Ms. Davis: I'm gonna need you to make a statement saying that you misspoke, and that you're confident the physics community is close to a major breakthrough.

Leonard Hofstadter: You want me to lie.

Ms. Davis: Look, Dr. Hofstadter, I'm counting on you. I think that you are the smartest physicist at this university.

Leonard Hofstadter: Really?

Ms. Davis: See? Lies. They're not that hard.