I’m surprised at how many people watch Big Bang but don’t watch Young Sheldon. YS, is, IMO, a superior show, especially nowadays. It’s funny and touching and surprisingly even-handed, giving each of Sheldon’s oddball family members a chance to shine and be sympathetic. I was afraid it would be a one-note thing with the “dumb brother” and the “religious mom” and the “lazy dad,” but they’ve fleshed them out very well. The show reminds me of a modernized “Wonder Years” with an outsider as a protagonist instead of an Everyman.
Regarding this week’s BBT: didn’t much like it. It was fun to see Tam all grown up, but he didn’t have much more personality than he did in YS. And Raj is getting tiresome. I agree with Monty that he should come out as gay and find a nice boyfriend before the series ends. Not Stuart, though–he’s already got a girlfriend.
Eh, that’s fair. I’m not overly fond of kids myself, and despise the typical smartass TV kid. I didn’t expect to like it, but I gave it a chance and now I prefer it to BBT, which has moved far away from its original premise of four smart, nerdy guys navigating life into a more typical “relationship sitcom.”
YS is as much about the adults in the family as it is about Sheldon and his siblings. I particularly like Meemaw, who’s not anything close to a typical grandmother type.
High school, where they are proto-adults, not snot-nosed little poop/puke monsters.
Seniors, where some of them are actually old enough to vote before they enter my classroom.If the alternative was teaching 8th graders, I’d rather live in a cave somewhere.
You’re missing out. I’ve taught elementary, middle school, and high school. Each has their challenges and their rewards. But middle school is the most fun. They’re still teacher-pleasers (most of them), but they’re old enough to do stuff.
I tried watching Young Sheldon. I made it through half an episode. The character was unwatchable.
I was totally confused by the chronology of this episode. From past episodes we know that Sheldon went to college at 11, graduated at 14, and then was at Heidelberg before coming to Caltech.
How does that square with Tam “abandoning” him when he went to California? Sheldon had left Texas at least a half dozen years earlier. Is his whole history a lie?
I watch Young Sheldon and I think they’ve abandoned any attempt at making the two shows agree. For one thing, in The Big Bang Theory, Sheldon said at one point that his father was a drunk who died when Sheldon was a kid. Young Sheldon hasn’t really shown his father as a “drunk” although he does drink beer, and I really don’t see them killing him off. Plus I don’t see them sending the title character to college in Germany.
At the start, sure. But as the seasons have piled up, Raj has pulled away as the most unlikable and generally stupidest character.
The world owes Jim Parsons a debt of gratitude for pulling the plug on this show. We also owe him a heap of abuse for foisting YS upon the world. Call it a wash.
Well, I can’t say you’re wrong, since yeah, this season and the last Raj has been really bad. Still, I think counting the long term overall stupid, it has to go to Sheldon.
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Sheldon has never been known to misstate facts and misunderstand things, oh wait.:smack:
The Old!Sheldon who narrates YS (who is from after the TBBT timelines) flatly admits outright that he misunderstood lots of things when he was younger.
There was a recent episode of Young Sheldon where we learn that he does not understand, well. people. The one where they went to see the specialist in Houston.
