Young Sheldon

Dr. Sturgis will be joining us for dinner.

I thought he was in the nuthouse.

We do not call it that.

That's what Dad calls it.

I don't think we should be in a romantic relationship anymore.

Are you crazy?

I mean, poor choice of words, but

are you crazy?!

Did you know there's a, supercollider

being built in Waxahachie, Texas?

No.

I've taken a job there.

Well, I hope that you're ready

to hear him freak out when you tell him.

A supercollider?!

Well, you can't say no to that.

I give up.

Ooh, can you get me a bumper sticker?

I never cared for surprises.

My meemaw, on the other hand, thought they were "a hoot."

And it's a good thing, because instead of finding the paper

on her doorstep, she found...

What are you doing here?

I wanted to surprise you.

Mission accomplished.

Good.

So how's everything going with your supercollider?

Well, up until Wednesday

at 6:43, wonderful.

What happened at 6:43?

That's when they fired me.

What? Why did they fire you?

Probably because of what happened at 6:14.

So, Dr. Sturgis, what would you say

to local residents who are concerned

about the supercollider's safety?

Is there a chance that Waxahachie

could be the next Chernobyl?

Absolutely not.

The supercollider is very different

from a nuclear power plant.

This can't melt down.

The worst it could do would be

to create a microscopic black hole.

And what would that do?

Well, it's unlikely,

but, it could grow

until it swallowed up the entire Earth.

And possibly the Moon.

Next question.

Do you really think your supercollider

could make a black hole?

There is about

a one-in-a-trillion chance it could.

Friendly advice... next time somebody asks you if your work

could destroy the world,

just say no.

I'm not sure there's gonna be a next time.

What do you mean?

I've been doing science all my life.

It's time for something else.

Like what?

Maybe scrimshaw?

That's, carving art into whale bone.

You really want to spend your day carving a whale bone?

I don't know what else I'd do with it.

Come on, you're a scientist.

This is just silly.

Connie

I'm 72 and just lost my dream job.

Right now

I think I need to

take a step back.

The Texan in me wants to say get back on the horse.

But I won't.

It's so exciting he's back.

How did he look?

The same.

Good, I was afraid he might've shrunk more.

Although maybe you both shrunk and you couldn't tell.

Hey!

I'm still taller than you, so watch it.

It'll be great to have him back at the university.

Actually... doesn't sound like he's going back.

Why not?

He's a little upset about getting fired,

and... says he's ready for a change.

An old person trying something new? That's funny.

You'll be old one day, too, pal.

I already don't like new things.

Bring it on.

Why would I rehire him?

He just caused a panic about the supercollider.

They say there's no such thing as bad publicity.

That's a quote from P.T. Barnum. I don't care.

Do you care that the "P" stood for Phineas?

No.Then I won't tell you what the "T" stood for.

Great.Taylor.

Sheldon, Dr. Sturgis quit right before the semester started.

He left me in the lurch.

And this is your chance to be the bigger person.

I don't want to be the bigger person.

I'll be the small, petty person. That's way more fun.

Please? It would make me really happy if he came back.

And you said yourself my happiness is important

to the university.

Are you trying to manipulate me?

Hey, being small and petty is fun.

Anyway, Dr. Sturgis, we'd love

to have you back here.

What do you mean, "other job"?

What other job?

Hi, Mary.

Hey, John.

What are you doing here?

Well, I lost my job.

So while I'm figuring things out, I'm a bag boy.

Although at my age,

"boy" is pushing it.

Aren't you a little

overqualified?

Very.

Hey, why don't you join us for dinner this weekend.

Sheldon would love to see you.

That'd be wonderful.

Cleanup on aisle two.

That's me. Madge, can you finish up here?

I have a date with a mop.

He's really smart.

Thanks for inviting John to dinner tonight.

My pleasure.

I've been a little bit worried about him.

You know, with what happened last time.

At least he didn't seem unstable when I talked to him.

The man has a doctorate in science,

and he's filling people's grocery bags.

He actually did a really nice job.

He put the heavy things on the bottom.

He kept the cold things together.

Mary.

Well, they don't always do that.

I just hate to see him give up like this.

Who you talking about?

Dr. Sturgis.

What'd he give up?

Science.

He's working at a grocery store.

At least he didn't give up being weird.

He is also coming over

for dinner, so behave yourself.

I can behave at school or I can behave at home.

I can't do both.

Well, it's so wonderful to see you all.

Thank you for having me.

It's great to see you, too.

And, Mary, I believe I recognize

these tater tots

from when I packed them in your bag.

You're killing me.

So you work at the grocery store now?

I do.

Just out of curiosity, would you say I look 21?

I suppose.

And what nights do you work again?

He's not selling you beer.

Well, of course not.

I can't believe they would fire you

just for mentioning a theory about black holes.

It's just as well.

It was time this old horse was put out to pasture.

Don't say that.

You're not old.

He's not? No.

But look at his bald head. Eat your peas.

I can't understand why you wouldn't want

to come back to the university.

Science is a young man's game.

But we could work on something together.

If you average out our ages,

we're a lean, mean 41 and a half.

Still too old to be bagging groceries.

I know it's unorthodox,

but I'm enjoying it.

Tornado this time of year?

There's not a cloud in the sky.

Information is still coming in, but a black hole

has been detected in Waxahachie, Texas.

My Lord.

Sources report it was caused

by the supercollider.

The black hole is growing exponentially

across Texas, destroying everything in its path.

This is an emergency situation.

Repeat, this is an emergency situat

John, what do we do?

There's nothing we can do.

He's right. It's going to create a gravitational field

that'll consume everything around it.

Should we evacuate?

We can't. We could never outrun it.