Young Sheldon Gives George The Reason To Be Big Bang Theory’s Bad Dad
Warning! Spoilers ahead for Young Sheldon season 5, episode 13.
CBS' Young Sheldon just gave George (Lance Barber) a reason to become the bad dad that he was described as on The Big Bang Theory. Throughout its fifth season, the prequel series has been depicting the Cooper patriarch as an empathetic character who's a victim of his unhappy circumstance. This is part of its attempt to justify his eventual cheating scandal. But now, Young Sheldon has also paved a clear way for him to transform into the negligent father that adult Sheldon (Jim Parsons) described him in the original show.
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This seems to be whyThe Big Bang Theory spin-off has teased George’s potential affair with Brenda (Melissa Peterman). But whether or not something comes out of their mutual attraction to each other, the show could be introducing another big challenge for Cooper patriarch as he finds himself on the brink of being fired. As revealed in Young Sheldon season 5, episode 13, «A Lot of Band-Aids and the Cooper Surrender,» George is being put under a lot of stress after Medford High School's football team's poor performance last season — and it doesn't help that the parents of the players do not respect him as the coach, making it clear that they'd rather have a different one. This makes George incredibly anxious, to the point that he ends up breaking down in front of Mary (Zoe Perry). Assuming that he gets booted out from his job, this could kick start the character's downfall, especially considering how important it is for him to support his family.
Sheldon and Mary used to describe George as a drunk, useless father. But while he often drinks in Young Sheldon, he only does it
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