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Previously on Young Sheldon...

So, where should I go?

Caltech.
MIT.

I'm so excited to visit MIT.

Me, too.

Proud of you, son.

Thank you, Dad.

[wind whistling]

Caltech?

Caltech.

ADULT SHELDON:
I always believed

my extraordinary life

would be chronicled

in numerous biographies.

I even used
to make up my own titles.

My favorites were:

From Texas to Success:
the Sheldon Cooper Journey,

and Cooper for Kids,

a pre-school introduction to
quantum gravity in superstring.

The point is,

I knew my formative years
would be well-documented,

which meant
I needed to polish up

some of my early
academic credentials,

especially East Texas Tech.

Wh-What am I looking at?

My proposal

for next semester's curriculum
on string theory.

I may be leaving,
but that doesn't mean

you can attract
more brilliant minds

by staying on the cutting edge.

Sheldon,
you are not a professor here.

Oh, I know.
If I were to teach,

it would be at
a much better university

than this one.

And, in 54 days, you will
no longer be a student here.

Not that I'm counting.

True,
we should relish these moments.

Oh, I'm relishing.

Look at me relish.

So,

what am I supposed to do
with this?

Just because I won't be here
doesn't mean

I won't forever be associated
with this university.

And it would be nice
if people look at my résumé

and said "East Texas Tech,"
not "East Texas Tech."

You said those
the exact same way.

Really? In my head, the second
one was dripping with scorn.

"East Texas Tech."
How was that?

Dripping.

- Mm.
- Sheldon, I appreciate this,

but, uh, we have
an excellent faculty here,

and they are quite capable of

devising their own curriculum
without your help.

I suppose
I could spin East Texas Tech

as a hardship I had to overcome,
like a hunchback or a club foot.

[quietly]:
54 days.

I know.
I'm going to miss this, too.

Mm.

♪ Nobody else
is stronger than I am ♪

♪ Yesterday I moved a mountain

♪ I bet I could be your hero

♪ I am a mighty little man

♪ I am a mighty little man. ♪

So, this is
the new physics curriculum

I've developed for next year.

Introduction to
nonlinear sigma models?

That's some pretty
advanced stuff.

And that's the point.

You know,
Sheldon may be leaving,

but we can attract
the next brilliant mind

if we stay on the cutting edge.

Couldn't agree more.

In fact, John,
why don't you take point

on that nonlinear class
and I'll teach, uh...

Ooh, so much here I've heard of,

which one do I pick?

All right, if this material is
too challenging for you,

maybe I should
rethink my faculty.

What are you saying?

Well, legally I can't say
that I'm replacing you

with someone younger,
so I'm not saying that.

Uh, legally.

Nice try,
but I have tenure.

I don't.

Tough luck.
HAGEMEYER:
Another thing

I'm not saying is

that I'm going to put
your office at the top

of a flight of
very steep stairs.

Okay, that won't
be necessary.

We may be out of the
loop on this stuff,

but we can catch up.

Agreed! We can be up to speed
in two shakes of a lamb's tail.

Don't say that,
you sound old.

Lickety-split?

Better.

Lickety-split.

[quiet chatter on TV][door closes]

Hi.
Hi.

- Oh, come to Nana.
- There you go.

Oh, you got so big.

I said that to her
when she was pregnant.

No bueno.

So, uh, what movie
y'all going to see?

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective.

Mandy, you want to see that?

I don't care,
I'm gonna be asleep

before the lights go down.

Well, we are
so happy to babysit.

In fact,
if you want to go to dinner

after the movie,
that's fine with us.

Aw, thanks,

but we're trying
to save money.

George, give them some money
so they can go to dinner.

We're already babysitting
for free.

But we never get
to see this little one,

because her mean Mommy
and Daddy moved her away.

Well, Mommy and Daddy have
their own bathroom now, so...

Oh, that's the dream
right there.

Alrighty. Bye, baby.

- Bye, honey.
- Be good.

Oh, she'll be an angel
for Nana and Grampy.

Grampy?

I didn't sign off on that.

Okay, let's go, I want
to get this nap started.

See you, Grampy.

[knocking]
STURGIS: Grant.

I finished reading
Ed Witten's article

on the Landau-Ginzburg orbifold.

I'm almost done with one
on Planckian scattering.

I don't know
why we were so reluctant

to dive into these new theories.

- Agreed.
- Exciting stuff.

- Thrilling.
- So thrilling.

A little hard to parse.

A bit enigmatic.

I had to read the same paragraph
four times.

I fell asleep on one paper,
drooled all over it.

- Huh.
- Is it possible

that we're too old
to learn new things?

Nonsense. This would have
been over my head

even as a young man.

Maybe we just need
someone to explain it to us.

Are you talking about Sheldon?

I'm sure he'd be happy to help.

Oh, that's what I'm afraid of.

I don't want to give him
the satisfaction of thinking

he's smarter than us.

But he is smarter than us.

I know that and you know that,
but he can never know that.

Okay, how about this?

We take
one of these papers,

buckle down
and figure it out together.

Teamwork, I like it.[chuckles]

Oh.

Actually,
could you move it a bit closer?

That's a little fuzzy.

Uh...

Now it's fuzzy for me.

Put on your cheaters.

I forgot them on the bus.

I have an extra pair,
would you like them?

That would be lovely.

Teamwork.

[both chuckle]

Say "Nana."

Nana.

Na-na.

Ain't she a little young
for that, Mare?

ADULT SHELDON:
For the record,
I said my first word

at four months.

It was "hypotenuse."

I asked you to get her bottle,
not yours.

Two birds, Mare.

[sighs] Get down here
and feed her with me.

Why?

'Cause that's how you bond.

[sighs] All right.

You're gonna have
to get me back up. [groans]

Cheers.[door opens]

[door closes]
MISSY: I'm home!

Oh, no, did Dad fall?

No, I'm bonding
with the baby.

- Isn't she the cutest?
- Hmm.

Want to know what else is cute?

- Another piercing right up here.
- No.

Why? Heather just got one.

I thought
you and Heather were fighting.

Yeah,
middle school's complicated.

You're not getting
another piercing.

It's my ear.

We made that ear.
It's our ear.

I hate this house.

[groans]

I miss when she couldn't talk.[exhales]

Hi, Sheldon.

Hello.

I was hoping
I could pick your brain

about some of
the latest breakthroughs

in string theory.

And, uh,

maybe we keep this between us.

Uh, Dr. Linkletter doesn't
need to know.

Grant?

John.

I can't believe you went
to Sheldon behind my back.

You're doing
the same exact thing.

Yeah, well, you did it first!

In or out?
I don't have all night.

Well, thanks so much
for watching her.

- Was she any trouble?
- No, not at all.

How was your nap?

I've had better.
Hey.

A guy talks out of his butt,
I laugh.

Dr Pepper came out your nose.

Yeah, when words came
out of his butt.

GEORGE SR.:
Okay.

Mare, this is where
you hand the baby back

and let them leave.

I'm just soaking her up.

They don't live in Kansas.

[chuckling]:
You can see 'em
whenever you want.

Okay, well,

Nana loves you.

Nana's the best.

Nana.

Nana, Nana, Nana.

All right, Nana.
Take it down a notch.

Okay. Bring her back anytime.
I mean it, anytime.

I think they got it.

We got it.

Bye.

That was so nice.

Yeah, what a sweet deal.

You have a little fun,
then hand her right back.

I don't know, I like having
a baby in the house.

[chuckles]:
Yeah, well...

You know, Russ at work,
he-he's starting all over

with wife number two.

You should see him.

Looks like a walking corpse.

That doesn't sound so bad.

Are you serious?

[sighs] Well,

Georgie and CeeCee live
across town,

Sheldon's about to move
to California.

The house is gonna feel empty.

Whoa, whoa, it ain't empty yet,
you still got Missy here.

Missy doesn't let me hug her
anymore.

That is not true.

Missy, get out here
- and hug your mother!
- MISSY: No!

[sighs]

[country music playing][quiet chatter]

Mm, mm.

Booth just opened up.

Y'all want to move over?

Booth?
We're not on a date.

I don't want our knees
rubbing up on each other.

Well, excuse me
for wanting to be comfortable.

George, you believe this guy?
He wants to sit in a booth.

[chuckles]:
What? Oh, yeah.

Come on, Wayne
we're not on a date.

PETERSEN:
I just made that joke.

Get your head in the game.

Sorry, I...

I'm a little distracted.

All right,
what's going on?

We were babysitting
the granddaughter.

I'm worried Mary's got
a little baby fever.

You tell her about Russ?

'Course I told her about Russ.

Poor bastard.
Shuffling around like a zombie.

And Russ is in shape.

[chuckles]:
You can't go around
chasing after a baby.

Hey, I'll have you know
I got up off the floor

all by myself today.

Of course you did.

Just because
she's having fun

with your grandkid doesn't mean
she wants more babies.

I don't know.

She's definitely
brought it up before.

Oh, boy.

There's gonna be a new zombie
in town.

Chunky zombie. [laughs][laughs]

Hey, it isn't all up to her.
I have a say in this.

[laughs]
I'm serious. It...

It takes two. Mm.

Then be honest with her.

Or you don't want another one,
do what I did.

I'm not getting a divorce.

No, I mean, get a little snip.

Never worry about it again.

Well, you mean like a...
like a down-there snip?

I can't believe
I let you teach Health.

Well, Mary'd never go for that.

I didn't know you got snipped.

That's 'cause my balls are none
of your business.

Fair point.

If W is the Kaähler metric
on the algebraic variety X,

and the canonical bundle KX is
trivial, then X is what?

- A Zariski space.
- Wrong.

Hey!

Obviously,
it's an elliptic curve.

Wrong.

Hey!

Why are you hitting us?

- Wrong.
- Ow! Why'd you hit me?

Pain is the best teacher.

I'm teaching you.

Well, it feels like
you're hitting us.

Like you, I struggled with
these concepts, but eventually,

I mastered them,
through hard work, resilience

and a healthy dose
of knuckle whacking.

Son, we are accomplished
scientists.

We won't be treated like this.

Very well.

Class, who knows where
the dummkopf went wrong?

Dummkopf?
You're calling me a dummy?

There's also public humiliation.
That was quite effective.

Are you old dummkopfs ready
to learn,

or is it past your bedtime?

Oh, I'm good
till at least 7:30.

[door closes]

Hey.

What you doing?

- The twins' first birthday.
- Yeah.

Look how little they were.

- Well, look how little I was.
- Oh.

And Georgie
when he lost his first tooth.

When he learned
it was worth a quarter,

he tried to pull out
the rest of 'em.
Ah.

Guess he's always
been a businessman.

Yeah. And an idiot.

Tell me you don't miss
their sweet little faces.

Mm. That's why
we took pictures.

It's not the same as rocking 'em
to sleep at night.

Yeah, 'till they wake
you up at 3:00 a.m.

And smelling
their little heads.

Really? That's the smell
you remember?

Come on. It wasn't that bad.

It wasn't, but...
we were younger then.

I'm not saying
we should try for another one.

- Great.
- I'm just saying,

if there was an accident,
it might be a happy accident.

Mm-hmm.

I guess it's in God's hands.

I guess it is.

Hello. Hey.

I'm here about a vasectomy.

Actually, our earliest
appointment is in three weeks.

- Hmm. That long, huh?
- Yeah.

I can't do it.
I cannot do it.

Something may have
just opened up.

[phone ringing]

Hello?

Hello, Meemaw.

Well,
isn't this a nice surprise?

You're old.
Can you still learn new things?

[phone beeps off]

[phone ringing]

Want to try that again?

I need your help.

I'm listening.

I'm trying to teach

Dr. Linkletter
and Dr. Sturgis string theory,

and they're struggling.

I'm worried that
their advanced age is a factor.

And since you're also...

Careful.

...in the winter of your life...

[click, dial tone]

[touch tones sounding]

[sighs]

[phone rings]

You were saying?

And since you're also
a wise and mature woman...

Go on.

...you might have some tips
on how best

to educate others
in your peer group.

So you want me to help you
teach an old dog new tricks?

I feel like if I said that
you would have hung up.

Look, it can't be easy for them

to be taught
by somebody your age.

I think you're just gonna have

to be a little understanding
and patient.

Patient? They could drop dead

at any mome--

[phone ringing]

What?

Despite this
challenging exchange,

you know I love you.

Yeah, yeah.

♪ Let's say goodbye
like we said hello... ♪[groans]

I can't believe you did it
without telling your wife.

I didn't call you for a lecture,
Wayne. I called you for a ride.

Which you needed
'cause you had a vasectomy

without telling Mary.

I only went down there
to ask some questions,

and they had an opening.

So you said,
"Get in there, start snipping!"

I panicked!

Mary was looking
at baby pictures.

Oh. Well, clearly,
you had no choice.

I'm in a lot of pain here,
Wayne. You're not helping.

What do you think she's gonna
say when she finds out?

- She's not gonna find out.
- You can barely walk.

You think she's not
gonna notice?

You have any idea
how much sitting I do at home?

Oh, I can imagine.
I do work with you.

[sighs]

Hey, watch out for that...

...pothole.

Oh, I saw it.

[groans]

LINKLETTER:
26 dimensions.

In what world
are there 26 dimensions?

When I was
an undergraduate,

we made fun
of the old professors

who didn't understand
the theory of mesons.

[laughs] Me, too.
I told my thesis advisor,

"I'm surprised you don't
understand the physics of time.

You were here
for the dawn of it."

[both laugh]

And now, we've become them.

I wish. My mentor was
a Fields Medal winner,

taught at Princeton.
What have I done?

You wrote that article
on the positron.

I did. I was the belle
of the physics ball that year.

And you-- you've lectured
all over the world.

I can ask for Pepto Bismol
in 16 languages.

Póro na écho lígo
Pepto Bismol? [laughs]

That was Greek.

Clearly, we're not too old
to learn things.

And there's no shame
in needing a little help.

- Yeah!
- Yeah!

But does it have to be Sheldon?

- Yeah.
- Yeah.

ADULT SHELDON:
My meemaw made me realize

that Dr. Linkletter
and Dr. Sturgis' failure

to learn string theory
was my failure as a teacher.

Perhaps the knuckles
that really needed

to be rapped were my own.

Ow! Lesson learned.

[knocking at door]

Sheldon,

we'd like you to teach us again.

MEEMAW:
Understanding and patience.

♪ Everybody hurts...

All right, dummkopfs,
let's do this.

♪ Sometimes

♪ Everybody hurts...

[groans]
MISSY:
You don't do that

to all the food, do you?

I got hurt at practice.

Blow your whistle too hard?

Funny.

Well, you make it easy.

[sighs]
MARY:George,

what happened?

Pulled a muscle at practice.

Also, I'm never
eating peas again.

Is it your...?
Groin, yeah.

Let me run you a warm bath.
I bet that'll help.

Oh, I'll be fine. I just need
to sit for a while...

and not take a shower
for two to three days.

I'll get you some BENGAY.

No, no! No.

Heating pad?

I'm good. Got my peas,
just need to sit.

[airy, prolonged groaning]

[airy groaning continues]

[grunts]

You sure you're okay?

Oh, yeah, right as rain.
[groans]

So wait a minute.
Are you saying

that the particle
should be understood

as a sequence of functions
executed in a manifold?

He said it, not me.

Actually, that's correct.

We were both thinking it.
That's what's important.

So that would mean...?

Gravity is just the residue
of forces within manifolds?

Are you asking me or telling me?

Telling?

You're right.

Oh. [laughs]

[Mary yawns]

I'm going to bed. You coming?[TV plays quietly]

Nah, I think
I'm just gonna stay here.

You sure you're okay?

Yeah, I'll be fine.

Look at us. It's 9:00,
I'm exhausted.

You got hurt watching other
people exercise. [laughs]

I can't believe I thought
we could handle another baby.

[sighs]

Really?

Oh. CeeCee's all we need.

Well, if that's how you feel,
I support it.

Good night.

Hey, before you go...

...could you swap me out?

Broccoli or corn?

Surprise me.

[sighs]

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