‘Young Sheldon’: How Producers Addressed The Inevitable Tragedy That Rocks The Cooper Family
deadline.comSPOILER ALERT! This story contains plot points from the May 11 episode of Young Sheldon on CBS. For fans of The Big Bang Theory, Thursday’s episode of Young Sheldon shouldn’t have come as a huge surprise.
With the May 16 series finale only a week away, viewers were waiting for the comedy’s title character to face a major family tragedy before going off to Cal Tech.
It finally happened in the episode titled “A New Home and a Traditional Texas Torture.” Off camera, George Cooper Sr. (Lance Barber) died from a heart attack.
His two best friends delivered the tragic news to his family. Here, Executive Producer Steve Holland explains the timing of George’s death and why it was important to keep it out of the final episode of the series. DEADLINE Is it weird writing about an outcome that fans of The Big Bang Theory already knew about and were expecting in Young Sheldon‘s final season? STEVE HOLLAND I mean, it’s a little bit of a challenge.
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