I watched a friend of mine die in an accident right in front of me less than a year ago. Ever since then I always wonder how could I alter the situation and probably save her. I know it’s unhealthy but it’s stronger than me. This is the worst feeling I ever felt
What I really like about this scene is that Sheldon is not really doing any science analysis he is thinking about what he could have said to his father one last time.
Yeah I think thats the answer to why none of his flashbacks have him say to George to go to the hospital or something like that: he’s not trying to change the present he simply wanted to say goodbye
@epokrandomv.2648 That's what I think happened. Wayne and Tom took Geroge to the hospital, and before they could call Mary, the doctor tells them that Geroge died.
@@sai_Indurthi Why should Misy understand you're forgetting she's still a 14 year-old about to start Highschool and not emotionally mature yet to process the death of their dad just like Sheldon.Thats why Georgie asked both of them to shut up.
I didn’t like when she said that she couldn’t wait for Sheldon’s funeral & Mary just sat there & did nothing but the only time she did something when missy said oh shut up Jeff & that is the only time Mary spoke up & she didn’t even stick up for Sheldon when missy said I can’t wait for yours
Gotta love Georgie's maturity and growth in this scene. He's stepping up to be a good figure to his younger siblings by attempting to calm Missy down and then apologizing to pastor Jeff.
@@S-Mania Definitely. He already had become a father at that point so taking a guiding role in the life of his mother and sister when they couldn't really shouldn't be that strange
@@dirkstam0511 Of course he did. He wasn't doing anything wrong, he was trying to help the family WHICH IS HIS JOB, and Missy was rude for absolutely no reason. Just because you don't like religion that is no reason to justify being rude or obnoxious to a minister who's just trying to help a family through a tough time.
Everyone has away of grieving different. Missy: Expresses how she feels out loud Sheldon: Sheldon grieves by reflexting about the situation and he has difilcultis of expresing his feelings I know that for the coopers it was dificult to understand Sheldon but that does not mean the he does not care about his family and for Sheldon George dead was a big shock for him.
I believe I acted the way Sheldon did during that time in my life, I mean it’s just a moment of “what can I even do in this situation to fix it?” And the only solution is the scenario that could never happen, just sad.
Missy is just like me too. I was mess and then being mean to everyone, I got into fight to whoever trying to mess with me, I was being jerk to my family too. Back then I was lost myself, one day I told everyone in funeral it's just disease, be glad he's not being killed, back then I was trying to toughen myself, but then it makes me ended up crying like mad and breaking everything. It took months and caring people to fix me, then all it took is acceptance, gratitude, and more new people that I care.
@@Wwasgud WHAT? I was a lot like Sheldon when my grandpa died in 1988. I was 15. I went into "Spock mode." I was overwhelmed by my emotions (I'm an "Aspie" with OCD, much like Sheldon appears to be), so I decided I was going to act like a Vulcan and not show any emotions at all. Sheldon going into SILENT mode and replaying the last moments with his father in his head (over and over again) made perfect sense to me. It rang VERY TRUE. OTOH... I was very angry with Missy when she didn't understand her brother's attempt to process his grief and she yelled at him.
Seeing this alone explains why when everyone was changing around him when they he and amy won their novel price he got afraid history was gonna repeat itself and loose someone
@@gossipIluvUihatebecause she’s the only one with a real brain n heart. Georgie has to go from being a jr to george. Sheldon is retarted when it comes to basic things.
She was just like me back then, I was worse than her. Also, even she is most ignored, George is the most closer to missy than Mary. I can understand why she lashes out to everyone when her father's passes away, it's like she has pent up everything she had.
I'm crying like a baby. I will never forget my last conversation with him. I was gone for less than an hour and when I came back, he was dead on the floor in his room with a self inflected gun shot. He put the barrel of the rifle in his mouth and pulled the trigger. Me and my dad tried to bring him back but we couldn't. We had to try though. After that, I just kept looking for him. I kept waiting for him to come home but he never did. My brother was 14 years old. September 22, 1992. His name was Jeff.
Missy is grieving in her own way. Sheldon's tone and poker face was definitely riling her up coz her way of mourning is different. The way she sees it, Sheldon doesn't give a shit their dad died and that hurts her more.
@@obseed3041 Agreed. And the way I see it (since I acted very similarly when my grandpa died in 1988) she didn't even TRY to understand that he WAS grieving in his own way, and "thinking about Star Trek" was relative to that grief because he was comparing and contrasting scenarios based upon what was familiar to him. When Missy yelled at Sheldon for "not caring" I grew ANGRY with her (even though she's just a character) because I KNEW what Sheldon was feeling.
Its scary and unsettling to know that you never know when you will see someone ever again especially a loved one. I remember hugging my dad (which I haven’t done in years ) after watching this The world is cruel and unforgiving
As someone who's in the spectrum of autism, this is how i take myself when i'm in my moments of grief, some people doesn't understand how i'm coping and sometimes others feel like we're not hurting because of how different we take things. when i lost my uncle, it's been like forever thinking of every possible conversation that we could have before he passed away.
I know Sheldon is an unreliable narrator but man he got people wrong. Georgie is far more mature than he let on, and his father was a much better man than he let on
This was absolutely brilliant writing, and it portrayed brilliantly Sheldon's grief. If anything, his grief was the most heartbreaking! He is an unusual kid who always had trouble expressing his emotions, he always felt like an alien among people, and even his own family doesn't understand him, or his emotions, like Missy here. Georgie never understood Sheldon either, but of course, this scene also brilliantly reminds us, that this is why we should never judge people by the surface: because the most important things, emotions that define us, happen inside, and we never know what the other person goes through. Sheldon is very much alone with all of this: with grief, with himself. This also explains why Sheldon hates change which was explored in the Big Bang Theory - because the first biggest, most profound change that happened in his life was deeply traumatic: his father's death. Which changed everything for the family, not just economically. So change, is still a trauma for Sheldon, even in his adulthood. It's really amazing how good these two shows are now connected to each other, and fit together, regarding Sheldon's life, and he is the main character on TBBT, let's be honest. But even while being so misunderstood, Sheldon still, constantly, makes an effort to care about others, even if these attempts fail or other people don't see it. Deep down, Sheldon has an enormous heart, he just can't express himself in a typical way. This scene here, when Sheldon is first replaying in his mind, the iconic goodbye between Spock and Kirk (it was cut off here), and then the alternate realities where he is saying goodbye to his dad in different ways in each of them, was gutwrenching! It's so relatable to all of us, and yet so different at the same time. We all, at least once in our lives were at this point when we just wanted a second chance to talk to or see a loved one we lost, just for a second. And yet we can't have that chance again. At the same time, Sheldon's unique, logical & scientific imagination, brings him atypical, original fantasies, that in his mind, maybe would be possible someday in the future, in some parallel worlds? He so desperately wanted to get another chance to see his dad, fix their misunderstandings, and just see his dad still alive and well! I cried like hell. Here is the boy who was always misunderstood and who doesn't understand himself, saying "I love you' to his dead father in countless different ways. Because this is what it is - each of this version of goodbye, is really Sheldon saying 'I love you' to his dad! Brilliant, brilliant episode and ending!
Such good writing. They truly captured those “What ifs?” That come in the wake of losing someone you love. A few years ago my mom called me while I was stuck in traffic. I sent the call to voicemail and completely forgot to call her back when I got home. She died that night. The phone call didn’t contribute to her death, but til my dying day I will always think “Why didn’t I answer the phone?” 😔
Dabble in "what could have been"... A common coping mechanism by those who suffer a great loss... The danger of it is that You could get stuck in that ideal fantasy like an "infinite tsukyomi" instead of facing reality, forgive yourself and try to move on... I'm speaking from experience here
I am not that smart as him but I also think the same way. He speaks reality which often hurts and feelings won't change anything. Most people don't understand this.
Not at all. If he was as smart as he said he was, then he’d understand pain, grief n emotions. Every human is built with them. We’re not robots. It’s a natural thing we’re instantly born with. He was grieving but didn’t know how to? He seriously needed to get dropped (as in body slammed). Maybe then he’d feel reality’s other side
@@WwasgudYes it is. but the thing is people experience grief differently. either you're too young to know that or too old to accept that things are different. typical. the size of your brain is already guessable seeing as your only solution to somebody not experiencing grief the way you want it to is to harm them. I hope you never have a child. It's also worth noting sheldon is on the spectrum of autism. They also process grief differently. Think before saying stupid things like this
This scene really hit home for me. When my grandpa died 6 years ago, I hated how I didn't get the chance to say goodbye being just a mile away. Regardless of his age, this was hands down one of Sheldon's most relatable moments.
Watching this made me cry and think of my own father passing away on June 12 1999. The last words my father and I spoke were him asking about how my job was going. I like Sheldon wish I could have told my dad that I loved him. But I never got the chance.
I remember when my dad died After everything, when we were on our way back home I was thinking about many ways in which I could've changed the outcome or atleast something I should've said The I love you alternative reality hit me hard...
This show deserved a better happier alternative ending and its a spinoff techmically still could expand on relationships and families kids etc like as much for Missy and MeeMaw show should still be on
I both understand and hate missy here. She's grieving, so I understand it, but she's not the only one who lost a dad. I guess it's just the difference of emotional state that they have.
Imagen they made a short movie about Sheldon out of nowhere gathering his friends to build a time machine and once they finish it I can see Raj, Howard, and Leonard just discussing and arguing with each other over where and when they should go, and if they should change anything, and Sheldon just goes inside it without a second thought in the background and leaves. They just look at each other with the most "What just happend?" face. We cut to Sheldon just to sitting next to his dad at the bar. George and his buds pondering if they had too much to drink as there's a grown ass man who knows everything about everyone, claiming to be Sheldon and while hard to believe , given how he acts and talks it might just be true. Sheldon just tells him about his friends, wife and kids with George half believing him at first, and Sheldon finally saying "I missed you dad", there he sees that its his boy and he just smiles knowing everything turned out alright with him.
I was hoping we would see this scene with adult Sheldon sitting down to have a beer with George Sr and the bartender serving them is played by the same actor as Mike Rostenkowski.
It's a shame they didn't give us time in Missy's head as she processed. My best guess is that she was angry at herself for missing that last opportunity with her father, but she turned it outward toward everyone else.
I just understood what is happening here. Sheldon understands time travel so he knows according to TBBT that even if he goes back in time he cant prevent his dad from dying because that has already happened. So even in his AR if he goes back in time Goerge will still die because if he doesn't then the future Sheldon will not want to go back in time in the first place and wont go back which will result in his death anyway. So he is just imagining how he could have made the most of the situation. And yes their discussion about the funeral is absolutely mundane to him because that would not change the basic facts at all. His dad is still dead anything they do now doesn't matter. Thats why he is imagining his last moment when he was alive.
I cried like a baby even though I knew what was coming it still hurts.... George was a amazing Dad and family man. I'm going to miss this show so much. 😢😢
The one thing I will always be grateful for is giving my mom a hug before she got on her flight because less than 48 hours later she passed away from some type of heart attack. I almost missed that opportunity because I was driving and dropping people at curb at airport which everyone knows is hectic with traffic and all. But I stopped and got out and gave her one last hug. Best last memory I could have. I am very Iucky that way.
Imagine he is doing this for years, it's some kind of grievances that you keep bottling inside, trying to wish to make a differet decision at that day. One that won't leave regret to you. And he face it alone. Poor shelly.. that's why he ended up like that in the main show :(
I cant tell you how many times I've done this mentally when my father passed in 2013....I'm appreciative of the cast of Young Sheldon doing this.........Thank you.
Everyone says that Sheldon became Sheldon when he learned about his dad’s death. I’d argue it wasn’t. This. This was the moment the Sheldon we know from the Big Bang Theory was born.
These scenes do so much to show different part of Sheldon. His inability to be able to express his sorrow and show he is grieving. The fact that he is still a kid and has regrets. And the curse of his intellect and how every detail of his last memory of his dad will be ingrained in his mind and how he is powerless to have changed anything.
Just finished watching both finale episodes and it left me feeling down. I know, I know-it’s just television, but George had become such a beloved character, it was hard to see everyone say goodbye. It was kind of fun to see Reba make a brief appearance and so glad the neighbor was there too.
I like this because it shows people grieve in different ways. And just because one person doesn't look like they are going through the emotions it doesn't mean that they aren't. Of course Missy was also grieving in her own way and that's one reason why she was unable to see that Sheldon was going through a hard time as well
@@walrusvr4792 I know that much I just meant they could've expanded on Missy and Billy and expanded on Meemaw relationship and expand on the Georgie's kid being educated by same teachers things of that nature even could've expanded on who could've bought house after college transfer things of that nature etc
@@jaredsandoval1941exactly what could happen in the spinoff. They left a few things open ended like Memaw still needing to finish her community service. I do hope they keep Dale around, because he was a great addition.
The best thing about this is they made sure to include his official last words to the scenario for each scenario. No matter how much he wishes he could do or say something differently, those final words will always be with him
I remember vividly still the last time I saw my father alive. I was lucky enough to tell him that I loved him and thanked him for everything he did for me. He was very weak and didn't have much of a voice left, but looked at me and said I am proud and will forever be proud that you are the man that I raised you to become and that he loved me. I really wish I could see and talk to him one last time.
2:16 than Sheldon might have died too unless George didn’t have the heart attack in the car. And the way Mary says Four o clock is weird hearing it more than once made it sound like it wasn’t even a word
I watched this scene too much now, but i do wonder what it would look like if we saw Sheldon going inside the car with George around that time, other than us seeing Sheldon walking with George and him closing the door
Never know when your last time with them will be. make every moment count, and try to make it the best. Cause sometimes parents getting older and slower is a pain in your plans. But you can be "happy" because eventually they wont bother you anymore in the grave, yknow? All the sudden youre grateful for all the times they asked you to come over but you had that special thing happening and you spent time with them. Temper your annoyed state of mind with gratitude and love, you have less time with them as opposed to more. It ticks every day.
I never saw the series, but this short made me cry. When my grandma died, I wished I could change the last moment that I had the chance to speak with her.
I did the exact same thing when my dad died back in 2019 thinking of moments I could have changed we had a huge falling out but slowly tried putting it back together. Last he said was I'll see you later like Sheldon's dad but sadly later never happened the new year came and I got the call about two weeks later of 2019. I was mad for so many years at him for what he did how he just changed from the best dad no kid wants to have I stopped saying I love you years ago I used to think does it make me a bad Son when I hated him for so many years I mean he gave me reasons too every time I forgave him he gave me another reason to be mad and hate him. Then later felt like he was coming back to his old self again just wish we had more time you know sometimes we think we've got all the time in the world but not really
Dang this hits hard….Replaying all the things he could have said before…I can’t even remember the last thing I said before my dad past at the age of nine or did I even say anything?…Hurts when I try thinking about it.
NGL, this is the kind of thing I think about all the time with my grandparents. I was 11 when my grandad died and was under the impression that everything would be fine (he had cancer, he’d been a smoker all his life), wish I’d not been so ignorant that everything would be fine and spent more time with him! My Nan died when I was 15 as shortly after my grandad died, she had some kind of virus which stayed dormant until that point, which basically made her bedbound.
In my opinion Sheldon should have told people what he was doing and I am sure his family would have been like weird but try it out and the smiles will come.
We all have different ways to deal with this type of moments. Sheldon has his own way. Missy is mad and Georgie he is trying to stay strong for his mom, like a big brother. Same situation, different personalities.
Missy really pissed me off here. I get that she's grieving but Sheldon is feeling loss too. By basically yelling at him for thinking about alternatives to what he could do, she probably inadvertently shut him out even more. I get she's upset too but dear lord, that's something you should never say
Thing is, he didn't say he was thinking about alternate realities or even about his last moment with their dad. He said he's thinking about science stuff (that's what Missy heard) and one of those things is Star Trek. In her view, Sheldon, who has rarely shown familial attachments, continues to think of science even when their dad just died.
@@stansman5461 Yeah I'm pretty sure it would've been a different story if Sheldon had just said something like "I'm just thinking about what I could've done differently before Dad left for work." Although that might make Missy feel guilty that she rejected his offer for a ride and she still lashes out anyway. She's grieving the only way she knows how and we all know she didn't mean it when she practically said she wished that Sheldon was dead.
@@IssaPartay nah, she always said she have only 1 brother. If she really have high EQ(like this shows says) then she would understand how everyone feel, but she have been an total idiot like ordinary teenager. No wonder she wont mature.
The last one had me in tears... By an absolute fluke I saw my brother in the city the day before he died. I jumped off a tram and pretended to bump into him - he had left home after a fight with my mum. I talked briefly and suggested he come back to get his medication (He was 28 and hated people fussing over him.) He didnt and died the next day. I have often replayed that few minutes in my head and wished things ended differently.
@@zulhilmi5787I mean, he probably did want to change history, but he knows he can’t. Making him put down the coffee might not have saved his life, what Sheldon wanted was five more minutes
I like to think that, barring the first AU, these are all things George actually would've said. It makes the last one hit harder, knowing that George would've gladly spent his morning before work bonding with his son.
I go through these scenarios in my head as well when it comes down to my late mom and my past wondering if when i die if i could start over in an alternate universe and make better decisions! Knowing I'm not alone in this idea whether portrayed in fiction or in real life is very comforting! I have religious people and loved ones who'd tell me that's impossible and there's no alternate universes, only heaven and earth, but i believe anything and everything is real so there's that! But who really knows!
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In this kind of moment, we all want to go back in time to fix our mistake.
Couldn't have said it any better. 😢
I watched a friend of mine die in an accident right in front of me less than a year ago. Ever since then I always wonder how could I alter the situation and probably save her. I know it’s unhealthy but it’s stronger than me. This is the worst feeling I ever felt
@@OG3796X sorry for your loss.
I’m so so sorry for your loss. May she Rest In Peace. 🥺🥺🙏🙏🕊️🕊️❤️❤️
This is why we should always live life to the fullest and always love everyone
What I really like about this scene is that Sheldon is not really doing any science analysis he is thinking about what he could have said to his father one last time.
Yeah I think thats the answer to why none of his flashbacks have him say to George to go to the hospital or something like that: he’s not trying to change the present he simply wanted to say goodbye
Sheldon imagining alternate possibilities to his dad’s last day but he never says “Go to the hospital, now”.
Maybe he did, but it was never showed
hor him his dad's death is something inevitable, so he just tried to make most of it at least in his imagination
@epokrandomv.2648 That's what I think happened. Wayne and Tom took Geroge to the hospital, and before they could call Mary, the doctor tells them that Geroge died.
As Mary Alice said to Lynette, in a dream: You can’t prevent what you can’t predict
because he doesn't want hope, he wants closure!
I understand sheldon here in his way he's dealing with his grief the only way he knows by basing it in science unable to really process his emotions
Two steps too insane that’s the price of brilliance
Then you must have some mental issues that need to be addressed because that’s not normal
Yeah missy should have understood that instead of saying he doesnt care
@@sai_Indurthi Why should Misy understand you're forgetting she's still a 14 year-old about to start Highschool and not emotionally mature yet to process the death of their dad just like Sheldon.Thats why Georgie asked both of them to shut up.
I didn’t like when she said that she couldn’t wait for Sheldon’s funeral & Mary just sat there & did nothing but the only time she did something when missy said oh shut up Jeff & that is the only time Mary spoke up & she didn’t even stick up for Sheldon when missy said I can’t wait for yours
Gotta love Georgie's maturity and growth in this scene. He's stepping up to be a good figure to his younger siblings by attempting to calm Missy down and then apologizing to pastor Jeff.
Sibling . Sheldon was literaly moved à thousand miles away
Also fits with what he said in TBBT: "Mom was a mess, Missy was a dumb teenager. I had to look after both of them". Maybe this is the start of it?
@@S-Mania Definitely. He already had become a father at that point so taking a guiding role in the life of his mother and sister when they couldn't really shouldn't be that strange
Except pastor Jeff didn't need or deserve an apology lol
@@dirkstam0511 Of course he did. He wasn't doing anything wrong, he was trying to help the family WHICH IS HIS JOB, and Missy was rude for absolutely no reason.
Just because you don't like religion that is no reason to justify being rude or obnoxious to a minister who's just trying to help a family through a tough time.
Everyone has away of grieving different.
Missy: Expresses how she feels out loud
Sheldon: Sheldon grieves by reflexting about the situation and he has difilcultis of expresing his feelings
I know that for the coopers it was dificult to understand Sheldon but that does not mean the he does not care about his family and for Sheldon George dead was a big shock for him.
I believe I acted the way Sheldon did during that time in my life, I mean it’s just a moment of “what can I even do in this situation to fix it?” And the only solution is the scenario that could never happen, just sad.
Missy is just like me too. I was mess and then being mean to everyone, I got into fight to whoever trying to mess with me, I was being jerk to my family too. Back then I was lost myself, one day I told everyone in funeral it's just disease, be glad he's not being killed, back then I was trying to toughen myself, but then it makes me ended up crying like mad and breaking everything. It took months and caring people to fix me, then all it took is acceptance, gratitude, and more new people that I care.
Sheldons grief was not grief. He needed to get dropped
@@Wwasgud WHAT? I was a lot like Sheldon when my grandpa died in 1988. I was 15. I went into "Spock mode." I was overwhelmed by my emotions (I'm an "Aspie" with OCD, much like Sheldon appears to be), so I decided I was going to act like a Vulcan and not show any emotions at all. Sheldon going into SILENT mode and replaying the last moments with his father in his head (over and over again) made perfect sense to me. It rang VERY TRUE. OTOH... I was very angry with Missy when she didn't understand her brother's attempt to process his grief and she yelled at him.
@@Wwasgudit was. grow up
Anyone who's lost a parent can understand wondering what you could have done differently.
A Thousand different things.
Yeah u just wish that u can do thing differently... While they still there....im the same.... Wish I can be much better son for my dad before his gone
Seeing this alone explains why when everyone was changing around him when they he and amy won their novel price he got afraid history was gonna repeat itself and loose someone
Sorry to be a smart ass check your spelling
That's an interesting take, I like it.
Nobel Prize lol
Missy: "Oh shut up Jeff!!"
Also didn't think she would yell at Georgie!!😳
Georgie didn’t do anything wrong. He was trying to stop a bad situation from escalating
People deal with grief in different ways, Missy is lashing out at everyone.
@@gossipIluvUihatebecause she’s the only one with a real brain n heart. Georgie has to go from being a jr to george. Sheldon is retarted when it comes to basic things.
She was just like me back then, I was worse than her. Also, even she is most ignored, George is the most closer to missy than Mary. I can understand why she lashes out to everyone when her father's passes away, it's like she has pent up everything she had.
@@gossipIluvUihate yeah no. That's not an excuse. She was a brat on this episode.
I'm crying like a baby. I will never forget my last conversation with him. I was gone for less than an hour and when I came back, he was dead on the floor in his room with a self inflected gun shot. He put the barrel of the rifle in his mouth and pulled the trigger. Me and my dad tried to bring him back but we couldn't. We had to try though. After that, I just kept looking for him. I kept waiting for him to come home but he never did. My brother was 14 years old. September 22, 1992. His name was Jeff.
I don’t know the right words, but thank you for sharing your story. Sending light and love for both you and Jeff. ❤
Wow. I don’t know what to say but you have my condolences.
I'm so sorry dear..
❤❤❤
Oh my gosh, I’m so sorry that happened to you! May he Rest in Peace. ❤🥺🥺🕊️🕊️🙏🙏
Georgie did say that he took care of his family after his dad passed. And in here it kind of shows him starting to take over for his dad
Moral of the story is this never forget to let your loved ones know how you important they are to you and how you love them
always get closure each and every day
Fucking bummer that we have to do this
@@dosomestuff1949 I know but that’s life
@@samuelcarver1343 theres nothing we can do to minimize chances?
I think sheldon is trying to find an AU where his dad don't die.
Where he can save him
I wish he did. Put all that brain power to good use
Yes or one where he atleast got to be with him more before he died
Sheldon saw 14,000,605 alternate realities and George died in all of them. Sometimes the only response is “I Love You”.
@@russellh8702I understood that reference.
😁
No he just regrets he ignored him
Sheldon may not cry or say how sad he was but could see the hurt and shock in Sheldon's eyes...I don't see how Missy didn't see that!
Missy is grieving in her own way. Sheldon's tone and poker face was definitely riling her up coz her way of mourning is different. The way she sees it, Sheldon doesn't give a shit their dad died and that hurts her more.
@@obseed3041 Agreed. And the way I see it (since I acted very similarly when my grandpa died in 1988) she didn't even TRY to understand that he WAS grieving in his own way, and "thinking about Star Trek" was relative to that grief because he was comparing and contrasting scenarios based upon what was familiar to him. When Missy yelled at Sheldon for "not caring" I grew ANGRY with her (even though she's just a character) because I KNEW what Sheldon was feeling.
Yeah missy should have known sheldon is different so he does care, but hes expressing his grief differently
She was blinded by her own grief. It happens.
Sheldon was the reason she never felt like she belonged.
George was the reason she did.
Its scary and unsettling to know that you never know when you will see someone ever again especially a loved one. I remember hugging my dad (which I haven’t done in years ) after watching this
The world is cruel and unforgiving
Exactly, so fucking bad. How do y minimize chances of this happening
As someone who's in the spectrum of autism, this is how i take myself when i'm in my moments of grief, some people doesn't understand how i'm coping and sometimes others feel like we're not hurting because of how different we take things.
when i lost my uncle, it's been like forever thinking of every possible conversation that we could have before he passed away.
Nobody understands because yall don’t know how to even understand your selfs to begin with.
I know Sheldon is an unreliable narrator but man he got people wrong. Georgie is far more mature than he let on, and his father was a much better man than he let on
This was absolutely brilliant writing, and it portrayed brilliantly Sheldon's grief. If anything, his grief was the most heartbreaking! He is an unusual kid who always had trouble expressing his emotions, he always felt like an alien among people, and even his own family doesn't understand him, or his emotions, like Missy here. Georgie never understood Sheldon either, but of course, this scene also brilliantly reminds us, that this is why we should never judge people by the surface: because the most important things, emotions that define us, happen inside, and we never know what the other person goes through.
Sheldon is very much alone with all of this: with grief, with himself. This also explains why Sheldon hates change which was explored in the Big Bang Theory - because the first biggest, most profound change that happened in his life was deeply traumatic: his father's death. Which changed everything for the family, not just economically. So change, is still a trauma for Sheldon, even in his adulthood. It's really amazing how good these two shows are now connected to each other, and fit together, regarding Sheldon's life, and he is the main character on TBBT, let's be honest.
But even while being so misunderstood, Sheldon still, constantly, makes an effort to care about others, even if these attempts fail or other people don't see it. Deep down, Sheldon has an enormous heart, he just can't express himself in a typical way.
This scene here, when Sheldon is first replaying in his mind, the iconic goodbye between Spock and Kirk (it was cut off here), and then the alternate realities where he is saying goodbye to his dad in different ways in each of them, was gutwrenching! It's so relatable to all of us, and yet so different at the same time. We all, at least once in our lives were at this point when we just wanted a second chance to talk to or see a loved one we lost, just for a second. And yet we can't have that chance again.
At the same time, Sheldon's unique, logical & scientific imagination, brings him atypical, original fantasies, that in his mind, maybe would be possible someday in the future, in some parallel worlds? He so desperately wanted to get another chance to see his dad, fix their misunderstandings, and just see his dad still alive and well! I cried like hell. Here is the boy who was always misunderstood and who doesn't understand himself, saying "I love you' to his dead father in countless different ways. Because this is what it is - each of this version of goodbye, is really Sheldon saying 'I love you' to his dad! Brilliant, brilliant episode and ending!
Such good writing. They truly captured those “What ifs?” That come in the wake of losing someone you love. A few years ago my mom called me while I was stuck in traffic. I sent the call to voicemail and completely forgot to call her back when I got home.
She died that night. The phone call didn’t contribute to her death, but til my dying day I will always think “Why didn’t I answer the phone?” 😔
Dabble in "what could have been"... A common coping mechanism by those who suffer a great loss... The danger of it is that You could get stuck in that ideal fantasy like an "infinite tsukyomi" instead of facing reality, forgive yourself and try to move on... I'm speaking from experience here
I am not that smart as him but I also think the same way. He speaks reality which often hurts and feelings won't change anything. Most people don't understand this.
Not at all. If he was as smart as he said he was, then he’d understand pain, grief n emotions. Every human is built with them. We’re not robots. It’s a natural thing we’re instantly born with. He was grieving but didn’t know how to? He seriously needed to get dropped (as in body slammed). Maybe then he’d feel reality’s other side
@@WwasgudYes it is. but the thing is people experience grief differently. either you're too young to know that or too old to accept that things are different. typical. the size of your brain is already guessable seeing as your only solution to somebody not experiencing grief the way you want it to is to harm them. I hope you never have a child.
It's also worth noting sheldon is on the spectrum of autism. They also process grief differently. Think before saying stupid things like this
This scene really hit home for me. When my grandpa died 6 years ago, I hated how I didn't get the chance to say goodbye being just a mile away. Regardless of his age, this was hands down one of Sheldon's most relatable moments.
My personal favorite was bye son
Watching this made me cry and think of my own father passing away on June 12 1999. The last words my father and I spoke were him asking about how my job was going. I like Sheldon wish I could have told my dad that I loved him. But I never got the chance.
I remember when my dad died
After everything, when we were on our way back home
I was thinking about many ways in which I could've changed the outcome or atleast something I should've said
The I love you alternative reality hit me hard...
This show deserved a better happier alternative ending and its a spinoff techmically still could expand on relationships and families kids etc like as much for Missy and MeeMaw show should still be on
Sheldon goes to Caltech and 15 years later he meets Leonard.
Happier? What? No 😂. Do you even understand Storytelling? This send off was perfectly abd beautifully poetic.
I both understand and hate missy here. She's grieving, so I understand it, but she's not the only one who lost a dad. I guess it's just the difference of emotional state that they have.
They had to prepare us for the original show where she's a troubled teenager.
"Live long and prosper." That was great. 😂
Whoever wrote that has a genuine understanding of the spectrum processing mind loop. Beautifully done 👏👏👏
It's ironic. Sheldon (we) hate change in the present & often fear it in the future, but would give anything to introduce it to the past.
It's sad how Sheldon feels so much yet fails (or just plain doesn't know how to) share himself with others.
Imagen they made a short movie about Sheldon out of nowhere gathering his friends to build a time machine and once they finish it I can see Raj, Howard, and Leonard just discussing and arguing with each other over where and when they should go, and if they should change anything, and Sheldon just goes inside it without a second thought in the background and leaves. They just look at each other with the most "What just happend?" face.
We cut to Sheldon just to sitting next to his dad at the bar. George and his buds pondering if they had too much to drink as there's a grown ass man who knows everything about everyone, claiming to be Sheldon and while hard to believe , given how he acts and talks it might just be true.
Sheldon just tells him about his friends, wife and kids with George half believing him at first, and Sheldon finally saying "I missed you dad", there he sees that its his boy and he just smiles knowing everything turned out alright with him.
I was hoping we would see this scene with adult Sheldon sitting down to have a beer with George Sr and the bartender serving them is played by the same actor as Mike Rostenkowski.
It's a shame they didn't give us time in Missy's head as she processed. My best guess is that she was angry at herself for missing that last opportunity with her father, but she turned it outward toward everyone else.
I just understood what is happening here. Sheldon understands time travel so he knows according to TBBT that even if he goes back in time he cant prevent his dad from dying because that has already happened. So even in his AR if he goes back in time Goerge will still die because if he doesn't then the future Sheldon will not want to go back in time in the first place and wont go back which will result in his death anyway. So he is just imagining how he could have made the most of the situation. And yes their discussion about the funeral is absolutely mundane to him because that would not change the basic facts at all. His dad is still dead anything they do now doesn't matter. Thats why he is imagining his last moment when he was alive.
so shledon want to run back in time to create sheldonpoint
Maybe we're all living in the Sheldonpoint Universe...
I relate to Sheldon here. When someone I love passes away I grow silent and angry looking.
I cried like a baby even though I knew what was coming it still hurts.... George was a amazing Dad and family man. I'm going to miss this show so much. 😢😢
1:15 damn missy!
If you lost someone you love most, you would probably lashes out to everyone, I can understand her.
@@IamtheMan1111naw, she's being a brat.
@@GeoffreyDavis-bu2mg of course she's still brat. Do you think she's 20 or older?
@@GeoffreyDavis-bu2mg well, she's still brat, what do you think her age is?
In one of the alternative realities, I was waiting for Sheldon to say “Dad, I’m sorry…”
Absolutely brilliant. Thank you for taking us through Sheldon's processing & doing it so beautifully.
Imagine if Sheldon, Raj, Howard, and Leonard invent a time machine
They tried when they bought the huge Time machine
@@profscarlett They need to invent it themselves
Unfortunately, you can't make one out of phone booths and DeLoreans.
This scene really sums up what Georgie said about his family when Sheldon went to Caltech
This is why when I get off the phone or say bye to a loved one I always say “I love you.” Just in case it’s my or their time.
The one thing I will always be grateful for is giving my mom a hug before she got on her flight because less than 48 hours later she passed away from some type of heart attack. I almost missed that opportunity because I was driving and dropping people at curb at airport which everyone knows is hectic with traffic and all. But I stopped and got out and gave her one last hug. Best last memory I could have. I am very
Iucky that way.
Imagine he is doing this for years, it's some kind of grievances that you keep bottling inside, trying to wish to make a differet decision at that day. One that won't leave regret to you. And he face it alone. Poor shelly.. that's why he ended up like that in the main show :(
Just going to say the actress who plays Missy nailed every scene in the final episodes.
I cant tell you how many times I've done this mentally when my father passed in 2013....I'm appreciative of the cast of Young Sheldon doing this.........Thank you.
Everyone says that Sheldon became Sheldon when he learned about his dad’s death. I’d argue it wasn’t.
This. This was the moment the Sheldon we know from the Big Bang Theory was born.
The entire Cooper family cast was phenomenal especially in this episode.
These scenes do so much to show different part of Sheldon. His inability to be able to express his sorrow and show he is grieving. The fact that he is still a kid and has regrets. And the curse of his intellect and how every detail of his last memory of his dad will be ingrained in his mind and how he is powerless to have changed anything.
The way George says “Bye son” and “I love you too son” is heartbreaking
To a Star Trek fan, the Wrath of Khan reference hits especially hard.
This is how it was when my dad died . My mother fell apart, my older sibling lived across the country. That left one calm, non- drinking person... me.
Missy was being annoying
“Shut up Jeff” is crazy
Glad Missy was the one to say it because it was a long time coming.
This is why in my family that we always end a call with 'I love you' because you never know when it's going to be the last time.
Just finished watching both finale episodes and it left me feeling down. I know, I know-it’s just television, but George had become such a beloved character, it was hard to see everyone say goodbye. It was kind of fun to see Reba make a brief appearance and so glad the neighbor was there too.
Same here
I like this because it shows people grieve in different ways. And just because one person doesn't look like they are going through the emotions it doesn't mean that they aren't. Of course Missy was also grieving in her own way and that's one reason why she was unable to see that Sheldon was going through a hard time as well
2:15 i feel like in this scenario sheldon would be able to save george from his heart attack
He's a child not an EMT or cardiac surgeon
How tho? He had the heart attack later at school, and sheldon isnt a cardiac doctor, nothing he could have done
This should should still be runninng i really wish all these cast could still do cameos together of future projects together
A Young Sheldon Spinoff is prepared to air in the summer or fall, it’s a Sheldon’s brother and sister and law
@@walrusvr4792 I know that much I just meant they could've expanded on Missy and Billy and expanded on Meemaw relationship and expand on the Georgie's kid being educated by same teachers things of that nature even could've expanded on who could've bought house after college transfer things of that nature etc
@@jaredsandoval1941exactly what could happen in the spinoff. They left a few things open ended like Memaw still needing to finish her community service. I do hope they keep Dale around, because he was a great addition.
The best thing about this is they made sure to include his official last words to the scenario for each scenario. No matter how much he wishes he could do or say something differently, those final words will always be with him
I remember vividly still the last time I saw my father alive. I was lucky enough to tell him that I loved him and thanked him for everything he did for me. He was very weak and didn't have much of a voice left, but looked at me and said I am proud and will forever be proud that you are the man that I raised you to become and that he loved me. I really wish I could see and talk to him one last time.
The "Shut up jeff"🤣🤣
After I watched this episode I literally went and texted my dad because I live 4 hours away from him telling him I loved him.
Fun fact: Jeff played gay guy in Family Guy series.
2:16 than Sheldon might have died too unless George didn’t have the heart attack in the car. And the way Mary says Four o clock is weird hearing it more than once made it sound like it wasn’t even a word
I watched this scene too much now, but i do wonder what it would look like if we saw Sheldon going inside the car with George around that time, other than us seeing Sheldon walking with George and him closing the door
Never know when your last time with them will be. make every moment count, and try to make it the best. Cause sometimes parents getting older and slower is a pain in your plans. But you can be "happy" because eventually they wont bother you anymore in the grave, yknow? All the sudden youre grateful for all the times they asked you to come over but you had that special thing happening and you spent time with them. Temper your annoyed state of mind with gratitude and love, you have less time with them as opposed to more. It ticks every day.
I never saw the series, but this short made me cry. When my grandma died, I wished I could change the last moment that I had the chance to speak with her.
Everyone has memories like this i will miss this show
This is Torture😢😢😢 replaying this moment over and over and saying what you wish you would have said if you knew it would be the last...
Just thinking about alternate realities generates a deep reflection of what could have been.....
I did the exact same thing when my dad died back in 2019 thinking of moments I could have changed we had a huge falling out but slowly tried putting it back together. Last he said was I'll see you later like Sheldon's dad but sadly later never happened the new year came and I got the call about two weeks later of 2019. I was mad for so many years at him for what he did how he just changed from the best dad no kid wants to have I stopped saying I love you years ago I used to think does it make me a bad Son when I hated him for so many years I mean he gave me reasons too every time I forgave him he gave me another reason to be mad and hate him. Then later felt like he was coming back to his old self again just wish we had more time you know sometimes we think we've got all the time in the world but not really
Losing a parent is one of the most difficult things i have gone through, but to lose one that young is worse...
Shoulda, coulda, woulda, yet life’s unpredictable so one can merely try to live with less regrets from the previous mistakes 😢
Ik the reference and u r right
Dang this hits hard….Replaying all the things he could have said before…I can’t even remember the last thing I said before my dad past at the age of nine or did I even say anything?…Hurts when I try thinking about it.
This one hits me home hard because it feels like something I would do if my dad was still alive.
NGL, this is the kind of thing I think about all the time with my grandparents.
I was 11 when my grandad died and was under the impression that everything would be fine (he had cancer, he’d been a smoker all his life), wish I’d not been so ignorant that everything would be fine and spent more time with him!
My Nan died when I was 15 as shortly after my grandad died, she had some kind of virus which stayed dormant until that point, which basically made her bedbound.
In my opinion Sheldon should have told people what he was doing and I am sure his family would have been like weird but try it out and the smiles will come.
Lowkey this is how I grieved over my dad's death. I was playing the day over and over my head trying to figure out what I could have done different.
Makes me feel greatful that my oldman is still with me
Damn invisible ninjas cutting onions in front of me.
the actors did so well here because it must have been hard for them too
This made me cry.
We all have different ways to deal with this type of moments. Sheldon has his own way. Missy is mad and Georgie he is trying to stay strong for his mom, like a big brother. Same situation, different personalities.
Missy really pissed me off here. I get that she's grieving but Sheldon is feeling loss too. By basically yelling at him for thinking about alternatives to what he could do, she probably inadvertently shut him out even more.
I get she's upset too but dear lord, that's something you should never say
Thing is, he didn't say he was thinking about alternate realities or even about his last moment with their dad. He said he's thinking about science stuff (that's what Missy heard) and one of those things is Star Trek.
In her view, Sheldon, who has rarely shown familial attachments, continues to think of science even when their dad just died.
@@stansman5461 Yeah I'm pretty sure it would've been a different story if Sheldon had just said something like "I'm just thinking about what I could've done differently before Dad left for work."
Although that might make Missy feel guilty that she rejected his offer for a ride and she still lashes out anyway. She's grieving the only way she knows how and we all know she didn't mean it when she practically said she wished that Sheldon was dead.
She just doesn’t understand. They’re all grieving. Cut her some slack
@@IssaPartay I know I know.
That's what I said. But it still kinda irked me.
@@IssaPartay nah, she always said she have only 1 brother. If she really have high EQ(like this shows says) then she would understand how everyone feel, but she have been an total idiot like ordinary teenager. No wonder she wont mature.
The curse of eidetic memory.
The last one had me in tears... By an absolute fluke I saw my brother in the city the day before he died. I jumped off a tram and pretended to bump into him - he had left home after a fight with my mum. I talked briefly and suggested he come back to get his medication (He was 28 and hated people fussing over him.) He didnt and died the next day. I have often replayed that few minutes in my head and wished things ended differently.
Sheldon can't find closure. He will suppress his emotions then every now and then go thru an acute depression
Meg gave Pastor jeff the "Shut up meg"
just tell him to put the coffee cup down ffs
What's wrong with coffee
@@gilangsaputra6333 In rare cases it can trigger palpitations and possible heart attacks.
Sheldon didn't want to change history. What he wants is to have a closure with his father
@@zulhilmi5787 But he never got that closure, so if he imagines anything different, that's change.
@@zulhilmi5787I mean, he probably did want to change history, but he knows he can’t. Making him put down the coffee might not have saved his life, what Sheldon wanted was five more minutes
do yourselfs a favor, call your dad and your mom, tell them how much you love them, no reason needed just say it outloud to them
And your grandparents.
can we all just think about sheldon leaving without a uniform and not even ready
Heartbreaking that torture, that what if, this was the moment he changed truly
It gives me the chills without the music.
this is how a person with Autism deals with grief, I am talking from experience.
SOME autistic ppl deal with mourning like this
I like to think that, barring the first AU, these are all things George actually would've said. It makes the last one hit harder, knowing that George would've gladly spent his morning before work bonding with his son.
Live long and prosper kills me
I go through these scenarios in my head as well when it comes down to my late mom and my past wondering if when i die if i could start over in an alternate universe and make better decisions! Knowing I'm not alone in this idea whether portrayed in fiction or in real life is very comforting! I have religious people and loved ones who'd tell me that's impossible and there's no alternate universes, only heaven and earth, but i believe anything and everything is real so there's that! But who really knows!
i didn't even see the show. still i feel like crying