The Big Bang Theory (TV Series)
The Tam Turbulence (2018)
Simon Helberg: Howard Wolowitz
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Quotes
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Leonard Hofstadter : Tam Nguyen?
Tam Nguyen : Yes. Is my son done with his tour?
Howard Wolowitz : No idea. We're actually friends of Sheldon Cooper.
Tam Nguyen : Oh, I've been trying to get in touch with him, but I never heard back. Is he okay?
Leonard Hofstadter : If you mean physically, yes.
Howard Wolowitz : If you mean every other way, no.
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Amy Farrah Fowler : Hey, did you guys know that Sheldon a best friend growing up named Tam?
Leonard Hofstadter : Was that the imaginary talking koala?
Amy Farrah Fowler : No. He's a real person who apparently betrayed him.
Leonard Hofstadter : Yeah, so did the koala.
Amy Farrah Fowler : I tried to ask him about it, and he invoked section three, article five of the marriage contract: "beeswax, none of your". I can't pry. I mean, I have to respect his wishes.
Howard Wolowitz : Wow. I wonder what that guy could've done to make Sheldon not talk to him for twenty years.
Leonard Hofstadter : I wonder if it'd work a second time.
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Raj Koothrappali : So you don't know what their fight was about?
George Cooper, Jr. : I wish I could help you, boys. But, you know, Sheldon used to keep an enemies list when he was a kid.
Leonard Hofstadter : Oh, he still does.
George Cooper, Jr. : Really? I figured that went the same way as his bathroom schedule.
Howard Wolowitz : If you mean digitized, annotated and put online, it did.
George Cooper, Jr. : Maybe that'll tell you something. Hey, while you're looking at it, if I'm still on there for peeing in his shampoo bottle... eh, you know what? Just leave it.
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Howard Wolowitz : All right, got his enemies list. Ooh, he updated the interface. You can search by first name, last name, or length of grudge.
Raj Koothrappali : Is Tam on it?
Howard Wolowitz : Let's see. Yep. Right here. Tam Nguyen.
Leonard Hofstadter : Great. What did he do?
Howard Wolowitz : Hold on. I have to agree to the terms of service. No, I'm not a robot. Okay. "Which of these are plants?". And we're in.
Raj Koothrappali : Great. What-what does it say?
Howard Wolowitz : Well... "He knows what he did."
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Raj Koothrappali : If Tam knows what he did, we can just ask him. He's gonna be on campus tomorrow showing his son around.
Leonard Hofstadter : Won't that make Sheldon mad?
Raj Koothrappali : Everything makes Sheldon mad.
Howard Wolowitz : Yeah. Look at his list. Jim Henson for, quote, "putting a terrifying, giant yellow bird on television and in my nightmares."
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Sheldon Cooper : When I moved to California, what did you do?
Tam Nguyen : I stayed in Texas.
Sheldon Cooper : [to the others] Do you believe this guy?
Howard Wolowitz : [Sheldon storms off] So, he was your best friend growing up?
Tam Nguyen : Yes.
Howard Wolowitz : Were there no other kids in Texas?
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Leonard Hofstadter : I still can't believe Sheldon had a best friend we've never heard about.
Raj Koothrappali : [singsong] Ooh, somebody's jealous.
Leonard Hofstadter : I'm not jealous.
Howard Wolowitz : Leonard, this is a safe space. It's okay to be vulnerable.
Leonard Hofstadter : All I'm saying is you know the timing of a fellow's bowel movements, you don't think there's a lot left to discover.
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Leonard Hofstadter : Sounds like Penny and Bernadette had fun last night.
Howard Wolowitz : I know. Bernie came home pretty drunk. She tried to sleep in the dryer.