Mary put her house up as collateral<\/a> so Georgie could buy the tire store. Fast-forward to the Dec. 4 episode, and she tells Audrey that while she has faith in her son, she also knows he’s impulsive and overly confident \u2014 and that those traits can get him into trouble. With that in mind, do you think Mary has had many sleepless nights worrying he might fail?
It’s a very good question. It kind of lives for me \u2014 or the writers \u2014 in our imaginations because we don’t necessarily see the fretting behind the scenes. I imagine with any big decision that has high stakes like that, there will always be some lingering doubt. But it’s sweet how, even into this episode [we’re shooting now], there’s always a recurrence of this faith she has in Georgie and her kids \u2014 although maybe it’s a little more fraught with Missy at the moment. [Laughs]\u00a0<\/p>\nThey really set Georgie up as someone tenacious. Whether or not there are pitfalls along the way, he’ll never let failure totally get him down.<\/p>\n
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TVLINE | Mary and Audrey just cannot seem to get along for any meaningful stretch of time. Why do you think that is? Are they simply very different people… or are they more alike than either would care to admit?
I think they’re so similar. That’s what’s so funny about the animosity \u2014 they themselves think they’re very different, but we can recognize in all kinds of relationships, even within families, that people who are so similar sometimes have the most difficulty with each other.<\/p>\n
I’m curious to see where it evolves. I would happily bring on a friendship. Because of their similarities \u2014 and sometimes similar ways of looking at the world \u2014 it’s ripe for the taking. It could turn.<\/p>\n
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On Stepping Back Into the Cooper Home<\/p>\n
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TVLINE | This week’s episode takes us back into Sheldon and Missy’s childhood bedroom \u2014 the first time we’ve seen that particular set on this show. Whenever a Cooper home set is recreated, what’s it like for you to step back onto it?
Oh, yeah. I mean, this goes back to what I was saying before about the surreal quality of [doing this spinoff]. Being on those sets, they’re familiar, and then there’s also aspects of them that are different because we’re shooting a multi-cam here, so the dimensions have to be a bit different. We had the luxury on “Young Sheldon” of basically filming in what felt like a real house, you know?<\/p>\n
It reminds me of an old “Roseanne” tag where an older DJ \u2014 played by John Goodman \u2014 was rocking back and forth in an insane asylum saying, “They say she’s the same, but she’s not the same,” about the two Beckys. It feels a little like that. They say it’s the same, but it’s not the same.<\/p>\n
For TV, it looks exactly the same, but when you inhabit the space and look out, you realize you’re on a different stage. It’s like a homecoming, but also different.<\/p>\n
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On Feeling the Young Sheldon Love From the Studio Audience<\/p>\n
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TVLINE | Now you’re performing in front of a studio audience filled with “Young Sheldon” fans. What does it mean to see that outpouring of love on tape night, in lieu of a fourth wall?
It’s really lovely. It’s such an experience, shooting these two different shows, and there’s definitely an energy with an audience that brings a whole different dimension. I feel lucky to have been embraced by viewers on that show and this one. And it was especially heartwarming as its viewership grew through Netflix \u2014 that’s when we acquired a lot of young viewers. To see young people embracing it is always very sweet.<\/p>\n
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On Mary’s Future \u2014 and Whether She’ll Love Again<\/p>\n
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TVLINE | When we first meet Mary on “The Big Bang Theory,” she’s single and not seeing anyone \u2014 but there are still 12 years remaining in the timeline between “Georgie & Mandy” Season 2 and “Big Bang” Season 1. Would seeing Mary in a committed relationship at some point be something you’d like to explore?
Totally. It’s always fun, especially for a character I’ve lived with \u2014 and that other people have lived with \u2014 to see different colors come out of them. We had fun on “Young Sheldon” whenever she’d get giddy or a little drunk; it was a different side of Mary. There were always allusions to her past as a “wild child,” which is hard to imagine now that she’s so buttoned up.<\/p>\n
It’s always fun to explore something else, and bringing a new person into the fold is a great way to see different sides of her. With such a growing ensemble on Young Sheldon, it was fun to play with different characters and see what unfolded.<\/p>\n
“Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage” airs Thursdays at 8 p.m. on CBS (and streams next day on Paramount+). Its fall finale \u2014 consisting of Episodes 9 and 10 \u2014 airs Dec. 18; its midseason premiere then follows Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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