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She lets Georgie handle Pete. By the end, Pete has lost $80 without realizing he was being fleeced. Georgie pockets a $20 finder’s fee. Meemaw warns him: “Don’t let your mama find out. She’ll think I’m corrupting you.” Georgie laughs: “She’s been corrupting me since she taught me to shortchange the lemonade stand.” The Coopers have dinner at the dining table. Sheldon explains his failure as RA, still baffled by human emotions. Missy says, “So you tried to boss people and they hated you. Welcome to every day of my life.” George laughs. Mary tells Sheldon she’s proud he tried.

Sheldon, seeing the position as a logical challenge (and a way to enforce rules efficiently), agrees.

The play goes smoothly. Afterward, Mary and George share a quiet beer on the porch. Mary says, “You know, for a man who once set the garage on fire, you handled that well.” George grins: “I learned from watching you fight the PTA over the cotton balls.” Meanwhile, Georgie is helping Meemaw with her illegal gambling room (hidden behind the laundromat). A customer, “Slippery Pete,” tries to cheat at poker. Georgie spots it—not through math, but through watching Pete’s tells (nervous foot tapping, a specific way of scratching his ear).

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