:15:22,965
Well, I understand why someone
like Georgie would rather work,

416
00:15:23,009 --> 00:15:25,446
but if you drop out,
I think you would regret it.

417
00:15:25,489 --> 00:15:26,621
Why?

418
00:15:26,664 --> 00:15:28,057
Historically,
women in the workplace

419
00:15:28,101 --> 00:15:29,189
have been undervalued.

420
00:15:29,232 --> 00:15:30,320
You don't want to make it easier

421
00:15:30,364 --> 00:15:31,974
for people to do that to you.

422
00:15:32,018 --> 00:15:33,106
He's right.

423
00:15:33,149 --> 00:15:35,108
Not a problem
if I marry a rich guy.

424
00:15:35,151 --> 00:15:36,979
You should marry
someone for love.

425
00:15:37,023 --> 00:15:40,069
You married Dad for love
and there's a lot of bickering.

426
00:15:40,113 --> 00:15:42,245
That's not true.Thank you.

427
00:15:42,289 --> 00:15:44,204
She married him
'cause she was pregnant.

428
00:15:44,247 --> 00:15:46,075
I can finish these
up on my own.

429
00:15:46,119 --> 00:15:48,121
Good, I have a date
with Fresh Prince

430
00:15:48,164 --> 00:15:50,471
who by the way is so rich.

431
00:15:50,514 --> 00:15:51,559
[groans]

432
00:15:51,602 --> 00:15:53,126
Okay, here's the deal.

433
00:15:53,169 --> 00:15:55,476
You get one night here,
then you're out.

434
00:15:55,519 --> 00:15:58,000
You're not being very
grandmotherly right now.

435
00:15:58,044 --> 00:15:59,567
Where's the milk?
Where's the cookies?

436
00:15:59,610 --> 00:16:01,264
Do you believe
this kid?

437
00:16:01,308 --> 00:16:03,397
I could go for a cookie.

438
00:16:03,440 --> 00:16:05,007
No one's gettin' a cookie!

439
00:16:05,051 --> 00:16:06,617
One night here is fine.

440
00:16:06,661 --> 00:16:08,228
I'll be workin' more hours
now so I'll be able

441
00:16:08,271 --> 00:16:10,360
to get my own place soon.Yeah, about that.

442
00:16:10,404 --> 00:16:13,146
I can't let you work
full-time at the store.

443
00:16:13,189 --> 00:16:15,278
What? Why not?

444
00:16:15,322 --> 00:16:17,019
Well, your parents are
pretty upset.

445
00:16:17,063 --> 00:16:18,586
I'm not gonna get
in the middle of that.

446
00:16:18,629 --> 00:16:21,023
I'll just get a job
somewhere else.

447
00:16:21,067 --> 00:16:22,677
That's your business.

448
00:16:22,720 --> 00:16:25,419
[doorbell rings]For God's sake.

449
00:16:25,462 --> 00:16:27,725
Who's left that I know?

450
00:16:29,292 --> 00:16:31,033
Finally!

451
00:16:31,077 --> 00:16:32,730
The right house!

452
00:16:34,558 --> 00:16:36,299
[door closes]

453
00:16:37,605 --> 00:16:39,041
Kids in bed?

454
00:16:39,085 --> 00:16:40,521
Not all of 'em.

455
00:16:40,564 --> 00:16:43,176
Mary, if we let Georgie
stay here,

456
00:16:43,219 --> 00:16:46,048
we're just makin'
this all too easy for him.

457
00:16:46,092 --> 00:16:48,181
I don't want to fight.

458
00:16:48,224 --> 00:16:51,271
I just want to know
that our son is okay.

459
00:16:51,314 --> 00:16:53,360
He's fine.

460
00:16:53,403 --> 00:16:55,666
He's stayin'
at your mom's.

461
00:16:55,710 --> 00:16:58,365
[exhales] Well,
that's something.

462
00:16:59,757 --> 00:17:01,803
Although, where does she get off

463
00:17:01,846 --> 00:17:03,544
thinking that it's a good idea

464
00:17:03,587 --> 00:17:05,285
for him to drop out of school

465
00:17:05,328 --> 00:17:07,069
and then lettin' him

466
00:17:07,113 --> 00:17:08,723
live with her after he does it.

467
00:17:08,766 --> 00:17:10,551
That's what I said.Good!

468
00:17:10,594 --> 00:17:12,727
Maybe they'll learn
to mind their own business!

469
00:17:12,770 --> 00:17:14,294
Will you please
stop fighting?

470
00:17:14,337 --> 00:17:15,382
Oh, no.

471
00:17:15,425 --> 00:17:17,079
Sweetie, no, we're not fighting.

472
00:17:17,123 --> 00:17:20,300
We're just agreeing
with each other angrily.

473
00:17:23,129 --> 00:17:26,610
Here's the deal-- you get one
night here, then you're out.

474
00:17:26,654 --> 00:17:28,264
And don't ask for cookies.

475
00:17:28,308 --> 00:17:30,092
She is in no mood.

476
00:17:30,136 --> 00:17:31,746
Well...

477
00:17:31,789 --> 00:17:34,183
You know who's at my place?

478
00:17:34,227 --> 00:17:36,229
No one.

479
00:17:36,272 --> 00:17:39,536
I think I should stay here
and keep an eye on these two.

480
00:17:39,580 --> 00:17:41,625
It wasn't an invite.

481
00:17:41,669 --> 00:17:44,193
Just something I was
looking forward to.

482
00:17:44,237 --> 00:17:46,369
Later.

483
00:17:46,413 --> 00:17:48,589
Bye.

484
00:17:48,632 --> 00:17:50,460
Did he get a haircut?

485
00:17:50,504 --> 00:17:52,158
It looks really nice.

486
00:17:58,599 --> 00:17:59,817
So how come you're
here tonight?

487
00:17:59,861 --> 00:18:01,297
Were you too drunk

488
00:18:01,341 --> 00:18:02,820
to ride your bike home, too?

489
00:18:02,864 --> 00:18:05,475
My father's mad
'cause I dropped out of school.

490
00:18:05,519 --> 00:18:07,347
[chuckles]Ironic.

491
00:18:07,390 --> 00:18:09,175
Sheldon's upset

492
00:18:09,218 --> 00:18:11,568
'cause I'm not going
back to the university.

493
00:18:11,612 --> 00:18:12,787
Look at us.

494
00:18:12,830 --> 00:18:15,137
A couple of dropouts.

495
00:18:15,181 --> 00:18:17,139
Don't you have a PhD?

496
00:18:17,183 --> 00:18:20,142
Two, but I was
trying to find

497
00:18:20,186 --> 00:18:21,622
common ground

498
00:18:21,665 --> 00:18:24,146
over which we could bond.

499
00:18:25,191 --> 00:18:26,409
All right.

500
00:18:28,846 --> 00:18:31,545
You wouldn't believe
the day I had.

501
00:18:31,588 --> 00:18:33,764
My dad kicked me out.

502
00:18:33,808 --> 00:18:35,505
My girlfriend broke up
with me.

503
00:18:35,549 --> 00:18:37,290
And now I got
to find a second job.

504
00:18:37,333 --> 00:18:39,466
I drank hooch
on a park bench

505
00:18:39,509 --> 00:18:41,468
and sang "Lollipop."

506
00:18:41,511 --> 00:18:43,513
It was tremendous.

507
00:18:43,557 --> 00:18:45,385
I think I saw you.

508
00:18:45,428 --> 00:18:47,256
Were you
with some other guy?

509
00:18:47,300 --> 00:18:48,518
Yes.

510
00:18:48,562 --> 00:18:50,259
What happened to him?

511
00:18:50,303 --> 00:18:52,653
[siren wails]

512
00:18:52,696 --> 00:18:55,438
OFFICER:
Hey, pal, wake up.

513
00:18:55,482 --> 00:18:56,526
[indistinct radio chatter]

514
00:18:56,570 --> 00:18:57,832
What's happening?

515
00:18:57,875 --> 00:18:59,964
You can't sleep there.

516
00:19:00,008 --> 00:19:02,184
Right, sorry.

517
00:19:06,232 --> 00:19:08,756
Excuse me.

518
00:19:08,799 --> 00:19:11,672
You didn't happen to see a small
bald man around here, did you?

519
00:19:11,715 --> 00:19:13,848
Possibly singing "Lollipop"?

520
00:19:13,891 --> 00:19:15,458
What?

521
00:19:15,502 --> 00:19:16,677
♪ Lollipop, lollipop...

522
00:19:16,720 --> 00:19:18,548
Never mind.

523
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