Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriageco-creator Steve Holland details why Meemaw and Dale didn’t join the rest of the Cooper family in the Thanksgiving special’s key emotional moment. The sitcom is a spin-off toThe Big Bang TheoryprequelYoung Sheldon, exploring the beginning of Georgie’s (Montana Jordan) life with wife Mandy (Emily Osment) afterYoung Sheldonconcluded, as they begin their own family. InGeorgie & Mandy’s First Marriage’s first Thanksgiving special, aptly titled “Thanksgiving”, most of the Cooper family come together to celebrate their first Thanksgiving without George Sr. (Lance Barber) following his passing.
Holland opens up toTV Lineabout why two members of the family weren’t present in the scene where “Thanksgiving” concludes with Georgie, Missy (Raegon Revord), and Mary (Zoe Perry) sharing a personal seasonal moment by George Sr.’s grave. After much discussion,Holland and the crew settled on the three final characters in the scene to capture the important players in the story.
We were talking about who shoulddefinitelybe at the grave, and it felt like the core family should be there. This [storyline] was really about Mary and Georgie, more specifically, and Missy, and about losing George. Meemaw is certainly a part of that, but it really felt like just having the core family there was the most important visual.
Furthermore, Holland felt that leaving Meemaw (Annie Potts) and Dale (Craig T. Nelson) at the McAllister house could provide some much-needed humor to the storyline.
And then it also helped pay off the joke when you go back to the McAllister house. It seemed funny that this random assortment of people were just left there — like, Dale and MeeMaw were just sort of, you know, stuck having Thanksgiving dinner without their family.
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WhileGeorgie & Mandy’s First Marriage’s first Thanksgiving’s pivotal emotional moment didn’t feature two of the Texas-based Cooper family’s most notable members, they were not the only family members absent from the scene.Sheldon Cooper (Iain Armitage) did not return to Texasto join his family for his first Thanksgiving without his father, with Holland feeling that it represented a realistic depiction of a loss effect on a family that aligned with the direction each character would find themselves inThe Big Bang Theory.
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While it is no secret that Meemaw and George Sr. had a mixed relationship inYoung Sheldon, with the pair often trading insults as she was initially disproving of his and Mary’s relationship, she did have an overall good impression of him and was proud to call him her son-in-law. As such, many may feel that Meemaw not joining her family could be a missed opportunity to show her kinder side towards George.
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However, it has been established that Meemaw herself is a widow, having lost Mary’s father and refusing to remarry, even after finding herself in new relationships. As such, her being absent from the Cooper family’s graveside Thanksgiving moment inGeorgie & Mandy’s First Marriagecould also be characterized as her giving her daughter and grandchildren the time they need to process this milestone, having experienced the same pain they did before.
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Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage follows the couple as they navigate the complexities of adulthood, parenting, and marriage while raising their young family in Texas.
