Young Sheldon Finale: Controversial Plot Twist Just Made Sheldon’s Closure Arc Even Better

Having come to its definite end earlier this year, The Big Bang Theory prequel, Young Sheldon, wrapped the younger character’s story up, leaving him on the way to his bright future as a prominent physicist he eventually becomes on the original show.

Ever since its launch back in 2017, Young Sheldon had all the high hopes from long-standing fans eager to finally find out more details about the beloved quirky character’s earlier life in Texas and what actually made him the way he was on The Big Bang Theory.

The show eventually did succeed in unveiling some big mysteries kept by the original series, while the prequel’s finale gave Sheldon an even bigger update, proving once again that, despite everyone’s disbelief, he was far from being just a callous and self-centered narcissist that The Big Bang Theory had never missed to show.

Young Sheldon’s finale that aired back in May surely hit its fans unexpectedly hard since Sheldon and the rest of his family were forced to cope with the loss of Sheldon’s father and family patriarch George Sr.

The latter’s passing had a major impact on every single family member, especially on Sheldon’s mother Mary who, fearing to lose someone else she was close with, doesn’t restrain herself from urging Sheldon and his siblings, Missy and Georgie, upon getting baptized, which, according to Mary, would give her kids some kind of additional protection from on high.

While Missy and Georgie are adamant in their decision not to follow their mother’s advice, Sheldon appears to be the only one to give consolation to Mary and agrees to get baptized, which not only brings him and Mary closer to each other for years to come, but also proves Sheldon’s pretty real ability to put someone else’s feelings above his own.

Ever since its season 1, Young Sheldon made it clear that, despite his very young age, its titular character has never considered telling a lie and thus always remained completely honest with himself and others around him.

As Sheldon never believed in God’s existence, yet sometimes visited a church with his mother just to support her, Mary’s request for her son to get baptized may indeed become a real challenge for anyone who is far from being a firm believer.

Still, having considered his mother’s emotional state after George Sr. 's death, Sheldon, surprisingly, was the only one of Mary’s children who deeply cared for her feelings and eventually decided to put his own aside just to please his mother and make her feel better.

Teen Sheldon’s thoughtful gesture that actually went against his own beliefs (or rather disbeliefs) proves that his selfish behavior in The Big Bang Theory didn’t really show who he really was since his ability to sympathize with others was a rare, yet pretty much real notion in the original show’s prequel.