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No, see, the liquid-metal terminators
were created in the future by Skynet...

2
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...and Skynet was developed
by Miles Dyson...

3
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...but that future no longer exists
due to Dyson's death in Terminator 2.

4
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Okay, then riddle me this.

5
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Assuming all the good terminators...

6
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...were originally evil terminators
created by Skynet...

7
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...then reprogrammed by the future
John Connor, why would Skynet...

8
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...an artificial computer intelligence...

9
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...bother to create
a petite, hot, 17-year-old killer robot?

10
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Skynet is kinky? I don't know.

11
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Artificial intelligences
do not have teen fetishes.

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- All right, wait. They use it to lure...
- Eh! Too late, I win.

13
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[PENNY SINGING "OUT TONIGHT"]

14
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Let's go out tonight

15
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I have to go out tonight

16
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What the hell is that?

17
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I don't know. But if cats could sing...

18
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...they'd hate it too.

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PENNY [SINGING]:
You wanna prowl

20
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Be my night owl?
Well, take my...

21
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Hey, guys.

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- Hi, where are you going?
- What?

23
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We just had to mail some letters.

24
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And throw away some chicken.

25
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You'll never guess what just happened.

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- I give up.
- I don't guess.

27
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As a scientist, I reach conclusions
based on observation and experimentation.

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Although it occurs to me, you may
have been employing a rhetorical device...

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...rendering my response moot.

30
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- What was that?
- Believe it or not, personal growth.

31
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What happened?

32
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Remember when I auditioned for Rent but
I didn't get it and I couldn't figure out why?

33
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I have a conclusion
based on an observation.

34
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No, you don't.

35
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No, he doesn't.

36
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The girl picked to play Mimi, she dropped
out and they asked me to replace her.

37
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- Oh! Congratulations, what a lucky break.
- It's not a big deal.

38
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Just one night,
but they invite casting people and agents.

39
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So you never know.

40
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- I think I know.
- No, you don't.

41
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- He doesn't.
- It's this Friday at 8, you guys wanna come?

42
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- No.
- No.

43
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Because Friday,
we are attending a symposium...

44
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...on molecular positronium.

45
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- I think that's a week from Tuesday at 6.
- No, it's this Friday.

46
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- At 8.
- Oh, too bad.

47
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- I gotta get to rehearsal. See you guys.
- See you.

48
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PENNY [SINGING]:
Let's go out tonight

49
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- You just lied to Penny.
- Yes, I did.

50
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And you did it so casually.

51
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No rapid breathing,
no increase in perspiration.

52
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- So?
- So lack of a physiological response...

53
00:03:03,099 --> 00:03:06,935
...while lying
is characteristic of a violent sociopath.

54
00:03:07,103 --> 00:03:09,396
Sheldon, are you worried
about your safety?

55
00:03:09,564 --> 00:03:13,692
No. I imagine if you were going to kill me,
you'd have done it a long time ago.

56
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That's very true.

57
00:04:02,825 --> 00:04:04,076
Leonard?

58
00:04:04,244 --> 00:04:05,494
Leonard?

59
00:04:05,662 --> 00:04:07,704
- Leonard?
LEONARD: What?

60
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I need to speak to you.

61
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- It's 2:00 in the morning.
- It's important.

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I highly doubt that.

63
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Go away.

64
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Are you still out there?

65
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Yes.

66
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What?

67
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You're right, it can wait until morning.

68
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LEONARD: What, what, what?
- Never mind.

69
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I clearly woke you up
in the middle of a REM cycle.

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- You're in no state of mind to talk.
- Sheldon, what is it?

71
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I'm uncomfortable
having been included in your lie to Penny.

72
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- What was I supposed to say?
- You could have told her the truth.

73
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That would have hurt her feelings.

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Is that a relevant factor?

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Yes.

76
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Then I suppose
you could have agreed to go.

77
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And what would I have said afterwards?

78
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I would suggest something
to the effect of:

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"Singing is neither an appropriate vocation
nor avocation for you...

80
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...and if you disagree, I recommend
a CAT scan to look for a tumor...

81
00:05:13,271 --> 00:05:16,815
...pressing on the cognitive
processing centers of your brain."

82
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I couldn't say that.

83
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I would have to say, "You were terrific
and I can't wait to hear you sing again."

84
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Why?

85
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It's the social protocol.

86
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It's what you do...

87
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...when you have a friend who's proud
of something they really suck at.

88
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I was not aware of that.

89
00:05:35,376 --> 00:05:37,961
- Well, now you are.
- Oh, all right.

90
00:05:38,129 --> 00:05:39,629
- Leonard?
- Yes?

91
00:05:39,797 --> 00:05:43,675
When we played chess earlier, you were
terrific, and I can't wait to play you again.

92
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Good night.

93
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[KNOCKING ON DOOR]

94
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SHELDON:
Leonard? Leonard?

95
00:05:51,601 --> 00:05:53,977
Leonard? Leonard?

96
00:05:54,145 --> 00:05:57,356
This would be so much easier
if I were a violent sociopath.

97
00:05:57,523 --> 00:05:59,941
Leonard? Leonard?

98
00:06:01,152 --> 00:06:03,487
- What?
- I was analyzing our lie...

99
00:06:03,654 --> 00:06:06,740
...and I believe we're in danger
of Penny seeing through the ruse.

100
00:06:07,158 --> 00:06:09,117
- How?
- Simple.

101
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If she were to log on to www.
socalphysicsgroup.org/activities/other...

102
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...click on upcoming events, scroll to
seminars, download the PDF schedule...

103
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...and look for the seminar
on molecular positronium, then...

104
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...bippity boppity boo,
our pants are metaphorically on fire.

105
00:06:29,680 --> 00:06:33,058
Well, sir, my trousers
will not be igniting today.

106
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Penny?

107
00:06:36,938 --> 00:06:38,146
Penny?

108
00:06:38,314 --> 00:06:39,940
Penny?

109
00:06:40,483 --> 00:06:41,650
Good morning.

110
00:06:41,818 --> 00:06:44,528
- Do you have any idea what time it is?
- Of course I do.

111
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My watch is linked to the atomic clock
in Boulder, Colorado.

112
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It's accurate to one-tenth of a second.

113
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As I'm saying this
it occurs to me once again...

114
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...your question may
have been rhetorical.

115
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What do you want?

116
00:06:58,000 --> 00:07:00,293
Remember how Leonard told you
we couldn't come...

117
00:07:00,461 --> 00:07:03,964
...because we were attending a symposium
on molecular positronium?

118
00:07:05,633 --> 00:07:08,343
I remember symposium.

119
00:07:09,220 --> 00:07:11,471
Yes, well, he lied.

120
00:07:12,181 --> 00:07:13,723
Wait, what?

121
00:07:13,891 --> 00:07:17,185
He lied, and I'm feeling
very uncomfortable about it.

122
00:07:17,353 --> 00:07:19,396
Well, imagine how I'm feeling.

123
00:07:20,857 --> 00:07:22,149
Hungry?

124
00:07:23,651 --> 00:07:25,444
Tired?

125
00:07:25,611 --> 00:07:28,321
I'm sorry, this really isn't my strong suit.

126
00:07:28,990 --> 00:07:30,365
You told her I lied?

127
00:07:30,533 --> 00:07:32,367
Why would you tell her I lied?

128
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To help you.

129
00:07:35,705 --> 00:07:37,372
I'm sorry, I'm not seeing the help.

130
00:07:37,540 --> 00:07:39,875
She was going to see
through your lie eventually...

131
00:07:40,042 --> 00:07:42,502
...so I told her that you were lying
to protect me.

132
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[LEONARD GROANS]

133
00:07:43,921 --> 00:07:46,506
Oh, I'm getting a bad feeling.

134
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Hunger?

135
00:07:49,218 --> 00:07:50,218
Indigestion?

136
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I'm sorry,
I'm really not very good at this.

137
00:07:52,930 --> 00:07:55,640
Anyway, Penny now believes
that on Friday night...

138
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...we're going to participate
in my cousin Leopold's drug intervention.

139
00:08:01,439 --> 00:08:02,647
Your cousin Leopold.

140
00:08:02,815 --> 00:08:05,358
Whom most people call Leo,
but he also answers to Lee.

141
00:08:05,526 --> 00:08:06,943
Remember that, it's important.

142
00:08:07,403 --> 00:08:09,488
- What's important?
- Details, Leonard.

143
00:08:09,655 --> 00:08:13,825
The success or failure
of our deceitful enterprise turns on details.

144
00:08:13,993 --> 00:08:17,537
- Do you have a cousin Leopold?
- No, I made him up.

145
00:08:18,247 --> 00:08:20,707
I think you'd call him Lee.

146
00:08:21,751 --> 00:08:25,545
I don't get it. I already told her a lie,
why replace it with a different lie?

147
00:08:25,713 --> 00:08:28,507
Well, first of all,
your lie was laughably transparent...

148
00:08:28,674 --> 00:08:31,092
...where mine is exquisitely convoluted.

149
00:08:32,303 --> 00:08:36,806
While you were sleeping,
I was weaving an un-unravelable web.

150
00:08:36,974 --> 00:08:39,392
- Un-unravelable?
- Yes.

151
00:08:39,560 --> 00:08:42,479
If she Googles Leopold Houston,
she'll find a Facebook page...

152
00:08:42,647 --> 00:08:45,232
...an online blog
depicting his descent into drug use...

153
00:08:45,399 --> 00:08:49,110
...and a desperate
yet hopeful listing on eHarmony.com.

154
00:08:49,946 --> 00:08:53,782
Okay, why would I go
to a drug intervention for your cousin?

155
00:08:53,950 --> 00:08:57,160
Ah! Because it's in Long Beach
and I don't drive.

156
00:08:58,579 --> 00:08:59,788
We're going to Long Beach?

157
00:08:59,956 --> 00:09:02,791
Of course not, there's no cousin Leo,
there's no intervention.

158
00:09:02,959 --> 00:09:05,585
- Focus, Leonard.
- Oh, come on.

159
00:09:06,462 --> 00:09:09,756
We just leave the house on Friday night
and return in the wee hours...

160
00:09:09,924 --> 00:09:13,677
...emotionally wrung out from the work
of convincing Leo to go back into rehab.

161
00:09:13,844 --> 00:09:15,345
So he goes back into rehab?

162
00:09:15,513 --> 00:09:20,767
Yes, but he can relapse if Penny
ever invites us to hear her sing again.

163
00:09:22,353 --> 00:09:23,812
You still told her I lied.

164
00:09:23,980 --> 00:09:25,272
Yeah, for a noble purpose.

165
00:09:25,439 --> 00:09:29,192
To spare me the social embarrassment
of having a drug-addled first cousin.

166
00:09:29,360 --> 00:09:32,112
- Which I'm assuming is embarrassing, yes?
- I don't know.

167
00:09:33,656 --> 00:09:37,450
- How am I supposed to remember all this?
- That's the best part, you don't have to.

168
00:09:37,618 --> 00:09:41,621
I told Penny that you would be embarrassed
if you knew she found out you had lied...

169
00:09:41,789 --> 00:09:45,667
...so she's agreed to operate
as if the original lie is still in force.

170
00:09:48,337 --> 00:09:53,300
So she's expecting me to lie
about going to a symposium in Pasadena...

171
00:09:53,467 --> 00:09:58,471
...when in actuality, we're pretending to go
to a drug intervention in Long Beach.

172
00:09:58,973 --> 00:10:00,473
Un-unravelable.

173
00:10:05,521 --> 00:10:08,315
Oh, hey, Penny. Wow, look at you,
all ready for your showcase.

174
00:10:08,482 --> 00:10:09,983
- You look great.
PENNY: Thanks.

175
00:10:10,151 --> 00:10:14,321
I just wanted to come by and wish you
guys luck with your symposium.

176
00:10:15,072 --> 00:10:16,364
LEONARD:
Oh.

177
00:10:16,532 --> 00:10:18,992
- Well, thank you.
- You know, I gotta tell you.

178
00:10:19,160 --> 00:10:22,370
A lot of friends would let their friend
go alone, but that's not you.

179
00:10:22,538 --> 00:10:26,249
You are the kind of guy
who stands by a friend when...

180
00:10:26,417 --> 00:10:29,336
When he has a symposium to go to.

181
00:10:32,465 --> 00:10:34,716
I don't know what to say.

182
00:10:35,426 --> 00:10:38,803
- It's okay, Leonard.
- Oh, okay, all right, good.

183
00:10:39,639 --> 00:10:41,139
- Oh, boy, group hug.
- Uh-uh.

184
00:10:41,307 --> 00:10:45,268
- Uh-uh?
- Okay. So, what's up?

185
00:10:45,436 --> 00:10:49,564
Well, Penny is on her way to perform in
a one-night showcase production of Rent...

186
00:10:49,732 --> 00:10:53,026
...which we are unable to attend,
because we're going to a symposium...

187
00:10:53,194 --> 00:10:57,572
...on molecular positronium
given by Dr. Emil Farmanfarmian.

188
00:10:57,740 --> 00:11:02,243
Wait a minute, Farmanfarmian is speaking
and you're bogarting the symposium?

189
00:11:02,453 --> 00:11:05,914
- Howard, I'm sorry, we would've...
- No, no, you're quark-blocking us.

190
00:11:08,209 --> 00:11:10,418
I don't know what to say.

191
00:11:10,920 --> 00:11:11,961
Wow.

192
00:11:12,129 --> 00:11:14,089
- Howard...
- It's your Millennium Falcon...

193
00:11:14,256 --> 00:11:17,092
...you and Chewbacca do
whatever you wanna do.

194
00:11:18,427 --> 00:11:21,930
Me and Princess Leia here will find
some other way to spend the evening.

195
00:11:22,098 --> 00:11:23,765
Howard, wait.

196
00:11:23,933 --> 00:11:26,976
Sheldon, I think we should tell them.

197
00:11:28,145 --> 00:11:29,479
Okay, sure.

198
00:11:29,647 --> 00:11:31,231
I don't see a problem with that.

199
00:11:32,566 --> 00:11:34,567
There's no symposium.

200
00:11:34,735 --> 00:11:36,820
Leonard lied to me.
Isn't that right, Leonard?

201
00:11:36,987 --> 00:11:38,488
Well...

202
00:11:39,198 --> 00:11:42,659
- I don't know what to say.
- It's okay, I do.

203
00:11:42,827 --> 00:11:45,453
Look, Leonard is helping Sheldon
through a family crisis.

204
00:11:45,621 --> 00:11:50,291
He made up the whole story about
the symposium with Dr. Farmanfarmian...

205
00:11:50,459 --> 00:11:51,501
- Good for you.
- Ha! Yeah.

206
00:11:53,212 --> 00:11:57,090
He didn't want Sheldon to be embarrassed.
There's nothing to be embarrassed about.

207
00:11:57,258 --> 00:11:59,175
Every family in America has a relative...

208
00:11:59,343 --> 00:12:02,470
...holed up in a garage somewhere
huffing paint thinner.

209
00:12:03,180 --> 00:12:06,099
No, I'm lost too.
I think she skipped a step.

210
00:12:06,892 --> 00:12:11,312
Now, look, Sheldon's cousin Leo escaped
rehab and he's in a Motel 8 in Long Beach.

211
00:12:11,480 --> 00:12:13,732
The whole family's going out
for an intervention.

212
00:12:13,899 --> 00:12:16,609
Leonard is driving Sheldon down
to help him through this...

213
00:12:16,777 --> 00:12:20,613
- ...because he's such a good man.
- Oh, another hug? Thank you.

214
00:12:22,074 --> 00:12:24,576
- All right, you guys. Good luck.
- Thanks, Penny.

215
00:12:24,744 --> 00:12:26,494
- Break a leg.
- Yeah, break a leg.

216
00:12:28,038 --> 00:12:29,456
So road trip to Long Beach.

217
00:12:29,623 --> 00:12:32,000
- We're not going to Long Beach.
- Why not?

218
00:12:32,168 --> 00:12:35,211
Because Sheldon doesn't have
a drug-addicted cousin Leopold.

219
00:12:35,379 --> 00:12:37,172
Oh, too bad.

220
00:12:37,882 --> 00:12:40,175
I've always wanted to go to Long Beach.

221
00:12:40,342 --> 00:12:43,136
It's a very nice community.
The Queen Mary is docked there.

222
00:12:43,304 --> 00:12:46,681
Once the largest liner in the world,
it's now a hotel and restaurant...

223
00:12:46,849 --> 00:12:49,851
...where they host a surprisingly gripping
murder-mystery dinner.

224
00:12:50,770 --> 00:12:51,811
- Sounds fun.
- I'm game.

225
00:12:51,979 --> 00:12:54,189
- Shotgun.
- No, no, no.

226
00:12:54,899 --> 00:12:58,318
Leonard gets nauseous unless
he sits in front, and even then it's iffy.

227
00:13:00,029 --> 00:13:03,531
Wait, are we really going to Long Beach?

228
00:13:09,163 --> 00:13:10,205
[KNOCKING ON DOOR]

229
00:13:10,372 --> 00:13:13,249
SHELDON:
Leonard? Leonard? Leonard?

230
00:13:13,417 --> 00:13:15,084
Let it go, Sheldon.

231
00:13:15,252 --> 00:13:18,546
The murderer was the first mate
whether it makes sense to you or not.

232
00:13:19,840 --> 00:13:21,716
No, that's the least of our worries.

233
00:13:21,884 --> 00:13:23,718
I've been doing research on addiction...

234
00:13:23,886 --> 00:13:26,054
...both the biochemical
and behavioral aspects...

235
00:13:26,222 --> 00:13:29,432
...and I think there's a problem
with the current version of our lie.

236
00:13:29,600 --> 00:13:32,560
What are you talking about?
It's fine, she bought it, it's over.

237
00:13:36,482 --> 00:13:38,691
Sadly, it's not.

238
00:13:38,859 --> 00:13:40,735
Substance abuse is a lifelong struggle.

239
00:13:40,903 --> 00:13:43,446
But beyond that,
I have realized the Leo I described...

240
00:13:43,614 --> 00:13:47,367
- ...would not have agreed to go to rehab.
- Why not?

241
00:13:47,535 --> 00:13:48,952
Because Leo's a middle child.

242
00:13:49,745 --> 00:13:53,039
There's no Leo. How can you say that?

243
00:13:56,252 --> 00:13:58,753
You didn't read the bio, did you?

244
00:13:58,921 --> 00:14:02,006
He's not just a middle child,
he is the quintessential middle child.

245
00:14:02,174 --> 00:14:04,884
From a broken home, to boot.
Psychologically speaking...

246
00:14:05,052 --> 00:14:08,471
...the attention he gets by rebelling,
even to the point of destruction...

247
00:14:08,639 --> 00:14:11,599
...is more emotionally valuable
than help he would get at rehab.

248
00:14:11,767 --> 00:14:13,643
- I've got a solution.
- Great. What is it?

249
00:14:13,811 --> 00:14:16,104
Get out.

250
00:14:16,981 --> 00:14:18,439
Fine.

251
00:14:24,363 --> 00:14:25,989
I've hesitated to point this out...

252
00:14:26,156 --> 00:14:28,616
...but I must remind you
we are in our predicament...

253
00:14:28,784 --> 00:14:31,077
...because of your initial
and inadequate deceit.

254
00:14:31,245 --> 00:14:33,288
I'm just trying to clean up
after your mess.

255
00:14:37,626 --> 00:14:39,544
SHELDON:
We'll talk in the morning.

256
00:14:52,016 --> 00:14:53,683
Morning.

257
00:14:54,268 --> 00:14:55,643
Who are you?

258
00:14:56,437 --> 00:14:58,021
I am Sheldon's cousin Leo.

259
00:14:58,188 --> 00:15:00,607
Oh, God.

260
00:15:03,152 --> 00:15:05,653
Sheldon does not have a cousin Leo.

261
00:15:05,821 --> 00:15:07,530
Au contraire.

262
00:15:07,698 --> 00:15:08,990
I'm 26 years old...

263
00:15:09,158 --> 00:15:14,495
...I'm originally from "Denton, Texas,"
but I was a Navy brat.

264
00:15:14,663 --> 00:15:17,665
I was brought up on a variety
of military bases around the world.

265
00:15:17,833 --> 00:15:21,252
As a result, I've often felt like an outsider,
never really fitting in...

266
00:15:21,420 --> 00:15:23,880
...probably the reason
for my substance-abuse problem.

267
00:15:24,048 --> 00:15:27,008
Excuse me, we just went over this.

268
00:15:27,176 --> 00:15:31,638
As the middle child, your addiction
is rooted in your unmet need for attention.

269
00:15:31,805 --> 00:15:34,557
Oh, Sheldon, are we really gonna go
with pop psychology?

270
00:15:34,725 --> 00:15:37,560
For your information,
this is all based on solid research.

271
00:15:37,728 --> 00:15:40,313
Just stick with the character profile
I wrote for you.

272
00:15:40,481 --> 00:15:42,065
- Sheldon?
- I'm sorry.

273
00:15:42,232 --> 00:15:43,816
Leonard, this is Toby Loobenfeld.

274
00:15:43,984 --> 00:15:46,694
He's a research assistant
in the particle-physics lab...

275
00:15:46,862 --> 00:15:50,031
...but he also minored in theater at MIT.

276
00:15:50,199 --> 00:15:52,033
It was more of a double major, actually.

277
00:15:52,409 --> 00:15:53,451
Theater and Physics.

278
00:15:53,619 --> 00:15:56,537
You can guess which one
my bourgeois parents pushed me towards.

279
00:15:56,705 --> 00:15:57,872
Yeah, I got it.

280
00:15:58,040 --> 00:15:59,999
Sheldon, why?

281
00:16:00,167 --> 00:16:02,710
You see, while Leo would not
have gone into rehab...

282
00:16:02,878 --> 00:16:06,881
...it is completely plausible that we would
have talked him into leaving the motel...

283
00:16:07,049 --> 00:16:09,217
- ...and coming home with us.
- Oh...

284
00:16:09,510 --> 00:16:11,552
Sheldon, how about this
as my motivation?

285
00:16:11,720 --> 00:16:12,887
When I was 14 years old...

286
00:16:13,055 --> 00:16:17,100
...I was abused in the Philippines
by a clubfooted Navy chaplain.

287
00:16:18,686 --> 00:16:22,063
No, we're going with middle child
and a genetic predisposition...

288
00:16:22,231 --> 00:16:24,732
...to inadequate serotonin production.

289
00:16:24,900 --> 00:16:27,694
Swell, well, how do I play
genetic predisposition?

290
00:16:28,862 --> 00:16:31,030
Subtextually, of course.

291
00:16:31,865 --> 00:16:33,408
[KNOCKING ON DOOR]

292
00:16:34,076 --> 00:16:36,244
Just have fun with it.

293
00:16:41,083 --> 00:16:43,626
- Morning, Penny.
- Hi. How did the intervention go?

294
00:16:43,794 --> 00:16:46,713
Unfortunately, we weren't able
to convince him to go to rehab.

295
00:16:46,880 --> 00:16:50,091
Well, based on what you told me,
I'm not surprised.

296
00:16:52,553 --> 00:16:55,096
But we did convince him
to leave the motel.

297
00:16:55,264 --> 00:16:56,264
Come say hello.

298
00:16:58,017 --> 00:17:02,395
Leo, this is Penny,
our friend and neighbor.

299
00:17:02,563 --> 00:17:05,773
Hi, Leo, how are you feeling?

300
00:17:11,071 --> 00:17:12,613
Let me ask you something, Penny.

301
00:17:13,032 --> 00:17:17,285
Have you ever woken up in a fleabag motel
covered in your own vomit...

302
00:17:17,453 --> 00:17:20,246
...next to a transsexual prostitute?

303
00:17:23,167 --> 00:17:27,295
- No.
- Then don't ask me how I'm feeling.

304
00:17:29,798 --> 00:17:30,840
Well, that's Leo.

305
00:17:31,008 --> 00:17:35,303
Hey, why don't you tell me
about your showcase last night?

306
00:17:35,471 --> 00:17:36,637
Oh, it was okay, I guess.

307
00:17:36,805 --> 00:17:39,348
Wasn't a big turnout,
but they both seemed to like it.

308
00:17:40,017 --> 00:17:44,312
- There were only two people there?
- By the end, yeah.

309
00:17:44,521 --> 00:17:47,315
Damn you, Chaplain Horrigan.

310
00:17:49,276 --> 00:17:50,693
I'm sorry?

311
00:17:50,861 --> 00:17:52,820
The Philippines.

312
00:17:54,615 --> 00:17:56,741
1992.

313
00:17:56,909 --> 00:17:58,826
The Subic Bay Naval Station.

314
00:17:58,994 --> 00:18:01,996
A young boy on the cusp of manhood.

315
00:18:02,706 --> 00:18:07,543
His only companions,
mongrel dogs and malarial mosquitoes.

316
00:18:07,711 --> 00:18:11,047
Desperate and alone,
he reached out to a man...

317
00:18:11,215 --> 00:18:15,343
...who promised to introduce him
to a merciful, loving God...

318
00:18:15,511 --> 00:18:19,680
...but who instead introduced him
to a gin-pickled tongue...

319
00:18:19,848 --> 00:18:23,684
...shoved down his adolescent throat.

320
00:18:24,770 --> 00:18:26,187
What choice did he have...

321
00:18:26,355 --> 00:18:32,193
...but to drink, shoot
and snort his pain away?

322
00:18:32,361 --> 00:18:34,821
Don't forget genetic predisposition
towards addiction.

323
00:18:34,988 --> 00:18:36,030
Never been proven.

324
00:18:36,198 --> 00:18:38,574
- There have been studies.
- Not double-blind studies.

325
00:18:38,742 --> 00:18:41,202
How could there be?
Who would be the control group?

326
00:18:41,370 --> 00:18:43,454
As you can see,
detoxing can get pretty ugly.

327
00:18:43,622 --> 00:18:45,706
- Let's give them some privacy.
- Yeah.

328
00:18:45,874 --> 00:18:47,667
Do you wanna come over,
have coffee?

329
00:18:47,835 --> 00:18:50,878
- Sounds good.
- I have a video of me singing last night.

330
00:18:51,046 --> 00:18:52,880
Do you wanna see it?

331
00:18:53,090 --> 00:18:55,675
- Gee, why wouldn't I?
- This is even better...

332
00:18:55,843 --> 00:18:59,011
...than you coming to the showcase,
now I get to watch you watch me.

333
00:18:59,179 --> 00:19:00,513
Yeah.

334
00:19:01,557 --> 00:19:04,308
Funny how things work out.

335
00:19:04,893 --> 00:19:07,061
But he loved the companionship
and the wisdom...

336
00:19:07,229 --> 00:19:09,730
...that his own father failed to provide.

337
00:19:10,774 --> 00:19:12,608
Your parents made the right decision.

338
00:19:18,490 --> 00:19:21,159
I cannot work like this.

339
00:19:24,955 --> 00:19:27,248
[MAN SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY
ON TV]

340
00:19:30,669 --> 00:19:36,257
This is amazing, just sitting on a couch
watching TV with a woman.

341
00:19:36,425 --> 00:19:41,888
Not being drunk or high
or wondering if you're a dude down there.

342
00:19:43,682 --> 00:19:47,226
Leo, you are a very sweet,
really funny guy.

343
00:19:47,394 --> 00:19:49,520
You're gonna do okay.

344
00:19:49,980 --> 00:19:52,023
One day at a time, Penny.

345
00:19:55,652 --> 00:19:57,862
One day at a time.

346
00:20:02,367 --> 00:20:05,036
How long is he going to stay here?

347
00:20:05,204 --> 00:20:08,956
He's a homeless drug addict, Leonard,
where is he going to go?

348
00:20:09,166 --> 00:20:11,876
Boy, you have a lot to learn about lying.

349
00:20:38,904 --> 00:20:40,905
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