Young Sheldon

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Why was Veronica Duncan hugging you?

Im tutoring her in trigonometry.

Just between us, shes a little slow.

Thats not what I heard.

Theres nobody at my house.

You want to come over?

Yes.

Whats that?

Some stupid haunted house

my mothers doing for the church.

Mr. Lundys scene about lust

made a deep impact on my brothers date.

She asked to be saved by Jesus.

I don't want to live like this anymore.

And as it turns out, she was.

Dear Lord Jesus, set me free.

In

Conquest of the Planet of the Apes,

we learned how humans taught the apes to become civilized.

Which I think should start with potty training,

but Im not a screenwriter.

Can you help me with my math homework?

No.

Please. Its really hard.

"It" isnt the problem.

Sheldon.

Fine, what are you working on?

Theres a number, then theres a line,

then theres another number under it.

Fractions?

Yes, fractions.

At that moment,

it occurred to me if I could teach mathematics

to someone as dull-witted as my sister,

I could create a race of superhumans

that would do my bidding.

And who wouldnt want that?

Please, Sheldon.

You know what, Missy? Id be happy to help you.

Thank you.

I am a mighty little man.

Try thinking of it this way: imagine a pie.

The number on the bottom of the fraction

is how many pieces the pie has been sliced into.

What kind of pie is it?

Doesnt matter.

But it would help me picture it

if I knew the kind of pie.

Fine, its banana cream.

I don't like banana cream.

Okay, what kind of pie would you like it to be?

What about those little apple pies from McDonalds?

Sure.

I burned my mouth on one of those.

Didnt stop me. I still ate it.

Veronica. Hi.

Hey, Georgie.

You-you changed your hair.

I did.

Its shorter.

It is.

I like it.

Thank-thanks.

You here to see me?

I-Im here for your moms Bible study.

Oh, sure, of course.

Im glad you could join us.

Come in, wont you?

Youre part of the group, too?

Faith, the Bible, God, Im nuts for that stuff.

So one-fourth of the 12 pieces of pie is...?

Three?

Yes.

And one-third of the 12 pieces is...?

Four?

Yes. Now how much is one-third of the pie plus

one-fourth of the pie?

Well, three plus four is seven, but theres 12 pieces,

so seven-twelve-iths.

Its twelfths. And yes.

I did it.

- Actually, - I - did it.

In less than ten minutes, I taught fractions to a monkey.

Welcome, Veronica. Were so glad to have you.

What are you doing?

Whats it look like? Im here for Bible study.

Did you just take a shower?

No.

You did, too.

So I want to be clean for Jesus. Get off my back.

Interesting.

Georgie, if you want to be a good Christian,

maybe you should stop lying through your teeth.

Just be happy I brushed them, okay?

Hmm... Okay.

All done. Thanks.

While were here, would you like me

to introduce you to algebra?

Al who?

Oh, boy.

Its not a person, its an ancient Arabic method

of finding the value of variables.

Oh. Nah.

Clearly, I needed a more sophisticated technique

to motivate my simian sister.

Are you sure?

If you learn a little algebra, I'll give you a banana.

All right, now were reading from Matthew 4.

Georgie, why don't you get us started on verse 17?

Me?

Yes, you.

Oh. Okay.

Um... Verse 17...

Verse 17...

Give me a minute.

Here.

Bless you.

Okay, here we go. "From that time,

"Jesus began to preach and say Repent,

"c-change your inner self, your old way of thinking,

"regret past sins,

"live your life in a way that proves repentance:

seek Gods purpose for your life."

Powerful stuff.

Can I get an amen?

Amen.

Amen.

Need any help there, Sheldon?

Im looking

for some books on education theory.

What for?

Im trying

to develop a technique to teach someone

who falls into the conventional category of "stupid."

Oh. Well, now, theres a wide range of stupid.

Can you narrow it down?

She wrote a fan letter to Alf.

Got it. So youre looking to make a pretty radical change.

Well, ideally, Id like to wipe my sisters brain clean

and start over, but my mom wouldnt like that.

Yeah. Moms are no fun.

Hey, Veronica.

Georgie.

So, listen,

I was doing my prayers last night and, uh,

you wont believe it, but I think God spoke to me.

Really? What did he say?

Well, I couldnt understand

all of it, cause it was in an ancient language,

but the part I did understand

is he wants us to spend more time together.

Doing what?

Oh, you know, praying, helping the needy.

Your usual Christian activities.

Well, Im okay with that.

Good. So you, me and God, well hang out.

Sounds good.

Okay. See you later.

See you.

I may be going to hell.

So youre hoping to create an army

of super-intelligent children who will do your bidding?

In a perfect world, yes.

You should spend more time with my mother.

Thats her goal, too.

Ooh, this is interesting.

According to Socrates, all knowledge exists

within the student and just needs to be drawn out

through skillful questioning.

Are you saying I knew that before you even said it?

I don't know, did you?

Well, according

to Socrates, you do know and the answers inside you.

Well, then, ask me a skillful question to draw it out.

Do you know if I knew before I knew?

No.

Hey, it works.

It does.

Im recording my findings

so that future generations of mankind can understand

the steps I took to create homo novus,

"new man."

Of course, theres a strong likelihood that my

homo novi

mightve wiped out all future generations,

so I have no idea whos watching this.

What are you doing in here?

Im keeping a video diary of my experiment to create

homo novus.

- Homo - what?

Novus.

Its Latin. It means "new man."

Oh. I guess thats okay.

Y-Your moms at church. W-What do you want for dinner?

I believe you know what I want for dinner.

Is that right?

Its Thursday.

What does Mom always make me on Thursdays?

Spaghetti and hot dogs?