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202. A Rival Prodigy and Sir Isaac Neutron
September 27, 2018When Dr. Sturgis invites a brilliant ten-year-old girl, Paige, to audit his course, Sheldon is racked with feelings of jealousy. Meemaw decides to talk to John about Sheldon's situation, while Mary is excited to meet another family dealing with the pressures of raising a special child.
Quote from Dr. John Sturgis
Dr. John Sturgis: See, this is why we're great together. You teach me about social etiquette, and I teach you about beaver anuses.
Meemaw: [CHUCKLES] It is magical.
Dr. John Sturgis: Did you know "ani" is also acceptable as the plural of "anus"?
Meemaw: And the magic continues.
Quote from Paige
Paige: You actually believe in the multiverse theory?
Sheldon: Very much so. It's the most elegant interpretation of quantum mechanics.
Paige: So you really think there are an infinite number of universes?
Sheldon: Stephen Hawking believes it, so, yes, I do.
Paige: Well, if there are an infinite number of universes, I think that theory's dumb in all of them. [CHUCKLES] This is fun.
Quote from Dr. John Sturgis
Dr. John Sturgis: Did you know that there's a type of vanilla flavoring derived from the anal glands of the North American beaver?
Meemaw: That seems like a fact you could have shared before we started eating.
Dr. John Sturgis: It isn't used very often. I understand it's difficult to, uh, milk the little sacs.
Meemaw: Cool. Okay, new topic.
Quote from George Jr.
Georgie: What are you doing?
Sheldon: Suppressing my emotions.
Georgie: Oh, yeah? Suppress this. [BELCHES] [BLOWS] [WHISPERS] Hot dogs.
Quote from Adult Sheldon
Adult Sheldon: Not since sharing a uterus with my twin sister have I been so unhappy sitting next to someone.
Quote from Sheldon
Meemaw: Maybe you got a little crush on her.
Sheldon: Do you want me to kick your seat?
Meemaw: I don't know, Moonpie. I'm still thinking it might be jealousy.
Sheldon: Give me one reason why I would be jealous.
Meemaw: Well, Dr. Sturgis means a lot to you, and now he's paying attention to somebody else. You're used to being the only smart kid around, and now there's another. Oh, and there's the possibility-
Sheldon: I said one reason, thank you.
Quote from Sheldon
Sheldon: And she's such a know-it-all.
Meemaw: Yeah, you mentioned that.
Sheldon: I'm surprised her arm wasn't sore from raising her hand so much.
Meemaw: Yep, sure.
Sheldon: And who goes to college with stickers on their notepad?
Meemaw: I don't know.
Sheldon: Unicorn stickers!
Quote from Dr. John Sturgis
Dr. John Sturgis: Hello, Mary. This is John Sturgis, Sheldon's professor and your mother's lover.
Mary: Hi. And "John" was more than enough.
Quote from Adult Sheldon
Mary: Okay, look. You're right. I don't have many friends, so I was hoping to get to know Paige's mom. But if it makes you uncomfortable, then I will call her and cancel.
Sheldon: I'll think about it.
Mary: Thank you, baby.
Adult Sheldon: Guilt and jealousy in the same day. I slept hard that night.
Quote from Meemaw
Meemaw: Let's talk about Sheldon.
Dr. John Sturgis: Wonderful. What about him?
Meemaw: He's having kind of a hard time with the new girl in your class.
Dr. John Sturgis: Really? Why?
Meemaw: He's jealous of the attention you're paying her.
Dr. John Sturgis: Well, she's remarkable.
Meemaw: You see that? Less of that.
Dr. John Sturgis: But I think he's remarkable, too.
Meemaw: Perfect. More of that, less of the other one.
Dr. John Sturgis: Understood.
Quote from Adult Sheldon
Adult Sheldon: The thought of spending an afternoon with Paige seemed excruciating, but I wanted to make my mother happy. I was torn.
Dr. McCoy: The release of emotions, Mr. Spock, is what keeps us healthy Emotionally healthy, that is.
Adult Sheldon: Luckily, the wise words of Gene Roddenberry flatly delivered by Leonard Nimoy resolved my dilemma.
Mr. Spock: That may be, Doctor. However, I have noted that the healthy release of emotion is frequently very unhealthy.
Adult Sheldon: I realized if Mr. Spock could rise above his emotions while the fate of the Enterprise hung in the balance, certainly I could tolerate Paige for a few hours.
Quote from Sheldon
Sheldon: Now, since we'll be spending a few hours together, I've created a list of activities to keep us occupied. We'll start with a tour of my room, then board games, and, if time permits, you can look at and not touch my trains.
Quote from Sheldon
Sheldon: Or if you're interested, we could play a variant with a new piece I invented.
Paige: That sounds fun. What's the new piece?
Sheldon: A wizard. The wizard cannot be taken, and, at any point, he can teleport and switch places with any other piece.
Paige: Yes, but there's an obvious flaw.
Sheldon: What flaw?
Paige: Well, any time anyone is checkmated, they can simply have the wizard and their king switch places. So the game will never end.
Sheldon: I knew that. You passed my test.
Quote from Sheldon
Paige: This is fun. I don't get to have discussions like this with kids at my school. Do you?
Sheldon: No.
Paige: Do you ever wish you were just like everyone else?
Sheldon: Not at all.
Paige: [CHUCKLES] Me neither. I love being smarter than everyone.
Sheldon: Me, too.
Quote from Adult Sheldon
Adult Sheldon: I started to think that Paige and I might have more in common than I thought.
Maybe my mother was right. I really did just need to get to know her better.
Paige: Checkmate! You lose. [CHUCKLES] Guess that makes me the smartest.
Adult Sheldon: I don't know if ten-year-old Spock ever flipped a chess board, but ten-year-old Sheldon sure did.
