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Leonard, what time does
your mom's plane get in?
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I don't know--
some time tomorrow morning.
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Don't you want
to know for sure?
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No need to. As soon as she flies
into California airspace,
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I'll feel a disturbance
in the Force.
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It's so nice
both of your moms are coming in
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to see you guys get an award.
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Well, my mother's been there
for every honor I've won
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since I beat out my twin sister
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for the "did it
on the potty" trophy.
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How does this look?
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Aw, it's so nice.
She's gonna love it.
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Sure, his mom gets roses.
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When I want them,
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they're a "bouquet of
severed plant genitals."
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You act like I didn't get you
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that mushroom log
on Valentine's Day.
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He's right.
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Roses die, but a moist rotting
log will pump out mushrooms
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for two or three magical years.
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You know,
your mom's never been
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too thrilled
with our relationship.
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Maybe I should get her something
so she warms up to me.
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If you could run
out and get a PhD,
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that might make
her like you.
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Really?
It didn't work for you.
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Do you think
the moms will get along?
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Uh, I don't know.
They're pretty different.
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Maybe they'll be best friends.
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One of them is brilliant,
one is sweet and simple.
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Sound familiar?
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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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♪ The Big Bang Theory 8x23 ♪
The Maternal Combustion
Original Air Date on April 30, 20
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== sync, corrected by elderman ==
@elder_man
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Shelly, I'm so proud of you and
Leonard for getting this award.
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Oh, thank you, Mother.
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I tried to read your paper,
but it was very hard
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for me to understand.
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Oh, it's quite
straightforward, actually.
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It describes a new model
of the universe
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that conceptualizes it
as the surface
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of an n-dimensional
superfluid.
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Interesting.
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You can believe that,
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but God filling an ark with
animals two-by-two is nonsense.
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What did they feed
the lions, Mother?
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The floating bodies of
drowned sinners, of course.
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Listen, Leonard's mom is
a renowned psychiatrist
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and woman of science.
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Can you please keep
the Bible babble to yourself
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while she's here?
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Are you ashamed of me?
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Of course not.
I love you.
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I'm just embarrassed by the
things you believe, do and say.
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Well, I love you, too.
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My little bowl
of lion chow.
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So, have you and Penny
set a wedding date?
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No, we're kind of
taking it slow.
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I see.
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What does that mean?
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You've been on and off with
this woman for seven years
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and engaged for one year.
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One has to wonder
if there's a problem.
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Are you having
satisfactory intercourse?
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Yes, Mother.
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Only satisfactory.
I see.
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I change my answer.
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It-it's amazing.
It's hot.
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We can barely keep our
hands off each other.
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Seems odd to try
and impress your mother
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with your
sexual prowess.
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But then, you always did have
that unresolved Oedipal complex.
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See, this right here,
what you're doing,
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can you please not do that
around Sheldon's mom?
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Why? Are you attracted
to her, too?
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Of course not.
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She's-she's just a very
sweet and God-fearing lady,
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and you have to be
respectful of her beliefs.
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Leonard, I'm an adult.
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I know how to conduct myself
around people
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from different
walks of life.
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Thank you.
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Where is she from again?
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- East Texas.
- Ugh.
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Hey, look who's here.
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Oh, Dr. Hofstadter,
it's so good to see you again.
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Likewise.
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I read your paper;
it was very impressive.
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Oh, thank you.
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We just spent
two hours in traffic.
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Did you think to mention to me
that you liked our paper?
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Of course I did, but
it's a mother's job
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to make sure her child's
self-esteem is not dependent
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on anyone's approval.
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That's so sweet,
you think I have self-esteem.
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Dr. Hofstadter, I want you
to meet my mother, Mary.
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So nice to meet you.
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Nice to meet you, too.
How was your flight?
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Very pleasant. And yours?
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Lovely. Almost
as if someone--
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not saying who-- was
watching over the plane.
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You're kidding, right?
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Subtle, mom,
real subtle.
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Stuart.
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Morning.
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We talked about this.
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I don't mind you
still living here,
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but we got to have
some rules.
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And rule number one is pants.
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Hey, hey.
(clears throat)
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You must be very
proud of your son.
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Oh, yes.
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He recently argued a case
before the Supreme Court.
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He did?
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Oh, you mean this son.
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Uh, sure,
he's terrific.
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Uh, Beverly, would you like
to see the math I worked out
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to support our hypothesis?
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Uh, you mean,
my hypothesis.
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I hypothesized it
all by myself.
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Calm down, dear.
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Mary, I'm curious.
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When did you
first realize
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that your son had such
a remarkable mind?
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Ooh, good question.
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Everyone loves stories about
Sheldon Cooper, boy genius.
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Well, I would have to say
when he was 13
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and tried to build a nuclear
reactor in the tool shed.
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Ooh, this is a good one.
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Now, the first thing you have
to know about Shelly is
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ever since he was a little boy,
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he was always concerned
with the well-being of others.
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And he didn't think
that it was fair
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for people to pay
for electricity,
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so he was gonna power
the entire town for free.
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(stammers)
Tell her about the uranium!
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Tell her about
the uranium.
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Oh, well!
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Oh, this is adorable.
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When he arranged to get
some yellowcake from Chad,
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I thought he was talking
about Twinkies
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from one of his friends.
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Yeah.
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But I wasn't.
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'Cause I didn't
have any friends.
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(laughs):
No.
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It turns out that this
little scallywag was trying
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to use my Visa card
to buy uranium
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from an African warlord
in the country of Chad!
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Sounds like Sheldon
was a handful.
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Oh, he was a handful.
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I was a handful.
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You still are.
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Uh, Mom, hey,
tell Mary the story
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about how I made
a Van de Graaff generator
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out of our vacuum cleaner.
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All right.
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He broke the
vacuum cleaner.
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(video game sound effects
playing)
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I mean, for a while,
everything was vampires.
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Now it's all zombies.
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I wonder what the next
monster fad will be.
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We haven't had a good
invisible man in a while.
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Clearly, you've never seen me
try to talk to a woman.
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Guys.
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In the time you've been sitting
here playing video games,
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I got the car washed,
picked up cleaning supplies
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and went to the bank.
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I put on pants.
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Kiss-ass.
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Okay, I don't know when
I became the mother
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to three lazy teenagers,
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but it stops today.
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You guys are cleaning
the kitchen, top to bottom.
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Hey, I don't even live here.
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Yes or no, do you have clothes
in my laundry right now?
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I do.
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And some of it's wool,
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so dry flat if possible.
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Oh, and here's a picture
of me receiving
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my bachelor of science degree.
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You don't look
very happy.
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Well, I had just begun puberty.
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(sighs)
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It was figuratively
and literally
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one of the hairiest moments
of my life.
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Shelly does not like change.
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Oh, true.
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But all the clenching
in the world will not keep
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testicles in your abdomen.
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Hey, sorry,
got caught up at work.
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Hi, Beverly!
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- Hello.
- (giggles)
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Oh, okay.
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(chuckles)
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Sorry, I forgot.
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You remember my mother.
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Oh, yes. Hi, Mary!
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Good to see you
again, dear.
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Ah, yeah, now that's
what I'm talking about.
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So, Mom, you haven't seen Penny
since we got engaged.
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Oh, yeah, let me
show you the ring.
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Oh, lovely.
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Must have been
very expensive.
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00:09:09,838 --> 00:09:10,971
Oh, no, not at all.
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No, we, uh, found
a place online
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that, uh, repurposes
diamond drill bits.
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We did not. That's not true.
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Can I speak to you alone
for a second?
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Oh, sure.
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- It came from Tiffany's.
- (chuckles)
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You mean the box, right?
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Keep walking!
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Really doesn't matter to me
how much he spent on the ring.
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I think.
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Did I misspeak
about the ring?
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Yes, and we'll get
back to that.
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But, uh, even with
your mother here,
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you are deliberately hogging
all the attention from my mom.
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You're like one of those
elephant seal pups
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that steals the milk
from two mothers!
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Do you mean
what marine biologists
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refer to as "super weaning"?
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Yes, you are a super weaner!
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00:10:04,358 --> 00:10:06,393
Well, now I have to correct you.
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A-As a bit
of an elephant seal buff,
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the more accurate
comparison
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would be when two mother seals
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actively seek
to nourish the same pup.
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So I believe the term
you're looking for
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is a double mother suckler.
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Yeah, you're right.
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That is the term
I'm looking for.
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You are a dirty double
mother suckler!
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Okay, well, now that we have the
terminology straightened out.
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How dare you!
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We're not in a rush.
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We'll set a date when
the time is right.
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It doesn't matter, sweetie.
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The moment a man lays
with a woman,
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they are married
in the eyes of the Lord.
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Uch.
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"Uch"?
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The bible is "uch" to you?
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No, I'm sorry.
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That was inappropriate.
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As a psychiatrist,
I know how important
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people's superstitions
can be to them.
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00:11:07,610 --> 00:11:10,245
You want to talk
about superstitions?
257
00:11:10,247 --> 00:11:12,180
Sheldon sent me
the books you wrote--
258
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all that nonsense
about superegos and ids.
259
00:11:14,584 --> 00:11:18,186
What bull dropped that
on the barn floor?
260
00:11:18,188 --> 00:11:21,089
His name is Sigmund Freud.
261
00:11:21,091 --> 00:11:22,290
Hey, look at that!
262
00:11:22,292 --> 00:11:25,694
You both believe in
Jewish bearded guys.
263
00:11:25,696 --> 00:11:27,696
Stay out of this.
264
00:11:27,698 --> 00:11:29,631
Mm-hmm.
265
00:11:29,633 --> 00:11:31,700
At least the bearded man
that I believe in
266
00:11:31,702 --> 00:11:33,835
preaches love and compassion.
267
00:11:33,837 --> 00:11:35,236
All yours
talks about is
268
00:11:35,238 --> 00:11:36,705
why you hold in your poop
269
00:11:36,707 --> 00:11:39,908
and want to crawl back
inside your mama.
270
00:11:41,777 --> 00:11:43,912
It's fascinating.
271
00:11:43,914 --> 00:11:46,414
How can someone
as enlightened as Sheldon
272
00:11:46,416 --> 00:11:49,517
come from someone like you?
273
00:11:49,519 --> 00:11:51,152
I know the answer.
274
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You're not gonna like it.
275
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Try me.
276
00:11:54,858 --> 00:11:57,192
When I was pregnant with Shelly,
I was driving to church,
277
00:11:57,194 --> 00:11:58,693
and I was praying
to the Lord
278
00:11:58,695 --> 00:12:02,697
to give me a son smarter
than his dumb-ass daddy.
279
00:12:03,699 --> 00:12:06,935
And I looked over
and I saw a Jesus bobblehead
280
00:12:06,937 --> 00:12:10,405
in the Subaru next to me
nodding yes.
281
00:12:17,279 --> 00:12:19,014
What is that supposed to mean?
282
00:12:19,016 --> 00:12:23,218
It means... I can't believe
we're having this conversation.
283
00:12:23,220 --> 00:12:24,452
Well, do it some more.
284
00:12:24,454 --> 00:12:27,689
Maybe you can knock
some sense into yourself.
285
00:12:27,691 --> 00:12:30,025
Why don't we all stops
hitting ourselves
286
00:12:30,027 --> 00:12:31,693
and talk about something
safe, you know,
287
00:12:31,695 --> 00:12:36,064
like shoes or how cute
little Chinese babies are.
288
00:12:36,066 --> 00:12:37,632
It is not my fault
that your mother likes me
289
00:12:37,634 --> 00:12:39,501
better than she likes you!
- Oh, don't flatter yourself!
290
00:12:39,503 --> 00:12:42,737
She likes everybody
better than she likes me!
291
00:12:49,045 --> 00:12:50,678
How old is this Jell-O?
292
00:12:50,680 --> 00:12:54,949
Well, it's carrots,
so gonna say very.
293
00:12:56,619 --> 00:12:58,286
Sorry we have to do this.
294
00:12:58,288 --> 00:13:00,055
Bernadette's not wrong.
295
00:13:00,057 --> 00:13:01,856
She does work hard around here.
296
00:13:01,858 --> 00:13:03,091
Yeah, maybe it's a good thing
297
00:13:03,093 --> 00:13:04,926
if she stops
babying you so much.
298
00:13:04,928 --> 00:13:06,995
She doesn't baby me.
299
00:13:06,997 --> 00:13:09,431
I saw her pull you home
in a wagon.
300
00:13:09,433 --> 00:13:11,800
For your information,
301
00:13:11,802 --> 00:13:15,703
I twisted my ankle
chasing the ice cream truck.
302
00:13:15,705 --> 00:13:18,273
Face it, dude, Bernadette
treats you the same way
303
00:13:18,275 --> 00:13:21,876
your mother used to, and that
was not a healthy relationship.
304
00:13:23,646 --> 00:13:25,413
You're right.
(chuckles)
305
00:13:25,415 --> 00:13:26,748
It's time for me
306
00:13:26,750 --> 00:13:30,985
to act like an adult
in this marriage.
307
00:13:30,987 --> 00:13:35,323
Starting with my husbandly duty
of taking out the trash.
308
00:13:41,530 --> 00:13:44,332
Bernie, I made a mess!
309
00:13:47,169 --> 00:13:50,438
I'm terribly sorry
that I upset your mother.
310
00:13:50,440 --> 00:13:52,107
Oh, it's all right.
She'll forgive you.
311
00:13:52,109 --> 00:13:55,410
She has to or
she goes to hell.
312
00:13:58,013 --> 00:13:59,714
I can't help but notice
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how her unconditional
love for you
314
00:14:02,385 --> 00:14:06,020
is diametrically opposed
to my own parenting strategies.
315
00:14:06,022 --> 00:14:08,990
Well, you doled
out affection
316
00:14:08,992 --> 00:14:11,793
as a reward for
achievement--
317
00:14:11,795 --> 00:14:14,095
a proven way to
raise a child.
318
00:14:14,097 --> 00:14:16,731
Or train a rat.
319
00:14:16,733 --> 00:14:18,600
But look how well
you turned out.
320
00:14:18,602 --> 00:14:22,971
I'd feign modesty at this point,
but who would believe me?
321
00:14:22,973 --> 00:14:24,772
Still, you need
to consider
322
00:14:24,774 --> 00:14:27,509
how successful Leonard's
brother and sister are.
323
00:14:27,511 --> 00:14:29,210
I suppose.
324
00:14:29,212 --> 00:14:33,348
While my brother and sister
are mouth-breathing idiots.
325
00:14:33,350 --> 00:14:36,351
Do you suppose
you would've flourished more
326
00:14:36,353 --> 00:14:37,952
in a reward-based environment?
327
00:14:37,954 --> 00:14:40,255
Perhaps.
328
00:14:40,257 --> 00:14:43,158
But my mom made me spaghetti
with chopped-up hot dogs
329
00:14:43,160 --> 00:14:46,161
whenever I wanted,
so who cares?
330
00:14:48,097 --> 00:14:51,900
Not once did my mother ever
give me any love or affection
331
00:14:51,902 --> 00:14:54,068
for just being myself;
I always had to earn it.
332
00:14:54,070 --> 00:14:55,036
Oh, Leonard,
333
00:14:55,038 --> 00:14:57,472
I'm sure she loves you
very much.
334
00:14:57,474 --> 00:15:01,109
In her own cold godless way.
335
00:15:01,111 --> 00:15:04,979
Yeah, and you certainly don't
have to earn my love.
336
00:15:04,981 --> 00:15:06,147
Thank you.
337
00:15:06,149 --> 00:15:07,582
Of course,
you already knew that
338
00:15:07,584 --> 00:15:11,319
when you bought me
this princess-cut drill bit.
339
00:15:11,321 --> 00:15:13,421
That's not what it is.
340
00:15:13,423 --> 00:15:15,490
I know, I know.
341
00:15:15,492 --> 00:15:17,592
(imitates drill buzzing)
342
00:15:17,594 --> 00:15:20,261
When your mom gets back,
I'm gonna need
343
00:15:20,263 --> 00:15:22,363
to apologize for the way
I spoke to her.
344
00:15:22,365 --> 00:15:24,332
Well, come on now,
she did kind of start it.
345
00:15:24,334 --> 00:15:27,202
Doesn't matter; a good Christian
would've turned the other cheek.
346
00:15:27,204 --> 00:15:28,303
On the other hand,
347
00:15:28,305 --> 00:15:31,306
a good Texan
would've shot her, so...
348
00:15:33,842 --> 00:15:36,644
I just kind of
split the difference.
349
00:15:36,646 --> 00:15:39,714
Hey, who's in the mood
for spaghetti and hot dogs?
350
00:15:39,716 --> 00:15:41,082
- Oh, me!
- Yeah, me, too!
351
00:15:41,084 --> 00:15:43,084
Coming up.
352
00:15:43,086 --> 00:15:46,421
I don't really
feel I deserve it.
353
00:15:48,824 --> 00:15:50,925
That was a big
sticky mess,
354
00:15:50,927 --> 00:15:52,627
but... I think I got it.
355
00:15:52,629 --> 00:15:53,761
- Looks good.
- Yeah.
356
00:15:53,763 --> 00:15:55,430
Look at that.
357
00:15:55,432 --> 00:15:57,465
You cleaned it up
all by yourself.
358
00:15:57,467 --> 00:16:00,602
Yes, I cleaned it up
all by myself.
359
00:16:00,604 --> 00:16:02,637
Honestly, I don't know
why you complain so...
360
00:16:04,173 --> 00:16:05,907
Okay, maybe I missed one spot.
361
00:16:12,248 --> 00:16:14,415
Just leave.
362
00:16:17,319 --> 00:16:18,920
I'm so glad
that you and I were able
363
00:16:18,922 --> 00:16:20,955
to bury the hatchet.
- Me, too.
364
00:16:20,957 --> 00:16:23,157
And I respect your right
to your beliefs.
365
00:16:23,159 --> 00:16:25,693
And I will
pray for you.
366
00:16:27,563 --> 00:16:29,831
Okay, Mom, let's get you
back to your hotel
367
00:16:29,833 --> 00:16:31,466
before anyone says
anything else.
368
00:16:31,468 --> 00:16:32,667
BEVERLY:
One moment.
369
00:16:32,669 --> 00:16:35,536
There's something
I need to say to you.
370
00:16:35,538 --> 00:16:38,072
Oh, really? That's too bad.
371
00:16:38,074 --> 00:16:41,843
Leonard, I always
made you earn my affection,
372
00:16:41,845 --> 00:16:43,177
but today I realize
373
00:16:43,179 --> 00:16:46,147
that there's more than one way
to raise a child.
374
00:16:46,149 --> 00:16:49,284
I taught her that!
375
00:16:49,286 --> 00:16:50,818
BEVERLY:
Therefore, I would like
376
00:16:50,820 --> 00:16:54,622
to initiate a new protocol
wherein I...
377
00:16:54,624 --> 00:16:57,925
shower you
with unconditional love.
378
00:16:57,927 --> 00:17:00,361
Wow.
379
00:17:00,363 --> 00:17:01,796
When does that start?
380
00:17:01,798 --> 00:17:04,966
So needy.
381
00:17:08,937 --> 00:17:11,706
Come to Mommy.
382
00:17:12,574 --> 00:17:14,976
It's okay, go ahead.
383
00:17:22,351 --> 00:17:25,453
Oh, my son.
384
00:17:26,955 --> 00:17:29,457
Oh, my mother.
385
00:17:29,459 --> 00:17:31,793
Oh, my God.
386
00:17:45,421 --> 00:17:47,856
(whistling
"It's a Hard-Knock Life")
387
00:17:51,294 --> 00:17:53,462
(humming along)
388
00:17:58,868 --> 00:18:02,237
♪ It's a hard-knock life ♪
389
00:18:03,773 --> 00:18:06,742
♪ It's the hard-knock life
for us ♪
390
00:18:06,744 --> 00:18:10,445
♪ It's the hard-knock
life for us ♪
391
00:18:10,447 --> 00:18:13,148
♪ 'Stead of treated,
we get tricked ♪
392
00:18:13,150 --> 00:18:16,718
♪ 'Stead of kisses,
we get kicked ♪
393
00:18:16,720 --> 00:18:19,354
♪ It's the hard-knock life ♪
394
00:18:19,356 --> 00:18:22,391
♪ Got no folks to speak of so ♪
395
00:18:22,393 --> 00:18:25,627
♪ It's the hard-knock row
we hoe ♪
396
00:18:25,629 --> 00:18:28,437
♪ Cotton blankets...
'stead of wool ♪
397
00:18:28,438 --> 00:18:31,472
♪ Empty bellies...
'stead of full ♪
398
00:18:31,473 --> 00:18:33,340
♪ It's a hard-knock life. ♪
399
00:18:33,342 --> 00:18:39,842
== sync, corrected by elderman ==
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