AlthoughGeorgie & Mandy’s First Marriagegave Georgie and Connor a sweet scene together, this unintentionally highlighted how sad his relationship with Sheldon was inThe Big Bang Theory. ByThe Big Bang Theory’s finale, most of the show’s loose ends had been tied up. Howard and Bernadette were married with children, Leonard and Penny were married and expecting their first child, and even Amy and Sheldon had gotten married and won the Nobel Prize.Young Sheldon’s ending confirmedthat the pair also had children, meaning the perpetually single Raj was the only one who didn’t receive this traditional ending.
Why The Big Bang Theory’s New Spinoff Was Inevitable After Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage
Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage, alongside its predecessor Young Sheldon, inadvertently made The Big Bang Theory’s upcoming spinoff inevitable.
However, some supporting stars fromThe Big Bang Theory’s cast of charactersnever receive the same level of closure. In season 11, episode 23, “The Sibling Realignment,” Sheldon’s older brother Georgie appeared on-screen for the first time. He resented Sheldon for failing to help him support their mother Mary in the years after their father, George Sr., died. Meanwhile, Sheldon resents Georgie for disrespecting him throughout their childhood and adolescence, reading their sibling rivalry as unfair mistreatment on Georgie’s part. By the end of the episode, the pair bury their feud and are finally left on relatively good terms.
Georgie Admits He Wished He Knew Sheldon Better In Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage Episode 7
However, Georgie and Sheldon’s relationship doesn’t receive much more focus inThe Big Bang Theoryoutside of Georgie’s brief appearance at Sheldon’s wedding. As such, it is hard to know how well the pair recovered from their decade-long feud, and this is made worse byGeorgie & Mandy’s First Marriageseason 1, episode 7, “An Old Mustang.” In this outing, Georgie takes it upon himself to help Mandy’s misfit brother Connor bond with his traditional father Jim. In the process, Georgie accidentally makes his relationship with Sheldon even sadder by admitting that he often wished the pair could have been closer.
Hearing Georgie confirm that he wanted a better relationship with his little brother was a tragic moment.
AsGeorgie & Mandy’s First Marriage’s titleimplies, the show’s story is mostly concerned with the newlyweds and the reasons behind their eventual canonical separation. However, theYoung Sheldonspinoff also finds time for subplots involving Georgie’s family and relationship with Mandy’s family, the McAllisters. His attempts to bond with Connor turned sad in “An Old Mustang” whenGeorgie admitted that he wished he was closer to Sheldonwhile talking to Mandy’s socially awkward brother. Although viewers could have guessed this, hearing Georgie confirm that he wanted a better relationship with his little brother was a tragic moment.
Georgie Encourages Connor To Embrace His Unconventional Self
Georgie proved surprisingly supportive ofConnor’s Sheldon-esque eccentricitiesthroughout “An Old Mustang,” and it is obvious that his patient attitude toward Mandy’s brother comes from years of helping Sheldon fit in. Although Sheldon often complained about how Missy and Georgie would gang up on him throughoutThe Big Bang Theory,Young Sheldonproved that this wasn’t an entirely fair recollection of their childhood relationship. Georgie sometimes tormented his little brother, but he also often took care of him and did what he could to help Sheldon out. Seeing him fulfill the same role as Connor madeThe Big Bang Theory’s feud even sadder.
Although Georgie regretted the fact that he and Sheldon weren’t closer in this episode ofGeorgie & Mandy’s First Marriage, this clearly changed at some point after the spinoff ended and beforeThe Big Bang Theory’s story began. As sad as it is,Georgie and Sheldon’sBig Bang Theoryfeud sadly makes sense, since Sheldon’s life seemed pretty successful to his older brother. With a lucrative permanent job at the university, a stable group of friends, and eventually even a happy romantic relationship, it looked like Sheldon had everything he could want. It is no surprise Georgie didn’t think Sheldon needed his help.
Georgie Resented His Little Brother In His Big Bang Theory Introduction
By the timeThe Big Bang Theory’s story took place,Georgie’s regret over not spending time with Sheldon calcified into resentment of his little brother. WhileThe Big Bang Theory’s version of Missyremained in comparatively regular contact with Sheldon, the original show’s version of Georgie seemingly had no contact with his little brother for years. This is understandable from Georgie’s perspective, since he felt that Sheldon abandoned him to take care of Meemaw, Missy, and Mary alone after George Sr’s death. However, this expectation was also somewhat unreasonable onGeorgie’s part. Sheldon was, after all, very young when George Sr died.
Sheldon was even less equipped to help out than Georgie, which makes Georgie’s resentment over Sheldon’s college career feel less fair.
Georgie was too young to take on the responsibility of looking after Meemaw, his mother, his sister, his wife, and his baby Cece by the timeGeorgie & Mandy’s First Marriagebegan, and this was immediately obvious in the series. One potential reason behindGeorgie & Mandy’s First Marriage’s big breakupcould be the intense anxiety Georgie feels around his position as a caregiver to four generations of family members. However, Sheldon was only 13 years old around that time. He was even less equipped to help out than Georgie, which makes Georgie’s resentment over Sheldon’s college career feel less fair.
Mary Unintentionally Made Georgie & Sheldon’s Feud Worse
Mary’s Coddling Of Sheldon Inadvertently Made Their Relationship Worse
Georgie may have recognized that Sheldon was only a child if it weren’t for one other factor in their troubled relationship.Mary’s preferential treatment of Sheldon exacerbated Sheldon and Georgie’s feud throughoutThe Big Bang Theory, since she treated Sheldon as both a genius and a coddled child while she asked a lot of Georgie after George Sr. died. Georgie felt that his efforts to help out Missy and Mary went unappreciated, while Sheldon was roundly praised. This would definitely result in a grudge towards the younger sibling. This deepened the divide between the pair, as noted by Georgie in “The Sibling Realignment.”
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WhileYoung Sheldon’s version of Maryhad her flaws,The Big Bang Theory’s take on the character was a lot more bitter, resentful, and self-centered. As such, it is not hard to see why Georgie ended up resenting Sheldon for reasons that weren’t entirely based on his brother’s behavior. Mary praising Sheldon’s academic gifts and coddling him while ignoring the everyday material support Georgie provided resulted in Georgie taking this out on Sheldon. As such,The Big Bang Theoryfeud makes sense despiteGeorgie & Mandy’s First Marriage’s hero Georgie saying he wanted to have a closer relationship with Sheldon.
