Young Sheldon Is Trying Too Hard To Justify George’s Cheating Scandal

Young Sheldon Is Trying Too Hard To Justify George’s Cheating Scandal

After implying that George Cooper Sr. will have an affair with Brenda Sparks, Young Sheldon season 5 is trying too hard to justify his infidelity.

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Young Sheldon Is Trying Too Hard To Justify George’s Cheating Scandal

Warning! Spoiler ahead for Young Sheldon season 5, episode 5.

CBS’ Young Sheldon is trying way too hard to justify George Cooper Sr.’s (Lance Barber) cheating scandal in the TV show. Adult Sheldon (Jim Parsons) and his mom always poked fun of and criticized his father in The Big Bang Theory. George was always described as a no-good dad, one who was negligent and lazy. To make matters worse, Sheldon even revealed that he caught George having an affair behind his mom’s back, which Young Sheldon has set up, leading to their divorce.

The revelation came while he was explaining to Penny (Kaley Cuoco) how he got his annoying habit of knocking three times. According to Sheldon, when he was 13 years old, he came home early from college. He barged into his parents’ room after hearing some noises and saw his dad having sex with another woman. He and George never properly discussed what went down, and just a year after, the Cooper patriarch died of a heart attack. Not much else has been revealed about this particular incident, or George’s cheating, in general. But ever since Young Sheldon premiered in 2017, viewers have been wondering when this particularly dark storyline would be tackled in the spin-off series.

The Young Sheldon season 4 finale laid the groundwork for this arc when George was propositioned by his newly-single neighbor, Brenda Sparks (Melissa Peterman) to come home with her. Before something could happen, however, he suffered an emergency health scare that forced him to be rushed to the hospital. Since then, the pair has maintained contact, and it’s clear that there’s some attraction between them, which could lead to George’s cheating scandal. Despite what’s happening in the prequel and what’s established in The Big Bang Theory, CBS is trying too hard to justify his decision to be unfaithful. In Young Sheldon season 5, episode 5, “Stuffed Animals and A Sweet Southern Syzygy,” the Cooper patriarch was depicted as a great dad who tries hard to please his kids. But after his inadvertent meddling in Missy Cooper’s (Raegan Revord) love life went awry, she ruthlessly chastised her dad, blaming him for the humiliation she endured. Instead of George standing up for himself and not allowing her to disrespect him, he simply walked away, looking defeated. The moment sends a message that despite George’s efforts, the children’s lack of appreciation for their dad somehow factored into his decision to cheat. Adult Sheldon’s narration even acknowledged this.

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This point was further emphasized when George’s heartwarming conversation with Billy Sparks after he was dumped by Missy later on. The Cooper patriarch took the time to check up on Brenda’s son, and unlike his own daughter, Billy was actually receptive to George’s advice about dealing with heartbreaks while Brenda watched George with starry eyes. Since Young Sheldon finds George either being disrespected or completely ignored at home, it follows that his eventual cheating was his way to find fulfillment and validation elsewhere. It attempts to justify his decision to be unfaithful because he is poorly treated by his own family despite everything he does for them.

Though his infidelity as revealed in The Big Bang Theory is still wrong, getting yelled at by Missy and showing how dejected he is after her over-the-top emotional outburst makes George more sympathetic. Obviously, there’s a disconnect between The Big Bang Theory and Young Sheldon’s depiction of George. Eventually, CBS will have to reconcile the vastly different versions of the character. But it’s clear that Sheldon’s memories of his father have been colored by his own experiences while the spinoff show tries incredibly hard to provide a fuller perspective of George Cooper’s infidelity.

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