Johnny Galecki: Leonard Hofstadter

The Dependence Transcendence

Leonard Hofstadter

Howard Wolowitz: [about Sheldon] Well, this probably won't work, but has anyone ever tried to just haul off and whup the crazy out of him?
Leonard Hofstadter: That's not helpful. It's fun to think about, but it's not helpful.

[first lines]
Howard Wolowitz: It's pretty late. Think I've got time to run some more simulation on the cooling system?
Leonard Hofstadter: Sure. I'm still figuring out the thermal-acoustic expander.
Sheldon Cooper: Well, while you do that I am going to pump cerebral spinal fluid through my brain cells to remove the metabolic byproducts of the day's thoughts.
Howard Wolowitz: What?
Sheldon Cooper: It's called sleep, and it's my bedtime. Nighty-night, y'all.
Howard Wolowitz: Hey, hey, hey, you're not going anywhere.
Leonard Hofstadter: We only have two months to deliver this to the Air Force because of you.
Sheldon Cooper: I know.
[yawning]
Sheldon Cooper: I was there.
Howard Wolowitz: Look, wake up! We're going to put in a lot of late nights.
Sheldon Cooper: How late?
Howard Wolowitz: Well, I don't know. Midnight. One.
Sheldon Cooper: One o'clock! I'm not a raccoon.
Howard Wolowitz: If you're tired, have some coffee.
Sheldon Cooper: Wu- you have some coffee!
Howard Wolowitz: I am having coffee!
Howard Wolowitz: And look how irritable it's making you!
Leonard Hofstadter: Guys! We're not going to get anything done if we start fighting. Now, can you please try to soldier through?
Sheldon Cooper: Fine.

[last lines]
Howard Wolowitz: Sir, we've hit a bit of a snag. We're already behind schedule.
Sheldon Cooper: The computations required to overcome the deployability issues are more significant than we thought.
Leonard Hofstadter: I understand that we're under contract, and I don't know what the consequences of violating that are but, um, we're not going to be able to deliver in the time we promised.
Colonel Richard Williams: How long do you need?
Howard Wolowitz: W- w- we're thinking... two years.
Colonel Richard Williams: All right.
Howard Wolowitz: Huh, that's it? You're OK with that?
Colonel Richard Williams: Tscha. Well, you think you're the first contractor who isn't going to deliver on time? Still waiting for a big space laser Reagan ordered to beat the commies.
Leonard Hofstadter: Thanks for understanding, sir.
Howard Wolowitz: Yes, thank your so much.
Sheldon Cooper: We, we really appreciate it.
[they leave, but the Colonel hears them talking in the hall]
Leonard Hofstadter: All right, pressure's off.
Howard Wolowitz: Want to see a movie?
Sheldon Cooper: Popcorn's on me.

Leonard Hofstadter: Listen to me. We can't do anything until you do your part. So get up in front of this whiteboard and do it!
Sheldon Cooper: I can't.
Leonard Hofstadter: Yes, you can.
Sheldon Cooper: No, I can't figure out the math. I've been wracking my brain for days. I've got nothing.
Leonard Hofstadter: Seriously?
Sheldon Cooper: I can't do it. I'm not as smart as I think I am. I'm so sorry. This is all my fault.