Young Sheldon Pilot (2017– ) Online

2017– Iain Armitage Zoe Perry Lance Barber Jon Favreau

Original Title :: Pilot
Genre :: TV Episode / Comedy
Year :: 2017–
Directror :: Jon Favreau
Cast :: Iain Armitage,Zoe Perry,Lance Barber
Writer :: Chuck Lorre,Steven Molaro
Type :: TV Episode
Time :: 30min
Rating :: 7.4/10

Young Sheldon Pilot (2017– ) Online

9-year-old Sheldon Cooper learns that having a brilliant mind doesn't always help growing up in Texas.

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
	Iain Armitage	-	Sheldon
	Zoe Perry	-	Mary
	Lance Barber	-	George Sr.
	Montana Jordan	-	Georgie
	Raegan Revord	-	Missy
	Jim Parsons	-	Sheldon (voice)
	Bob Newhart	-	Professor Proton
	Valerie Mahaffey	-	Ms. MacElroy
	Rex Linn	-	Principal Petersen
	Matt Hobby	-	Pastor Hodgkins
	Brian Stepanek	-	Mr. Givens
	Danielle Pinnock	-	Ms. Ingram
	Melissa Tang	-	Ms. Fenley
	Doc Farrow	-	Assistant Coach Wilkins
	Wyatt McClure	-	Billy Sparks

Zoe Perry is the real life daughter of Laurie Metcalf in The Big Bang Theory (2007). This is the second time she has played a younger version of one of her mother's characters. The first time was when she played a younger version of her mother's character in Розанна (1988).

The number on the school bus behind young Sheldon (Iain Armitage) when he first goes to school is 1138, maybe a reference to THX 1138, written and directed by George Lucas of Звёздные войны. Эпизод 4: Новая надежда (1977) fame.

At the end of the episode, Sheldon (Iain Armitage) comments he finds it comforting that in a world of uncertainty, Radio Shack will be there forever. In March 2017 Radio Shack declared bankruptcy and closed nearly all its stores.

This episode explains why Sheldon (Jim Parsons) doesn't have a Texas drawl. In narration, he explains that he switched to a mid-Atlantic accent because "Nobel prize winners ought not be ordering tater tots.."

The father (Lance Barber) in Young Sheldon is also the childhood bully of Leonard in Теория большого взрыва (2007) in Season 5 ep 11, Теория большого взрыва: The Speckerman Recurrence (2011).

The episode is set at the beginning of the 1989-90 school year and includes a cameo appearance of Bob Newhart reprising his role as "Professor Proton." 1989-90 was also the last season of Newhart, culminating with the discovery the entire show was a dream.

Melissa Tang, who plays Ms. Fenley, also played Mandy Chow on Теория большого взрыва (2007), the girl Leonard (Johnny Galecki) kissed on the boat.

The song playing over football practice is Nothin' But A Good Time by Poison.

Twins Sheldon (Детство Шелдона (2017)) & Missy (Raegan Revord) are shown to share a bedroom, however in Теория большого взрыва (2007) episode 7.18, Теория большого взрыва: The Mommy Observation (2014). Sheldon's (Jim Parsons) childhood bedroom is shown having only one twin bed.

This episode premiered just one day after the 10th anniversary of its parent series Теория большого взрыва (2007).

This episode contains the first screen appearances of Sheldon's father, George Sr. (Lance Barber) and his older brother George Jr, played by Montana Jordan.

This episode was ranked #4 for the week ending 1 October 2017.

This episode was viewed by 17.21 million people and had a rating of 3.8 (adults 18-49). The total number of viewers (including DVR users) was 22.41 million.

This episode went to air as a special preview of the series immediately after the season 11 premiere episode of Теория большого взрыва (2007), Теория большого взрыва: The Proposal Proposal (2017).

The house Sheldon (Iain Armitage) lives in is not same one shown in Теория большого взрыва (2007) when Sheldon (Jim Parsons) visits his mother in episode 7.18, Теория большого взрыва: The Mommy Observation (2014).

Aired on the same day as the Season 11 premiere of The Big Bang Theory (2007).

This episode aired in Canada on September 25, 2017.

Sheldon (Iain Armitage) wears mittens when holding hands to say grace. In the end, he mentions that he never touched his brother's hand until the invention of Purell.

User reviews

Uylo

I love it! Young Sheldon being the prequel to the adult Sheldon of the multiple EMMY award winner The Big Bang Theory will thrive based on the eclectic cast of characters who are living in the 1980's. I see very little need to compare it to TBBT but I will say that it has taken sixty (60) years since the family themed Leave It To Beaver once aired, and I do see comparisons between the Cooper family and the original (Beaver) Cleaver family.

We see how young Sheldon and his family cope with his genius whereas the rest of Sheldon's family are a normal working class family. Sheldon's father is the high school football coach, his mother (who is played by the real life daughter Zoe Perry, of adult Sheldon's mother played by Laurie Metcalf) relies on her faith in the church, his big brother is a jock, and his twin sister has a mouth on her like a bar maid.

I cannot wait to see when they introduce the audience to the other woman in Young Sheldon's life. That person being Sheldon's mee-ma who apparently will be played by Annie Potts (Designing Women). Another pleasure of Young Sheldon is the series is void from that horrible staple of many comedy series, that being the canned laughter box. Thank you, thank you a thousand times thank you. Let's let the audience decide what is funny and what is not. For now I am laughing and I really enjoy Young Sheldon.

A perfect 10/10

Preve

On paper this seemed like a good idea: a throwback sitcom based on one of the most iconic characters of the last 15 years.

The problem is that all of Jim Parsons' skill gets lost when it is a different actor reading his words. Things get worse when you give us a Goldbergs rip-off without even trying to throw some jokes in.

It didn't have any heart or emotional moments despite there being opportunities to introduce that tone such as the father's firing, the mother's struggles or the sibling rivalry.

I am sure the ratings will be strong, but the episode wasn't.

Yanthyr

This show seems to suffer from an identity crisis from the get go. It's very clear that the show was given the green light based on the intellectual property of Big Bang and not the merit of the writing, direction or talent involved.

I literally had to look up the alleged genre to figure out if this was intentionally un-funny. I was surprised to find that this is classified as a comedy. Deadpan comedy can be great, but this falls flat on it's face from the start and stays there.

Let me say, I'm not a huge fan of big bang, however, I can't deny that it's formula works in a big way. I don't need to enjoy it to recognize the powerful IP that it is. For that, it deserves respect regardless of critics.

Why on earth would the creators abandon the trusted format for this abomination? I hate laugh tracks but why not cater to your baked-in audience and use them in this format?

What was the director thinking with so many cuts per scene. There must have been over a dozen in the locker room - and they were totally needless.

There is not character development at all. Given the right format such as sitcom like Big Bang, no one cares - but this verges on a drama from the way it is presented.

Fine, you don't want to use a laugh track, then Why not inject more narrative like like "Everybody Hates Chris" and make the narration and scene cuts really count and invoke comedy?

Worse of all, the casting was horrible. The young Sheldon has some lines a fan would expect but the actor makes them all fall flat. A complete disappointment.

I gave it a 3 instead of a 1 to not pass judgement too quickly. I would be VERY surprised if this gets picked up again beyond existing contractual basis. If it keeps this way a third season is more elusive than the missing link.

Verdict : skip until it's proved it's format, which is doubtful.

Pumpit

Very enjoyable show, Sheldon is a child brainiac projecting a likable insouciance. He offends with his blunt opinions, usually to do with his strong need to understand other people's behaviour as rational and just. His casual innocence gives him a charm, notwithstanding his critical darts. One curious thing in the writing of the pilot: They had Sheldon tell his little sister, after she had threatened to 'kick him in the balls', that it was okay because he didn't have balls. I'm only nine, he says, 'they haven't descended yet'. Then the voice-over of the adult Sheldon is heard to say that 'they didn't descend until I was fifteen.' The line is supposed to be funny, of course. But it is a strange kind of urban myth that I've heard used in comedy on TV and movies more than once. I often wonder why that is, because it is patently false, although many Americans seem to believe that it is true (perhaps those who have never had boy children). The fact is, even very little boys sport a pair of descended testicles. Boys' testicles descend at birth, or shortly thereafter, otherwise it can be a serious medical problem. I suppose the error is trivial, except in this instance it is strange indeed for a supposed know-all like Sheldon to say it. Maybe a little bit more research is needed on the part of the show's writers?

Darkshaper

As a huge The Big Bang Theory fan, right away there is two things that bother me in the Pilot episode. The father is Leonard's bully Jimmy Speckerman and the piano lady is Mandy Chow, also from The Big Bang Theory.

I do understand that good actors for the part might be hard to find, but if you do a spin-off series, don't use same actors, and specially those who plays totally different role in the original title.

The good parts of this are Sheldon, Mary and Missy. Mary's resemblance is very good compared to the original, but let's see how all of these will work in the upcoming episodes, really waiting to see how this evolves, hopefully for the better direction.

Gagas

I gave the pilot a chance, given the excellent quality of it's "mothership" The Big Bang Theory, but had my suspicions that it would not live up to it. What give TBBT its appeal are the nerdy characters in awkward situations. It even has lost some of it's shine because it used to be mainly about Leonard and Penny, the awkward guy and the girl out of his league, a situation many of us could relate to. Sadly now it's all about Sheldon, a funny character whose main quality is being annoying.

Now, to make a series completely orbit around an annoying character with an annoying mother, an annoying brother and an annoying sister, without the jokes (didn't see any on the pilot) will result in an annoying series.

Gave it a chance, moving on to Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams, Inhumans, The Orville (excellent by the way), ST Discovery, or Dirk Gently's Hollistic Detective Agency (weird but really fun).

Malogamand

seriously I don't know what people saw in this show. It was horribly written, not funny in the least and the only show in recent memory that made a 1/2 sitcom feel like an hour long funeral (for the record I've been to funerals that were more entertaining than this). Do us all a favor and cancel this before episode 2.

Aver

A very long time ago, Decades, I lived at a Town just like that. I was the "Runt of the Litter", and usually sickly, thankfully my Mother was a Nurse. Football and Cars was everything, Academics what's that was the attitude. I found "Sports" ridiculous as Historically previously used to determine the best Warriors, as absolutely nothing to do with what the purpose of School is.

As a U.S. Military Dependent I ended up going to School at many different U.S. States and Overseas, because of the different levels and standards at each School I ended up sometimes like Young Sheldon, and was put forward into the next Grade, when I returned to the other State I ended up being put back one Grade, making me feel like Georgie (Sheldon's Brother).

Like Young Sheldon my interest was Science instead of going outside to play (because I was usually sickly). Unlike Sheldon, age 15 Puberty, I was extremely early age 10 which caused a problem in Gym Class, suddenly I stopped being so sickly. I started to go outside more often to play with the neighborhood children.

Like Sheldon's Family being dysfunctional, mine was similar, I started to mow lawns around the U.S. Military Base's Housing Areas to buy a 10 speed bicycle so I could mow more lawns further and further from home for $5.00 even though the lawns were huge greater than 40 feet across the front. I joined Boy Scouts, as previously I was a Cub Scout, and Webelos as insisted on by my Mother, because I was previously sickly and anti social, so I can relate to Young Sheldon. The Boy Scouts instead of ridiculing my interests in Science, Space, Space Flight, Aviation, Model Rocketry, Electronics, rewarded me with earned Merit Badges. while toughing me up with Camp Outs, Hikes, 50 Milers (Hiking, Canoe), Survival Training, Drown Proofing.

catterpillar

As a fan of TBBT, I have also been enjoying Young Sheldon. I am surprised at the many negative reviews. Many fans of TBBT might have been expecting a similarly fast paced program, with nonstop laughs. This is a different show, one would hope it would be received as such, not as an extension of TBBT. Rather than a laugh a minute, we are given a laid back character study of a Texas family whose younger son is a genius. The result is totally engaging. Yes there are many funny moments. But there are some thoughtful moments too, and a few sad ones. Iain Armitage is perfect as Sheldon, and the whole cast is very good as an ensemble. it is not all about Sheldon as one reviewer said, we meet his family as individuals. If some viewers are not able to appreciate this gem, it is their loss. I only hope we get at least a few more seasons.

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