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Mr. Whitfield, a man whose face suggested he had not voluntarily thought about science since 1987, stares at Sheldon. “She said you told her she was wrong in front of the whole class.”

Earlier that day, in the extended cut not shown in the broadcast version, Sheldon had attempted to explain atomic orbitals to Vanessa, the quiet girl in his homeroom. She’d asked to borrow a pencil. He’d given her a No. 2 and a three-minute lecture on electron cloud models. She’d blinked twice, said “Thanks,” and returned the pencil at the end of the day without a single follow-up question. This, Sheldon concluded, was the emotional equivalent of a particle decaying without releasing energy. young sheldon s01e19 webdl

Sheldon looks at her, genuinely perplexed. “Then what are they?” She’d asked to borrow a pencil

“I said her theory was wrong. There’s a distinction.” She’d blinked twice, said “Thanks,” and returned the

“You’re supposed to be in bed,” she says, leaning against the doorframe, her cigarette pack a familiar bulge in her robe pocket.