Young Sheldon’s Shortened Season 7 Can Avoid George Sr’s Death (But It Shouldn’t)

While The Big Bang Theory‘s spinoff could potentially ignore depicting George Sr.’s impending death, Young Sheldon’s shorter season 7 should still address this major canon event. Sheldon’s father has been a problem for the prequel ever since the series began. In The Big Bang Theory, Sheldon and his mother both remembered George Sr. as a thoughtless, philandering drunk. As such, neither was particularly moved when they mentioned that he died in Sheldon’s early teens. However, since the show couldn’t focus on such an odious figure, Young Sheldon instead made George Sr. a sweet, relatable everyman.