"Do you even know who goes to church on Thursday? Losers". That's Missy to Mandy in the Season Finale of Young Sheldon. I don't know if this Thursday reference was a hidden Easter Egg but I couldn't think of a better way to start putting my thoughts together to describe what Sheldon, his family, his friends, his teachers and even his arch enemies mean to me. Young Sheldon bid the world Farewell this past Thursday and as much as both Shelly and Dr. Sheldon Cooper will belittle me for my English, it is indeed the End of an Era.
"The Big Bang Theory" and "Young Sheldon" aired on Thursday, the former started in 2007, aired for 12 Seasons till 2029 and the latter had it's run from 2017 to 2024 for 7 Summers. I don't remember how I got into the OG but the Thursdays in USA made my Friday afternoon extremely important. My 3-12 PM Shift during News Editorial days meant I would keep make sure that I download the Torrent for the latest episode by Friday noon, put it on U-Torrent while keeping my Laptop running, so that when I have the latest TBBT episode downloaded upon reaching home by 1 AM. This was the Era when we didn't speak of Internet as even 2G, and downloading a 699MB movie file meant 8-9 hours of the awesome 32KB/s speed. Gladly, even if the download failed at times, I could be up for the entire night and re-start download for an 150MB something TBBT mp4 file. Of course, a lot changed with time, the world got OTT and I could watch it with better quality and zero buffering. Friday download also included the torrent for the latest episode of The Vampire Diaries, but that is for another chapter.
These two shows are essentially all about the being misfits despite being brilliant in their skills and talent. Everyone struggles from something or another challenge - be it emotions, recognition, partnership, health, job and even finances - and yet everyone finds comfort because they never get alone when lonely. There is a sense of longing to belong but the happiness one gets when we are find our tribe by just being ourselves. No one is perfect, even someone as cool as Georgie goes through his thoughts (his final words to his father - living TBBT memory of Sheldon and Georgie opening up while the former met him, with Leonard, to invite him for his wedding).
Even Mary found Jesus when George Sr passed away with "See y'all later". "See y'all later" - the amount of time Sheldon re-imagines the past after these words - it breaks my heart. Its all sings for schizophrenia and yet I don't feel bad about it. Because, unlike any other series, we do know what happens thereafter - Poetic Justice to Sheldon and definitely to his family, friends (new and old), his teachers and even his arch enemies. (Side Note: I laughed on the mention of last two as I re-read the sentence for my first copy-edit, the one during drafting.)
Remember when Sheldon recounts to his mother on the phone that he proposed Amy after Dr. Ramona Nowitzki surprised kissed him, Mary mentions that she must have prayed a little harder for two women to kiss Sheldon in one day. I may sometimes have tough time to not believe in the Creator but the precision of the Universe, while making me cry unbelievably hard at Mary's Eulogy for George, at least makes it logical to conclude that there is a Creator. And it will all be Happy in the end, if I stick to being myself - A Misfit. And having faith does not make me a Loser.
ShAmy did not wait for cloning and got a hockey loving son and acting enthusiast daughter by the old fashioned way, yet Shelly knew that the house he grew up, the chair his father sat, his spot on the living room couch, the dining table where the family ate together - all were gone - and the only right thing was to "taking it all in one last time, so I remember it when I'm older".
ShAmy did not wait for cloning and got a hockey loving son and acting enthusiast daughter by the old fashioned way, yet Shelly knew that the house he grew up, the chair his father sat, his spot on the living room couch, the dining table where the family ate together - all were gone - and the only right thing was to "taking it all in one last time, so I remember it when I'm older".
I know this will not be my end with the two series, nevertheless, "See y'all later".
