The Big Picture
-
Young Sheldon
, a prequel to
The Big Bang Theory,
wraps up after 7 seasons, highlighting family bonds and comedy-science theme. - Annie Potts reflects on the incredible growth of the young cast members, feeling like she had a hand in raising them.
- The final episode of
Young Sheldon
airs on May 16, with past seasons available for streaming on Paramount+.
It has taken seven seasons, and over a hundred episodes with a few more to come, but Young Sheldon is wrapping its run after telling of the childhood adventures of a young Sheldon Cooper. Played by Iain Armitage in the series, the character, in his later years would be the center of the beloved sitcom, The Big Bang Theory with Jim Parsons playing the lead role. A blend of comedy and science is theme shared by both shows, as is the value of family. Having premiered in September 2017, Young Sheldon started out with an extremely young cast which have truly become a family, while teaching an older cast member invaluable life lessons, according to Annie Potts.
Throughout the entiriety of the comedy series so far, Potts has played the ever charming, witty, and somewhat criminally adjacent, grandma to the Cooper kids, their beloved Meemaw. Speaking with People as the show’s cast edges ever closer to the series’ end, Potts reflects on the time spent with her co-stars, and the invaluable lessons she gleaned from being around them. “It’s such a delicate thing, because they’re kind of free when they say and do things,” she explained. “One of the first shows I was in, I was sitting next to Raegan at this dinner table, and during the shooting, she just put her little hand up my sleeve and played with the back of my arm that was kind of loose. She examined it and rubbed it, and I just love that she felt safe enough and she just unfettered. It was the sweetest thing.”
It is clear that over the course. of the seasons spent on air, the cast had truly bonded into a real family as highlighted by the emotional scenes in the aftermath of Georgie’s (Montana Jordan) wedding. It is not something everyone would understand with Potts adding, “I told another actor that story. They said, ‘Well, why didn’t you ask her to stop?’ I went, ‘Stop. That’s gold. I would never stop her.’ But yeah, they teach you how to just be real.’”
“We Had a Hand in Raising Them”
The show has wrapped filming on its final season, and all that is left to enjoy the ride all the way to the series finale. Armitage first featured as Sheldon Cooper when he was only eight, with co-star, Raegan Revord (Missy Cooper), taking on her role as his twin sister only a year older. Potts goes on to highlight just how much they had grown. “They were so little when we started. They were this big, and now look at them,” Potts said, with Armitage now 15, and Revord at 16. “My God, they all turned out so beautiful and so sweet, and we feel like we had a hand in raising them … When we started out, they would sit in my lap and just play with my fingers and kiss me and tell me they love me all day long. That, and they still do actually. They’re a little big for my lap, but they still love me and kiss me all day long and tell me they love me. That’s not a bad way to live.”
The final episode of Young Sheldon airs on May 16. Past seasons are streaming now on Paramount+ in the U.S.
Young Sheldon
This television series is a prequel to a popular sitcom, focusing on the childhood of a gifted young boy in East Texas. Navigating school and family life with a unique intellect far beyond his years, it humorously explores his early endeavors to be understood by his conventional family and classmates.
- Release Date
- September 25, 2017
- Creator
- Chuck Lorre & Steven Molaro
- Main Genre
- Comedy
- Seasons
- 7
- Network
- CBS
