Thursday’s 100th episode of Young Sheldon on CBS turned out to be less of a celebration of the show’s longevity, and more about how the Cooper kids are entering adulthood.
Here, Co-Creator and Executive Producer Steven Molaro addresses the episode’s significant plot points, including Missy’s telling comment about Sheldon’s sexuality and whether Georgie is ready to be a dad.DEADLINE: Since it was the 100th episode, what went through your mind?
Were you like, ‘we gotta go big?’ and get former characters from The Big Bang Theory? STEVEN MOLARO In fact, it was the opposite.
We didn’t want to force some kind of quote unquote special episode because it happened to be the number 100. We really just wanted to come up with an episode that we were excited to write and not be constrained by the fact that we were celebrating a number that I think most viewers may not even care about.DEADLINE Sheldon’s friend Paige is having a hard time in college.