While Young Sheldon season 7 might struggle to work around George Sr’s death, this is not the biggest canon problem that The Big Bang Theory’s spinoff faces heading into its next outing. Like most sitcom spinoffs, Young Sheldon tends to play fast and loose with the canon of its predecessor. In some instances, Young Sheldon can provide fitting backstories for many of its title character’s most memorable foibles from The Big Bang Theory. However, Young Sheldon will just as frequently disregard huge events from the earlier hit’s version of Sheldon’s backstory solely because these don’t fit with the show’s tone or plot.
