Sheldon’s close relationship with his mother was only good for the two of them.
After coming to its bittersweet end back in May, The Big Bang Theory prequel Young Sheldon passed the torch to the franchise’s brand new spinoff after wrapping Sheldon’s story up.
Upon Young Sheldon’s launch back in 2017, the original show’s long-standing fans had their fingers crossed to finally getting to know the quirky character better, as well as having a sneak peek into his relationships with his family members.
The prequel’s final season unveiled a lot about Sheldon’s attachment to his mother Mary and the reason why they eventually got to be so close, but the seemingly sweet moment is actually not that sweet at all.
Young Sheldon finale features a touching reunion scene between Sheldon’s younger and adult versions, portrayed by Iain Armitage and Jim Parsons respectively. The episode takes viewers further in time proving that the whole story of Sheldon’s earlier years in his family home in Texas was actually grown-up Sheldon’s memoir that he has been writing all along.
When the character’s wife, Amy Farah Fowler, also shows up, Sheldon tells her that he agreed to do what his mother asked him to and got baptized so that she would feel better after George Sr.’s tragic passing.
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Finishing the story, Sheldon gets visibly sadder and admits that his mother Mary also did everything she could for him to be happy.
This scene may have come as a truly tearful moment, proving that Mary and Sheldon’s close relationship was established due to their mutual care for each other, but all the things about Mary aren’t as easy as they seemed.
The show repeatedly expressed the idea of Mary’s special attitude towards Sheldon, primarily since he was the one who always stunned everyone around with his exceptional intelligence.
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Sheldon’s siblings, Georgie and Missy, couldn’t boast the same, and thus were forced to watch their mother prioritizing Sheldon and his future over the rest of her children’s well-being.
Mary’s obvious favoritism for Sheldon became the main reason for Georgie and Missy to stay away from her, with Missy even getting closer to her dad and eventually having a breakdown at his funeral.
The most disheartening scene of season 7 highlights Mary’s indifference towards her other two children even more when she isn’t able to comfort Missy, who is overwhelmed by her own grief.
