Young Sheldon

Abigail Baker? Here.

Georgie Cooper?

Here.

Sheldon Cooper?

Georgie, where's your brother?

I don't know.

Good enough for me. Melissa Dixon?

Since I no longer had a college class

with Dr. Sturgis to stoke my intellectual fire,

I needed to find someone else who was up to the task

of being my mentor.

A great mind.

A once-in-a-generation thinker.

Fortunately, my schedule was wide open.

School's in session.

Pastor Jeff, I just need your signature...

Oh. Uh, sorry.

I didn't realize you had a guest.

It's quite all right. You remember Robin?

Of course.

So nice to see you again. You, too.

Well, I don't want to interrupt. Actually,

I was just fixin' to head out.

Already? Yeah.

Discharged my firearm at a muskrat yesterday.

Lot of paperwork.

See you soon?

Yes, you will.

Bye, Mrs. Cooper.Bye.

That seems to be going well.

It's going really well.

I like her so much.

Why do you sound sad about it?

Well, this is hard for me to say out loud.

But when I'm around her, I find myself having...

you know.

I don't know.

Man thoughts.

Oh. But... you're the pastor.

You can't act on those.

Hence my sadness.

What are you gonna do?

I'm not sure.

I can't engage in a physical relationship

outside of holy matrimony.

Right?

Right.Right.

A solution is a homogenous mixture

consisting of a solute and a solvent.

The solute is the substance.

A squared plus B squared equals...?

Aw.

And Pastor Jeff asked me

to hold him accountable so he doesn't succumb to temptation.

Well, how the heck you do that?

I'm not sure.

Probably have to give him the stink eye every so often.

The pastor's been married before.

Is it really that big a deal?

Yes, George. It states very clearly in the Bible:

"Among you there must not be even a hintof..."

Sexual... immorality.

That book is a bummer sometimes.

It's no joke.

He could lose his job.

I guess I just don't get it.

Maybe because you only go to church when there's a bake sale.

That's not nice. It's true.

Doesn't make it nice.

Everything all right with Sheldon?

How much time you got?

Why? Hasn't been in P.E. since Monday.

Really? Mm-hmm.

He's here. I drove him.

You check the places they like to stuff him?

Lockers, trash cans,

those bags we put the footballs in.

Nothing.

Top of the flagpole? Nope.

Hey, Hubert.

Was Sheldon in class today?

Nope. Haven't seen him all week.

Weren't you gonna say anything?

I didn't want to jinx it.

So he hasn't been in any of your classes?

Mm-mm, not a one.Nope.

But I bring him here, I take him home...

He's got to be somewhere in the building.

Mm, I might've seen him in the library.

But at this point, I sometimes think

I see him when I'm alone in my house.

Like that creepy Chucky doll in the movies?

Exactly!

Hey, Tam. I can't find Sheldon.

You know where he is?

I promised not to say.

Tam... Lucky for you I'm weak.

Are you kidding me?

I knew Tam was weak.

What do you think you're doing?

Exploring the impact of the French invasion

on Imperial Russian society.

Well, get out of here.

You're going back to class.

No, I'm not.

Excuse me?

I don't learn anything in class.

But in here I've taught myself the applications

of gravitational lensing,

Faraday's law of magnetic induction,

and how to whistle.

Well, sound came out yesterday.

Y-You can't spend your day in a broom closet.

It's no longer a broom closet.

It's now a citadel of higher learning.

Which one says "Robin, I like you"

but also says "God is watching",

be cool"?

The blue one.

Mary, your husband's on the line.

Excuse me. Yeah, blue.

Definitely blue.

Although... Everything okay?

Sheldon locked himself in a broom closet,

and he's refusing to go to class.

What's he doing in a closet?

Apparently, learning about Russia.

Well, what do you want meto do?

I want you to handle it.

You're right there... Why can't you handle it?

'Cause I'm at work. So am I.

You know what I mean.

That you have a real job and I don't?

Mary, I have football practice in ten minutes, and I...

I don't have time to deal with this.

Well, you're gonna have to, 'cause I'm busy.

You tell him, sister.

The bolo tie's too sexy, right?

Knew it.

Hope you're happy... your mother and I are fighting now!

There's a closet, it... My son made a citadel.

Never mind.

Sheldon, go to your room.Gladly.

He's just gonna read in there.

I'd take away Professor Proton.

Stay out of this.

No more Professor Proton!

Aw.

That's how you do it.

I can't believe you didn't make him go to class.

You told me to handle it; I handled it.

That one's on you.

You didn't handle it. You didn't doanything.

I had to get to practice, and I made a decision.

He was in the building, he was safe, and he was learning.

He is never gonna improve his social skills

if he's sitting all alone.

He has to be around people.

Sounds like you know what he needs... go fix it.

'Cause I have to do everything, right?

Oh. Someone's sleeping on the couch tonight.

Get out of here!

Well, maybe Shel is

just acting out

'cause he doesn't have his college class

to go to anymore.

I could ask John's professor friend.

Maybe he'd let him sit in on a class.

And you are just bringing this up now?

I would've said something earlier,

but I was enjoying the fight.

Hello?

Hi, Dr. Linkletter.

It's Connie Tucker.Connie.

To what do I owe the pleasure?

I need a favor. Of course. Anything.

Should we discuss it over dinner?

I'll take a rain check on that.

I was hoping

that my grandson could join in your physics class

until John is, uh... back.

From the mental hospital?

Yes.

The one he never told you he'd been in before?

Yes.

A curious ethical choice on his part, if you ask me.

Can he take the class or not?

Of course.

Although, I never taught a child before.

Is he potty-trained?

What are you doing?

Watching last week's Professor Protonin my mind.

Moon Pie?

Good news. You could start going

to your college class again.

Dr. Sturgis is back?

No, but his friend Dr. Linkletter

is gonna let you come and take his class.

But I take Dr. Sturgis's class.

I know, but that's not an option