While the show isn’t as good as its sequel, it is definitely coming together and is now very watchable.
I mostly wonder how long they can keep young Sheldon “young.”
He’ll be going to college soon (Caltech, right?), and then it will be pretty hard to avoid it becoming Doogie Howser. I don’t see the show outlasting TBBT, done after next season.
If you like the show you get more. I don’t really understand how it appeals to people, it seems sad and depressing because we know there’s no happy ending, Young Sheldon grows up to become Sheldon.
Have they done an episode yet where his mother has him tested?
I think its a great show!
They are developing characters rather well!
Its nice to see all the things old Sheldon has talking about over the years
I think it’s great, too. It’s sweet and charming. I particularly like that there isn’t an annoying laugh track.
I’m hardly an expert in all things (or even many things) BBT but, from what I’ve seen of the show, Sheldon seems relatively happy with his life and circumstances. Is his adult life sad and depressing?
Well, we know his father dies at some point, so there’s that. Otherwise, I don’t think things would be sad for Sheldon himself.
That’s what I was thinking. Regardless of whatever bad things happen between Young Sheldon and BBT Sheldon, the adult version seems to have more fulfillment and richer professional and personal connections than many people I know. A lot of people can only dream of having meaningful work in their desired field and five or six real friendships with regular interaction.
That’s a problem YS faces - the show and its characters can’t take on lives of their own. It all has to fit into a well-established story line and adult character, no matter what ideas the writers might have. They’ll be forced out of ideas fairly soon.
Is Sheldon going off to college on his own, or is Meemaw maybe moving to Pasadena to take care of her little boy, or what? I can’t see Mama leaving Georgie and Missy alone, especially not with her husband gone.
Sheldon improved after Leonard moved in. Remember the elevator story flashback? He cannot function very well without making a connection to normal nerds.
I think it’s a great show, and I hope it lasts awhile. I don’t think it’s sad at all. I also like how it is seeping into TBBT in small ways, such as how Sheldon now explicitly names his brother on the Best Man list.
I am really enjoying the show, as well. Don’t find it depressing at all. I will be sad to see the father die, of course…
That’s good news that Young Sheldon is being renewed.
I don’t think it’s depressing at all either, although I did expect him to have a much harder time as a child. That would be a sadder show but more realistic.
I didn’t have high expectations, but I’ve been pleasantly surprised by many aspects of the show, including the depth of some of the characters. I’m also pleasantly surprised by the many ways it gets East Texas (where I grew up) right, including most of the accents and the church interior, without turning them into cartoon elements.
It’s not clear if Sheldon got any degrees from Caltech. Some sources say that he got both his bachelor’s degree and his Ph.D. at the University of Texas. Some say that he got a second Ph.D. at Heidelberg University in Germany. Some say that he wasn’t a grad student at Heidelberg but was doing a post-doc. Some sources say that it’s never been made clear where he studied.
The father is a lot nicer and loving than Sheldon has led us to believe in TBBT. Not an alcoholic, reasonable, loves his family.
There will be plenty of time for his views of his father to change after he’s gone, and all his accumulated resentments can play out. It looks like Mary will get a lot more religious then, too, as a coping strategy of her own.
Jim Parsons has always played Sheldon as having a touch of OCD and a touch of autism spectrum, although high functioning. Is it about time for the 9 year old version to start to show some of that?
I think that’s when the show ends: Dad dies (IIRC by season four, assuming 1 year real time = 1 season) and at that point there’s not a lot more to do. Dad and Sheldon connecting is (IMO) the heart of the show.