One Character in The Big Bang Theory Was So Horribly Written She Became a Major Plot Hole in Young Sheldon

People always found Sheldon Cooper in The Big Bang Theory interesting, which is exactly why the character got his very own spin-off, focusing on his childhood and how he grew into the man-child everyone knows him as. In doing so, the show explored the character’s family, with whom the audience also fell in love.
The Cooper family in a still poster of Young Sheldon | Credits: CBS
However, out of all the characters, there was one that people didn’t quite understand how they ended up becoming the version seen in The Big Bang Theory, and that character is Meemaw.
Why Meemaw feels like two different characters in Young Sheldon and The Big Bang Theory
Meemaw has always been a fan-favorite character in Sheldon Cooper‘s world, but her portrayal across Young Sheldon by Annie Potts and The Big Bang Theory by June Squibb leaves fans scratching their heads.
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The Cooper family in a still poster of Young Sheldon | Credits: CBS
However, out of all the characters, there was one that people didn’t quite understand how they ended up becoming the version seen in The Big Bang Theory, and that character is Meemaw.
Why Meemaw feels like two different characters in Young Sheldon and The Big Bang Theory
Meemaw has always been a fan-favorite character in Sheldon Cooper‘s world, but her portrayal across Young Sheldon by Annie Potts and The Big Bang Theory by June Squibb leaves fans scratching their heads.
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- FandomWire
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