Since the show’s 2016 announcement, viewers of The Big Bang Theory have been interested in learning how Young Sheldon, the spinoff, would handle Sheldon’s father’s passing. The writers were spared having to consider how they would handle it for a while. It was something far away as they constructed a charming family comedy.
However, viewers came to love George Cooper Sr. (Lance Barber), a kind man who was always proud of his brilliant son Ian Armitage, even though he did not always understand him.
What happened to George Cooper? How old was Sheldon when his father died?
George suffered a heart attack and died.
George would not survive to see Young Sheldon through to the end. And it occurred in “A New Home and a Traditional Texas Torture,” the third-to-last episode of the show. George Cooper Sr. died of a heart attack.
In an interview, executive producer Steve Holland outlined the storytelling choice made for the program. “We aimed to execute it in a manner that was unexpected,” he stated. That is the reason it occurs at the end of [episode 12]; we wanted to see if we could surprise people. Even though they know it’s going to come, maybe they won’t see it coming then.”
Young Sheldon realized a prophecy from The Big Bang Theory in Thursday’s second episode in a row, “A New Home and a Traditional Texas Torture.” The sitcom’s original premise was that Sheldon’s father passed away when the main character was 14 years old.
How Young Sheldon Handled George’s Death?
Significant changes were about to occur for the Coopers. While George, Mary (Zoe Perry), and Missy (Raegan Revord) were getting ready to move to Houston for George’s new job as a football coach at Rice University, Sheldon was getting ready to move to California for graduate school at Caltech.
Sheldon was angry with his parents for moving because he thought he would no longer have a place to call home. He didn’t do well with change, and he was facing a huge change in the form of his cross-country move.
That morning, George went off to work like any other day. By afternoon, the entire family had assembled, awaiting his return so they could snap a family portrait in a bluebell meadow before Sheldon moved out.
Mary answered the knock and saw two of George’s employees, Tom (Rex Linn) and Wayne (Doc Farrow), standing there, looking agitated. They informed her that George had suffered a heart attack and was no longer with them.
