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So, you can see that Sheldon has a baby tooth

that never fell out.Is that a problem?

Well, it's gonna keep the adult tooth from coming down, and...

it's gonna need to be extracted.

He is not gonna be happy about that.

No, he is not.

Are you sure we can't just wait this thing out?

It's gonna cause all the other teeth around it to come in

crooked and, well, you know, braces can be expensive.

He is gonna freak out about the pain

and the needle and the blood.

Yeah, I wouldn't mention that stuff when you tell him.

Can't youtell him?

I'm not gonna tell him.

But you're his doctor.And you're his mommy.

Which means that I have to dealwith him all the time.

Help me out here.No.

Okay. Can wetell him together?

No.

All right.

What if I put your business card, free of charge,

in the next church newsletter?

So, Sheldon, little bit of dental news.

You have a baby tooth

that never fell out.

Neat. Even my teethare stubborn.

Anyway, in order for your teeth to come in straight,

Dr. Bowers is gonna need to pull it out.

Why didn't I hear thisfrom him?

I had the same question.

But a tooth extraction is a major procedure.

Not necessarily.

Will there be blood?

A little.

Will there be a needle?

Maybe, but you won't feel it,

'cause he's gonna put you under first.

Put me under? With drugs?

That's even more dangerous.

Sheldon, lots of people get their teeth pulled.

It's not a big deal.

Stop enjoying this.

Sorry.No, you're not.

No, I'm not.

This is not exactly the date night I'd envisioned

when I was shaving my legs.

I'm almost done.

We're elderly, you know?

If anything, dinner should be early.

Well, I'll tell you what, when I'm finished,

I am gonna whisk you off to the finest--

and the only-- Chinese food place in town.

Ying's? Their nachos are weird.

I don't know, it's not a bad idea

to maybe venture out of Medfordonce in a while.

Even better, why don't we go away for the weekend?

Come on-- You know how hard it is

for me to get out of the store.

What's the point of being the boss

if you can't get somebody else to do your work for you?

I might be able to leave Georgie in charge.

My grandson?

That'd be the one.

I want to go, so I'm just gonna say "good idea."

Hi, Sheldon,what can I do for you?

Do you have any books or videos on the Lamaze technique?

Georgie get that girl pregnant?

It's for me. I need to have a tooth pulled,

and I'd like to do it without putting my brain on drugs.

Okay.

I've seen that commercialwith the egg in the frying pan.

Very effective.Well,

since this is a high school, we don't have material

about giving birth on the shelves.

But...

since this is a high school,

I keep a few things here under the counter.

Excellent.

And I'll let my brother know,

in case he gets himself in a pickle.

You're having a tooth pulled, not having a baby.

If it can work for getting an eight-pound human

through a birth canal, it can work for a tiny tooth.

Eight pounds? I'm never having kids.

Fun fact: she ended up having four.

And if I do, I'm taking any drugs they'll give me.

That part was true.

Hey, Georgie.

I'm thinking abouttaking your meemaw away

for this weekend.

Okay. You have my blessing.

Thank you. And I was wondering, maybe,

if you'd lookafter the store while I'm gone.

You saying I'm the manager?

No, I-I'm saying I want you to look after the store

while I'm gone.

But in a managerial capacity.

You think you can handle it?

Yes, sir. I will make you proud.

Great.

Can I fire people?

No.

Can I get paid more?No.

Can I at least change the musicwe play here?

What's wrong with the music we play here?

Nothing, it's just kind of grandpa music.

Well, how is this "grandpa music"?

Do you listen to it?

Yeah.

Do you have grandchildren?Yeah.

Do you see where I'm going with this?

Okay, Sheldon, you ready?

Not really.

Yeah, that makes two of us.

Why don't you guys come on back?

You know what?I'm just gonna stay here.

Um, you don't need megetting in your way.

It's no trouble at all. Come on.

I've got my crochet.

You're coming.Fine.

So, you don't need to worry about needles

'cause we're gonna put you underfor the procedure.

No, thank you. There are risks associated with anesthesia.

Feel free to jump in.

Are there any other options?

Well, he could stay awake for it, but we'd have

to give him novocaine.

No needles. Just pull the tooth.

Okay. Just so you know...

I'm gonna be using this.

Drugs, please.

You go to this casino often?

Kind of.

So don't be surprised if everybody knows my name,

how I take my whiskey and the color of my lucky bra.

Purple.

No, that's my "get lucky" bra.

So, what are you into? Craps, roulette?

Well, not much of a gambler.

You just left Georgie in chargeof your store, so... disagree.

He's a lot smarter than you think.

Maybe you're notas smart as I think.

Well, if you like me just for my body, I'm okay with that.

There you go. I hope you enjoyedyour shopping experience.

I did.I'd let the manager know,

but he already does, 'cause it's me.

I'll take it.

It's been a pleasure to serveyou.

You might want to slow down.We don't have a license

to sell guns in here.

Just kidding, it's Texas.We got them in the back.

Okay, Sheldon,we're gonna put the mask on.

Now you just breathe normally and count back from 100.

But counting back from 100

isn't complex enough to occupy my mind.

You're up again.

Why don't you think of something more sciencey?

Like counting pi.

That's a thing, right? Pi?

I can't count pi, it's an irrational number.

But I can embrace the spirit of your proposal and calculate

the matrix coefficients

necessary for a unified field theory.

Do that. Hit it.

: Of the four fundamental forces,

the most difficult to unify is gravity because...

Thank God.

Step right up.

Step right up

for your chance to meet Thoth!

The Egyptian godof knowledge.

He has all the answers.

No question too big

or small.

Hello, young man.

Do you have a question you'd like to pose?

I do, but nobody in the history of science

has ever been able to answer it.

: Well, they haven't asked the great god Thoth!

Right this way!

Ask your question.

Do you really possess all knowledge?

You only get one question, kid.

You want that to be it?

No.

How can I unify the four fundamental forces

of the universe?

Now we're talking.

In order to unify gravity, you must first understand

that it is a distortion of space-time.

Gravity. Of course.

He even talks in his sleep. Why am I not surprised?

Didn't feel it at all.That's how good this helmet is.

Want to take a whack?

Try it on.

I'll be up front when you're ready to buy it.

No.

Damn it.

26 for the twins'

birthday, three for Georgie and Mary wouldn't like it

if I used her birthdayfor gambling, so 13 for her.

All right. For my grandson's birthday, I'm gonna go black,

'cause I don't remember.

No more bets.

26 black.

Whoa! Yep! Hey!

Hooray for the grandkids!

Whenever the hell they were born!

You want to go to the bar?

No, we've hit.

We gotta ride this out.

Double zero.

Ride's over.To the bar!

Where am I?

You died. You're a ghost now.

What?

Look who's awake.

How are you feelin'?

I had a dream.

I solved a unified field theory.

Well, good for you.

But I can't remember it.

Well, you weremumblin' something

about gravity and forces.

You need to be more specific.

Shelly, you weren't makin' much sense.

Mother, a unified field theory is the holy grail of physics.

Solving it would be the greatest breakthrough

in the history of science.

And you forgot it.

That's funny.

Hello, Dr. Bowers, it's Sheldon Cooper.

I need you to administer more anesthesia to me.

No, I don't have a dental problem.

I need to reenter a trancelike state so I can communicate

with Thoth, the god of knowledge.

I would argue that the greatestdiscovery in physics

is worth losing your dental license.

Well, it's not my fault you let them

publish your home phone number.

Well, this ismy favorite table here.

Well, sure, every time you put down money, you win.

This is nice.

You know, I really don't getaway from the store enough.

How come you're still workin' at your age?

What do you mean "my age"?

I mean you're old.

I'm not old.

Well, I'm old and you're older than me.

Yeah, that's true.

But we make itlook good though.

You don't want to be that guy

that just works till he drops dead.

I mean, maybe you should retire.

Have a little fun.

Well, I'm here with you.

That's a good start, 'cause I'm fun.

Man, you sureas hell are.

Hey, you knowwhat'd be fun?

New Orleans is justan hour away from here.

I like where this is headed.

And they gotthemselves a 24-hour

wedding chapel.

What?

No!

What do you mean "no"?

We're good togetherand we're both old.

That's what you said.

We-we haven't even said "I love you" yet!

All right, fine.

I love you.

You... you're not gonnasay anything back?

Not under these circumstances!

:Goddang it.

Dale?!

I'd like to report

a robbery.

Well, before I tell you my name,is there any way we can do this

where the owner of the store don't find out?

Because he left me in charge and I really screwed up.

At least $400.

I know it's a lot.

That's why I said I screwed up.

I got to think about this.

I-I'll call you back.

If I was going to recapture my insight

into a unified field theory, I needed to find a way

to put myself back into an altered state of consciousness.

Native Americans would

sit in sweat lodges for hours to achieve this.

I lasted a minute and a half.

Self-hypnosis is another means

of bringing stillness to the mind.

When it isn't giving you a heart attack!

The whirling dervishes of Central Asia

employ a repetitive spinning technique

to achieve a trancelike state.

You didn't have to storm off.

You're being childish.

So I don't want to get married.

It's nothing personal.

Well, it feels personal.

I'm not rejecting you.

I'm rejecting marriage.

If it helps, it's not the first proposal

I've turned down.

How the hell does that help?

After everything that I've done

for you and your family!

You give my grandson a job, so I'm supposed to marry you?

Well, you can forget I even asked.

After my other attempts to return to the trancelike

state of anesthesia failed, I turned to something

Nancy Reagan herself told me to "just say no" to.

My mind-altering substance of choice was...

chamomile tea.

But not your grandma's chamomile tea.

A highly concentrated super chamomile of my own making.

All the relaxing power of 30 cups of chamomile tea

packed into a teaspoon

of calming sludge.

Sorry, Mrs. Reagan.

Okay, grand unified field theory,

here I come.

This isn't working.

I disagree.

Seems to be working fine and dandy.

Mr. Einstein?

I'm very excited to talk to you,

but I washoping to hear

from Thoth, the Egyptian god of knowledge,

so he could teach me the grand unified field theory again.

Ooh, the grand unified field theory!

Well, la-di-da.

He told it to me in a dream, but I can't remember.

All right,hang on.

Where is the funin finding

things out if some joker with a bird head

just tells you the answer?

But a grand unified field theorywould explain the universe.

Answers areall well and good,

but a real scientist lovesthe thrill of the chase.

Am I right, Hawking?

I would agree.

I do also enjoy the thrill

of rolling over bubble wrap with my chair.

It-it is fun to pop that stuff, isn't it?

So fun.But what if I never figure it out?

I never did

and my scientific career is nothing to sneeze at.

Same here.Agreed.

Don't-don't look at me.

I-I drive a Yugo.

So none of you can help me?

I believe I can.

Sheldon, if I was offered a choice between all

the knowledge of the universe or the endless pursuit of it,

I would choose the pursuit.

That's very insightful.

Hold it, hold it-- he didn't come up with that!

He stole it from Gotthold Lessing.

Who's-who's Gotthold Lessing?

He's an 18th century German philosopher.

Now do you mind?

We girls are trying to have some fun over here.

Apologies.Sorry,Cyndi Lauper.

Our bad.

I-I like fun.

While I made my peace

with not having the solution to a unified field theory,

my intestines did not make peace

with concentrated chamomile syrup.

Dear.

Bathroom emergency! Bathroom emergency!

What the hell?

I locked this.

Who's here?

I'll call the cops!

It's just me.

Why you back so soon?

None of your business.

How'd it go yesterday?

It was good.

Until it wasn't.

What do you mean?

I was helping a customer,

and I guess I forgotto close the register,

'cause when I got back to it,all the money was gone.

Are you kidding me?

I screwed up.

Did you call the police?

I didn't want to get them involved.

But I was gonna make it right.

Here, take it.

So we good?

You're fired.

R-Really?

Get out of my store now.

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