The series finale hour of “Young Sheldon” on Thursday night went out with a Big Bang.
The beloved comedy had its fourth highest night since the end of season 3, scoring an average of 9.2 million viewers. The first half hour was all about the funeral of Sheldon’s father, George.
The second half hour — with 9.3 million viewers — featured Jim Parsons and Mayim Bialik of “The Big Bang Theory.” We learned that the couple named their son Leonard (which is weird — if it’s in tribute to their friend, is he dead?). Also they let Penny babysit him once.
Much has been made of the final episode explaining the whole series and cleaning up all the differences between the two shows. It turns out Sheldon was reading his memoir the whole time and now he’s finished it up. It was very clever, and tearful.
Today CBS says members of the “Young Sheldon” cast will make occasional visits to the spin off show, “Georgie and Mandy’s First Marriage.” Unfortunately, Sheldon himself won’t since — in their story — the two brothers don’t speak again for 10 years. But Sheldon’s mother and grandmother will. I guess Annie Potts’s laments about the series ending were heard.
Chuck Lorre had a great run with “Young Sheldon.” His final card at the end of the credits just read “grateful.”
