S01e22 Tv |work|: Young Sheldon

Mary tries to reason with him, but George Sr. is tempted by the raise and the chance to get out of his dead-end selling job. Meemaw (Connie) is secretly on Sheldon’s side because she doesn’t want them to leave.

He then does something completely un-Sheldon-like: He asks Meemaw to hold his hand. She does. And for the first time in the series, Sheldon doesn’t pull away from physical affection. young sheldon s01e22 tv

Missy overhears a conversation between Meemaw and her friend about George Sr. possibly having an affair. This is a major , where adult Sheldon mentions his father was unfaithful. Mary tries to reason with him, but George Sr

While Sheldon panics about the future, Missy discovers the family’s landline phone has a "gentle touch" feature (mute button). She starts listening in on other people's phone calls, much to Sheldon’s annoyance (he calls it "an invasion of privacy... unless we're listening to my rival, Hubert Gable"). He then does something completely un-Sheldon-like: He asks

Meemaw sits with him. Sheldon, in a rare moment of raw vulnerability, admits: "I was going to destroy his job offer. I was so focused on not losing my room, my school, my routine... I almost lost him."

Sheldon, desperate to prove they should stay in Texas, goes to extreme lengths. He breaks into the high school at night to steal George Sr.'s job offer letter from Oklahoma A&M, hoping to destroy it. While climbing out a window, he falls and hurts his arm.