[Ms. Hutchins walks by Sheldon and Tam's table with her library cart:]
Sheldon: Oh, hello.
Ms. Hutchins: What are you doing here?
Sheldon: Taking comfort in the familiar. Still no wedding ring, I see. That feels good.
Ms. Hutchins: Yeah, feels great.
Sheldon: [to Tam] So, where was I? Right, uh, Houston. Anyway, my father got offered a coaching pos...

Sheldon: So, how have you been?
Tam: Good. I actually have a girlfriend now and...
Sheldon: Oh, I've had a pretty rough time of it lately. I'm about to go away to Caltech and my parents decided to sell our home and move to Houston. I mean, that house has my room in it.
Tam: Well...
Sheldon: So now some stranger's gonna move in and turn it into a den, or worse... a nursery with a mural of Winnie the Pooh on the wall.
Tam: I think I might ask her to marry me.
Sheldon: Feynman and Einstein have been on those walls for five years, and now it's gonna be Tigger bouncing hither and thither?
Tam: Are you at all interested in my life?
Sheldon: No, but thank you for asking.

Adult Sheldon: My world had been rocked, but it was nice to know there were some things that would always stay the same, like lunch with my old friend, Tam.
Tam: Why are we here?
Sheldon: This is where we always eat.
Tam: You know I graduated last year.
Sheldon: Oh, good for you. So, where's your food?
Tam: When you invited me to lunch, I thought you meant like a restaurant.
Sheldon: That's okay, I'll share my sandwich.
Tam: You still don't eat the crust?
Sheldon: Cutting them off gives my mother purpose.

Mary: Sheldon, this isn't about you. This job is good for your father and our family, so you're gonna have to deal with it. Now pick up that plate, get back out there and have dinner with your family while we're all still together.
Sheldon: ... Yes, ma'am.
[Sheldon picks up his plate and walks out of his bedroom]
George: Dang. That was hot.

Mary: Can we talk?
Sheldon: About you not moving?
George: Sheldon. You know how excited you are to go to Caltech? That's how I feel about going to Houston.
Sheldon: But when I was going to Caltech, I still had this home to come back to.
Mary: You'll still have a room wherever we end up.
Sheldon: But it won't be my room. This is my room.
Mary: How about this... we will take all your things with us and we'll set up your new room exactly the same.
Sheldon: So, your plan is to gaslight me?
George: [sighs] I know this is a lot of change, but sometimes change can be good.
Sheldon: Tell that to the woolly mammoth. You can't, because they went extinct.

[Sheldon puts his cutlery down on his plate, stands up and takes his plate with him]
Mary: Where are you going?
Sheldon: To eat in my room while I still have one. [exits]
George: Sheldon's upset and Missy's good. Yeah, sounds about right.
Missy: The new girl has a pool. [chuckle]

Sheldon: Excuse me, don't I get a say in this?
Missy: Why? You're leaving in 41 days.
Sheldon: Doesn't matter. This is still my home.
Mary: Shelly, you'll have a new home.
George: Maybe with a pool.
Missy: Ooh, the new girl gets a pool.

Mandy: I'm upset. That's a lot of babysitters to lose.
Meemaw: I'm still here.
Georgie: Yeah, but your bedtime's earlier than CeeCee's.
Meemaw: Only when I'm drinking.

Missy: Wait, where is Rice?
Mary: Houston.
Mandy: Does that mean you'd move?
George: Well, if I take it, yeah.
Missy: So, I'd start high school in Houston?
Mary: We know that would be a big change.
Missy: I'd get to be the new girl in a city with malls and a Six Flags.
George: We were worried you'd be upset.

George: It's nothing like that. I got a job offer from Rice.
Georgie: A-Roni?
George: University.
Georgie: You can understand the mistake.

Mary: Since everyone is here, there's something we want to talk to y'all about.
Missy: Oh, no, what's wrong now?
George: It isn't always bad news.
Sheldon: Last time we had a family meeting it was because Georgie got a girl pregnant out of wedlock.
Meemaw: Which was great news.
Mandy: Eventually.

George: I'm getting offered a coaching job at Rice.
Mary: Really?
George: Special teams.
Mary: Wow.
George: Yeah. And I... I know moving's a big deal, and-and it's okay if now's not the right time.
Mary: You should take it.
George: You sure?
Mary: Well... [sighs] I mean, Georgie and Mandy are out of the house, Sheldon's leaving soon, and Missy's starting a new school anyway. It seems like a good time to do this.
George: [stammers] What about your mom and CeeCee?
Mary: I'm not saying it's gonna be easy, but it's not that far away.
George: Yeah I guess, but...
Mary: George, you deserve this.
George: I mean, college ball... That's the dream.
Mary: Sounds like we're moving to Houston. [they hug and chuckle]

George: Oh, good. Was hoping to talk to you alone.
Mary: Okay.
George: Uh, you want to shut the door?
Mary: Uh-oh.
George: No, it's actually pretty exciting.
Mary: Oh, tell me.
George: And it's also a little scary.
Mary: George, just say it.

Sheldon: Do you know any comic book stores in Pasadena? I'm worried I'm not gonna find any as good as this one.
Nathan: I like to think a comic book store is only as good as the people who hang out in it.
Sheldon: Do you like the people who hang out in this one?
Nathan: No.
Sheldon: Mm. I also need to stock up on some more T-shirts while I'm here.
Nathan: Yeah, sure. I mean, you want to look bitchin'. It's another thing they say in SoCal.
Sheldon: I won't be saying that.
Nathan: Well, guess I'll see you around.
Sheldon: You probably won't.
Nathan: Okay.
Adult Sheldon: And I never saw him again.

Nathan: Hey, Sheldon, what's up?
Sheldon: I'm leaving soon and I want to remember this place exactly the way it is. Mister, could you move? I don't know you. [the man moves away] Better.
Nathan: Where you going?
Sheldon: California.
Nathan: Oh. Home of the San Diego Comic-Con. Rad. [chuckles] It's how they talk there.
Sheldon: I didn't realize I was gonna have to learn another language.
Nathan: Well, if I can do it, anyone can.
Sheldon: Hmm.