The Big Bang Theory fans will be happy this week, because the sitcom’s beloved spin-off has a UK release date for its final season – and it’s hours away.
Young Sheldon season seven arrives on Netflix in its entirety tomorrow, with all 14 episodes of the prequel’s farewell run available to binge, alongside the first six seasons.
The US sitcom first hit UK screens in 2018, delving into the childhood of the soon-to-be Nobel Prize winner Sheldon Cooper, as he comes of age and finds his love of physics.
Set in Medford, Texas, Sheldon lives in a full house: there’s his twin sister Missy (Raegan Revord), older brother Georgie (Montana Jordan), mum Mary (Zoe Perry), dad George (Lance Barber) and Meemaw (Annie Potts).
The season six finale saw Sheldon and Mary fly to Germany just before a tornado hit the Texan town, forcing the rest of the clan to take cover.
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Yet, alas, in the world of TV everything eventually comes to an end (unless it’s Grey’s Anatomy or The Simpsons) and the final seventh season was released to US audiences in May 2024.
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The season currently boasts an impressive 100% score on Rotten Tomatoes, based on five glowing reviews. A review from CNN bemoaned the fact that Young Sheldon has never been an awards darling, saying it was something the ‘emotionally wrenching yet satisfying series finale should remedy’.
The write-up in Collider said the seventh season ‘proves why it has lasted, and excelled, for the past seven years’.
‘Young Sheldon has been evolving into an ensemble family comedy for its entire run, but in its final season that goal is fully realized,’ said a review in Decider.
When the seventh season hit screens across the pond last year, viewers took to X to share their thoughts on the final instalment, with many remarking on what an emotional send off it was.
@micabneyra wrote: ‘Just finished watching season 7 of Young Sheldon, and I can’t stop bawling my eyes out,’ alongside a crying emoji.
‘You knew exactly what you were doing there Young Sheldon writers!,’ gushed @MASAJJAGE. ‘I haven’t watched an episode so sad as this in a long while.’
@otared1990 wrote: ‘I cried my eyes out during episode 13 of season 7 from Young Sheldon sitcom. First time in years.’
@hegavon also singled out episode 13 – although, of course we can’t say what happens in that one, it’s clearly one to stick around for. They wrote: ‘Episode 13 season 7 of Young Sheldon got me in tears. Damn.’
Young Sheldon season 7 is available to stream on Netflix from July 1.
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