1 00:00:01,709 --> 00:00:03,642 Oh, the... there's a 7:15 at the ArcLight. 2 00:00:04,062 --> 00:00:05,606 Well, that doesn't give us much time to eat. 3 00:00:05,630 --> 00:00:06,796 We can eat afterwards. 4 00:00:06,865 --> 00:00:08,732 I'm not gonna eat at 10:00 at night. 5 00:00:08,800 --> 00:00:10,100 Who am I, Hemingway? 6 00:00:11,703 --> 00:00:13,870 Why do you think Hemingway ate at 10:00? 7 00:00:13,939 --> 00:00:16,106 He spent a lot of time in Spain. They eat dinner late. 8 00:00:16,174 --> 00:00:17,941 He also spent a lot of time in Florida. 9 00:00:18,009 --> 00:00:19,554 Last time I was there, people were eating dinner 10 00:00:19,578 --> 00:00:21,444 at, like, 4:30. 11 00:00:21,513 --> 00:00:22,779 You guys know 12 00:00:22,848 --> 00:00:25,548 that Hemingway had cats with six toes? 13 00:00:26,685 --> 00:00:29,786 Six toes per foot or six toes total? 14 00:00:29,855 --> 00:00:31,254 Okay. 15 00:00:31,323 --> 00:00:33,403 It's official. We're never going to see the Avengers. 16 00:00:34,059 --> 00:00:35,992 Guys, just come on. Make a decision. 17 00:00:36,061 --> 00:00:37,594 I-I'm good with eating after. 18 00:00:37,662 --> 00:00:40,163 - Mm, I'm kind of hungry now. - Yeah, me, too. 19 00:00:40,232 --> 00:00:41,676 - Then we'll eat before. - Okay. 20 00:00:41,700 --> 00:00:44,634 So, then, we can see the 3-D at 9:00 or the 2-D at 9:30. 21 00:00:44,703 --> 00:00:46,302 3-D. If I'm gonna see Thor, 22 00:00:46,371 --> 00:00:48,972 I want to feel like I could lick those abs. 23 00:00:50,308 --> 00:00:52,442 Actually, 3-D kind of makes me queasy. 24 00:00:52,511 --> 00:00:53,910 No, but we have to see it in 3-D. 25 00:00:53,979 --> 00:00:56,179 We saw part one in 3-D, and the 2-D part two 26 00:00:56,248 --> 00:00:58,248 is not the part two of the 3-D part one. 27 00:00:59,718 --> 00:01:01,551 He's got you there, Leonard. Or he doesn't. 28 00:01:01,620 --> 00:01:03,453 I don't really care anymore. 29 00:01:03,522 --> 00:01:04,587 Okay, then, 30 00:01:04,656 --> 00:01:05,933 - we'll go see it in 3-D. - No. 31 00:01:05,957 --> 00:01:07,969 Sweetie, you shouldn't do things that make you feel bad. 32 00:01:07,993 --> 00:01:10,427 Well, I'm doing this. 33 00:01:10,495 --> 00:01:11,828 And of course he is. 34 00:01:11,897 --> 00:01:13,797 He is a textbook satisficer. 35 00:01:13,865 --> 00:01:15,198 That's not even a word. 36 00:01:15,267 --> 00:01:16,433 Uh, yes, it is. 37 00:01:16,468 --> 00:01:18,868 According to Nobel Prize-winning economist Herbert Simon, 38 00:01:18,937 --> 00:01:20,870 satisficing is a decision-making strategy 39 00:01:20,939 --> 00:01:22,338 whereby a person accepts 40 00:01:22,407 --> 00:01:24,774 whatever available option is satisfactory 41 00:01:24,843 --> 00:01:26,287 rather than seeking out a course of action 42 00:01:26,311 --> 00:01:27,577 that would make him happiest, 43 00:01:27,646 --> 00:01:30,113 as I just did when I explained what satisficing was. 44 00:01:31,183 --> 00:01:32,415 He's right. 45 00:01:32,451 --> 00:01:33,750 No one wanted to hear at. 46 00:01:33,819 --> 00:01:35,518 He knew it, yet he plowed ahead. 47 00:01:36,755 --> 00:01:38,555 I'm just trying to find a plan 48 00:01:38,623 --> 00:01:39,856 that makes everyone happy. 49 00:01:39,925 --> 00:01:41,124 Except you. 50 00:01:41,193 --> 00:01:43,126 Yeah, Leonard. What would make you happy? 51 00:01:43,195 --> 00:01:45,328 I could tell you about satisficing again. 52 00:01:45,397 --> 00:01:46,607 You know, what would make me happy 53 00:01:46,631 --> 00:01:48,198 is if we just stop talking about this 54 00:01:48,266 --> 00:01:49,577 and see whatever movie you guys want to see 55 00:01:49,601 --> 00:01:50,711 whenever you want to see it. 56 00:01:50,735 --> 00:01:52,538 Okay. But next time, we get to pick. 57 00:01:52,539 --> 00:01:55,539 ♪ The Big Bang Theory 12x20 ♪ The Decision Reverberation Original Air D 58 00:01:55,540 --> 00:01:59,075 ♪ Our whole universe was in a hot, dense state ♪ 59 00:01:59,144 --> 00:02:02,378 ♪ Then nearly 14 billion years ago expansion started... 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I'm so sorry you missed the end of the movie. 70 00:02:27,633 --> 00:02:28,799 Oh, it's okay. 71 00:02:28,868 --> 00:02:31,001 Everyone talked about it so much on the ride home, 72 00:02:31,070 --> 00:02:33,270 I feel like I saw it. 73 00:02:33,339 --> 00:02:35,673 Well, to be fair, you talked about the bathroom so much, 74 00:02:35,741 --> 00:02:37,942 we felt like we saw that, too. 75 00:02:39,111 --> 00:02:40,277 I think I would've been okay 76 00:02:40,346 --> 00:02:41,812 if we weren't sitting so close. 77 00:02:41,881 --> 00:02:43,647 Well, then, why did we sit so close? 78 00:02:43,716 --> 00:02:45,783 Sheldon said, "Are these seats good for everyone?" 79 00:02:45,852 --> 00:02:49,086 What was I supposed to do, say no, like a maniac? - 80 00:02:49,155 --> 00:02:51,322 Sweetie, you have got to stand up for yourself. 81 00:02:51,390 --> 00:02:52,568 You know, maybe Sheldon's right. 82 00:02:52,592 --> 00:02:54,625 Maybe you are that word he said. 83 00:02:54,694 --> 00:02:55,926 Satisficer? 84 00:02:55,995 --> 00:02:57,161 Yeah, that! That's the one. 85 00:02:57,230 --> 00:02:59,897 Boy, sounds way more made-up when you say it. 86 00:03:00,867 --> 00:03:02,177 I mean, come on, when was the last time 87 00:03:02,201 --> 00:03:03,879 you did something totally selfish without worrying 88 00:03:03,903 --> 00:03:05,047 about what anyone else wanted? 89 00:03:05,071 --> 00:03:06,170 Uh... 90 00:03:06,239 --> 00:03:07,504 according to my mother, 91 00:03:07,573 --> 00:03:09,740 I took my sweet time being born. 92 00:03:12,812 --> 00:03:14,545 How is that selfish? 93 00:03:14,614 --> 00:03:17,815 Apparently, she had dinner reservations. 94 00:03:20,453 --> 00:03:22,419 And this is the telescope room 95 00:03:22,488 --> 00:03:24,855 where I spend a lot of my evenings. 96 00:03:24,924 --> 00:03:26,590 Where's the telescope? 97 00:03:26,659 --> 00:03:28,325 Hawaii. 98 00:03:28,394 --> 00:03:29,660 That's cool. 99 00:03:29,729 --> 00:03:31,495 Yeah, so, you know... 100 00:03:31,564 --> 00:03:32,997 aloha. 101 00:03:35,902 --> 00:03:37,968 What's that smell? 102 00:03:38,037 --> 00:03:40,104 Uh, everyone has their own theory. 103 00:03:40,172 --> 00:03:41,705 Dr. Tibourgh thinks it's mold. 104 00:03:41,774 --> 00:03:43,574 I think it's Dr. Tibourgh. 105 00:03:44,944 --> 00:03:46,877 So, what am I looking at? 106 00:03:46,946 --> 00:03:49,313 Ah, this is live information 107 00:03:49,382 --> 00:03:51,315 from the Keck telescope. It's pretty interesting. 108 00:03:51,384 --> 00:03:54,218 So, I recently observed some optical flashes. 109 00:03:54,287 --> 00:03:56,487 It could be light bouncing off a natural object, 110 00:03:56,555 --> 00:03:57,766 but those tend to be less reflective, 111 00:03:57,790 --> 00:03:59,757 so could be evidence of something alien-made. 112 00:04:00,860 --> 00:04:02,993 Oh, this suddenly got exciting. 113 00:04:03,062 --> 00:04:04,795 Oh. When you say "exciting," 114 00:04:04,864 --> 00:04:06,408 do you mean "go back to my place" exciting 115 00:04:06,432 --> 00:04:08,065 or "hold our breath and do it here"? 116 00:04:11,671 --> 00:04:13,604 Mahalo. 117 00:04:21,147 --> 00:04:23,080 Do I want to ask? 118 00:04:24,150 --> 00:04:26,083 Oh, w... when I go upstairs, 119 00:04:26,152 --> 00:04:28,485 Penny's gonna make me choose what we're gonna do tonight 120 00:04:28,554 --> 00:04:30,487 without taking her feelings into consideration, 121 00:04:30,556 --> 00:04:32,489 and I-I don't know if I'm up for it. 122 00:04:34,493 --> 00:04:36,427 Poor baby. When I go upstairs, 123 00:04:36,495 --> 00:04:38,329 Sheldon's gonna give me a 25-minute lecture 124 00:04:38,397 --> 00:04:41,432 about what Hulk would be like if he were made of metal. 125 00:04:42,802 --> 00:04:44,134 Part of his ongoing series, 126 00:04:44,203 --> 00:04:47,204 "What If Hulk Were Made of Other Things?" 127 00:04:47,273 --> 00:04:50,007 I-I've always been a people pleaser. 128 00:04:50,076 --> 00:04:52,543 Is that so bad? It's gotten me this far. 129 00:04:52,611 --> 00:04:55,279 What, almost up four flights of stairs? 130 00:04:56,349 --> 00:04:58,349 Okay, if I go in there 131 00:04:58,417 --> 00:05:01,185 and pick something I want to do that she also wants to do, 132 00:05:01,253 --> 00:05:03,065 she's gonna think I'm just picking it to make her happy. 133 00:05:03,089 --> 00:05:04,588 So I feel like 134 00:05:04,657 --> 00:05:06,768 I have to pick something I know she doesn't want to do 135 00:05:06,792 --> 00:05:08,032 or she's gonna be disappointed. 136 00:05:08,060 --> 00:05:09,393 Right? What do you think? 137 00:05:09,462 --> 00:05:11,695 Think I've got ice cream in this bag 138 00:05:11,764 --> 00:05:13,030 that's starting to melt. 139 00:05:14,133 --> 00:05:15,332 I'm sorry. 140 00:05:15,401 --> 00:05:17,768 It's exhausting being in my head. 141 00:05:17,837 --> 00:05:20,404 Look, when you wanted Penny, you didn't care 142 00:05:20,473 --> 00:05:22,840 what anybody else thought or wanted, 143 00:05:22,908 --> 00:05:24,241 including Penny. 144 00:05:26,312 --> 00:05:28,579 That's true. 145 00:05:28,647 --> 00:05:30,848 Yeah, yeah, there was something I wanted, 146 00:05:30,916 --> 00:05:33,584 I went after it and I got it. 147 00:05:33,652 --> 00:05:36,092 Now you're hiding from it on the stairs, so it all worked out. 148 00:05:38,858 --> 00:05:40,357 Hey. 149 00:05:40,426 --> 00:05:41,837 I thought about what I want to do tonight, 150 00:05:41,861 --> 00:05:44,628 and I didn't take your feelings into consideration at all. 151 00:05:45,698 --> 00:05:47,097 Great. 152 00:05:47,166 --> 00:05:48,632 I want to have sex. 153 00:05:49,702 --> 00:05:52,236 Wow, sex with your wife. 154 00:05:52,304 --> 00:05:55,439 You're really swinging for the fences there, Hofstadter. 155 00:05:55,508 --> 00:05:57,174 Yeah, we don't have to. 156 00:05:57,243 --> 00:05:58,375 No! 157 00:05:58,444 --> 00:05:59,710 I like it. Let's go. 158 00:05:59,779 --> 00:06:01,178 Oh, o-okay. 159 00:06:01,247 --> 00:06:02,657 And then after that, we're gonna watch 160 00:06:02,681 --> 00:06:04,014 Star Trek: Discovery. - All right. 161 00:06:04,083 --> 00:06:06,850 Well, just a warning, I might be on my phone for most of it. 162 00:06:06,919 --> 00:06:08,652 That's fine. 163 00:06:08,721 --> 00:06:10,065 Wait, you mean just the Star Trek... 164 00:06:10,089 --> 00:06:12,122 Actually, I don't care. 165 00:06:14,527 --> 00:06:16,927 And, with apologies to Lady Gaga, 166 00:06:16,996 --> 00:06:19,463 that's how a star is born. 167 00:06:21,367 --> 00:06:24,068 Told you he was gonna mention Lady Gaga. 168 00:06:25,571 --> 00:06:27,411 At least he didn't talk about how much he cried 169 00:06:27,473 --> 00:06:28,705 during that movie. 170 00:06:28,774 --> 00:06:30,040 Although, 171 00:06:30,109 --> 00:06:31,720 if you haven't seen that movie, you should. 172 00:06:31,744 --> 00:06:33,644 I cried so much. 173 00:06:35,381 --> 00:06:37,114 Well, that's the lecture for today. 174 00:06:37,183 --> 00:06:39,016 Uh, let's open it up for questions. 175 00:06:39,085 --> 00:06:41,285 Uh... 176 00:06:42,188 --> 00:06:43,687 Oh, you! Sir, yes. 177 00:06:43,756 --> 00:06:44,822 You have a question? 178 00:06:44,890 --> 00:06:47,691 Yeah. Actually, I have a two-part question. 179 00:06:47,760 --> 00:06:50,527 Are you sure? I get the sense it's only one part. 180 00:06:51,597 --> 00:06:53,163 No, no, it's two. 181 00:06:53,232 --> 00:06:55,132 Part one: the new star 182 00:06:55,201 --> 00:06:56,266 you were talking about-- 183 00:06:56,335 --> 00:06:58,502 how long did it take that light to reach Earth? 184 00:06:58,571 --> 00:06:59,870 And part two: 185 00:06:59,939 --> 00:07:01,416 is it true you plant your friends in the audience 186 00:07:01,440 --> 00:07:03,507 to ask questions? 187 00:07:03,576 --> 00:07:05,509 46,000 years. 188 00:07:05,578 --> 00:07:06,944 And no, I don't plant my friends, 189 00:07:07,012 --> 00:07:09,379 because apparently, I don't have any. 190 00:07:11,150 --> 00:07:12,516 Uh, any other questions? 191 00:07:12,585 --> 00:07:15,052 - Uh, yes. You, miss. - Hi. 192 00:07:15,121 --> 00:07:17,421 I read your paper on specular reflections. It was great. 193 00:07:17,490 --> 00:07:19,290 - Oh, thank you so much. - In your conclusion, 194 00:07:19,325 --> 00:07:21,692 you said you couldn't rule out that light flashes 195 00:07:21,760 --> 00:07:23,927 could be evidence of alien civilization. 196 00:07:23,996 --> 00:07:27,030 So does that mean you think it's aliens? 197 00:07:27,066 --> 00:07:29,299 I was just illustrating that there are many unknowns, 198 00:07:29,368 --> 00:07:30,767 and as scientists, we can't 199 00:07:30,836 --> 00:07:32,636 preemptively rule out possibilities. 200 00:07:32,705 --> 00:07:34,738 So you think it's aliens. 201 00:07:34,807 --> 00:07:37,007 - A-Actually, no, that's... - I have a question 202 00:07:37,076 --> 00:07:39,176 about the aliens you found. 203 00:07:39,245 --> 00:07:41,545 That's not what I said, Howard. 204 00:07:41,614 --> 00:07:43,213 Hold on a second. 205 00:07:43,282 --> 00:07:46,116 Do you two know each other? 206 00:07:46,185 --> 00:07:47,551 Yeah. 207 00:07:47,620 --> 00:07:48,752 My sister was-- 208 00:07:48,821 --> 00:07:51,788 a-and this is her term-- abducted. 209 00:07:53,392 --> 00:07:56,460 Do you think those could be the same aliens... 210 00:07:56,529 --> 00:07:58,962 Okay, any other questions? Mm. 211 00:07:59,031 --> 00:08:00,063 Not about aliens? 212 00:08:02,001 --> 00:08:03,200 What? 213 00:08:03,269 --> 00:08:05,113 Do you still want me to ask the one you gave me? 214 00:08:05,137 --> 00:08:07,571 'Cause it kind of feels like we're past that. 215 00:08:10,376 --> 00:08:12,442 Ooh, Leonard, I don't mean to alarm you, 216 00:08:12,511 --> 00:08:14,945 but the Chinese food smells funny. 217 00:08:15,014 --> 00:08:16,680 That's because it's barbecue. 218 00:08:17,750 --> 00:08:20,317 But it's Chinese food night. 219 00:08:20,386 --> 00:08:21,830 Um, I picked it. You're the one who told me 220 00:08:21,854 --> 00:08:23,987 to stop being such a satisficer all the time. 221 00:08:24,056 --> 00:08:25,489 What? I did not. 222 00:08:25,558 --> 00:08:27,324 I just pointed out that you were one. 223 00:08:27,393 --> 00:08:29,593 It's what I like best about you. 224 00:08:29,662 --> 00:08:32,596 Well, that and those little notes you leave in my lunch. 225 00:08:33,999 --> 00:08:35,933 I leave those! 226 00:08:37,369 --> 00:08:38,969 Well, that's disappointing. 227 00:08:39,038 --> 00:08:40,048 I already know that you heart me. 228 00:08:40,072 --> 00:08:42,372 Now I don't know if Leonard does. 229 00:08:42,441 --> 00:08:44,208 Well, this is what we're having for dinner. 230 00:08:44,276 --> 00:08:46,410 You can eat it or not. I don't care. 231 00:08:46,478 --> 00:08:48,512 I guess that answers the heart question. 232 00:08:48,581 --> 00:08:51,048 I-It's fine. We'll have barbecue. 233 00:08:51,116 --> 00:08:53,684 Oh, of course. I'm nothing if not flexible. 234 00:08:53,752 --> 00:08:55,752 I'm sure that at some point 235 00:08:55,821 --> 00:08:58,188 in the 3,000-year history of the Chinese empire, 236 00:08:58,257 --> 00:09:00,090 a cavalryman crossing 237 00:09:00,159 --> 00:09:03,026 the Gobi Desert was forced by hunger to eat his own horse 238 00:09:03,095 --> 00:09:04,172 and roast it over a campfire, 239 00:09:04,196 --> 00:09:06,396 hence, Chinese barbecue. Let's eat. 240 00:09:08,500 --> 00:09:11,435 Gee, I'm sorry, I didn't watch the news today. 241 00:09:11,503 --> 00:09:14,004 Has the whole world gone mad? 242 00:09:14,073 --> 00:09:15,739 It's my house. 243 00:09:15,808 --> 00:09:18,609 I'm tired of being told where I can and can't sit. 244 00:09:20,346 --> 00:09:22,646 You did this. 245 00:09:22,715 --> 00:09:24,615 Amy, grab your meat. We're leaving in a huff. 246 00:09:27,553 --> 00:09:29,620 I'm sorry, if I don't go now, it's not a huff. 247 00:09:32,825 --> 00:09:34,925 Don't take this the wrong way, 248 00:09:34,994 --> 00:09:37,394 but that was even more exciting than the sex. 249 00:09:38,797 --> 00:09:41,798 Don't take this the wrong way, but yes, it was. 250 00:09:48,325 --> 00:09:49,614 Leonard, where are you going? 251 00:09:49,615 --> 00:09:50,847 Well, to work. 252 00:09:50,916 --> 00:09:52,449 Just trying out a different route. 253 00:09:52,518 --> 00:09:53,950 Okay. 254 00:09:54,019 --> 00:09:57,554 If we cross the county line, it's technically kidnapping. 255 00:09:57,623 --> 00:10:00,457 Well, if you don't approve of my driving, too bad. 256 00:10:00,526 --> 00:10:02,092 This is the new me. Get used to it. 257 00:10:02,160 --> 00:10:04,160 Fine. Then this is the new me, 258 00:10:04,229 --> 00:10:06,329 and he finds the new you tiresome. 259 00:10:07,900 --> 00:10:09,833 How is that different than the old you? 260 00:10:09,902 --> 00:10:11,935 The new me gives knowing winks. 261 00:10:14,973 --> 00:10:16,373 Well, all these years, 262 00:10:16,441 --> 00:10:18,708 I-I was afraid to say what I wanted. 263 00:10:18,777 --> 00:10:20,310 You know, even at work, 264 00:10:20,379 --> 00:10:22,179 you know, there's things I want to accomplish, 265 00:10:22,214 --> 00:10:25,315 but I didn't want to ruffle any feathers or step on any toes. 266 00:10:25,384 --> 00:10:27,317 Feathers and toes? Is the new thing you're trying 267 00:10:27,386 --> 00:10:30,053 to accomplish ballroom dancing with a chicken? 268 00:10:30,122 --> 00:10:33,123 Look at that-- the new me is hilarious. 269 00:10:33,191 --> 00:10:35,592 Always wanted to be the principal investigator 270 00:10:35,661 --> 00:10:37,861 on a plasma physics study. 271 00:10:37,930 --> 00:10:40,697 Hey, look at that-- the new you's funny, too. 272 00:10:41,800 --> 00:10:44,000 I'm serious. You know... 273 00:10:44,069 --> 00:10:45,569 I'm gonna put together a proposal 274 00:10:45,637 --> 00:10:47,717 and tell President Siebert this is what I want to do. 275 00:10:47,773 --> 00:10:48,939 If he doesn't let me, 276 00:10:49,007 --> 00:10:51,041 there's plenty of other universities that will. 277 00:10:51,109 --> 00:10:52,809 Sure there are. 278 00:10:55,113 --> 00:10:57,047 Of course you don't want me to do that, 279 00:10:57,115 --> 00:10:58,677 because you like it when you're successful and I'm not. 280 00:10:58,678 --> 00:11:00,884 No, you're confusing causation and... 281 00:11:00,953 --> 00:11:03,620 "Welcome to Alhambra." Where the heck are we? 282 00:11:06,358 --> 00:11:08,491 Now I'm some sort of big joke. 283 00:11:08,560 --> 00:11:11,194 I'm even on some alien conspiracy blog. 284 00:11:11,229 --> 00:11:13,296 See? "Caltech astrophysicist 285 00:11:13,365 --> 00:11:15,465 finds proof of alien life'' 286 00:11:17,035 --> 00:11:19,302 Wow, that is not a great picture of you. 287 00:11:19,371 --> 00:11:20,870 That's not the point. 288 00:11:20,939 --> 00:11:22,238 Dr. Koothrappali. 289 00:11:22,307 --> 00:11:24,841 I'm surprised to see you in here. Why is that? 290 00:11:24,910 --> 00:11:26,076 Because the truth... 291 00:11:26,144 --> 00:11:28,078 is out there! 292 00:11:30,382 --> 00:11:32,549 You see? That's what I'm talking about. 293 00:11:32,618 --> 00:11:34,551 People have been doing that to me all day. 294 00:11:34,620 --> 00:11:36,386 Relax. They're just having fun. 295 00:11:38,890 --> 00:11:40,824 Oh, come on! 296 00:11:43,261 --> 00:11:44,261 See? It's fun. 297 00:11:51,970 --> 00:11:53,470 Wow. Déjà vu. 298 00:11:54,573 --> 00:11:56,206 Amy, you're a neuroscientist-- 299 00:11:56,274 --> 00:11:58,408 you know the latest research into déjà vu suggests 300 00:11:58,477 --> 00:12:00,710 it's nothing but the frontal regions of the brain 301 00:12:00,779 --> 00:12:02,812 attempting to correct an inaccurate memory. 302 00:12:02,881 --> 00:12:04,848 You telling me stuff I already know 303 00:12:04,916 --> 00:12:06,583 is definitely déjà vu. 304 00:12:07,853 --> 00:12:10,053 How about telling me something I don't know, 305 00:12:10,122 --> 00:12:12,789 like why you're sitting on the stairs. 306 00:12:12,858 --> 00:12:15,759 How can I tell if I'm doing something for a noble reason 307 00:12:15,827 --> 00:12:17,260 or a selfish reason? 308 00:12:18,397 --> 00:12:20,430 Try saying the thing in your head 309 00:12:20,499 --> 00:12:23,967 and see if you can add the words, "That'll show 'em." 310 00:12:25,537 --> 00:12:27,470 Leonard's about to demand a job 311 00:12:27,539 --> 00:12:30,140 that I don't think the university will give him. 312 00:12:30,208 --> 00:12:32,342 I'm worried he's making a giant mistake. 313 00:12:32,411 --> 00:12:34,344 But maybe I only think that because 314 00:12:34,413 --> 00:12:37,213 deep down I don't want him to succeed. 315 00:12:38,617 --> 00:12:41,117 The fact that you're worried about your motivation 316 00:12:41,186 --> 00:12:44,621 supports the idea that you genuinely care for your friend. 317 00:12:47,025 --> 00:12:49,292 I do. 318 00:12:49,361 --> 00:12:51,027 Thank you, Amy. 319 00:12:51,096 --> 00:12:52,228 You know what? 320 00:12:52,297 --> 00:12:53,897 After I've talked to Leonard, 321 00:12:53,965 --> 00:12:56,566 you've earned yourself a bonus lecture on Sponge Hulk. 322 00:13:00,172 --> 00:13:01,371 That'll show me. 323 00:13:05,410 --> 00:13:08,111 So, I spent the whole day putting together this proposal, 324 00:13:08,180 --> 00:13:10,346 and tomorrow I'm gonna tell President Siebert 325 00:13:10,415 --> 00:13:12,515 that this is what I want to do. 326 00:13:12,584 --> 00:13:15,185 Oh. Well, this... 327 00:13:15,253 --> 00:13:17,887 looks great. 328 00:13:17,956 --> 00:13:20,256 - You didn't even open it. - Well, no, 329 00:13:20,325 --> 00:13:21,491 it's got a nice, you know, 330 00:13:21,560 --> 00:13:23,827 science-y heft to it. I... 331 00:13:23,895 --> 00:13:25,528 Really proud of you, sweetie. 332 00:13:26,698 --> 00:13:27,897 Leonard? 333 00:13:27,966 --> 00:13:29,299 - Hmm? - Um, 334 00:13:29,367 --> 00:13:30,967 I have been agonizing 335 00:13:31,036 --> 00:13:33,136 over whether or not to say something to you. 336 00:13:33,205 --> 00:13:35,071 Aw. Let me help. Don't. 337 00:13:36,174 --> 00:13:37,507 I have to. 338 00:13:37,576 --> 00:13:40,610 I don't think that you should demand to be in charge 339 00:13:40,679 --> 00:13:42,011 of a plasma project. 340 00:13:42,080 --> 00:13:43,179 Well, big surprise. 341 00:13:43,248 --> 00:13:45,949 You can't stand the idea of me succeeding. 342 00:13:46,017 --> 00:13:47,450 No. I'll be honest. 343 00:13:47,519 --> 00:13:50,487 New assertive Leonard is going to take some getting used to. 344 00:13:50,555 --> 00:13:53,223 But so did cargo pants Leonard, hmm? 345 00:13:53,291 --> 00:13:55,191 Who, for the record, I miss. 346 00:13:55,260 --> 00:13:57,827 He always had gum. 347 00:13:57,896 --> 00:14:00,196 Sheldon, if this is what he wants, he should ask for it. 348 00:14:00,265 --> 00:14:02,298 I mean, what's the worst that happens? They say no. 349 00:14:02,367 --> 00:14:04,033 Well, I'm not gonna let them say no. 350 00:14:04,102 --> 00:14:07,070 If they don't want me to quit, this is what it's gonna take. 351 00:14:07,139 --> 00:14:08,638 Wait, you're gonna quit? 352 00:14:08,707 --> 00:14:11,274 Yeah. It's like you said, I have to go after what I want, 353 00:14:11,343 --> 00:14:12,976 and if I can't get that at Caltech, 354 00:14:13,044 --> 00:14:15,084 there are plenty of other universities in the world. 355 00:14:15,147 --> 00:14:16,646 W... In the world? 356 00:14:16,715 --> 00:14:18,515 I can't even get you to go to the beach, 357 00:14:18,550 --> 00:14:21,284 and now you want to move to the world? 358 00:14:21,353 --> 00:14:23,457 Well, I don't want to, but if that's what I have to do... 359 00:14:23,481 --> 00:14:24,388 Okay, don't you think 360 00:14:24,389 --> 00:14:25,733 threatening to quit your job is something 361 00:14:25,757 --> 00:14:27,123 you should run by me first? 362 00:14:27,192 --> 00:14:29,359 You said I shouldn't worry about your feelings. 363 00:14:29,427 --> 00:14:32,128 I meant feelings about things that I don't care about! 364 00:14:32,197 --> 00:14:33,941 Now, I'm not quite sure when to jump in here... 365 00:14:33,965 --> 00:14:35,832 - Not now. - Okay. 366 00:14:35,901 --> 00:14:38,268 Fine, you want to talk about it? Let's talk about it. 367 00:14:38,336 --> 00:14:40,270 I-I'm not loving my job right now. 368 00:14:40,338 --> 00:14:42,219 And this is something that would make me happy. 369 00:14:42,397 --> 00:14:43,451 Don't you want me to be happy? 370 00:14:43,475 --> 00:14:45,176 Oh, I've been dinged on this before. 371 00:14:45,177 --> 00:14:47,911 Whatever you really think, you have to say yes. 372 00:14:47,979 --> 00:14:51,381 - Of course I want you to be happy. - Well played. 373 00:14:51,449 --> 00:14:54,184 Okay, I know this seems scary, 374 00:14:54,252 --> 00:14:56,553 but I put together a strong proposal. 375 00:14:56,621 --> 00:14:58,955 It's good for me, it's good for the university. 376 00:14:59,024 --> 00:15:00,857 They're gonna give it to me. 377 00:15:00,926 --> 00:15:02,192 No. 378 00:15:03,929 --> 00:15:05,461 I'm sorry, President Siebert, 379 00:15:05,530 --> 00:15:07,697 but I'm not taking no for an answer. 380 00:15:07,766 --> 00:15:09,365 I speak a little Russian. 381 00:15:09,434 --> 00:15:11,968 Will you take nyet for an answer? 382 00:15:12,037 --> 00:15:13,770 I'm serious. 383 00:15:13,839 --> 00:15:15,972 Oh. Well, that changes everything. 384 00:15:16,041 --> 00:15:17,974 - Really? - Nyet. 385 00:15:20,912 --> 00:15:23,213 I know a lot of people have been having fun 386 00:15:23,281 --> 00:15:25,415 claiming that I said I found alien life. 387 00:15:25,483 --> 00:15:26,883 I want to make it clear 388 00:15:26,952 --> 00:15:29,619 that is not what I said. 389 00:15:29,688 --> 00:15:32,021 I did say that was one possible explanation. 390 00:15:32,090 --> 00:15:34,023 I don't think that's something to mock. 391 00:15:34,092 --> 00:15:36,559 Right? It would be arrogant for us to assume 392 00:15:36,628 --> 00:15:38,828 that we are alone in the universe. 393 00:15:38,897 --> 00:15:40,997 And as scientists, we need to remain open 394 00:15:41,066 --> 00:15:43,833 to the possibility that the truth may sound silly 395 00:15:43,902 --> 00:15:45,268 or far-fetched. 396 00:15:45,337 --> 00:15:48,171 Uh, the round Earth. Germs that cause diseases. 397 00:15:48,240 --> 00:15:49,505 Subatomic particles. 398 00:15:49,574 --> 00:15:51,507 All these at one time seemed fanciful. 399 00:15:51,576 --> 00:15:53,843 So who's to say what science fiction of today 400 00:15:53,912 --> 00:15:55,745 will be the reality of tomorrow? 401 00:15:56,848 --> 00:15:59,182 Will there be colonies on Mars? 402 00:15:59,251 --> 00:16:01,284 Uh, matter transporters? 403 00:16:01,353 --> 00:16:03,786 Perhaps the Loch Ness Monster is real. 404 00:16:03,855 --> 00:16:06,422 Who knows? I'm just saying that... 405 00:16:06,491 --> 00:16:08,925 the only way science moves forward 406 00:16:08,994 --> 00:16:11,594 is to follow the evidence wherever it leads, 407 00:16:11,663 --> 00:16:14,464 even if it makes us sound crazy sometimes. 408 00:16:14,532 --> 00:16:16,199 Hey, Bernie, look at this. 409 00:16:16,268 --> 00:16:19,035 "Caltech astrophysicist claims 410 00:16:19,104 --> 00:16:22,071 Loch Ness Monster is real." 411 00:16:26,878 --> 00:16:28,711 - Hey. How did it go? - Great. 412 00:16:28,780 --> 00:16:30,046 What, so you got the job? 413 00:16:30,115 --> 00:16:32,148 I did not. 414 00:16:32,217 --> 00:16:34,384 So you quit? Okay, Leonard, I can't move. 415 00:16:34,452 --> 00:16:37,287 I just bought a six-month membership to SoulCycle. 416 00:16:38,390 --> 00:16:40,423 Well, I-I didn't quit. 417 00:16:40,492 --> 00:16:41,758 I said I was going to. 418 00:16:41,826 --> 00:16:44,193 I walked out the door and started crying. 419 00:16:44,262 --> 00:16:47,797 You know, "Oh, my, God, oh, my God, oh, my God, what'd I do?" 420 00:16:47,866 --> 00:16:50,133 And then he called me back in. 421 00:16:50,201 --> 00:16:51,768 Then he changed his mind? 422 00:16:51,836 --> 00:16:52,902 He did not. 423 00:16:52,971 --> 00:16:54,904 I'm really confused about 424 00:16:54,973 --> 00:16:56,873 how to react to this story. 425 00:16:58,143 --> 00:17:00,443 President Siebert didn't want to lose me. 426 00:17:00,512 --> 00:17:01,978 Even though they couldn't make me 427 00:17:02,047 --> 00:17:04,347 a lead investigator on a plasma team, 428 00:17:04,416 --> 00:17:06,349 there was an opening for a co-lead 429 00:17:06,418 --> 00:17:07,951 on a photon entanglement team. 430 00:17:08,019 --> 00:17:09,218 How cool is that? 431 00:17:09,287 --> 00:17:12,155 You're gonna have to tell me. 432 00:17:13,258 --> 00:17:14,724 It's really cool. 433 00:17:14,793 --> 00:17:17,193 Yay! Oh, I am so happy for you. 434 00:17:17,262 --> 00:17:20,697 I almost got what I wanted, and it never would have happened 435 00:17:20,765 --> 00:17:23,066 if you hadn't almost believed in me. - Oh. 436 00:17:24,302 --> 00:17:26,202 Let's celebrate. What do you want to do? 437 00:17:26,271 --> 00:17:28,972 Oh, please don't make me decide another thing. 438 00:17:29,040 --> 00:17:30,640 Hey, you want to go to SoulCycle with me? 439 00:17:30,675 --> 00:17:32,909 Give me a minute, I'll think of something. 440 00:17:36,630 --> 00:17:38,270 Now, I know what You're you're thinking: 441 00:17:38,298 --> 00:17:41,966 isn't Broccoli Hulk basically just the Jolly Green Giant? 442 00:17:43,036 --> 00:17:45,003 That is what I was thinking. 443 00:17:45,071 --> 00:17:47,372 Let's never discuss it again. 444 00:17:48,475 --> 00:17:49,541 Really? 445 00:17:50,777 --> 00:17:53,044 - Are you hiding from Penny again? - No. No, no, no. 446 00:17:53,113 --> 00:17:56,581 I-I went to SoulCycle with her, and my legs hurt so bad, I... 447 00:17:56,650 --> 00:17:59,184 literally can't stand up. 448 00:17:59,252 --> 00:18:01,819 Sheldon, why don't you keep him company. 449 00:18:03,590 --> 00:18:05,023 All right. 450 00:18:07,260 --> 00:18:09,027 Hello, Leonard. Hey. 451 00:18:13,833 --> 00:18:15,700 Have you ever wondered 452 00:18:15,769 --> 00:18:19,237 what the Hulk would be like if he were made of sherbet? 453 00:18:22,242 --> 00:18:23,808 I give up. 454 00:18:24,911 --> 00:18:26,544 Delicious. 455 00:18:29,743 --> 00:18:36,743 == sync, corrected by elderman == @elder_man