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Young Sheldon Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
22 Episodes 2017 - 2018
Episode 1
Pilot
Mon, Sep 25, 201730 mins
In Texas, the atheist nine-year old Sheldon Lee Cooper is a genius, but innocent and naive since he is only a boy. His family is composed by his beloved Christian mother Mary Cooper, who tries to protect Sheldon. His father George Cooper Sr., who was a football coach in Galveston, but now works as a school football coach. Their older son is the young teenager George Cooper, who plays football but is not smart as Sheldon. And Sheldon's twin sister Missy Cooper, who is a witty girl. Despite his age, Sheldon has just joined the high-school and his intelligence associated to his naivety brings problems to the Cooper family, to the teachers and to the other students.
Episode 2
Rockets, Communists, and the Dewey Decimal System
Thu, Nov 2, 201718 mins
When Mary Cooper sees Sheldon eating alone in the cafeteria, she is worried with the situation. Sheldon loves to be alone to think, but decides to please his beloved mother and borrows a book from the school library to learn how to make friends. The system fails but he meets the Vietnamese Tam that also wants to make friends and loves also rockets' design.
Episode 3
Poker, Faith and Eggs
Thu, Nov 9, 201720 mins
Meemaw is babysitting the children and teaching Sheldon how to bluff in a poker game. George Sr. and Mary arrive at home and soon George Sr. does not feel well, and Mary goes with him to the hospital. Meemaw babysits them again, but when George comes home, he decides to "borrow" Meemaw's car and go with Sheldon and Missy to see how his father is.
Episode 4
A Therapist, a Comic Book, and a Breakfast Sausage
Thu, Nov 16, 201719 mins
Mary rushes Sheldon to have breakfast and he chokes on a sausage almost dying. He rejects solid food for five weeks and Mary and George Sr. go to a therapist expecting to heal Sheldon's trauma. While he is in the waiting room, he sees an X-Men comic book and becomes a fan of the magazine.
Episode 5
A Solar Calculator, a Game Ball, and a Cheerleader's Bosom
Thu, Nov 23, 201719 mins
While his family is watching a football game on TV, Sheldon uses statistics to comment tactics of the game. His father uses his advice and the high-school team becomes a winner and Sheldon popular. Meemaw also asks him to help her to win her bets. When Sheldon fails in one mathematics question and has B+ due to lack of attention, he decides to change and help George and Meemaw no more.
Episode 6
A Patch, a Modem, and a Zantac
Thu, Nov 30, 201719 mins
When the NASA scientist Dr. Ronald Hodges (Jason Kravits) gives a lecture at Sheldon's high school, he explains the budget problem of the agency. Sheldon questions him why the rocket is dumped at sea and not landed on Earth to be reused and reduce costs, but Dr. Hodges does not give much attention to Sheldon and gives a NASA patch to him. Now Sheldon uses physics to calculate the equations to land the rocket and his father and family help him to get an answer from NASA.
Episode 7
A Brisket, Voodoo, and Cannonball Run
Thu, Dec 7, 201719 mins
While having dinner in family, George discusses with Meemaw asking for her secret brisket recipe, the best in Texas in their opinion. Meemaw refuses, creating a family problem. Missy overhears a discussion of her parents and believe they may divorce because of Meemaw refusal.
Episode 8
Cape Canaveral, Schrödinger's Cat, and Cyndi Lauper's Hair
Thu, Dec 14, 201718 mins
George has a vacant weekend and intends to go fishing with Georgie. However, Mary asks him to spend the weekend with Sheldon, going wherever he wants. Sheldon asks to go to Cape Canaveral to see the lunch of a rocket live. Meanwhile, Mary, Meemaw and Missy go to the salon to have their hairs done.
Episode 9
Spock, Kirk, and Testicular Hernia
Thu, Dec 21, 201719 mins
Sheldon finds out that Georgie has cheated on a math test. He does not feel good about this at first, but upon realizing that even Captain Kirk plays fast and loose with the rules, he gets tips from Georgie on how to lie. Using his newly acquired skills, Sheldon makes a fake note and is excused from PE class.
Episode 10
An Eagle Feather, a String Bean, and an Eskimo
Thu, Jan 4, 201818 mins
Principal Petersen convinces Mary and George to send Sheldon to a private school for gifted children, on a scholarship. The school is in Dallas and Sheldon needs to live there during the week, with Dr. Flora Douglas and her husband, Elliot. But soon the Cooper family misses him.
Episode 11
Demons, Sunday School, and Prime Numbers
Thu, Jan 11, 201819 mins
Sheldon is playing Dungeons and Dragons with Tam and Billy Sparks. When the Baptist Mary sees that the game is about demons, she becomes frightening and looks for Billy's father and Tam's parents to tell that their sons are playing a game with demons. However, they do not give much attention to her. She talks to Pastor Jeff that gives a Bible to Sheldon. Now, the boy wants to learn about all the religions to choose one for him.
Episode 12
A Computer, a Plastic Pony, and a Case of Beer
Thu, Jan 18, 201820 mins
Sheldon sees a computer in Radio Shack and asks Mary to buy it for him. However, his mother tells him that she cannot afford to buy it. Later, Meemaw offers to lend the money to the family to buy the computer and George says no. But Mary decides to use her savings to buy the computer and George questions her, starting a serious argument in the family.
Episode 13
A Sneeze, Detention, and Sissy Spacek
Thu, Feb 1, 201820 mins
When Ms. MacElroy sneezes in class, Sheldon leaves the classroom without her permission and she gives a detention to him. When he leaves his detention, he is suspended. There is a flu endemic in Medford and Sheldon prepares a shelter for him.
Episode 14
Potato Salad, a Broomstick, and Dad's Whiskey
Thu, Mar 1, 201821 mins
Mary is invited by Pastor Jeff to work with him at the secretary of the church. However, Meemaw refuses to babysit Sheldon and Missy after school until Mary arrives home. George and Meemaw convince Mary that it will be a great experience to the twins staying home alone for a couple of hours to increase their maturity. But the day one is not how Mary expected to be.
Episode 15
Dolomite, Apple Slices, and a Mystery Woman
Thu, Mar 8, 201818 mins
Sheldon and Tam are having lunch at the library, when they see a girl lunching alone. They befriend her and have lunch together. The girl is Libby, who loves geology and introduces the science to the boys. She proposes to go with them to Houston, to see the IMAX, but Mary is worried and spoils Sheldon's plans and friendship.
Episode 16
Killer Asteroids, Oklahoma, and a Frizzy Hair Machine
Thu, Mar 29, 201820 mins
When Sheldon does not win the science fair prize, he becomes affection for science and decides to go to the arts department to become an actor. His audition is perfect, and the teacher Gene Lundy casts him for the lead role of Annie. But his parents are not happy with his choice.
Episode 17
Jiu-Jitsu, Bubble Wrap, and Yoo-Hoo
Thu, Apr 5, 201820 mins
Sheldon is afraid of someone that is bullying him near his home. When Mary learns his fear, she asks Georgie to protect his brother. Soon Georgie learns that Sheldon is afraid of the six-years-old neighbor Bobbi Sparks, and she asks George to talk to his neighbor Herschel Sparks and take an attitude. Sheldon faces an unlikely bully.
Episode 18
A Mother, a Child, and a Blue Man's Backside
Thu, Apr 12, 201819 mins
Mary bans Sheldon from reading a mature comic book, and Sheldon decides it's time to stop living under Mary's thumb. Sheldon declares his independence from Mary.
Episode 19
Gluons, Guacamole, and the Color Purple
Thu, Apr 19, 201820 mins
Sheldon tells to his family that the high-school is not providing knowledge to him and his pen-pal, Dr. John Sturgis, has invited him to watch his classes at the university as a non-degree student. Meemaw drives Sheldon to the university, and Dr. Sturgis hits on her and invites her to have dinner. Sheldon becomes excited with the idea that Meemaw could get married to Dr. Sturgis and double the number of intelligent people in the Cooper family.
Episode 20
A Dog, a Squirrel, and a Fish Named Fish
Thu, Apr 26, 201820 mins
Herschel Sparks is taking care of his brother's dog since he is in jail. When the dog escapes from his backyard, the animal runs into the Cooper's garage where Sheldon is. The boy has cynophobia and is terrified with the dog, and Mary forces George to ask Herschel to keep the dog in his house. However, the dog feels attraction for Sheldon and sneaks to be close to him, creating a problem between the Coopers and the Sparkses.
Episode 21
Summer Sausage, a Pocket Poncho, and Tony Danza
Thu, May 3, 201820 mins
Sheldon invites Dr. John Sturgis to have dinner with his family but does not tell Mary. Meemaw explains him later that two people need to be alone to know each other and Sheldon calls Dr. Sturgis to tell him. The scientist invites Connie to have dinner with him at her place, but he will cook her Sichuan Chinese cuisine. Meanwhile, Mary convinces George to stay more time with Missy and she asks to have dinner with him at The Red Lobster. Mary has dinner with Georgie at home and he asks embarrassing questions about his birth to her. Sheldon obsesses over Meemaw and Dr. Sturgis.
Episode 22
Vanilla Ice Cream, Gentleman Callers, and a Dinette Set
Thu, May 10, 201820 mins
Connie is having dinner with Dr. John Sturgis and out of the blue, she receives a phone call from Ira Rosenbloom. On the next evening, she has dinner with him at a restaurant and she discloses her relationship with another man. Ira feels the rejection and decides to fight his rival. Sheldon interferes in Meemaw's romantic relationships, creating rules for them.
