Young Sheldon’s Georgie & Mandy Spinoff Must Answer 1 Major Big Bang Theory Question

While Young Sheldon’s first spinoff won’t arrive for a while, viewers already know the most important question that the third series in The Big Bang Theory universe must answer. Young Sheldon has proven incredibly popular with audiences, with The Big Bang Theory’s first spinoff frequently earning millions of viewers with every new episode. As such, it is no surprise that Young Sheldon will receive a spinoff of its own after the series ends in 2024. Reportedly, this spinoff will focus on Sheldon’s brother Georgie and his wife Mandy and will revert to The Big Bang Theory‘s multi-camera format instead of Young Sheldon’s single-camera style.

After Young Sheldon season 7 airs and brings the show’s story to a close, George and Mandy’s spinoff will begin. Georgie and Mandy’s Young Sheldon spinoff will be a laugh track-backed sitcom akin to The Big Bang Theory, and creative talent from both Young Sheldon and the original show will be involved in its creation. Steven Molaro, Chuck Lorre, and Steve Holland are attached to produce the project, with the trio also expected to pen the pilot. This is good news since Young Sheldon has thus far failed to explain a few major questions about Georgie and Mandy’s story, which was hinted at in The Big Bang Theory.

Young Sheldon’s Georgie & Mandy Spinoff Can Finally Reveal What Happened To Them

Georgie’s family doesn’t appear in The Big Bang Theory, although they are obliquely referenced. In the character’s first onscreen appearance, season 11, episode 23, “The Sibling Realignment,” it is revealed that Georgie has two ex-wives. Thus, Georgie’s season 7 storyline runs into a problem with the original show’s canon. In Young Sheldon season 6’s ending, Georgie and Mandy got engaged, but viewers already know that this marriage ends in divorce. Fortunately, this upcoming spinoff can fill in the gap in Georgie and Mandy’s story, explaining why the couple isn’t together and what happened between them in the intervening years.

Until this spinoff was announced, it seemed as if Young Sheldon season 7 would need to explain this discrepancy. This would have been difficult since the spinoff’s final season only has fourteen episodes, so going from Mandy’s proposal to the couple’s divorce in that compressed time frame could have been ludicrously fast-paced. However, Georgie and Mandy’s spinoff can now tell their story at a measured pace, illustrating the issues that drove them apart while still entertaining audiences. This would solve this biggest potential problem with Georgie’s Young Sheldon season 7 story since the new spinoff can explain the breakup and thus alleviate pressure on the final season’s plotting.

Mandy’s Big Bang Theory Absence Has Been A Major Talking Point After Young Sheldon

It is bizarre that Mandy was never mentioned in The Big Bang Theory considering how big an impact she had on the lives of Georgie, Sheldon, and the rest of the Cooper family. Ever since Young Sheldon gave her a major role back in season 5, the fact that she went unmentioned throughout The Big Bang Theory’s twelve seasons became increasingly egregious. However, Georgie and Mandy’s spinoff could explain the reasons behind this. The breakup may have been particularly acrimonious, Mandy may have passed away, or Sheldon’s distance from Georgie may have caused The Big Bang Theory’s hero to forget all about Young Sheldon‘s supporting star.