How Young Sheldon FIXED The Big Bang Theory

The Big Bang Theory was huge. And Young Sheldon has been running for 6 seasons. With it's ending being announced let's discuss how Young Sheldon didn't just save the Big Bang Theory but it reinvented how we saw it's biggest character, Sheldon Cooper.

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[kagekun]

One of the better aspects of Young Sheldon was Georgie and Mandy's pregnancy. Seeing Georgie stepping up to be a father was one of the best plotlines of the show to the point that there are comments that fans were there more to see Georgie than the titular Sheldon

[CaptoftheHaggister]

Fun fact. Zoe Perry who plays Mary on Young Sheldon is actually Laurie Metcalf (Mary on TBBT) real life daughter. So that explains how she is able to get Laurie's mannerisms so good.

[nicolehall]

Young Sheldon is shockingly good, and it's not just the spectacular performance by Iain Armitage. The entire cast was terrific, especially Jordan Montana and Raegan Revord who play Sheldon's siblings.
I am looking forward to what Iain Armitage does next in his career. He's a true talent

[Sigma.Infinity]

The siblings also had their talents. Missy had enormous social intelligence which left Sheldon way behind. Georgy was a natural entrepreneur.

[denisesrazzledazzlenails]

Now we know that the woman he seen having relations with his dad, was his mom dressed up in her German outfit. A brilliant way for the Young Sheldon show to save his dad’s reputation and a way to keep him as likable character.

[winterburden]

I can't hardly wait until 'Old Sheldon.'

[tristandaries]

As someone on the spectrum, Sheldon honestly represents one of my greatest fears, that people only keep me around because I don’t understand some things and act weirdly sometimes, which they find funny, and it was so refreshing to have Young Sheldon accurately depict how it feels being a kid with autism

[TexanSupremacy]

When I first heard they were doing Young Sheldon, I hated the idea. I thought it was a blatant cash grab, and I honestly thought it would flop.
Today, it’s now one of my favorite tv shows. Love it!

[BozoAnimations]

Kinda funny how Georges "Love Affair" just ended up being Mary in a German costume

[AdmiralKnusperbacke]

Ive got the feeling like Young Sheldon and TBBT are not any longer completely connected

[MasenVerse]

I liked when Sheldon was Young, it really brought together the whole show. Fr though Young Sheldon actually has an interesting story, especially once the family starts falling apart.

[ghijkmnop]

What Young Sheldon ultimately shows us is that the man with the self-professed eidetic memory is actually an unreliable narrator.

[jeffdavis]

Okay, I have to comment on the Whole Sheldon and Penny thing. It wasn't hard to figure out even before Young Sheldon came out. The Second Missy showed up and she was basically Penny as a brunette with a Texan accent, the parallel between the relationships wasn't hard to figure out. Sheldon was reminded of his sister and she was trying to be nice because of Leonard and the fact that they were neighbors, until she fell into the role of surrogate sister. TBBT didn't harp on it but it was there for anyone who to the time to see it.

[ishika]

"Sheldon found his chosen family. The one that didn't HAVE TO stick by him but CHOSE TO anyway"
Love this

[thefool]

Young Sheldon is literally the Better Call Saul of the Big Bang Theory universe. Genius filmmaking, bravo to everyone involved

[Sumguyinavan_]

The thing they got so right is that BBT caricaturized his family through the lens of someone who didn't observe or understand the nuances of what his family went through- only focused on how he was affected. YS focused less on Sheldon and more on the family and their real problems and feelings. Missy, George, and Georgie felt ignored, Mary didn't want people to think poor of her or her family, George was having real adult problems as the family breadwinner in a time that the middle class was starting to fall apart. Georgie wanted to be his own man and frankly showed a LOT of responsibility as he grew up, and George felt like many fathers do as their eldest children want more independence without the knowledge of how hard being an adult really is.

And the introduction of Paige was genius because it showed another brilliant child physicist who was more emotionally intelligent than Sheldon but lacked the feeling of peer connection- she couldn't find her people the way Sheldon eventually did. I want more of her story and where she ends up. Its a shame she isn't at all a part of BBT because she would have finally found a place of acceptance among Bernadette and Amy.

[morganf]

I love the parallel between Sheldon & pennys friendship and missy & sheldons sibling bond.

Penny and sheldons odd bond on tbbt was always the heart of the show to me

[DoubleMcZombie]

As a female nerd/geek/whatever, BBT always made me so uncomfortable when it was on. As an ADHD parent, Young Sheldon is SO GOOD as a family series.

[maddiemaccheese]

Came here after the "big reveal" in S7 E12. I never expected a show about a young Sheldon Cooper to make me cry so hard. What a punch in the gut... Even though we knew it was coming, I did not expect it to hit so close to home. The acting in that scene was absolutely visceral. Good on the writers for following through after all this time.

[Meeekuuuu]

Young sheldon is genuinely one of the best family sitcoms I've ever seen. For a long time, i didnt even know it was comnected to the big bang theory. The entire cast is amazing, the humor is amazing, and the show is still so consistently good over the course of 7 seasons.