(Original airdate: November 19, 2020) The episode opens in Medford, Texas, 1991. Mary Cooper is frantically ironing Sheldon’s Sunday shirt while Sheldon sits at the kitchen table, calculating the probability of his new church docent (a volunteer guide) knowing less about the Book of Leviticus than he does. “97.4%,” he announces. Missy rolls her eyes. Georgie is sneaking out the back door to see his secret girlfriend, Veronica, a young woman his mother disapproves of because she’s “too old and too experienced.”

Missy laughs. For a moment, the Coopers are a perfectly imperfect family, united by chaos, cheap Italian food, and a shared inability to communicate without shouting.

By the end, Sheldon reluctantly agrees to let Mrs. Ingleby finish the tour without interruption. She thanks him by giving him a laminated bookmark of the Ten Commandments. He notes, “Commandment #7 is often misinterpreted.” At the baseball field, George Sr. is coaching Missy’s team, the Medford Mighty Mites. Missy is the star pitcher, but she’s distracted because she overheard her parents arguing about money. She throws a wild pitch that hits the batter—a large boy named Tank—square in the back.