RRaj
Well, does that take me back.
Yeah, the two of us, cruising around town looking for women,
RRaj
Looking and looking and looking. Remember that time one looked back and said hi?
Oh yeah. We drove away so fast.
S12 E19The Inspiration Deprivation
I'm sorry. I know you're upset and I don't know how to make it better.
I don't know how you can either, I mean, I don't know if anybody can. I just... I feel like I'm letting everybody down.
I'm about to hold you. Would you like to smell my hand first?
I'm fine. [They embrace.] [Sigh] Thank you.
[singing] Soft kitty, warm kitty, little ball of fur. Happy kitty, sleepy kitty, purr, purr, purr.
That helps.
Shh, I'm singing.
Oh.
[singing] Soft kitty, warm kitty, little ball of fur...
S12 E20The Decision Reverberation
He is a textbook satisficer.
That's not even a word.
Uh, yes it is. According to Nobel Prize winning economist Herbert Simon, satisficing is the decision-making strategy whereby a person accepts wherever available option is satisfactory rather than seeking out the action that would make him happiest, as I just did when I explained what satisficing is.
If this is what he wants, he should ask for it. I mean, what's the worst that happens? They say no.
Well, I'm not going to let them say no. If they don't want me to quit, this is what it's gonna take.
Wait, you're gonna quit.
Yeah, it's like you said, I have to go after what I want, and if I can't get that at Caltech, there are plenty of other universities in the world.
In the world? I can't even get you to the beach and now you want to move to the world?
Well I don't want to, if that's what I have to do.
Okay, don't you think threatening to quit your job is something you should run by me first?
You said I shouldn't worry about your feelings.
I meant feelings about things that I don't care about.
S12 E21The Plagiarism Schism
PPemberton
Hold on, are you blackmailing us?
No, the opposite.
PPemberton
We're blackmailing you?
How are you up for a Nobel?
Can't believe it. Sheldon loves telling on people when they break the rules.
Yeah, well, maybe, he's changed.
He hasn't changed. Last week when the vending machine gave me two bags of chips he called my mom.
Well, that didn't ruin your life.
Well, it ruined my day. And I had to talk to my mom, who by the way is polyamorous now. So that's fun to think about.
Look, I'm proud of Sheldon and Amy. You know, they want to win on their own merits, not by knocking out the competition.
Yeah, but what if they don't win. Pemberton and Campbell have done an amazing job associating their names with super-asymmetry. They have all the momentum right now.
I don't like the idea of them losing either, but this is their decision to make, not ours.
Maybe it is ours.
What do you mean?
Well, if Sheldon and Amy don't want to expose Pemberton, that doesn't meant that someone else can't do it for them. They never have to know.
Really? You'd do that?
They deserve the Nobel. I’m not gonna let two frauds steal it from them. And if it means getting my hands dirty, then so be it. [Penny laughs.] What's so funny?
Just realized I've never actually seen your hands dirty.
S12 E22The Maternal Conclusion
I don't want to be the only one that doesn't go. I'll just sit here afraid that you're all talking about me.
We're not going to talk about you.
That's my other fear.
So she's coming over again?
Yeah, we're gonna do a movie night.
It's my house. Don't you think you should ask me?
You’re right, I’m sorry. Howard, would you like to come to movie night?
S12 E23The Change Constant
We won.
Congratulations!
Oh, my god!
We did it.
I know. Can you believe it?
That's a good point. What if I'm dreaming? [Leonard slaps him hard and everyone gasps] We won the Nobel Prize!
You know, when you think about it, now that we're Nobel Prize winners, our names will be linked together forever.
We're married. Our names are already linked together forever.
Oh please, that's just a piece of paper. This is a piece of paper and a medal.
S12 E24The Stockholm Syndrome
Hey, what's going on?
[covering his mouth] Unclean! Unclean!
What?
He thinks you're sick.
Oh. Should we tell him?
Well, if we don't, he might try and jump out of the plane.
Yeah. Doesn't answer my question.
Tell me what?
I'm pregnant, Sheldon.
You're right, I can't catch that.
[The series' last lines]
I have a very long and somewhat self-centered speech here. But I'd like to set it aside. Because this honor doesn't just belong to me. I wouldn't be up here if it weren't for some very important people in my life. Beginning with my mother, father, meemaw, brother, and sister. And my other family, who I'm so happy to have here with us. Is that Buffy the Vampire Slayer? [ Sarah Michelle Gellar, sitting next to Raj, waves] I was under a misapprehension that my accomplishments were mine alone. Nothing could be further from the truth. I have been encouraged, sustained, inspired, and tolerated not only by my wife, but by the greatest group of friends anyone ever had. I'd like to ask them to stand. [Each standing when named] Dr. Rajesh Koothrapali. Dr. Bernadette Rostenkowski-Wolowitz. Astronaut Howard Wolowitz. And my two dearest friends in the world, Penny Hofstadter and Dr. Leonard Hofstadter. I was there the moment Leonard and Penny met. He said to me that their babies would be smart and beautiful. And now that they're expecting, I have no doubt that that will be the case.
[through tears] Thanks, Sheldon. I haven't told my parents yet, but thanks.
Oh, I'm sorry. Don't tell anyone that last thing. That's a secret. [pause] Howard, Bernadette, Raj, Penny, Leonard, I apologize if I haven't been the friend you deserve. But I want you to know, in my way, I love you all. [Turns to Amy] And I love you. Thank you.
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