1 00:00:04,671 --> 00:00:06,840 Oh, boy. 2 00:00:08,050 --> 00:00:09,092 What? 3 00:00:09,259 --> 00:00:14,181 I can't comment without violating our agreement that I not criticize your work. 4 00:00:14,348 --> 00:00:19,353 - Then what was "oh, boy"? - Great restraint on my part. 5 00:00:19,770 --> 00:00:21,939 There's nothing wrong with the science here. 6 00:00:22,105 --> 00:00:26,693 Perhaps you mean a different thing than I do when you say "science." 7 00:00:33,575 --> 00:00:34,785 Okay, how's that? 8 00:00:35,202 --> 00:00:37,579 You actually had it right in the first place. 9 00:00:38,956 --> 00:00:43,043 Once again, you've fallen for one of my classic pranks. 10 00:00:43,210 --> 00:00:44,461 Buzzinga. 11 00:00:49,883 --> 00:00:52,010 Well, now, here's a peculiar e-mail. 12 00:00:52,177 --> 00:00:56,306 The president of the university wants me to meet him at his office at 8 am. 13 00:00:56,473 --> 00:00:59,518 - —Why? - Doesn't say. Must be an emergency. 14 00:00:59,685 --> 00:01:02,354 Everyone at the university knows I eat breakfast at 8... 15 00:01:02,521 --> 00:01:04,815 And move my bowels at 8:20. 16 00:01:05,983 --> 00:01:09,027 Yes, how did we live before Twitter? 17 00:01:10,821 --> 00:01:13,240 I guess you'll find out what it is in the morning. 18 00:01:13,407 --> 00:01:15,075 That's 14 hours away. 19 00:01:15,242 --> 00:01:19,204 For the next 840 minutes, I'm effectively one of Heisenberg's particles. 20 00:01:19,371 --> 00:01:22,499 I know where I am or how fast I'm going, but I can't know both. 21 00:01:22,666 --> 00:01:24,585 Yet how am I supposed to carry on... 22 00:01:24,751 --> 00:01:27,671 With this huge annoying thing hovering over my head? 23 00:01:28,130 --> 00:01:29,506 Yeah, I know the feeling. 24 00:01:55,616 --> 00:01:58,535 Leonard. Leonard. 25 00:01:58,702 --> 00:01:59,745 Leonard. 26 00:02:00,579 --> 00:02:02,623 Sheldon, it's 2:00 in the morning. 27 00:02:02,789 --> 00:02:06,168 Why does everybody keep telling me what time it is? 28 00:02:06,335 --> 00:02:09,212 - Everybody? - You, the president of the university... 29 00:02:09,379 --> 00:02:11,548 His wife, their sullen teenage daughter. 30 00:02:11,715 --> 00:02:17,596 That entire family is fascinated by what time it is and whether people know it. 31 00:02:17,804 --> 00:02:20,849 You went to president seibert's house in the middle of the night? 32 00:02:21,016 --> 00:02:23,935 He didn't respond to my e-mail, his phone number is unlisted. 33 00:02:24,102 --> 00:02:26,521 Tell me what my other option was. 34 00:02:26,688 --> 00:02:28,982 You could have waited until morning. 35 00:02:29,149 --> 00:02:31,902 I know, look who I'm talking to. 36 00:02:33,111 --> 00:02:36,823 Remember the Grant proposal I submitted to the national science foundation... 37 00:02:36,990 --> 00:02:39,993 To detect slow-moving monopoles at the magnetic north pole? 38 00:02:40,160 --> 00:02:43,747 Hardly a day goes by when I don't think about it. 39 00:02:43,955 --> 00:02:45,415 Oh, how nice. 40 00:02:45,582 --> 00:02:47,959 Well, a space opened up at the last minute... 41 00:02:48,126 --> 00:02:51,505 On the nsf expedition to the arctic circle. 42 00:02:51,672 --> 00:02:53,256 Wait a minute. 43 00:02:53,465 --> 00:02:55,092 [Toilet flushes] 44 00:02:56,343 --> 00:02:58,303 He offered to send you to the north pole? 45 00:02:58,470 --> 00:03:01,139 Yes. In fact, he was quite enthusiastic. 46 00:03:01,640 --> 00:03:05,102 He said, "frankly, if I could send you tonight, I would." 47 00:03:06,937 --> 00:03:08,980 Okay. Well, do you wanna go? 48 00:03:09,147 --> 00:03:11,900 Of course not. I'm a theoretical physicist. 49 00:03:12,067 --> 00:03:15,946 A career I chose in no small part because it's indoors. 50 00:03:16,530 --> 00:03:20,075 But if I'm able to detect slow-moving magnetic monopoles there... 51 00:03:20,242 --> 00:03:22,911 I will be the scientist who confirmed string theory 52 00:03:23,078 --> 00:03:24,996 and people will write books about me. 53 00:03:25,163 --> 00:03:30,419 Third graders will create macaroni-art dioramas depicting scenes from my life. 54 00:03:31,002 --> 00:03:35,090 Sure. Maybe a tableau of me trying to pummel you to death. 55 00:03:35,882 --> 00:03:37,592 Sarcasm? 56 00:03:37,759 --> 00:03:39,469 Maybe. 57 00:03:40,345 --> 00:03:42,431 I am on the horns of a dilemma. 58 00:03:42,597 --> 00:03:46,601 Can you imagine me, Sheldon Cooper, at the north pole? 59 00:03:46,768 --> 00:03:48,729 Easy peasy. I'm doing it right now. 60 00:03:49,980 --> 00:03:51,940 I'm not good with cold, Leonard. 61 00:03:52,107 --> 00:03:54,443 How often have we had to leave a movie theater... 62 00:03:54,609 --> 00:03:57,988 Because I got a headache from drinking the icee too fast? 63 00:03:58,238 --> 00:04:00,240 - I can't go. - Then don't go. 64 00:04:00,407 --> 00:04:04,828 How can you say that? The scientific opportunity of a lifetime presents itself... 65 00:04:04,995 --> 00:04:07,164 My best friend says, "don't go." 66 00:04:07,330 --> 00:04:10,375 - All right, then go. - Listen to you. 67 00:04:12,502 --> 00:04:14,504 How can I possibly go? 68 00:04:14,671 --> 00:04:16,423 What are the words I can say now... 69 00:04:16,590 --> 00:04:19,259 To end this conversation and let me go back to sleep? 70 00:04:19,760 --> 00:04:24,723 Odd. President seibert posed the exact same question. 71 00:04:26,057 --> 00:04:27,309 How was it resolved? 72 00:04:27,476 --> 00:04:31,938 It wasn't. His wife set their dogs on me and rendered the question moot. 73 00:04:33,774 --> 00:04:36,026 Just imagine. If he says yes... 74 00:04:36,193 --> 00:04:39,780 We'll have an entire summer without Sheldon. 75 00:04:40,739 --> 00:04:43,116 We could play outside. 76 00:04:44,326 --> 00:04:46,912 We could sit on the left side of the couch. 77 00:04:47,078 --> 00:04:49,790 I could use the bathroom at 8:20. 78 00:04:53,710 --> 00:04:56,421 Our dreams are very small, aren't they? 79 00:04:58,423 --> 00:05:01,968 Good news, gentlemen. I have tentatively accepted... 80 00:05:02,177 --> 00:05:04,054 All: Yeah! 81 00:05:08,099 --> 00:05:11,019 The invitation to join the arctic expedition. 82 00:05:11,436 --> 00:05:14,606 - It's not gonna be the same without you. - We're gonna miss you. 83 00:05:14,773 --> 00:05:18,276 Thank you, but your sentiments may be premature. 84 00:05:18,443 --> 00:05:20,862 Oh, I don't like where this is going. 85 00:05:21,029 --> 00:05:22,989 I would like to propose... 86 00:05:23,907 --> 00:05:26,284 That the three of you accompany me. 87 00:05:26,451 --> 00:05:30,080 - To the north pole? - Yes. 88 00:05:30,247 --> 00:05:33,416 Is this just so we won't touch your stuff while you're away? 89 00:05:35,043 --> 00:05:37,379 I'll admit that was a concern. 90 00:05:37,546 --> 00:05:42,217 But the fact is, I'll need a support team and the three of you are my first choice. 91 00:05:42,384 --> 00:05:45,011 - Really? - Others might be more qualified... 92 00:05:45,178 --> 00:05:48,306 But the thought of interviewing them gave me a stomachache. 93 00:05:49,140 --> 00:05:51,518 I know I'm proposing an enormous undertaking... 94 00:05:51,685 --> 00:05:54,729 So why don't you take a few moments to discuss it? 95 00:05:56,648 --> 00:05:59,609 We're not really gonna go to the north pole with him, are we? 96 00:05:59,776 --> 00:06:02,237 Sheldon: I'm still within earshot. 97 00:06:02,696 --> 00:06:05,657 You may wanna wait for my door to close. 98 00:06:05,824 --> 00:06:06,867 [Door closes] 99 00:06:07,075 --> 00:06:10,161 We're not really gonna go to the north pole with him, are we? 100 00:06:10,328 --> 00:06:14,249 Hang on, let's talk about it. This is a national science foundation expedition. 101 00:06:14,416 --> 00:06:16,376 I don't know how we can turn it down. 102 00:06:16,543 --> 00:06:20,547 Easy. Instead of saying, "no, we don't wanna go on an nsf expedition," say: 103 00:06:20,714 --> 00:06:24,342 "No, we don't wanna spend three months stuck in a cabin in the arctic circle... 104 00:06:24,509 --> 00:06:26,595 With an anal nutbag." 105 00:06:27,220 --> 00:06:30,557 But if we were part of the team that confirmed string theory... 106 00:06:30,724 --> 00:06:34,060 We could drink for free in any bar, in any college town... 107 00:06:34,227 --> 00:06:38,148 With a university that has a strong science program. 108 00:06:38,690 --> 00:06:41,401 Howard, this is big science. You could be the engineer... 109 00:06:41,568 --> 00:06:44,779 Who builds the equipment that puts us on the cover of magazines. 110 00:06:44,946 --> 00:06:49,993 I could also be the engineer who builds the crossbow that kills Sheldon. 111 00:06:53,413 --> 00:06:56,124 You still might get on a magazine. 112 00:06:57,334 --> 00:07:00,921 - You guys are seriously considering this? - Yes. 113 00:07:01,087 --> 00:07:05,091 - You think you can put up with Sheldon? - Well, I'm a hind... 114 00:07:05,258 --> 00:07:10,096 My religion teaches that if we suffer in this life, we are rewarded in the next. 115 00:07:10,263 --> 00:07:12,891 Three months at the north pole with Sheldon... 116 00:07:13,058 --> 00:07:16,853 And I'm reborn as a well-hung billionaire with wings. 117 00:07:23,693 --> 00:07:26,363 Well, gentlemen, have you reached a decision? 118 00:07:27,072 --> 00:07:30,200 - I'm in. - Me too. 119 00:07:31,701 --> 00:07:33,495 Damn it. Peer pressure. Fine. 120 00:07:35,121 --> 00:07:38,750 Excellent. And just an fyi, as I am the expedition's team leader... 121 00:07:38,917 --> 00:07:42,170 Protocol dictates that be phrased, "fine, sir." 122 00:07:42,337 --> 00:07:45,465 But don't worry, there will be a briefing. 123 00:07:53,682 --> 00:07:54,724 Penny? 124 00:07:54,891 --> 00:07:55,934 [Knocking] 125 00:07:56,101 --> 00:07:57,644 Penny: Sheldon? 126 00:08:04,025 --> 00:08:06,945 - Penny? - [Knocking] Sheldon? 127 00:08:08,446 --> 00:08:09,823 - Penny. - [Knocking] Sheldon. 128 00:08:09,990 --> 00:08:11,783 - Penny. - [Knocking] Sheldon. 129 00:08:11,950 --> 00:08:13,868 - Penny. - [Knocking] Sheldon. 130 00:08:14,035 --> 00:08:15,787 Penny! 131 00:08:15,996 --> 00:08:17,706 - What do you want? - I need access... 132 00:08:17,872 --> 00:08:20,125 To the cheesecake factory's walk-in freezer. 133 00:08:20,291 --> 00:08:21,751 Honey, I already told you... 134 00:08:21,918 --> 00:08:25,588 The hamburger meat is fresh and stored at a safe temperature. 135 00:08:26,006 --> 00:08:31,219 No, this is to train for a three-month expedition to the magnetic north pole. 136 00:08:31,761 --> 00:08:32,971 What? 137 00:08:33,138 --> 00:08:36,558 I don't know how that sentence could possibly confuse you... 138 00:08:38,101 --> 00:08:40,729 But to elaborate, I am going to the arctic circle... 139 00:08:40,895 --> 00:08:42,981 With Leonard, Wolowitz, and Koothrappali. 140 00:08:43,148 --> 00:08:44,941 - You're all going? - Yes. 141 00:08:45,108 --> 00:08:46,526 - For three months? - Yes. 142 00:08:47,318 --> 00:08:49,279 Excuse me. 143 00:08:50,989 --> 00:08:53,033 Wait, is that a yes or a no on the freezer? 144 00:08:53,199 --> 00:08:56,661 That woman has the attention span of a gnat. 145 00:08:57,287 --> 00:09:00,582 Hey, Leonard. Sheldon says you're going to the north pole. 146 00:09:00,749 --> 00:09:02,042 Yeah. Pretty cool, huh? 147 00:09:02,208 --> 00:09:05,086 Yeah, I'm just a little surprised you didn't tell me. 148 00:09:05,253 --> 00:09:06,921 Well, it all happened kind of fast. 149 00:09:07,088 --> 00:09:10,008 And we had to get physicals and buy thermal unden/vear... 150 00:09:10,175 --> 00:09:12,969 And study up on, you know, snow and stuff. 151 00:09:14,554 --> 00:09:17,640 - Sorry, I was gonna tell you. - No, you don't have to apologize. 152 00:09:17,807 --> 00:09:21,061 There's no reason you have to tell me. I was just surprised. 153 00:09:21,227 --> 00:09:23,980 You were busy, you were surprised, all very fascinating. 154 00:09:24,147 --> 00:09:25,940 Now, where do we stand on the freezer? 155 00:09:27,025 --> 00:09:28,276 Is he serious? 156 00:09:28,651 --> 00:09:30,153 Actually, it would help. 157 00:09:30,862 --> 00:09:33,031 All right, I'll see what I can do. 158 00:09:33,198 --> 00:09:36,284 So, wow, three months at the north pole. 159 00:09:36,451 --> 00:09:39,913 - Wow, that is awesome. - Yeah. 160 00:09:40,080 --> 00:09:45,085 Sorry but at what point do you put this "see what you can do" plan into action? 161 00:09:46,336 --> 00:09:51,341 Just a warning, Sheldon. The freezer locks from the outside. 162 00:09:55,762 --> 00:10:00,141 - Did she seem upset to you? - No. Did she seem upset to you? 163 00:10:00,308 --> 00:10:02,685 - No. - Oh, good, I got it right. 164 00:10:04,979 --> 00:10:06,022 Are you upset? 165 00:10:07,315 --> 00:10:08,358 A little bit. 166 00:10:08,525 --> 00:10:11,111 Two for two. I'm on fire. 167 00:10:13,196 --> 00:10:17,075 She's not my girlfriend but wouldn't you think she'd feel a little bad... 168 00:10:17,242 --> 00:10:19,744 That I'm gonna be gone for the whole summer? 169 00:10:19,911 --> 00:10:22,163 That feels like a bonus question. 170 00:10:23,248 --> 00:10:26,876 I'm gonna stop here while I'm ahead but I've had a great time. 171 00:10:38,429 --> 00:10:43,726 All right, and the purpose of this drill is to acclimate us to the use of tools... 172 00:10:43,893 --> 00:10:47,230 In extreme temperatures such as we will face in the arctic circle. 173 00:10:47,397 --> 00:10:48,857 Then where are your tools? 174 00:10:49,023 --> 00:10:51,192 Right here. 175 00:10:52,068 --> 00:10:54,445 All right, team, open up your practice kits. 176 00:10:54,654 --> 00:10:58,408 As the university did not permit me to bring the equipment we'll be using... 177 00:10:58,575 --> 00:11:03,079 To the cheesecake factory, because apparently, I'm ridiculous... 178 00:11:03,246 --> 00:11:06,875 I've provided substitutes which will exercise your fine motor skills. 179 00:11:07,041 --> 00:11:10,920 Leonard, you will be doing a series of complex mathematical problems... 180 00:11:11,087 --> 00:11:15,049 On a vintage casio model 1175 calculator watch I received... 181 00:11:15,216 --> 00:11:18,553 When I won the earth science medal in third grade. 182 00:11:19,554 --> 00:11:21,890 Treat it with respect. 183 00:11:22,390 --> 00:11:26,394 Raj, you will be painting sideburns and a vandyke... 184 00:11:26,561 --> 00:11:29,564 On a 6-inch figurine of Legolas the elf. 185 00:11:29,731 --> 00:11:33,568 Now, remember, a vandyke is a goatee without a mustache. 186 00:11:34,569 --> 00:11:38,990 Wolowitz, you will be completing a series of delicate surgical procedures... 187 00:11:39,199 --> 00:11:42,827 On the classic children's game, operation. 188 00:11:45,622 --> 00:11:51,961 To begin with, you will remove funny bone for $200. 189 00:11:52,962 --> 00:11:55,632 For this, I went to mit. 190 00:11:56,216 --> 00:11:57,300 And begin. 191 00:11:59,594 --> 00:12:01,804 [Grunting & gagging] 192 00:12:02,597 --> 00:12:05,350 I think I swallowed some paint. 193 00:12:05,516 --> 00:12:09,145 I can't press any of the buttons with my gloves. 194 00:12:09,479 --> 00:12:12,482 Oh, son of a bitch. 195 00:12:12,649 --> 00:12:15,276 Adversity is to be expected. Continue. 196 00:12:15,443 --> 00:12:16,486 [Buzz] 197 00:12:16,653 --> 00:12:18,780 Oh, boy, am I gonna get sued. 198 00:12:19,489 --> 00:12:21,324 - Okay, I can't do this. - Me either. 199 00:12:21,491 --> 00:12:24,327 Gentlemen, use your imagination. Innovate. 200 00:12:24,494 --> 00:12:29,332 Did Han Solo let Luke Skywalker freeze to death on the ice planet of hoth? 201 00:12:29,499 --> 00:12:34,837 No, he cut open a tauntaun and used its internal body heat to warm him up. 202 00:12:35,296 --> 00:12:37,966 You heard the man. Hold him down and I'll cut him open. 203 00:12:38,132 --> 00:12:42,053 Hang on. I know I don't possess the tools of leadership, but I don't understand... 204 00:12:42,262 --> 00:12:46,641 Why we can't assemble the equipment inside the hut and then take it outside. 205 00:12:47,892 --> 00:12:49,811 I hadn't thought of that. 206 00:12:52,063 --> 00:12:54,190 I guess we're done here. 207 00:12:58,194 --> 00:13:01,322 Here, drink-slash-eat this. 208 00:13:02,031 --> 00:13:05,076 - What is it? - It's hot chocolate with a stick of butter. 209 00:13:07,078 --> 00:13:08,538 Okay, why? 210 00:13:08,705 --> 00:13:10,832 In the frigid temperatures in the arctic... 211 00:13:10,999 --> 00:13:14,544 We need to consume 5000 calories a day to maintain our body weight. 212 00:13:14,711 --> 00:13:17,380 You know I can't eat butter. I'm lactose intolerant. 213 00:13:17,547 --> 00:13:21,092 Way ahead of you. That's an I can't believe it's not butter! Stick. 214 00:13:21,592 --> 00:13:24,512 But, mommy, all the other guys are going to the north pole. 215 00:13:24,679 --> 00:13:26,848 I don't care what the other guys are doing. 216 00:13:27,015 --> 00:13:29,267 If the other guys jumped in the bay of bengal... 217 00:13:29,434 --> 00:13:31,728 And tried to swim to Sri Lanka, would you? 218 00:13:31,894 --> 00:13:35,064 If you were standing behind me nagging, I might. 219 00:13:35,606 --> 00:13:38,901 Don't talk back to your mother. This trip is much too dangerous. 220 00:13:39,068 --> 00:13:42,238 No, it's not. Howard, tell them. 221 00:13:42,572 --> 00:13:46,200 Dr. and Mrs. Koothrappali, namaste. 222 00:13:47,535 --> 00:13:48,953 I understand you're concerned. 223 00:13:49,120 --> 00:13:52,206 If it'll make you feel better, my mother is fine with me going. 224 00:13:52,373 --> 00:13:56,961 And this is a woman who kept a safety rail on my bed until I was 17. 225 00:13:57,128 --> 00:14:00,882 So she has no problem with her son being eaten by a walrus? 226 00:14:01,049 --> 00:14:02,967 That's very unlikely, Mrs. Koothrappali. 227 00:14:03,134 --> 00:14:06,637 If raj dies, it'll be from frostbite, gangrene, acute sunburn... 228 00:14:06,846 --> 00:14:10,641 Or being ripped to shreds by a 1500-pound polar bear. 229 00:14:11,267 --> 00:14:14,103 Ma, I'm putting you on speakerphone with raj's parents. 230 00:14:14,270 --> 00:14:17,732 Can you tell them that you're okay with me going to the arctic? 231 00:14:17,899 --> 00:14:22,445 Mrs. Wolowitz [on speakerphone]: Arctic? I thought you said Arkansas. 232 00:14:23,780 --> 00:14:26,240 I didn't say that. You never listen to me. 233 00:14:26,407 --> 00:14:27,950 He doesn't tell me anything. 234 00:14:28,117 --> 00:14:32,288 He lives a secret life because he's ashamed. 235 00:14:33,081 --> 00:14:35,083 Hey, Leonard, can I talk to you for a sec? 236 00:14:35,249 --> 00:14:39,921 Sure, but let's go out here where there's a little less yelling and guilt. 237 00:14:40,463 --> 00:14:41,756 What's up? 238 00:14:41,923 --> 00:14:44,258 Well, I got you a little going-away present. 239 00:14:44,425 --> 00:14:47,637 - Oh, a blanket. - Oh, no, no. Not just a blanket. 240 00:14:47,804 --> 00:14:50,681 See, it has sleeves. 241 00:14:57,146 --> 00:15:01,025 So you can, you know, be all snoodled up while you do your science stuff. 242 00:15:01,192 --> 00:15:04,612 Oh, wow. Cool. 243 00:15:05,488 --> 00:15:07,407 I'm gonna miss you. 244 00:15:14,997 --> 00:15:17,125 - See you later. - Bye. 245 00:15:21,963 --> 00:15:24,841 Mrs. Koothrappali: I told you no. Why don't you believe me? 246 00:15:25,007 --> 00:15:27,385 Mrs. Wolowitz: Because it doesn't make sense to me. 247 00:15:27,552 --> 00:15:30,513 How can it be that in the entire country of India... 248 00:15:30,680 --> 00:15:34,350 There isn't one outback steakhouse? 249 00:15:39,564 --> 00:15:41,232 [Knocking] 250 00:15:41,441 --> 00:15:42,859 Sheldon. 251 00:15:43,025 --> 00:15:46,529 - Sheldon? - I want a cookie, meemaw. 252 00:15:48,823 --> 00:15:52,368 - Sheldon, it's me. - But meemaw just made cookies. 253 00:15:54,162 --> 00:15:57,206 Listen, I don't know if I can go on the expedition. 254 00:15:57,373 --> 00:16:00,710 - What? - I don't think I can go to the north pole. 255 00:16:00,877 --> 00:16:05,256 Okay. Leonard, I know you're concerned about disappointing me... 256 00:16:05,465 --> 00:16:08,092 I want you to take comfort from the knowledge... 257 00:16:08,259 --> 00:16:11,721 That my expectations of you are very low. 258 00:16:12,597 --> 00:16:14,724 Yeah, that's very comforting. 259 00:16:14,891 --> 00:16:16,601 Comforting is a part of leadership. 260 00:16:16,767 --> 00:16:19,854 It's not a part I care for but such is my burden. 261 00:16:20,021 --> 00:16:23,733 Terrific. It's just that I don't think penny wants me to go. 262 00:16:24,233 --> 00:16:28,029 Assuming that's a valid reason not to go, which it isn't... 263 00:16:28,571 --> 00:16:31,240 How do you know this? Did she say it? 264 00:16:31,574 --> 00:16:33,034 Not exactly. 265 00:16:33,201 --> 00:16:36,412 But she said she was gonna miss me and she gave me this. 266 00:16:39,582 --> 00:16:42,210 - What is it? - It's a blanket with sleeves. 267 00:16:42,376 --> 00:16:45,254 Oh, that's clever. 268 00:16:47,215 --> 00:16:49,050 Let me see if I understand this. 269 00:16:49,217 --> 00:16:53,387 Her missing you, is an emotional state you find desirable. 270 00:16:54,055 --> 00:16:55,723 - Yes, obviously. - All right. 271 00:16:55,890 --> 00:16:59,727 Well, given that missing you is predicated on you leaving... 272 00:16:59,894 --> 00:17:03,231 Logic dictates you must leave. 273 00:17:04,148 --> 00:17:07,276 Yes, okay, but I'm gonna be gone for three months. 274 00:17:07,443 --> 00:17:10,613 What if she doesn't miss me that long and she meets someone else? 275 00:17:11,405 --> 00:17:14,659 She does have a short attention span. 276 00:17:14,825 --> 00:17:17,662 - So I can't go. - Leonard, you may be right. 277 00:17:17,828 --> 00:17:20,456 It appears that penny secretly wants you in her life... 278 00:17:20,623 --> 00:17:23,251 In a very intimate and carnal fashion. 279 00:17:24,293 --> 00:17:27,129 - You really think so? - Of course not. 280 00:17:29,423 --> 00:17:31,092 Even in my sleep-deprived state... 281 00:17:31,259 --> 00:17:34,845 I've managed to pull off another one of my classic pranks. 282 00:17:35,471 --> 00:17:37,181 Buzzinga. 283 00:17:44,772 --> 00:17:48,109 - Oh, Leonard, what time is it? - Seven am. I'm sorry it's early. 284 00:17:48,276 --> 00:17:50,695 But we're leaving soon and I needed to talk to you. 285 00:17:50,861 --> 00:17:52,280 Okay. 286 00:17:52,947 --> 00:17:55,950 What did you mean when you said you were going to miss me? 287 00:17:57,868 --> 00:18:02,331 I don't know. You'll be gone and I'll notice. 288 00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:08,087 Okay. Well, what about this? What does this mean? 289 00:18:08,838 --> 00:18:13,593 Wine, a credit card and late-night television are a bad combination? 290 00:18:15,094 --> 00:18:16,137 All right, fine. 291 00:18:16,304 --> 00:18:19,515 What about that really long hug? What did that mean? 292 00:18:20,600 --> 00:18:22,018 That wasn't a long hug. 293 00:18:22,518 --> 00:18:26,147 It was at least five mississippis. 294 00:18:26,814 --> 00:18:31,652 A standard hug is two mississippis, tops. 295 00:18:33,112 --> 00:18:36,115 Leonard, I don't know what to tell you. It was just a hug. 296 00:18:37,158 --> 00:18:39,035 - Glad we cleared that up. - Yeah. 297 00:18:39,201 --> 00:18:41,329 - I guess I'll see you. - Okay. 298 00:18:41,495 --> 00:18:44,206 - Have a safe trip. - Thank you. 299 00:18:44,540 --> 00:18:46,042 - Bye. - Okay, bye. 300 00:18:50,212 --> 00:18:51,380 [Sighs] 301 00:18:51,547 --> 00:18:54,342 It means I wish you weren't going. 302 00:19:00,056 --> 00:19:02,058 [Wind howling] 303 00:19:04,518 --> 00:19:06,312 - Damn it. - What? 304 00:19:06,520 --> 00:19:08,522 We're out of ice. 305 00:19:09,607 --> 00:19:13,444 All right, we begin initial assembly and deployment of the testing equipment... 306 00:19:13,611 --> 00:19:18,532 Starting tomorrow at 0700 hours, but until then, you are all off duty. 307 00:19:19,075 --> 00:19:21,452 I suggest you keep the shenanigans to a minimum... 308 00:19:21,619 --> 00:19:24,955 As medical help is 18 hours away by dogsled. 309 00:19:25,748 --> 00:19:28,584 - What are you working on? - Crossbow. 310 00:19:31,087 --> 00:19:33,255 Hey, guys, can I just say something? 311 00:19:33,422 --> 00:19:36,258 How about we take a moment to think about where we are? 312 00:19:36,425 --> 00:19:39,261 I mean, this is literally the top of the world. 313 00:19:39,428 --> 00:19:41,931 Only a handful of people in all of human history... 314 00:19:42,098 --> 00:19:44,141 Will ever see what we are going to see. 315 00:19:45,184 --> 00:19:47,353 - He's right. - Yeah, wow. 316 00:19:47,561 --> 00:19:50,064 It is remarkable. 317 00:19:51,357 --> 00:19:53,526 So who's up for a movie? 318 00:19:53,693 --> 00:19:55,111 Good idea. What do you think? 319 00:19:55,277 --> 00:19:58,531 Ice station zebra or John carpenter's the thing? 320 00:19:58,698 --> 00:20:01,617 - I say double feature. - Dinner's ready. 321 00:20:01,867 --> 00:20:05,413 - Sheldon: What are we having? - Reconstituted Thai food. 322 00:20:05,955 --> 00:20:08,457 Did you bring the dehydrated low-sodium soy sauce? 323 00:20:08,624 --> 00:20:10,334 - Check. - Freeze-dried spicy mustard? 324 00:20:10,501 --> 00:20:13,921 - Check. - And flash-frozen brown rice, not white? 325 00:20:14,130 --> 00:20:17,633 - Uh, oh. Sorry. - Not to worry. 326 00:20:19,009 --> 00:20:20,302 [Laughs] 327 00:20:21,512 --> 00:20:23,264 Buzzinga. 328 00:20:27,852 --> 00:20:30,146 You're in my spot. 329 00:20:38,446 --> 00:20:42,324 There's no time for a crossbow, find me an icicle. 330 00:20:45,411 --> 00:20:49,415 Sheldon: Three months. This is gonna be great. 331 00:21:15,733 --> 00:21:17,735 [English - us - sdh]