How ‘Young Sheldon’ Spin-Off ‘Georgie and Mandy’s First Marriage’ Will Handle George Sr.’s Death

Georgie and Mandy’s first marriage starts where Young Sheldon The series premiered on CBS in the fall, and while moving in with Mandy’s (Emily Osment), Audrey (Rachel Bay Jones) and Jim’s (Will Sasso) parents is certainly a change for oldest Cooper sister, Georgie (Montana Jordan), there are still emotional wounds that need healing.

As fans Young Sheldon As we recall, Cooper family patriarch George Sr. (Lance Barber) died in the final episodes of the series, forcing the family to cope with his loss, but viewers haven’t seen the full story of that tragedy, which will be told in the context of Georgie’s relationship with his sister, Missy (Raegan Revord).

“She’s still Missy, but she’s gone through the loss of her father, she’s acting out and she’s a little rebellious,” executive producer and co-creator Steve Holland told TV Insider during the TCA Summer Press Tour. “And that’s another thing on Georgie’s plate, where he’s trying to juggle being a husband and a father, and also being a caretaker for his sister, who’s having some issues. I think it’s going to be a really fun dynamic when we see them both.”

As previously revealed, Georgie’s mom Mary (Zoe Perry) and Meemaw (Annie Potts) will both appear in the series premiere, but it seems that Missy, as the new male in the Cooper family, will take after him, especially in the absence of her twin brother Sheldon (Iain Armitage).

While there are plenty of familiar faces to admire in the series’ latest spin-off, The Big Bang Theory universe, there are also a lot of new characters to meet. As for the beginning Young SheldonCo-creator Chuck Lorre told TV Insider, “There was no sense of the future. We were just working with what was in front of us right now, which was let’s make a good show. Let’s make these characters great and real and funny and sympathetic and we want to feel for them. We want to root for them. And that’s something you do every day.”

Needless to say, that mission was accomplished, as fans loved the Coopers in two different shows and will certainly love them in a third. While Lorre said there was “no plan,” things have panned out quite well as we look ahead to Georgie and Mandy’s story.

Stay tuned for more information about the upcoming series as the premiere approaches, and let us know what you expect from the series. Young Sheldon spin-off, which will debut on CBS.

Georgie and Mandy’s first marriageSeries Premiere, Thursday, October 17, 8:00 p.m. ET/PT, CBS