It has taken seven seasons, and over a hundred episodes with a few more to come, but Young Sheldon is wrapping its run after telling of the childhood adventures of a young Sheldon Cooper. Played by Iain Armitage in the series, the character, in his later years would be the center of the beloved sitcom, The Big Bang Theory with Jim Parsons playing the lead role. A blend of comedy and science is theme shared by both shows, as is the value of family. Having premiered in September 2017, Young Sheldon started out with an extremely young cast which have truly become a family, while teaching an older cast member invaluable life lessons, according to Annie Potts.
Throughout the entiriety of the comedy series so far, Potts has played the ever charming, witty, and somewhat criminally adjacent, grandma to the Cooper kids, their beloved Meemaw. Speaking with People as the show’s cast edges ever closer to the series’ end, Potts reflects on the time spent with her co-stars, and the invaluable lessons she gleaned from being around them. “It’s such a delicate thing, because they’re kind of free when they say and do things,” she explained. “One of the first shows I was in, I was sitting next to Raegan at this dinner table, and during the shooting, she just put her little hand up my sleeve and played with the back of my arm that was kind of loose. She examined it and rubbed it, and I just love that she felt safe enough and she just unfettered. It was the sweetest thing.”
It is clear that over the course. of the seasons spent on air, the cast had truly bonded into a real family as highlighted by the emotional scenes in the aftermath of Georgie’s (Montana Jordan) wedding. It is not something everyone would understand with Potts adding, “I told another actor that story. They said, ‘Well, why didn’t you ask her to stop?’ I went, ‘Stop. That’s gold. I would never stop her.’ But yeah, they teach you how to just be real.’”
