“Younger Sheldon” chronicles the lifetime of Iain Armitage’s eponymous youngster genius as he comes of age in Texas within the Eighties and early ’90s. Nevertheless, followers should not go into the prequel sequence anticipating each occasion to line up with what we discovered about Sheldon’s life on “The Huge Bang Principle.” For instance, “Younger Sheldon” introduces us to a different youngster prodigy within the type of Paige Swanson (Mckenna Grace), who’s Sheldon’s mental rival and first crush. She’s a memorable a part of Sheldon’s childhood, so why is not she acknowledged on “Huge Bang Principle?”
The reply is easy: dangerous timing. “Huge Bang Principle” ended after season 12, robbing followers of the possibility to search out out what occurred to Paige after the occasions of “Younger Sheldon.” Whereas chatting with TVLine, franchise producer Steve Holland famous that she was solely in 9 episodes of “Younger Sheldon,” nearly all of which aired after the mother or father sequence’ remaining season. The ship to convey closure to Paige’s arc had lengthy sailed. As Holland put it:
“‘Huge Bang’ was performed, and there was no method to go, ‘Can we return and retrofit [her] into ‘Huge Bang Principle?””
With “Huge Bang Principle” season 13 unlikely to ever occur, Paige’s post-“Younger Sheldon” story dangers changing into one of many sitcom franchise’s best untold mysteries. Nevertheless, followers can relaxation assured realizing that the previous youngster prodigy’s life did not finish in tragedy, though she skilled some private hardships throughout her teenage years.
Paige Swanson did not die after Younger Sheldon
Paige Swanson goes via a foul time in “Younger Sheldon” season 6. Her mother and father get divorced and she or he lashes out by getting drunk and smoking at a university get together within the episode “A Frat Celebration, a Sleepover and the Mom of All Blisters.” Sadly, McKenna Grace turned a legit film afterward and left the sequence, leaving her character’s story open-ended. Some followers have theorized that Paige went off the rails and died, however Steve Holland has dismissed this notion, telling TVLine:
“I do know there are some darkish theories about what occurred to Paige and why Sheldon would not point out her [on ‘Big Bang’]. I do not suppose she’s not talked about as a result of she went down a darkish path and is lifeless in ‘Huge Bang Principle.’ For us, it was simply an fascinating method to discover one other child who had an identical factor to Sheldon and the completely different roads that they might take.”
Jim Parsons has no intention of enjoying Sheldon Cooper once more, so we are able to rule out his character confirming what occurred to his outdated rival. That mentioned, Paige was near Sheldon’s sister, Missy Cooper (Raegan Revord), on “Younger Sheldon,” and she or he’s returned for the “Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage” spin-off. Missy, it appears, is subsequently the important thing to giving followers the solutions they’re in search of — if the present’s creators are thinking about letting her expose that data.
“Younger Sheldon” is at the moment streaming on Max.
