
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.

Sheldon asks for a computer and unknowingly sparks an argument between Mary and George Sr. over the family's finances; Mary and the twins move in with Meemaw.

Sheldon gets a dorm room all to himself; Meemaw gains an unwanted business partner.

Sheldon acts as Mary's spy during a youth lock-in at church; Georgie is attracted to an older woman.

When Mary takes a job as church secretary, she finds herself becoming Pastor Jeff's marriage counselor; Sheldon and Missy spend their first afternoon home alone.