Young Sheldon’s Cliffhanger Secretly Sets Up George’s Downfall
Warning! Spoilers ahead for Young Sheldon season 5.
George's (Lance Barber) downfall has been secretly set up by Young Sheldon season 5, episode 21's cliffhanger. The future of Sheldon's (Iain Armitage) has long been revealed thanks to the events of The Big Bang Theory. There has always been anticipation to see how Young Sheldon would tackle George's affair and death. After almost five years, it seems like the CBS sitcom is finally setting the groundwork for those tragedies.
By the time of the events of The Big Bang Theory, George Cooper was already long dead. Thanks to Sheldon's (Jim Parsons) penchant for talking about his childhood and mother Mary's (Laurie Metcalf) occasional visits to Pasadena, the geek-centric sitcom painted an unflattering picture of the Cooper patriarch. CBS finally got the chance to properly introduce Sheldon's dad in the prequel, Young Sheldon, and it portrayed him as a much more decent, hardworking man. There have been notable differences between the two show's versions of the character, something that has created several plot inconsistencies between the shows. As Young Sheldon's storytelling progresses, however, it is becoming clear that it is finally reconciling its iteration of George with The Big Bang Theory's.
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The Coopers have been busy dealing with Georgie's (Montana Jordan) Young Sheldon season 5 story, and things are getting worse for everyone, including Mary and George. In Young Sheldon season 5's penultimate episode, the involvement of Pastor Rob (Dan Byrd) in their family affairs has started to really upset George. Finally, he doesn't come home for dinner after learning that Mary's co-worker paid her a visit. The
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