“You cannot ground me from a conceptual framework, Mother. It exists in my mind.”
That night, after everyone had gone to bed, Sheldon executed a strategic maneuver. He snuck into the living room, removed the coaxial cable from the back of the VCR, and hid it inside his sock drawer. Then, he placed a single yellow Post-it note on the television that read: “DO NOT TOUCH. THIS TV IS UNDER QUANTUM OBSERVATION UNTIL 8:01 P.M. WEDNESDAY.” young sheldon s05e19 360p
“I have a solution,” Sheldon announced, climbing onto the coffee table. “We rotate. Each family member gets fifteen minutes of their chosen program. I will go first, as my show is the shortest and most intellectually rigorous. Then Georgie can watch J.R. get shot. Then Mother can watch her minister cry. Then Missy can watch… whatever it is she watches.” “You cannot ground me from a conceptual framework, Mother
“Then you’re grounded from TV. Forever.” Then, he placed a single yellow Post-it note
“Yes, and since I was six, I have endured approximately 156 episodes of tearful resolutions and chaste life lessons. But tomorrow, CBS is airing a special episode of The Universe and Beyond titled ‘The Quantum Entanglement of Subatomic Particles and Their Practical Applications in Theoretical Models.’ It is, quite literally, the most important broadcast of my academic career.”