Excuse me, Ms. Hutchins?
Hey, Sheldon.
Can you recommend any books on overcoming phobias?
That's in the self-help section.
Follow me, I have read them all.
Any phobia in particular?
Dogs.
Ah, cynophobia. That's a good one.
Did you know there's over 50 million dogs
just in the United States alone?
That's 50 million too many.
Here. I read this one to help with my haphephobia.
Ah, fear of being touched. I have that, too. Was it useful?
Well, when someone's interested in touching me,
we'll find out.
(sighs)
ADULT SHELDON: The basic premise
of the book was that phobias
were overcome by taking incremental steps
toward confronting the phobia in question.
In my case, that started with watching a TV show
that was adored by children around the world,
but for me, was the stuff of nightmares.
Scooby-Doo!
The next step was to go face-to-face
with real dogs.
Albeit through a plate-glass window.
Okay, that's enough.
ADULT SHELDON: And finally,
a close encounter of the third kind,
physical contact with a member of the canine species.
Hello, I'd like to speak with the veterinarian.
Well, I was hoping you might have one or two dogs
under anesthesia that I might come by and pet.
Sure, I'll hold.
Who are you talking to?
The Medford Veterinary Clinic.
Why?
I'm trying to overcome my fear of dogs
before it affects our family any further.
Oh, honey, you don't have to worry about how it affects us.
Meemaw got punched in the face because of me.
No, that wasn't because of you, and for the record,
your meemaw gets punched in the face all the time.
Well, I still think I need to take
some sort of positive action.
WOMAN (on phone): Hello? Yes, hello?
Oh, that's too bad.
How about a small fluffy one that's recently died of old age?
Enough.
Sorry.
(sighs)
Now, it says here in Mark 12:31
that you should "Love your neighbor as yourself."
Anybody like to take a guess what that means? Missy?
It means to be nice to the people who live next door.
That's right.
But everybody else can go to hell.
Okay, Missy, we don't use that kind of language here.
And if you think about it, in this world,
with all the ways we can travel, everybody's your neighbor.
Yes, Sheldon.
How do we love our neighbors
when our moms hate each other?
Who does your mom hate? Your mom.
Hey, my mom hates your mom. Small world.
Okay, let's hang on a second.
My mom also hates their grandma.
'Cause she lost a fight to her.
Nuh-uh, she won. She said so.
All right, stop. Let's stop.
Now this might be hard to understand,
but living a loving, Christian life
isn't always the easiest thing to do.
Yes, Billy.
My mom's not crazy about you either.
Just love your neighbor, 'kay? (sniffs)