
For young Sheldon Cooper, it isn't easy growing up in East Texas. Being a once-in-a-generation mind capable of advanced mathematics and science isn't always helpful in a land where church and football are king. And while the vulnerable, gifted and somewhat naive Sheldon deals with the world, his very normal family must find a way to deal with him. His father, George, is struggling to find his way as a high school football coach and as father to a boy he doesn't understand. Sheldon's mother, Mary, fiercely protects and nurtures her son. For 12 years on "The Big Bang Theory," audiences came to know the iconic, eccentric and extraordinary Sheldon Cooper. In "Young Sheldon," audiences get a chance to meet him in childhood, as he embarks on his innocent, awkward and hopeful journey toward the man he will become. Jim Parsons, who plays the adult version of Sheldon on "The Big Bang Theory," narrates.
The Coopers discuss the possibilities of black holes and alternate universes when Dr. Sturgis comes over for dinner.
To appease his mother, Sheldon goes on a quest to make his first friend by following techniques in a self-help book.
Missy's first disappointment in love triggers a series of events that leads the Cooper family to the edge of an abyss.
Sheldon and Missy both run away from home together; Mary gets some upsetting news about her husband, George.