Young Sheldon S01e04 Fullrip - |link|

Mary, his mother (played with perfect steel-wool tenderness by Zoe Perry), does the logical thing for a Southern Baptist mother in the 1980s: She takes him to a therapist. The bulk of the "fullrip" experience hinges on the interaction between Sheldon and Dr. Goetsch (a fantastic cameo by The Big Bang Theory ’s own John Rubinstein). For the first time, we see Sheldon try to use logic to defeat psychology—and he fails.

The silence that follows is deafening. Iain Armitage, the young actor playing Sheldon, does something remarkable here. He stops performing the "genius" and just looks like a terrified little boy. He admits, in a whisper, that he is trying to control everything because he can’t control his father’s health. young sheldon s01e04 fullrip

We finally understand why adult Sheldon (voiced by Jim Parsons) is so rigid, so averse to germs, so obsessed with routine. It wasn’t just brilliance. It was a coping mechanism he built at nine years old to stop the world from falling apart. Mary, his mother (played with perfect steel-wool tenderness

9/10 Skip the filler? Absolutely not. This is essential viewing for the Cooper family lore. For the first time, we see Sheldon try

But then, Dr. Goetsch asks the simple question: “Are you worried about your dad?”