WhileThe Big Bang Theory’s Missy story was never entirely upbeat,Young Sheldonmade its saddest twist way worse. ByYoung Sheldon’s finale, Sheldon’s sister Missy had become just as important a character in the spinoff as her twin brother. Missy might not have been a child prodigy like Sheldon, but she was a bright, funny, and engaging character in her own right. Unfortunately, Missy’s adult self rarely interacted withThe Big Bang Theory’s cast of characters, and when she did, the original show’s rare updates on her personal life were less than hopeful.
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The Big Bang Theoryrevealed that Missy’s personal life fell apart off-screen as the series continued and, upon a re-watch, this makesYoung Sheldon’s depiction of her childhood and early adolescence far sadder. Although Missy didn’t feature inThe Big Bang Theory’s finale, she did crop up on occasion throughout the series. The first time she was seen on-screen was in season 1, episode 15, “The Pork Chop Indeterminacy,” when Raj, Howard, and Leonard all attempted to woo her. Sheldon then tried to intervene in her love life, only to be sharply reprimanded.
The Big Bang Theory Revealed Missy’s Husband Was In A Motorbike Crash
The Father Of Missy’s Baby Was In A Horrible Accident Before Her Delivery
Sheldon and Missy clearly came to an understanding after “The Pork Chop Indeterminacy,” since Sheldon travels to Texas to help with her pregnancy a few seasons later. In season 7, episode 11, “The Cooper Extraction,”The Big Bang Theoryrevealed that Missy’s partner was in a “Horrible” motorcycle accident while she was heavily pregnant, a devastating circumstance that the series never investigated any further. This was mostly used as an excuse to get Sheldon out of California, so the gang could imagine their lives without him in a loose parody ofIt’s A Wonderful Life.
Missy didn’t appear on-screen and her role in the episode was limited to a few background yells as she delivered her baby.
Fortunately, Jim Parsons’s Sheldon still appeared in most of the episode’s daydream segments, meaning the actor didn’t lose his impressive streak of never missing an episode ofThe Big Bang Theory. Sadly, Missy didn’t appear on-screen and her role in the episode was limited to a few background yells as she delivered her baby. AlthoughThe Big Bang Theory’s earlier Christmas episodefleshed out Raj’s character arc, Missy didn’t receive the same treatment in “The Cooper Extraction.” Instead, her presence in the episode was just used to set up its daydream segments.
Missy Eventually Left Her Big Bang Theory Love Interest
Season 11’s Finale Revealed Missy Left Her Husband
Although his recovery is never mentioned,Missy left her husband after the birth of her first child inThe Big Bang Theory. This was revealed in season 11’s finale, “The Bow Tie Asymmetry,” when Missy mentioned that she was delighted to be divorced but less overjoyed to be pregnant once again. This implied that her off-screen life was in turmoil, but did not explore how this impacted her character.The Big Bang TheorymadeYoung Sheldonsadderwhen the show revealed that Sheldon’s father never cheated on Mary, but the original show’s treatment of Missy was equally dark.
Missy’s life appeared to be in serious disarray throughout her later appearances onThe Big Bang Theory, whether it was due to her husband’s terribly timed accident or the couple’s terribly timed divorce. Since the reasons for this divorce were never explored, it is tough to tell whether Missy is better off alone. Similarly, since the horrible motorbike accident that Missy’s husband was involved in is never mentioned again, viewers can’t tell whether her baby’s father had even recovered before the couple separated. This makes her mysterious fate even sadder.
Young Sheldon Changes How You See Missy’s Dark Future In The Big Bang Theory
ThroughoutYoung Sheldon, Missy is smart, well-liked, kind, and friendly. None of her future misfortunes seemed to be on the cards for her in her youth. Like a lot ofThe Big Bang Theory’s gags, her husband’s accident and their eventual breakup were played for laughs but were genuinely quite sad upon a re-watch. Much likeThe Big Bang Theory’s Thanksgiving episode proved Sheldonreally did value his late father despite insulting George Sr.’s memory regularly,Young Sheldonproved that Missy and Sheldon once shared a close connection in their youth.
Sheldon could have visited his sister in Texas without this storyline necessitating a motorcycle accident for his brother-in-law.
This link makes it hard to laugh off the news that the father of Missy’s child has been in a terrible accident in “The Cooper Extraction,” and the episode’s setup seems bizarrely dark in retrospect. Sheldon could have visited his sister in Texas without this storyline necessitating a motorcycle accident for his brother-in-law, butThe Big Bang Theorydidn’t take the fate of Missy and her family seriously in season 7. This became an even bigger issue inThe Big Bang Theory’s season 11 finale, as the show ended up giving Young Sheldon’s heroine a relentlessly downbeat ending without much thought.
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