1 00:00:02,383 --> 00:00:04,383 Did you hear about this study that found people 2 00:00:04,385 --> 00:00:06,986 that were cool and popular at 13 3 00:00:06,988 --> 00:00:08,721 have problems succeeding later in life? 4 00:00:08,723 --> 00:00:11,157 Hmm. I'm doing okay, and I was very popular at 13. 5 00:00:11,159 --> 00:00:12,291 In school? 6 00:00:12,293 --> 00:00:13,959 Oh, no. At home. 7 00:00:14,729 --> 00:00:15,928 The servants would sing to me, 8 00:00:15,930 --> 00:00:17,830 laugh at my jokes... 9 00:00:18,633 --> 00:00:22,134 I wish I knew their names. 10 00:00:22,136 --> 00:00:25,104 Does the study say what happens to the unpopular kids? 11 00:00:25,106 --> 00:00:27,573 You tell me-- you woke up in bed with one. 12 00:00:28,709 --> 00:00:30,543 Listen to this. 13 00:00:30,545 --> 00:00:33,245 I just received an e-mail from Wil Wheaton. 14 00:00:33,247 --> 00:00:36,248 Leonard Nimoy's son is working on a documentary 15 00:00:36,250 --> 00:00:38,517 that he started with his father before he passed away. 16 00:00:38,519 --> 00:00:40,719 It's about Mr. Spock and his impact on our culture. 17 00:00:40,721 --> 00:00:41,687 Hmm. 18 00:00:41,689 --> 00:00:42,922 Why is he writing to you? 19 00:00:42,924 --> 00:00:44,924 Well, they're looking for fans to interview, 20 00:00:44,926 --> 00:00:46,692 and Wil thought I'd be good for it. 21 00:00:46,694 --> 00:00:47,760 Oh. Hey, high five. 22 00:00:47,762 --> 00:00:49,161 Absolutely not. 23 00:00:50,798 --> 00:00:51,764 Yeah, Penny, 24 00:00:51,766 --> 00:00:52,932 you spent some time in front 25 00:00:52,934 --> 00:00:55,267 of the camera. Any words of advice? 26 00:00:55,269 --> 00:00:56,569 Yes. Don't take your shirt off 27 00:00:56,571 --> 00:00:58,971 just because the director said so. 28 00:00:58,973 --> 00:01:01,207 This is a documentary about Mr. Spock. 29 00:01:01,209 --> 00:01:04,677 I'm sure if there's nudity, it will be tasteful. 30 00:01:05,746 --> 00:01:09,381 ♪ Our whole universe was in a hot, dense state ♪ 31 00:01:09,383 --> 00:01:12,718 ♪ Then nearly 14 billion years ago expansion started... Wait! ♪ 32 00:01:12,720 --> 00:01:14,353 ♪ The Earth began to cool ♪ 33 00:01:14,355 --> 00:01:16,889 ♪ The autotrophs began to drool, Neanderthals developed tools ♪ 34 00:01:16,891 --> 00:01:19,558 ♪ We built the Wall ♪ ♪ We built the pyramids ♪ 35 00:01:19,560 --> 00:01:22,228 ♪ Math, Science, History, unraveling the mystery ♪ 36 00:01:22,230 --> 00:01:24,129 ♪ That all started with a big bang ♪ 37 00:01:24,131 --> 00:01:26,098 ♪ Bang! ♪ 38 00:01:26,122 --> 00:01:30,122 ♪ The Big Bang Theory 9x07 ♪ The Spock Resonance Original Air Date on November 5, 2015 39 00:01:30,123 --> 00:01:34,623 40 00:01:34,737 --> 00:01:36,663 (sword fight sound effects on video game) 41 00:01:38,867 --> 00:01:40,433 Hey. You got a minute? 42 00:01:40,435 --> 00:01:41,568 Not really. 43 00:01:41,570 --> 00:01:44,904 Visigoths are kind of up my butt right now. 44 00:01:44,906 --> 00:01:46,840 Pause the game, Howard. 45 00:01:46,842 --> 00:01:48,408 “Howard”? Uh-oh. 46 00:01:48,410 --> 00:01:51,010 Make room, Visigoths. 47 00:01:51,546 --> 00:01:53,213 'Sup? 48 00:01:53,215 --> 00:01:55,455 We need to talk about redecorating this place. 49 00:01:55,456 --> 00:01:58,385 Oh, no, not this again. Look, 50 00:01:58,386 --> 00:02:01,387 I get that you grew up here and you're attached to things 51 00:02:01,389 --> 00:02:02,722 looking a certain way, but... 52 00:02:02,724 --> 00:02:05,363 I want this to feel like my house, too. 53 00:02:05,364 --> 00:02:07,995 Oh, honey, of course it's your house. 54 00:02:07,996 --> 00:02:11,197 Why else would you be cleaning it all the time? 55 00:02:11,199 --> 00:02:13,366 (chuckles) 56 00:02:13,368 --> 00:02:15,268 All right. Let's start over. 57 00:02:15,270 --> 00:02:16,569 I'm redecorating. 58 00:02:16,571 --> 00:02:18,705 The furniture, the carpeting, the walls. 59 00:02:18,707 --> 00:02:21,541 I'm changing everything that depresses me when I look at it. 60 00:02:21,543 --> 00:02:23,610 Try not to be one of those things. 61 00:02:24,479 --> 00:02:26,179 May I say something? 62 00:02:26,181 --> 00:02:28,214 Is it about how I can't have new wallpaper 63 00:02:28,216 --> 00:02:30,617 'cause your dad left when you were little and your mom died? 64 00:02:30,619 --> 00:02:32,385 Never mind. 65 00:02:35,090 --> 00:02:37,390 Hello, Amy. It's Sheldon. 66 00:02:37,392 --> 00:02:39,692 Yeah, I-I know that we're broken up, but 67 00:02:39,694 --> 00:02:41,995 I'm leaving this message because I thought perhaps you'd like 68 00:02:41,997 --> 00:02:45,665 to watch me be interviewed for a documentary about Mr. Spock. 69 00:02:45,667 --> 00:02:49,435 Or as I like to call it, a Spockumentary. 70 00:02:49,437 --> 00:02:50,803 Yeah, I'm going to use 71 00:02:50,805 --> 00:02:52,906 that joke in the interview, so try to laugh 72 00:02:52,908 --> 00:02:55,174 like you're hearing it for the first time. 73 00:02:55,176 --> 00:02:56,976 You know, hysterically, hmm? 74 00:02:56,978 --> 00:03:00,880 And with a tinge of sadness that I'm no longer in your life. 75 00:03:00,882 --> 00:03:03,449 I'm the one who thought of “Spockumentary”" 76 00:03:03,451 --> 00:03:05,919 And I'm laughing like I did the first time I heard it. 77 00:03:05,921 --> 00:03:08,655 (knocking on door) 78 00:03:09,991 --> 00:03:10,990 Hello. 79 00:03:10,992 --> 00:03:12,058 Hey, Sheldon. 80 00:03:12,060 --> 00:03:13,192 This is Adam Nimoy. 81 00:03:13,194 --> 00:03:15,628 Nice to meet you. Oh, it's nice to meet you. 82 00:03:15,630 --> 00:03:17,997 I admire your father's work very much. 83 00:03:17,999 --> 00:03:20,800 It's not every day I get to meet someone whose life's journey 84 00:03:20,802 --> 00:03:23,303 began in my hero's scrotum. 85 00:03:25,574 --> 00:03:28,508 I told you. This guy is gold. 86 00:03:32,948 --> 00:03:34,347 Whatcha doing? Oh! 87 00:03:34,349 --> 00:03:36,983 Making myself a bologna sandwich like my mom used to make me 88 00:03:36,985 --> 00:03:39,586 after my dad left, but before she died. 89 00:03:44,125 --> 00:03:45,224 Okay, listen, I'm thinking 90 00:03:45,226 --> 00:03:47,627 that maybe we can compromise on the house. 91 00:03:47,629 --> 00:03:50,163 I'm listening. 92 00:03:50,165 --> 00:03:53,132 Let's just redo one room and see how it goes. 93 00:03:53,134 --> 00:03:54,500 That is reasonable. 94 00:03:54,502 --> 00:03:56,402 But what room? 95 00:03:56,404 --> 00:03:58,004 How 'bout this one? 96 00:03:58,006 --> 00:04:02,709 No way. No, this is the room I associate the most with my mom. 97 00:04:02,711 --> 00:04:04,644 Then how 'bout the bathroom? 98 00:04:04,646 --> 00:04:07,513 I want to change my answer. 99 00:04:07,515 --> 00:04:10,216 Fine. Then the dining room. 100 00:04:10,218 --> 00:04:12,852 I guess we didn't use it very often. 101 00:04:12,854 --> 00:04:14,220 Unless we had company. 102 00:04:14,222 --> 00:04:16,756 Which didn't happen much after my dad left and not at all 103 00:04:16,758 --> 00:04:17,470 after my mom... 104 00:04:17,494 --> 00:04:19,174 Great! I'm gonna go pick out paint samples. 105 00:04:21,896 --> 00:04:24,030 All right, we're just gonna have a conversation. 106 00:04:24,032 --> 00:04:26,366 Pretend the camera's not here. 107 00:04:26,368 --> 00:04:28,501 All right. But this better not be 108 00:04:28,503 --> 00:04:31,104 some elaborate scheme to get me out of my shirt. 109 00:04:33,174 --> 00:04:34,540 How long have you known Adam? 110 00:04:34,542 --> 00:04:35,975 A few years. Mm-hmm. 111 00:04:35,977 --> 00:04:39,112 And what are you getting him back for? 112 00:04:40,015 --> 00:04:41,748 Let's start with your name and occupation. 113 00:04:41,750 --> 00:04:45,785 Dr. Sheldon Cooper, theoretical physicist, Caltech. 114 00:04:45,787 --> 00:04:49,656 And what is your earliest memory of the character Spock? 115 00:04:49,658 --> 00:04:54,293 The first episode of Star Trek: The Original Series I ever saw 116 00:04:54,295 --> 00:04:56,295 was “The Galileo Seven.” 117 00:04:56,297 --> 00:04:59,732 Uh, Spock had just landed on the planet Taurus II. 118 00:04:59,734 --> 00:05:02,268 Then my brother came in, sat on my head, 119 00:05:02,270 --> 00:05:04,971 and said, “Eat farts.” 120 00:05:06,241 --> 00:05:07,740 After that day, I was hooked. 121 00:05:07,742 --> 00:05:09,442 On Star Trek, 122 00:05:09,444 --> 00:05:12,478 not my brother's sphincter-based cuisine. 123 00:05:14,015 --> 00:05:16,916 What was it about Spock that appealed to you? 124 00:05:16,918 --> 00:05:19,986 I think the same thing that appeals to people everywhere, 125 00:05:19,988 --> 00:05:22,955 the dream of a cold, rational world 126 00:05:22,957 --> 00:05:25,091 entirely without human emotion. 127 00:05:25,093 --> 00:05:27,060 Spock came 128 00:05:27,062 --> 00:05:29,095 from a planet governed only by logic. 129 00:05:29,097 --> 00:05:31,364 You know, on Vulcan, when your brother asks, 130 00:05:31,366 --> 00:05:33,900 “Why are you hitting yourself?” the answer is, 131 00:05:33,902 --> 00:05:35,268 “I'm not. 132 00:05:35,270 --> 00:05:37,103 You're moving my arm.” 133 00:05:38,707 --> 00:05:39,639 To which he says, 134 00:05:39,641 --> 00:05:41,007 “Fascinating.” 135 00:05:41,009 --> 00:05:44,844 And then you both watch educational television. 136 00:05:44,846 --> 00:05:46,646 (quietly): Aw. When he says things like that, 137 00:05:46,648 --> 00:05:48,815 I just want to hug him and make everything better. 138 00:05:48,817 --> 00:05:50,850 My brother was mean to me, too. 139 00:05:50,852 --> 00:05:52,518 Yeah, you probably had it coming. 140 00:05:54,723 --> 00:05:56,589 Do you have any Spock collectibles? 141 00:05:56,591 --> 00:05:57,657 I have many. 142 00:05:57,659 --> 00:06:00,093 My most treasured is an autographed napkin 143 00:06:00,095 --> 00:06:02,829 given to me by my very thoughtful friend Penny. 144 00:06:02,831 --> 00:06:04,163 That's her over there. 145 00:06:06,401 --> 00:06:08,601 Hi! 146 00:06:09,304 --> 00:06:10,636 Look at that. 147 00:06:10,638 --> 00:06:14,273 I'm in a movie, my shirt stayed on. 148 00:06:14,275 --> 00:06:16,008 Can we see the napkin? 149 00:06:16,010 --> 00:06:17,477 Of course. Excuse me. 150 00:06:17,479 --> 00:06:18,978 This will just take a moment. 151 00:06:30,525 --> 00:06:33,392 When did we get a wall safe? 152 00:06:33,394 --> 00:06:37,730 When there was no more room in the floor safe. 153 00:06:37,732 --> 00:06:40,533 When did we get a floor safe? 154 00:06:40,535 --> 00:06:43,503 When we got the security camera. 155 00:06:43,505 --> 00:06:45,738 There's a security camera? 156 00:06:46,708 --> 00:06:49,675 Aquaman, protecting your home since 2012. 157 00:06:51,646 --> 00:06:54,680 Oh, my God. We've done things on that couch. 158 00:06:54,682 --> 00:06:56,516 Yeah. You don't have to tell me. 159 00:06:59,154 --> 00:07:01,454 So, your father-in-law is in there right now? 160 00:07:01,456 --> 00:07:02,688 Yes. So back me up. 161 00:07:02,690 --> 00:07:04,991 The house is good the way it is. Oh, okay. Got it. 162 00:07:06,427 --> 00:07:07,760 Hey. What's going on? 163 00:07:07,762 --> 00:07:09,228 Hey. Hey, Raj. 164 00:07:09,230 --> 00:07:11,764 Dad and I were just talking about taking down this wall. 165 00:07:11,766 --> 00:07:16,536 You sure? It's a... pretty great wall. 166 00:07:16,538 --> 00:07:18,271 What's so great about it? 167 00:07:19,307 --> 00:07:21,340 I'm sorry. I did what I could. 168 00:07:22,710 --> 00:07:25,545 Seriously? You brought Raj over to take your side? 169 00:07:25,547 --> 00:07:27,213 Your dad's on your side. 170 00:07:27,215 --> 00:07:29,682 He's not on my side. He's doing all the work for free. 171 00:07:29,684 --> 00:07:32,585 That is so generous of you. 172 00:07:32,587 --> 00:07:36,589 I'd like to switch sides. 173 00:07:36,591 --> 00:07:37,857 Look, uh... 174 00:07:37,859 --> 00:07:39,458 I don't even think you can take this wall down 175 00:07:39,460 --> 00:07:40,660 'cause it's load-bearing. 176 00:07:40,662 --> 00:07:41,928 Well, it's easy to find out. 177 00:07:41,930 --> 00:07:44,130 Just go into the crawlspace under the house and check. 178 00:07:44,132 --> 00:07:46,866 When is your visa up? 179 00:07:49,637 --> 00:07:52,338 Not only is it signed to me 180 00:07:52,340 --> 00:07:54,173 but this is where he wiped his mouth. 181 00:07:54,175 --> 00:07:58,644 So we are currently in the presence of Leonard Nimoy's DNA. 182 00:07:58,646 --> 00:08:02,114 Um, doesn't Adam count as Leonard Nimoy's DNA? 183 00:08:02,116 --> 00:08:06,052 No offense, but this is pure 100% Nimoy. 184 00:08:06,054 --> 00:08:08,855 Because of your mother, you're only 50%. 185 00:08:08,857 --> 00:08:11,424 Which isn't bad, 186 00:08:11,426 --> 00:08:15,261 but anything that you wipe your mouth on gets thrown away. 187 00:08:16,397 --> 00:08:17,597 Okay, enough about the napkin. 188 00:08:17,599 --> 00:08:18,631 What else you hiding in there? 189 00:08:18,633 --> 00:08:19,899 Wouldn't you like to know? 190 00:08:19,901 --> 00:08:21,567 I would. All right then. 191 00:08:22,437 --> 00:08:23,502 See? Just my valuables. 192 00:08:23,504 --> 00:08:27,273 My passport, uh, my will... You have a will? 193 00:08:27,275 --> 00:08:29,909 Yeah-- my 1/18 scale Wil Wheaton action figure. 194 00:08:31,479 --> 00:08:33,145 I also have the other kind of will, 195 00:08:33,147 --> 00:08:37,350 and in it I will my Wil back to Wil. 196 00:08:37,352 --> 00:08:38,317 Will Wil want it? 197 00:08:38,319 --> 00:08:39,752 Wil won't. 198 00:08:40,421 --> 00:08:42,121 What's that ring box? 199 00:08:42,123 --> 00:08:43,189 Oh. That is 200 00:08:43,191 --> 00:08:44,490 an engagement ring 201 00:08:44,492 --> 00:08:46,692 that I was going to give my girlfriend Amy. 202 00:08:46,694 --> 00:08:48,494 What?! 203 00:08:49,998 --> 00:08:51,631 You bought her a ring? 204 00:08:51,633 --> 00:08:52,665 No, no, no. This has been in my family 205 00:08:52,667 --> 00:08:55,668 for generations. Except for a short time 206 00:08:55,670 --> 00:08:58,137 when Comanches cut off my great-great-great-grandmother's 207 00:08:58,139 --> 00:09:00,306 finger and stole it. 208 00:09:00,722 --> 00:09:02,555 Sheldon, that's awful. No. 209 00:09:02,557 --> 00:09:04,757 The Texas Rangers tracked them down to their village 210 00:09:04,759 --> 00:09:06,426 and slaughtered every last one of them, so... 211 00:09:06,428 --> 00:09:09,729 it was a happy ending. 212 00:09:09,731 --> 00:09:13,032 Well, for my nine-fingered Nana. 213 00:09:13,034 --> 00:09:15,868 Okay, back to the ring. Does Amy even know about this? 214 00:09:15,870 --> 00:09:19,072 No. She broke up with me before I could broach the subject. 215 00:09:19,074 --> 00:09:21,607 Oh, man, I'm sorry-- that must have been devastating for you. 216 00:09:21,609 --> 00:09:23,109 No, not at all. No, I'm fine. 217 00:09:23,111 --> 00:09:25,378 You know, Amy had reservations about our relationship, 218 00:09:25,380 --> 00:09:27,046 so all worked out for the best. 219 00:09:27,048 --> 00:09:30,216 PENNY: I know. It just... SHELDON: I said I'm fine! 220 00:09:34,856 --> 00:09:37,757 We've gotten a little off-topic. 221 00:09:37,759 --> 00:09:40,093 Allow me to make things entertaining again 222 00:09:40,095 --> 00:09:42,962 in this little Spockumentary. 223 00:09:46,893 --> 00:09:48,935 That was Leonard's joke. 224 00:09:59,114 --> 00:10:02,182 As a child, when faced with a dilemma, 225 00:10:02,184 --> 00:10:05,618 my mother encouraged me to ask, “What would Jesus do?” 226 00:10:05,620 --> 00:10:08,989 The answer to that was always, “Love thy neighbor.” 227 00:10:08,991 --> 00:10:13,493 But my neighbor had a dead tooth, so... 228 00:10:13,495 --> 00:10:15,662 that wasn't going to happen. 229 00:10:15,664 --> 00:10:17,497 But... 230 00:10:17,499 --> 00:10:21,634 that's why I changed it to, “What would Spock do?” 231 00:10:21,636 --> 00:10:23,236 Did you find that helpful? 232 00:10:23,238 --> 00:10:26,039 Yes. Oh, for example, three years ago 233 00:10:26,041 --> 00:10:28,808 when I discovered Penny was eating all my Pop-Tarts, 234 00:10:28,810 --> 00:10:31,578 instead of getting angry or vindictive, 235 00:10:31,580 --> 00:10:34,214 you know, I got a floor safe. 236 00:10:34,216 --> 00:10:37,517 I knew I could smell 'em. 237 00:10:37,519 --> 00:10:39,519 What about from when you were a kid? 238 00:10:39,521 --> 00:10:42,122 Oh, certainly. Uh, when I was eight years old, 239 00:10:42,124 --> 00:10:44,391 Billy Sparks cornered me in the playground. 240 00:10:44,393 --> 00:10:46,826 I asked myself, “What would Spock do?” 241 00:10:46,828 --> 00:10:49,362 Then I grabbed Billy on his shoulder 242 00:10:49,364 --> 00:10:52,732 and performed my first Vulcan nerve pinch. 243 00:10:54,136 --> 00:10:55,368 Did it work? 244 00:10:55,370 --> 00:10:57,670 Oh, no-- he broke my collarbone. 245 00:10:58,573 --> 00:11:02,108 I can still hear it click. 246 00:11:02,110 --> 00:11:03,558 That must have been very upsetting for you. 247 00:11:03,582 --> 00:11:05,079 Oh, not at all. 248 00:11:05,080 --> 00:11:07,947 As I said, the entire point of emulating Spock 249 00:11:07,949 --> 00:11:10,350 was to rise above human emotion, 250 00:11:10,352 --> 00:11:12,552 which I've spent a lifetime mastering. 251 00:11:12,554 --> 00:11:14,087 Oh... (sputters) 252 00:11:14,923 --> 00:11:16,990 Excuse me? 253 00:11:16,992 --> 00:11:19,125 I'm sorry. I'm not here. 254 00:11:19,127 --> 00:11:21,594 No. You went (sputters). What does (sputters) mean? 255 00:11:21,596 --> 00:11:22,962 Um... 256 00:11:22,964 --> 00:11:25,098 You did go (sputters). 257 00:11:25,100 --> 00:11:27,267 All right, fine. Well, Sheldon, I'm no expert, 258 00:11:27,269 --> 00:11:29,869 but aren't you completely missing the point of Spock? 259 00:11:29,871 --> 00:11:31,171 I mean, he liked to act 260 00:11:31,173 --> 00:11:33,473 like he had no emotions, but he was still half human. 261 00:11:33,475 --> 00:11:34,941 Just like you. 262 00:11:36,178 --> 00:11:37,577 I'm just saying, you pretend you don't, 263 00:11:37,579 --> 00:11:39,312 but you have feelings just like everybody else. 264 00:11:39,314 --> 00:11:41,781 Not true. No, look at me. 265 00:11:41,783 --> 00:11:44,050 I had an engagement ring to give a girl, 266 00:11:44,052 --> 00:11:45,618 and instead, she rejected me. 267 00:11:45,620 --> 00:11:47,487 And am I emotional about that? No. 268 00:11:47,489 --> 00:11:49,656 No, I am sitting here on a couch, 269 00:11:49,658 --> 00:11:51,458 talking about my favorite TV character 270 00:11:51,460 --> 00:11:52,792 like nothing happened. 271 00:11:52,794 --> 00:11:55,361 'Cause I am just like him: all logical, all the time. 272 00:11:55,363 --> 00:11:56,429 Sweetie, you're yelling. 273 00:11:56,431 --> 00:11:58,031 Because when I speak at a regular volume, 274 00:11:58,033 --> 00:11:59,232 no one seems to believe me 275 00:11:59,234 --> 00:12:01,167 that I've put this Amy nonsense behind me! 276 00:12:04,106 --> 00:12:05,305 (door slams) 277 00:12:06,608 --> 00:12:10,677 This documentary is gonna be awesome. 278 00:12:13,215 --> 00:12:15,915 You gonna be okay down here? Yeah. Yeah, 279 00:12:15,917 --> 00:12:17,383 I feel like an archaeologist. 280 00:12:17,385 --> 00:12:20,854 Indiana Jones and the Single-Family Dwelling. 281 00:12:21,723 --> 00:12:23,490 Hey. Look! 282 00:12:23,492 --> 00:12:25,391 Found a seashell. 283 00:12:25,393 --> 00:12:28,595 Yeah, that's a rat skull. (shrieks) 284 00:12:28,597 --> 00:12:30,497 Relax. 285 00:12:30,499 --> 00:12:34,067 There's enough droppings down here without you making more. 286 00:12:34,069 --> 00:12:37,570 Sorry. Do you have a... sense of where we are? 287 00:12:37,572 --> 00:12:39,506 Yeah. I think that's the den. 288 00:12:39,508 --> 00:12:42,375 Oh. Okay, so we must be under the dining room. 289 00:12:42,377 --> 00:12:43,776 Uh-huh. Yep. 290 00:12:43,778 --> 00:12:46,546 You know, I know you don't want to hear this, 291 00:12:46,548 --> 00:12:49,282 but it wouldn't take that much work to turn that den 292 00:12:49,284 --> 00:12:51,084 into a nursery. 293 00:12:51,086 --> 00:12:53,286 Why wouldn't I want to hear it? 294 00:12:53,288 --> 00:12:55,588 'Cause Bernie said you didn't want kids. 295 00:12:55,590 --> 00:12:57,357 That's not true at all. 296 00:12:57,359 --> 00:12:58,791 I-I wish 297 00:12:58,793 --> 00:13:00,693 she'd get pregnant, believe me. 298 00:13:00,695 --> 00:13:04,497 I'm climbing on top of her every chance I get. 299 00:13:04,499 --> 00:13:05,532 (sighs) 300 00:13:05,534 --> 00:13:08,935 In a... loving and respectful manner. 301 00:13:08,937 --> 00:13:09,969 Oh. 302 00:13:09,971 --> 00:13:11,237 (clears throat softly) 303 00:13:11,239 --> 00:13:12,539 The point is, 304 00:13:12,541 --> 00:13:15,542 I really do want kids. 305 00:13:15,544 --> 00:13:17,076 Huh. 306 00:13:17,078 --> 00:13:19,712 I don't know why she's lying to you. 307 00:13:19,714 --> 00:13:21,681 WOLOWITZ: She's the one who doesn't want kids. 308 00:13:21,683 --> 00:13:23,383 In fact, every time I bring up the subject... 309 00:13:23,385 --> 00:13:25,218 Earthquake! 310 00:13:25,220 --> 00:13:27,287 (Bernadette's feet stomping rapidly) 311 00:13:27,289 --> 00:13:29,589 Oh, my God, we're gonna die! 312 00:13:29,591 --> 00:13:31,491 Earthquake! 313 00:13:32,127 --> 00:13:35,295 Aftershock...! 314 00:13:36,464 --> 00:13:39,199 I can't believe Sheldon was gonna ask Amy to marry him. 315 00:13:39,201 --> 00:13:40,700 I know. I also can't believe 316 00:13:40,702 --> 00:13:42,635 he watched what we did on that couch 317 00:13:42,637 --> 00:13:44,871 and still sits on it. Yeah. 318 00:13:46,474 --> 00:13:48,241 Hello. 319 00:13:48,243 --> 00:13:49,576 Hey, buddy. How you doing? 320 00:13:49,578 --> 00:13:50,610 Better. 321 00:13:50,612 --> 00:13:52,612 Did Wil and Adam leave? Yeah. 322 00:13:52,614 --> 00:13:54,981 Do you think they're going to put my outburst 323 00:13:54,983 --> 00:13:56,316 in the documentary? 324 00:13:56,318 --> 00:13:58,418 Definitely. Oh, yeah. 325 00:13:58,420 --> 00:14:01,921 Well, there's no point in dwelling on it. 326 00:14:01,923 --> 00:14:03,489 As the Vulcans say, 327 00:14:03,491 --> 00:14:07,460 “Kup-fun-tor ha'kiv na'ish Du stau.” 328 00:14:08,230 --> 00:14:10,630 Do you know what that means? No. 329 00:14:10,632 --> 00:14:11,798 Are you telling the truth? 330 00:14:11,800 --> 00:14:13,900 Nirsh. 331 00:14:15,203 --> 00:14:17,604 Well, this is ridiculous. Being upset about Amy 332 00:14:17,606 --> 00:14:19,339 all the time isn't accomplishing anything. 333 00:14:19,341 --> 00:14:21,074 If I want to resolve this situation, 334 00:14:21,076 --> 00:14:22,709 then I need to take action. 335 00:14:22,711 --> 00:14:24,911 What are you gonna do? I'm going to find her 336 00:14:24,913 --> 00:14:26,045 and ask her to marry me. 337 00:14:26,047 --> 00:14:28,481 And if she says yes, we can put this behind us 338 00:14:28,483 --> 00:14:30,216 and resume our relationship. 339 00:14:30,218 --> 00:14:31,918 And if she says no... 340 00:14:31,920 --> 00:14:35,355 well, then she can just ponfo miran. 341 00:14:37,892 --> 00:14:40,059 He didn't meant that. 342 00:14:43,665 --> 00:14:48,001 So I should probably explain why I kind of fibbed. 343 00:14:51,573 --> 00:14:53,806 That would be nice. 344 00:14:53,808 --> 00:14:56,142 I told my dad that you were the one 345 00:14:56,144 --> 00:14:59,245 who didn't want kids because I didn't want to disappoint him. 346 00:14:59,247 --> 00:15:01,881 But you were okay throwing me under the bus? 347 00:15:01,883 --> 00:15:05,184 Turns out yeah, I didn't think twice about it. 348 00:15:05,186 --> 00:15:08,655 Bernie, you don't need to worry about me. 349 00:15:08,657 --> 00:15:11,224 But I don't want to see you miss out. 350 00:15:11,226 --> 00:15:12,792 Raising children 351 00:15:12,794 --> 00:15:15,795 was the most rewarding experience of my life. 352 00:15:15,797 --> 00:15:17,463 Oh, please. Mom did everything. 353 00:15:17,465 --> 00:15:19,699 All you did was come home from work, 354 00:15:19,701 --> 00:15:21,434 sit on the couch and drink beer. 355 00:15:21,436 --> 00:15:23,369 How is that raising kids? 356 00:15:23,371 --> 00:15:25,071 This is really 357 00:15:25,073 --> 00:15:27,106 a conversation for husband and wife. 358 00:15:27,108 --> 00:15:30,209 (awkward chuckle) I'm gonna go clean up, hit the road. 359 00:15:30,211 --> 00:15:33,279 If your mother asks, I was here till 10:00. 360 00:15:35,250 --> 00:15:38,718 It's interesting your father didn't help around the house 361 00:15:38,720 --> 00:15:40,720 and Howard doesn't help, either, 362 00:15:40,722 --> 00:15:42,188 so... in a way, 363 00:15:42,190 --> 00:15:44,557 Howard's not only like your father, 364 00:15:44,559 --> 00:15:49,295 but he's also like the child that you're afraid to have. 365 00:15:50,165 --> 00:15:52,298 Why are you still here? 366 00:15:54,369 --> 00:15:56,135 Fine, I'll leave. 367 00:15:56,137 --> 00:15:59,272 But it sounds like somebody needs a fresh diaper. 368 00:16:04,346 --> 00:16:05,712 All right... 369 00:16:05,714 --> 00:16:08,781 I admit... that I don't help out a lot. 370 00:16:08,783 --> 00:16:11,517 (chuckles softly) And I need to work on that. 371 00:16:11,519 --> 00:16:12,652 But... 372 00:16:12,654 --> 00:16:14,187 (sighs) if we had a kid, 373 00:16:14,189 --> 00:16:15,455 it would be different. 374 00:16:15,457 --> 00:16:17,090 Why? Because... 375 00:16:17,092 --> 00:16:19,425 when my dad left, 376 00:16:19,427 --> 00:16:21,794 I promised myself that... 377 00:16:21,796 --> 00:16:26,232 if I ever had a chance to be a father... 378 00:16:26,234 --> 00:16:28,634 I'd always be there. 379 00:16:30,171 --> 00:16:32,338 Okay, I'll think about it. 380 00:16:32,340 --> 00:16:34,407 And this an actual “I'll think about it,” 381 00:16:34,409 --> 00:16:36,442 not like the “can we get a motorcycle 382 00:16:36,444 --> 00:16:38,978 with a sidecar I'll think about it”? 383 00:16:40,048 --> 00:16:42,615 It's an actual “I'll think about it.” 384 00:16:42,617 --> 00:16:46,519 I really believe I'd be a great dad. 385 00:16:46,521 --> 00:16:48,988 I know you would. 386 00:16:48,990 --> 00:16:50,790 Speaking of... 387 00:16:50,792 --> 00:16:53,259 making babies, what do you say I wash up 388 00:16:53,261 --> 00:16:55,895 and poke around your crawlspace? 389 00:17:06,741 --> 00:17:08,141 (no voice) 390 00:17:31,844 --> 00:17:33,744 Dr. Dana feels he isn't that dangerous. 391 00:17:33,746 --> 00:17:36,246 What makes you right and a trained psychiatrist wrong? 392 00:17:36,248 --> 00:17:38,515 Because she feels. I don't. 393 00:17:38,517 --> 00:17:40,050 All I know is logic. 394 00:17:40,052 --> 00:17:41,752 (scoffs): Yeah, right. 395 00:17:41,754 --> 00:17:42,920 (turns off TV) 396 00:17:42,922 --> 00:17:44,722 You can just shut your feelings off. 397 00:17:44,724 --> 00:17:47,091 There goes television, lying to us again. 398 00:17:47,093 --> 00:17:48,292 We let you 399 00:17:48,294 --> 00:17:49,393 raise our children, 400 00:17:49,395 --> 00:17:51,428 and this is the thanks we get. 401 00:17:51,430 --> 00:17:53,897 Leonard, how could I have been so foolish 402 00:17:53,899 --> 00:17:56,033 to try and follow in the footsteps 403 00:17:56,035 --> 00:17:58,902 of a made-up alien race with no emotions? 404 00:17:58,904 --> 00:18:00,471 (sighs): Well... 405 00:18:00,473 --> 00:18:02,473 now instead of idolizing fictional characters, 406 00:18:02,475 --> 00:18:06,443 you can focus on the real people who are already in your life. 407 00:18:08,180 --> 00:18:10,280 Those are very wise words. 408 00:18:10,282 --> 00:18:11,482 Thank you. 409 00:18:11,484 --> 00:18:12,883 They'd just be so much more comforting 410 00:18:12,885 --> 00:18:14,585 if they came out of a television. 411 00:18:16,385 --> 00:18:22,885