Young Sheldon
word of advice ! This article hold SPOILERS for Young Sheldon season 7 , episode 14 .
Summary
Although she did n’t mean to , Meemaw gear up Mary ’s personality fromThe Big Bang Theoryin Oliver Stone duringYoung Sheldon ’s serial finale . Young Sheldonwas handed an unenviable task when the prequel first began in 2018 . The spinoff needed to take the scraps of Sheldon ’s backstory that were established throughoutThe Big Bang Theory ’s 12 seasons and use them to rig up a home situation comedy . Young Sheldon ’s cast of characterswere mentioned and glimpsed inThe Big Bang Theory , but their characterization was inconsistent , and their backstories were lightly sketched . The prequel call for to make common sense of the Coopers .
AfterYoung Sheldon ’s serial finale , it is bonny to say that the series managed this feat admirably . The prequel was n’t thoroughgoing , but it did ply account for how every syndicate appendage ’s animation pan out , even setting up the spinoffGeorgie and Mandy ’s First Marriagein the process . One previously unexplained fictitious character detail was the agitate mind-set of Sheldon ’s female parent , Mary . InYoung Sheldon , Mary was a relatively god-fearing Christian , but inThe Big Bang Theory , she was far more zealous , judgmental , and close - minded in her faith . The closing curtain proved Meemaw unknowingly played a role in this change .
Meemaw Made The Wrong Assumption About Mary’s Faith (& The Big Bang Theory Proves It)
Young Sheldon’s Heroine Assumed Her Daughter’s Faith Would Fade
By assuming her religiousism would fade in time , Meemaw accidentally made her daughter Mary more dogmatic inYoung Sheldon ’s finale . Her accurate words were “ Just give her some time , she ’ll calm down . ” This was a reassurance that Georgie , Missy , and Sheldon all took solace in when their mother began spend more time beg and visiting George Sr . ’s grave than she did with them . However , the exact opponent happened , and give Mary time afterGeorge Sr . ’sYoung Sheldondeathinstead led her to become progressively warlike in her organized religion . Mary ’s unforesightful worldview was calcified byThe Big Bang Theory .
Sheldon Inadvertently Made Mary More Religious
Young Sheldon’s Baptism Scene Reaffirmed Mary’s Faith
Ironically , Sheldon getting baptize may have made Mary more religious inYoung Sheldon ’s finalesince it seemed like a miracle from her position . Sheldon got baptized because it mattered to his mother , but she could understandably have take this as proof that her prayer was work . Young Sheldon ’s end justifiedThe Big Bang Theory ’s reference details in numerous ways , with " Memoir " proving that Sheldon might have been instrumental in Mary turn to prayer as an answer to her problems more often after his father ’s death . Despite this , Sheldon stay hostile toward her faith .
From her first appearance inThe Big Bang Theory , Mary was contrast with Sheldon because of her spiritual impression . The two eccentric are likewise obstinate , but their worldviews are treat as discrepant throughout the series . “ Memoir ” even acknowledged this , leaning on the 4th bulwark when Sheldon saidthat getting baptized went against his “ Well - established atheism . ”Despite this , the subplot was treated more as a dulcet consequence between the female parent and son and less as a overture to some vitriolic fights in their future tense . After all , Mary continued to privilege Sheldon throughoutThe Big Bang Theorydespite their differences .
Mary’s Faith In Young Sheldon’s Ending Is Different Compared To The Big Bang Theory
The Big Bang Theory’s Mary Was More Bitter
In a theme that will likely be explored inGeorgie’sBig Bang Theoryspinoff , Mary stay extraordinarily proud of Sheldon despite him rejecting her Christian faith . This seemed like a contradiction in terms , butthe divine revelation that Sheldon was uncoerced to temporarily cast his doubts away for his mother made it more understandable . “ Memoir ” treat Mary ’s vivid religious conviction as something Sheldon could dismiss since it brought her some public security after George Sr . ’s death , which is far from how it was framed in the early show .
InThe Big Bang Theory , Mary ’s faith was a author of some of Sheldon and his female parent ’s most bitter disceptation between them . Although Sheldon was able to see the value in his female parent ’s religious belief curtly after George Sr . ’s death and even took part in a Christian baptism , he changed his melodic phrase in the legal proceeding decades . This might be why Mary ’s faith gradually grew more ultra as she and her son ’s beliefs grew more opposed . Or , more likely , it ’s that Mary ’s calcified religious extremism is what pushed Sheldon to be less accepting and tolerant of his mother ’s views . The Big Bang Theory ’s fights over evolution and creationism might have been quash ifYoung Sheldon ’s Meemaw had n’t apprise her grandchild to give Mary space and dropped the upshot with Mary herself .
